Checking the Casualty List at bottom of thread 3227,
I note that Geyrsof and Desmar were both killed at
Fort Salby, so 2029th and 3012 were the two Strikes
that attacked there.
But then the 2029th should not have so many dragons.
Those two Strikes should have three (3) dragons
between them!
But the 5001st should have about eleven (11), IfIRC.
That would make about 14 in the whole Talon.
I guess that there are still three more Strikes at
Hell's Gate, or exploring the other five Portals
which lead out from them. Perhaps there are 2 or 3
Flights in reserve at HG, available to reinforce Harshu.
I must check the books, and my notes,
and report on Monday.
HTM
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Brnichols noted above that the AEF started with two (2)
whole Talons, six (6) Strikes, plus four Yellows.
Only three Yellows were used attacking the Hell's
Gate Lines, leaving one elsewhere. One Yellow was
killed there, with its pilot.
It seems that Harshu and Toralk took only three of
those Strikes, including two Yellows, and Talon
Commander 500 Myr, with them into New Uromath
and Thermyn. That leaves the other three Strikes,
and presumably one Talon Commander,
behind in Hell's Gate, to be part of the garrison
of the place (it needs a garrison), to chase Simrath's
escapees, and to investigate the other Portals.
Arcana would be foolish not to investigate them!
Those three Strikes (and other garrison units) also
(incidently) constitute a Reserve, which might be
sent forward if needed.
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3227
which lists all officers & soldiers,
includes three Strike Commanders:
100 Geyrsof, 3012th Strike,
100 Helika, 5001st " , and
100 Desmar, 2029th " .
The 4016th Strike is also mentioned,
but its commander was not named in HHNF.
**ISTR that the 2029th was part of the attack on
the Hell's Gate Lines, but was not one of the three
which Harshu & Toralk took into Thermyn.
I deduce that it was part of the Reserve. **
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Corrected an hour later. 2029th **was** part of
the Fort Salby attack. See top of this post.
HTM
bkwormlisa wrote:I was wondering the same thing. We knew there were only three of the 3012th Strike left, and I don't think we had numbers for the 5001th, but where did the 2029th come from? It obviously wasn't available for the attack on Fort Salby - Toralk specifically thought that he had only three dragons fit to fight - but it doesn't sound like Helika had it either.
It's also a lot of transport dragons, and they can haul more than I would have thought practical. How the heck do they normally feed dragons, especially in heavily populated worlds?
Strange thought: Since dragons are accumulators in their own right as Gadrial says (they recharge themselves for each breath weapon), maybe there's more to them than just weapons? Perhaps they have some levitation spells built in too. It would have been a great original reason for them to be accumulators, before the Mythalans added breath weapons. That would explain how something that size could fly at allSCC wrote:Interesting about the supply of dragons, far more then I thought they had (Of course, no mention of wounded is made). Didn't they start out short of battle dragons?