Re: Do Ducks have cavalry?

From: Oliver D. Bernuetz <bernuetz_at_m3AJS67OnMNqt0oaI4SQClul2owIghpXy3KPgX1snYZzVI8w19BH_ZfGTowbx16ANoV>
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:22:14 -0000

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> On Dec 11, 2007 9:52 AM, bryan_thx <bethexton_at_...> wrote:
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> > Instead of cavalry, how about chariots? Maybe with enclosed bodies
> > and pulled by something amphibious, so that they can go from land
to
> > water? (although they'd still have trouble with soft mud).
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> Wheels on watercraft not generally advised, for the reason you note.
> Extra drag means lower water speed.
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> Getting stuck in soft mud would be bad; chariots are useful because of
> their mobility;

Not if you use the special duck marsh chariots! They have extra wide wheels made of wicker. They look like the wheel of a watermill or a paddlewheel steamer and the encosed body of the chariot is made of wicker with a waterproof cover. This allows them to work reasonably well on the water and on soft marshy ground. They're pulled by the elusive and rare waterwalker lizards. (Like the real world green basilisk http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles/green- -lizard.html). For short dashes the chariots can move along the top of the water.

It's the surprise factor (no one expects a chariot charge in a swamp) and the fact that most people fall over laughing when they see one that makes them so "successful" in battle.

Oliver