Andrew Janssen wrote: > It looks to me like the situation as it stands at the end of 1454 is > this: the Ice Demons attacking Parglug were defeated. Unfortunately, the > main Ice Demon attack was in Tana all along. > > So, in 1455, the Allies are going to have to figure out how to get the > western army to Tana. They need to move about 70,000 men about 1,322 > miles as the crow flies. Marching overland from southern Parglug to the > mouth of the Imbros will take between 81 and 163 days. And may not be possible. There must be some reason that there are no cities on the river running between Parglug and Junder, and either swamps or monsters would prevent the march. Also, the men may be able to make the march, but supplies may not be able to make it to them through the winter snows. > Sea transport, > assuming availability of sufficient hulls, will take 16 days (6 days' > march to Parmouth, 10 days from Parmouth to the Imbros. Unfortunately, > the Ice Demons have shown some ability to interdict sea transport. > > Which raises the question: How many men can Annaeyana, the Floating > City, carry, and how fast can the city fly? -- Jefferson http://www.picotech.net/~jeff_wilson63/rpg/Exq_Main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net.
