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[Detoxicated]

tlantean Horses:
Wooden Scorpio:
Orichalcum Scorpio:
Orichalcum Bomb:
Tromousavra Riding(2):Frostgiant, detoxicated

[Happerry]

Eh, might as well. Hand-Bombs would be fun too, but killer lizards are even more fun.

tlantean Horses:
Wooden Scorpio:
Orichalcum Scorpio:
Orichalcum Bomb:
Tromousavra Riding (3): Frostgiant, detoxicated, Happerry

[UristMcRiley]

Atlantean Horses:
Wooden Scorpio:
Orichalcum Scorpio:
Orichalcum Bomb:
Tromousavra Riding(2):Frostgiant, UristMcRiley

[Madman198237]

Why did you just delete two votes?

[Failbird105]

Atlantean Horses:
Wooden Scorpio:
Orichalcum Scorpio:
Orichalcum Bomb:
Tromousavra Riding (4): Frostgiant, detoxicated, Happerry, UristMCRiley

[johiah]

Atlantean Horses:
Wooden Scorpio:
Orichalcum Scorpio:
Orichalcum Bomb:
Tromousavra Riding (5): Frostgiant, detoxicated, Happerry, UristMCRiley, Johiah

[NUKE9.13]

I said this on Discord already, and I'll say it again:
What hath I wrought?

[andrea]

Something like this, I guess?

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

[NUKE9.13]

Oh, yeah, pretty much. Guess that answers that question.

[Thanik]

Atlantean Warbirds
A proud Atlantean tradition, the art of riding Aetókós - the giant birds of Atlantis, has until now not been utilized in warfare, as history had been kind to the people of Atlantis, but troubled times are ahead. Known for it's magnificent stature and lightning fast speed - the giant herbivorous bird has pronounced sexual dimorphism, with males being 2.4 meters high and 300 kg heavy on average, and females 3.6 meters high and 840 kg heavy on average. Bluish and hair-like feathers cover most of the body plus a small portion of the neck below the head. In relation to its body, the head is small with a pointed, sharp and somewhat curved beak from a predatory ancestor, but the bird's main weapon are it's feet, which are large, powerful and feature enlarged raptorial claws used for slashing when simply kicking doesn't suffice. A prominent feature is a long neck that allows the bird to reach tall vegetation.

To militarize the birds, a breeding program is established so as to create birds specifically grown for combat - trained to be faster, more endurant and more obedient than the average Aetókós by a rider since youth. The prestigious warbirds would then be armored and sent out to perform the role of heavy cavalry - armored to protect them from any arrows they might face. Charging at enemies at high speed, the warbirds would be capable of jumping inside formations, breaking them up from the inside and kicking troops with the full force of a 1 ton bird, without even getting into it's sharp foot-long talon.



This is estimated to be at least an expense level cheaper than the Tromousavra due to being a herbivore, and would give us a faster form of cavalry that we could use in groups instead of solitary units, as well as in conjunction with our other troops as opposed to utilizing them as terror weapons capable of causing grievous friendly deaths.

[NUKE9.13]

You know what, sure, I'll throw a vote towards that. Although I wouldn't mind if the lizard won.

Atlantean Horses:
Wooden Scorpio:
Orichalcum Scorpio:
Orichalcum Bomb:
Tromousavra Riding (5): Frostgiant, detoxicated, Happerry, UristMCRiley, Johiah
Atlantean Warbirds: (2) Thanik, NUKE9.13

[Happerry]

Changed vote since we were told on discord it was lizards or birds, and I like the birds better.

Atlantean Horses:
Wooden Scorpio:
Orichalcum Scorpio:
Orichalcum Bomb:
Tromousavra Riding (4): Frostgiant, detoxicated, UristMCRiley, Johiah
Atlantean Warbirds: (3) Thanik, NUKE9.13, Happerry

[Madman198237]

*Probably lizards or birds. The one-ton war ostriches might be "mundane" enough (things like them DID in fact exist in relatively recent timeframes) that we can pull it off.

[Thanik]

A few reasons to go for the warbirds, as per discord discussion, since we probably can't go for both animals:

The Aetókós should possess a more terrifying war cry, or at least a louder one than the reptile. Furthermore, they would potentially be Expensive heavy cavalry which would be made up out of smaller, more mobile targets capable of executing complex maneuvers during combat around friendly troops without possessing an instinctual need to charge into the onslaught and kill everything in sight.

The thing is, being capable of using cavalry when you need it instead of before the actual conflict allows one to break their formations mid-conflict, while terror weapons like the lizard just allow us the means of taking out the enemy as much as possible with a few reptiles, and then maneuvering as usual - which doesn't give us much battlefield maneuverability and basically sacrifices the lizards so they don't cause friendly deaths. This is all because the warbirds are more likely to be trainable in numbers and trainable to a more advanced degree then 'go that way and do not eat me in particular'.

There's also something just right about Atlanteans having giant birds instead of armored-car sized reptiles.

Spoiler: Visualization of a similar bird from recent history (click to show/hide)

[johiah]

Atlantean Horses:
Wooden Scorpio:
Orichalcum Scorpio:
Orichalcum Bomb:
Tromousavra Riding (4): Frostgiant, detoxicated, UristMCRiley
Atlantean Warbirds: (4) Thanik, NUKE9.13, Happerry, Johiah

So can these birds fly or what? Because personally I think dropping rocks from above would be pretty great.