[@Irredeemable]again, china didn't just start making cannons. Hell it took them a whole before they realized they could shoot fireworks at people.

[@Drakey]its a common thing in NRPs where players keep trying to push how technologically advance they are and thus the setting to try and get some advantage over everyone else. Also happens with military where people keep try to make their army larger and larger in what's basically a dick measuring contest.