They were wood ofc

ship screws are shaped entirely differently first of all

second of all they are massive

wooden screws wouldnt work at all

wouldn't bronze work?

are copper

well ny metal would work

but metal isnt exactly easy to come by

you think they just have huge amounts of it lying around?

the only reason metal was so easy to come by during the industrial revolution

was because they mechanized mining

and they knew how to use chemical solutions to refine ores

the romans had none of that

likewise i dunno if a weaker metal like copper would be able to take the strain

Okay but they'd have probably been able to get there

So what you are saying is, go back in time and save rome?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes%27_screw

as an aside

yo didnt even have copper plating

on the underside of boats

until well after the 1700s began

Could they make giant steam-drawn scorpion

metal only became super in demand

when cannons came about

cuz those *had* to be made of metal

But having a ship part need to be metal should have a similar effect then

@leavethisbotnet youd need wheels for that

metal wheels

rubber wasnt thing yet

and even if it was youd need a metal undercarriage

40k had a skynet scenario though

ai became malevolent

i got corrupted by chaos

And they have to keep up with slaanesh

so anything linked to AI was corrupted

it had nothing to do with inherent problms with ai

true

40k empire of man still uses ai

not true ai

it's based of human brains or its very simple

not cogniscent maybe