[quote=@Pocru]
Great story, SpeedLimit, looks like we have three partners, and room for two more. 

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The world did not uniformly enter the steam age all at once: like all technology, steam-powered tech started at one point and it spread out from there. Maybe wherever Mergoux came from only recently got the technology, within the 30-year time frame. 
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Gotcha. I'll make edits when I'm not emotionally and physically exhausted (I.E probably sometime tomorrow.)