Splintered Light, Chapter 2.2: Almost Planned Out
If it reaches the gunpowder we may as well be taking a full-on broadside."
Crash Course
The skies where still cloudy, but mercifully calm, as the trio turned towards england, and headed north, where planted trees from almost fifty years ago, to repopulate the decimated forests during the gunpowder age, have grown tall and deep green.
54 - On The Job
'improvements on gunpowder.' kaui said as she weighed a yellow ingredient on a scale. 'better protection against water, more explosive, things like that.' a loud bang from the next chamber startled valdys. 'what was that!?'
A Dragon Scorned
With a pull of the trigger, she unloaded a pair of shells into the glass with a deafening roar from the gunpowder relic, sending pieces of the window shattering into the streets and hovercars below.
Sabre of Fox - prolouge
I will rather smell of mead and gunpowder than of needless flower extracts. ah! fur rises on my back, when the passion consumes me. come, my beautiful lass! lick my nose, so that i, the old veteran, could calm down. oh? purr? what? to continue? i?ll do!
The Leaves of Fall Act 2: Fear the Nobodies (Part 27)
\>jacob’s whole body is trembling \>hot air rolls in and out of his heaving chest \>sweat dampens his fur, and you can smell the scent of gunpowder and smoke \>he lowers the gun, slowly, like it weighed 50 pounds even \>in one swift, angry movement
Terra Nova
gunpowder. steelmaking." "easy enough to teach 'em that, then," milus said. "t'basics, at least. ain't seen a bloody forge in this godsforsaken forest, but we could give 'em a start, sure. nowt t'keep us from that." "i know."
Chapter 4
Nyx watched the crew on the ships closest to the enemy throw the kegs of gunpowder overboard and abandoned ship. the dravern forces now had nothing stopping them from progressing forward. "weapons ready!"
Black Meridian 17: The Calm Before
Blood, gunpowder, the jackal tackling one of them to the ground like it was nothing, the images flashed in his mind. _i owe him this at least._ he thought.
Spacefaring Cultures - Ailians
Ailian blades are even today legendary throughout the known universe, and they invented gunpowder before many types of medical technology.
Megalopolis - The Hunt for Chaos Theory
No gunpowder will work in this building, just like at the whore's apartment." chaos cougar shows a flicker of a grin, "that's why this doesn't use gunpowder you pussy."
Microscope - Prologue
He's eventually slain by the first gunpowder-based weapon, a rocket, which help spread knowledge of the deadly powder throughout the world. another side effect of his rise and fall is an increased focus on equality in many parts of the world.