Re: Pamaltela & Horses

From: Greg Stafford <Greg_at_oCT3lbnZE2aCEKBfvoimueZaZFZoXESfn0_eW6sFX2Dnq53ECDbK_ErAWUGkqGC0EgErrZo>
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 07:43:44 -0700


YGWV donald_at_gNp1M6hzGL-wouKtHtVh-EplDPYZP41n_sLlyMnH9juq7U4VBuN672BrlK6aaR7-NUA5Ry1xHNS14SpTUbe5S-pVmw.yahoo.invalid wrote:

> If it's lack of suitable food the Six Legged Empire could have
> relied on importing grain.

Exactly what I have understood to be the case..

>When that became impossible for
> whatever reason the horses would have died.

Grain and fodder is very heavy, and to have kept importing supplies sufficient to feed horses became excessive very quickly. Especially since there seemed to be so little of value in Pamaltela.

>But the Empire could
> have lasted for some time afterwards until the other peoples
> realised that their military advantage had gone.

Exactly.

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