No no no, I mean use tunnels to move the artillery without it being noticed. Make tunnels before we start the battle and then use the tunnels to rapidly reposition the artillery
Pop up artillery barrage or even just the APPEARANCE of suddenly being surrounded on all sides (save one for easier routing of the enemy) by death spewing artillery would go a long way as an intimidation tactic at least.
Another idea is to lure them into a field of our choosing. Lure then into the pass and considering how there are few pegasi and WE have a bunch of dogs and bombs..... We could bury a good chunk of them in an avalanche or a landslide
Ok... So I have now finished a good portion of the flags for the continental flags. I have no intention of making flags for Equestria or the Crystal Protectorate as they both have canon flags. @Questor here's the flags for the continent. Next weekend I might tackle the various islands.
Trying to keep with the color scheme of MLP is a little hard but I also was trying to show progression from earlier flags. This is the flag of the Gryphus Empire post Sombra. The Blues represent the sky and seas. The Hexagon is a reference to common fortresses seen throughout the empire. The black band is in rememberance of those lost... Those who gave their all for the Empire. I decided not to use Red colors on this flag mostly because I figured the Empire is trying to prove they don't need to be bloody to be great and the Black Band works better. I suspect there are regional subdivision flags or banners that fly for the various regions of the Empire: Griffonia, Wingbardy, Aquilea, Kestrella, Lanner, Crystal Empire, Houndstooth City. I imagine the banner of the First Empire is the flag of Griffonstone.
The Kingdom of Canterbury, a nation of lakes and holy orders of knights. Personally I don't think strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is any sort of basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony. But that's none of my business... The sword and the lake shows just how important the Lady of the Lakes is to Canterbury, and the Fleur de lis is a reference to their earlier flag which was a reuse of an old French flag. What's the significance of the 15 fleurs? No idea but I figure it references the 15 Bishoprics or something to that effect. I was originally going to put some latin around the lake but it wound up making it a bit busy, so I decided not to. UNlike the Griffons the Knights of Canterbury have a 2:1 ratio flag. I suspect they had one that was much longer but it kept becoming a windsock or tangled, so they adopted the 2:1 version... also it was weird having the longest flag at diplomatic functions.
The flag of the Queendom of Maretonia. A land where the three pony races are bonded... by chains. Maretonia loves its gold, and the fact that a "legendary alicorn" was seen as symbol for the proper way of things. The Unicorns rule, the Pegasi enforce, and the Earth ponies toil. The flag of purple was usually only flown where Mareia, or the Monarch resided. Due to Mareia's unpopularity the Flag of Maretonia was usually flown as an after thought. Mareia's own family owned several forests where dark purple dye was harvested, and to have the Royal Standard be mostly purple instead of just crushed lavendar was a sign of their wealth. Technically speaking there was no single "Flag of Maretonia" but the central element was a common motif although the color changed depending on the house or noblity. Only Mareia was bold enough to put the Alicorn on her standard though, a not so subtle symbol that the Imperial Guard answered to HER above all else.
Ah House Storm... and the would be successors of Maretonia. The Red colors will feature more prominently on old Maretonia's flag, but the Stormy blue is what House Storm wants to be known for. Also to show that Pegicles is fairly uncreative... This is a ripoff of the Imperial Guard flag, they snapped off the Unicorn Horn, and put it on a field of dark Blue and Red. I guess Storm is known of it's "Wings of Blood" or something? I don't know....
Oh and the pegasi logo is ACTUALLY canon from the show... well kinda. See the Pegasi banner from the Hearths Warming Eve episode was this LINK
So in my headcanon that flag surviving in some archives in the cloud city of Mareathon was co-opted as a some sort Pegasi Supremacy icon for Pegicles. Let's just say if Cloudsdale Pegasi Centurions ever hear of this... they will be cross...
House White Star, the Unicorn Nobility's last hope to maintain their position. They would bind the two other races to their rightful place, and with their lavender banners would march into battle... and get their teeth knocked out. All the while in the City of Abila the Unicorn nobles were awarding themselves very impressive titles based on politics not function. The flag was designed by committee on a deadline... which is for the best because noble family representatives were still arguing over a proposed patchwork design of all the Nobles supporting White Star.
Inspired by some of the pics we have seen of the White Star Soldier's and their emblems
The Imperial Guard, sworn to protest the Monarch, only bound by the two chains. Solid in their duty and vow... Obvious inspiration was Imperial Roam... I mean Rome. I was tempted to follow the scutum of a Roman Centurion but no set of lightning bolts would work. If the Imperial Guard lasts long enough to find out that there is an ACTUAL White coated Alicorn... well might be an awkward conversation since for them they though alicorns were only myth.
The abolitionists. For a long while were cloaked in secrecy. A flag... an ACTUAL flag would only get their supporters killed, so they never made one. One of Queen Mareia's doomed centralization projects was the creation of a Maretonian Mail Corps. The nobles saw right through to Mareia's actual purpose, reading all their priveleged correspondence. So the noble houses or freepony merchants created private courier services to deal with this. it also didn't help that the thousand pony mail corps were quite... amenable to donations. After a few years EVERY noble house had their own unique wax seals, alongside cyphers and other keys to avoid royal censure... the most basic seal and one most easily overlooked was the the Four pointed star... or known as Common Class Mail. This is why the flag looks like an envelope, in the early days of the abolitionist, this is how they communicated... by Common Class Mail with the common class mail seal, no Royal postmaster would give it a second thought, they wanted the secrets of the nobles after all. Once the Griffon Crisis began the abolitionists wound up co-opting a few private mail services to "ship" slaves to freedom. Maretonian Mail Inspectors were poorly paid, and eager to accept donations.
When the abolitionists were able to work openly and started forming a makeshift governmet... they needed a rallying symbol to raise in towns to let them know they were genuine liberators... What better way than to put an envelope on a banner with a Common Class Mail wax seal?
Yakyakistan... A kingdom of the Yaks, forged from the 4 tribes under one ruler Rutherford, from the bluffs and Canyons of Yakistown, just down the road from Council Bluffs where the Rutherford united the 4 clans.
Personally I don't think strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is any sort of basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony. But that's none of my business...
ok, I'm not sure of the exact option I prefer, but I generally am in favour of some kind of "send elite flyers to deal with the actual storm pegasi, Then overwhelm the foot soldiers enough they'd surrender.
Is it possible for Pegcicles to store enough water upriver if we assume he spent about as long, if not more as our force getting here gathering it to create an instant flood?
Whatever trap he is gonna set, is likely not gonna care about having his forces here anyway, since it sounds like they are here to die...
[X] Write-In - Aerial Supremacy: Use as many of our flight-capable troops as we can to quickly gain air superiority. Begin with some shock and awe; a cannon barrage aimed at the valley/enemy, all our warhorns blowing at once, and a war cry from our troops. Have the army sing one of the more fear-inspiring songs from our march to increase the psychological pressure on the enemy. Concentrate attacks on the enemy commander and any other officers. While that is occurring, set up our cannons and flightless troops to barrage any potential enemy attack coming out of the valley, in case they try for a desperate offensive. Once we have air superiority, start dropping bombs, Molotov cocktails, arrows, flechettes, and propaganda leaflets instructing the enemy to surrender and promising good treatment to those who do. We want the untrained draftees to panic, surrender, retreat, and generally get in the way of the veterans. Once the enemy is in chaos, have units descend to the ground as necessary on isolated areas of the battlefield for defeat in detail.
[X] Write-In - Aerial Supremacy: Use as many of our flight-capable troops as we can to quickly gain air superiority. Begin with some shock and awe; a cannon barrage aimed at the valley/enemy, all our warhorns blowing at once, and a war cry from our troops. Have the army sing one of the more fear-inspiring songs from our march to increase the psychological pressure on the enemy. Concentrate attacks on the enemy commander and any other officers. While that is occurring, set up our cannons and flightless troops to barrage any potential enemy attack coming out of the valley, in case they try for a desperate offensive. Once we have air superiority, start dropping bombs, Molotov cocktails, arrows, flechettes, and propaganda leaflets instructing the enemy to surrender and promising good treatment to those who do. We want the untrained draftees to panic, surrender, retreat, and generally get in the way of the veterans. Once the enemy is in chaos, have units descend to the ground as necessary on isolated areas of the battlefield for defeat in detail.
I find the idea of dropping propaganda leaflets during a medieval/renessaince battle a bit... ridiculous? This isn't a modern battlefield siege where the enemy might have long moments of calm to consider the leaflets. @Questor Do we even have such leaflets on hand and would we IC even consider such things during a full-scale battle?
I find the idea of dropping propaganda leaflets during a medieval/renessaince battle a bit... ridiculous? This isn't a modern battlefield siege where the enemy might have long moments of calm to consider the leaflets. @Questor Do we even have such leaflets on hand and would we IC even consider such things during a full-scale battle?
Miswritten? Clear these people are are just voting to establish our propaganda leaflet font! Do you think the enemy will surrender if they are told to do so in comic sans! This is a central part of our strategy! Though personally I would have gone with Bakersfield in this situation, much more authoritative...
I find the idea of dropping propaganda leaflets during a medieval/renessaince battle a bit... ridiculous? This isn't a modern battlefield siege where the enemy might have long moments of calm to consider the leaflets. @Questor Do we even have such leaflets on hand and would we IC even consider such things during a full-scale battle?
The leaflets are a bit silly under these circumstances, otherwise I like the plan. Propaganda leaflets seem like something that might be more useful during prolonged conflict like a siege or trench warfare where the enemy has time to think about it. In a confrontation as abrupt as this they probably won't even have time to read it.
