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Phobophilia
Apr 26, 2008

by Hand Knit
im just glad there's tension! dramatic conflict! ingenuity! in this medieval tech vs supply-isolated 20th century tech story

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Phobophilia
Apr 26, 2008

by Hand Knit

TheLovablePlutonis posted:

lmao the next episode title is Baba Yetu (Civ 4's theme)

amen

Phobophilia
Apr 26, 2008

by Hand Knit
pretty sure those line troops were goblins

which is strange, the shinsengumi are cops, they sure as hell should know that you dont urban fight with spears. and if you are forced to, you chop them in half

also why the hell arent the ends trying to build gunpowder weapons of their own?

Phobophilia
Apr 26, 2008

by Hand Knit
my guess is the black king wants to freeze technological development of the non-human races at a pre-gunpowder stage for his endgame. so that's why he uses so many top-heavy technologies to gain a military advantage, like talisman command structures, or dragon whelp taming. once he and the rest of the ends are removed from existence, the non-human races will revert to a peaceful agrarian society. it will, of course, fail: those other races will make the same mistakes as humans and demihumans, and perform the same atrocities upon one another. i mean, they're even doing it right now

actually if you want to look at a fairly stable post-musket agrarian society, edo japan would be a good contender, ignore the fact that it was enforced with brutal one-sided violence

Phobophilia
Apr 26, 2008

by Hand Knit
if theres a badass who deserves to be a drifter its admiral yi

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Phobophilia
Apr 26, 2008

by Hand Knit
theres a case that yi is also an ends candidate because while he died a hero, it was after years of betrayal by the joseon court and after his carefully managed navy was squandered by politically-appointed incompetents

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