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Edward Ostermeyer
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Infernal Machine: The Inventor’s Vade Mecum (Nautica ed.) Part 14: On Outcomes, History and Your Place in It
by Ed Ostermeyer (Master Engineer – Grade 2) My young friend, it is good to see you. How can I be of service to you...
Infernal Machine: Commissions, Purchase Orders and Promotions – Their Use and Benefits
While a Confederate privateer can use his Letter of Marque to, so to speak, “play pirate,” the United States Navy takes a dim view of...
Infernal Machine: The Inventor’s Vade Mecum (Nautica ed.) Part 13: On Outcomes and Their Legacy
by Ed Ostermeyer (Master Engineer – Grade 2) Oh, there you are, my young Inventor friend. What brings you to this tavern, at this hour...
Infernal Machine: The Inventor’s Vade Mecum (Nautica ed.) Part 12: “…Should you decide to accept it…!” – Missions and the Reason for Going
by Ed Ostermeyer (Master Engineer – Grade 2) Hello, my young friend, it is good to see you once again. I note that you have...
Infernal Machine: The Inventor’s Vade Mecum (Nautica ed.) Part 11: What to Do When the Yankees Come A-Callin’
By Ed Ostermeyer (Master Engineer – Grade 2) Again, I bid you a good day, my young prodigy. Thank you for meeting me in this...
Infernal Machine: The Inventor’s Vade Mecum (Nautica ed.) Part 10: Current and Drift: Cause & Effect
By Ed Ostermeyer (Master Engineer – Grade 2) Young Inventor! It is good to see you once again. Have you been applying what the two...
Infernal Machine: The Inventor’s Vade Mecum (Nautica ed.) Part 9 — Power! Power! Wonder-working Power!
By Ed Ostermeyer (Master Engineer – Grade 2) Ah, good day to you once more, young Inventor. I am happy to see you once again....
Infernal Machine: Three Alligator Thumbnail Biographies
As “Infernal Machine: Dawn of Submarine Warfare” moves toward publication, it has been my task to research the backgrounds of those who made up the...
Infernal Machine Bibliography
19 November 2022 Good afternoon, everyone. Ed Ostermeyer here. Several readers have requested information on the works I’ve used in the design of “Infernal Machine:...
Infernal Machine: The Torpedo Boat during the Civil War – Part Five – The “Spitting Devil”
While technical “wizards” like Dr. St. Julien Ravenel and Theodore Stoney were creating the CSS “David” torpedo boat as the Confederacy’s response to the US...
