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<blockquote data-quote="mmadsen" data-source="post: 5731592" data-attributes="member: 1645">Yes, my first instinct is to parameterize the scenario and explore what it would take to make the fight fair -- or at least interesting.&nbsp; Obviously either side could win a decisive victory, depending on how we set the ground rules, but simply saying &quot;it depends&quot; isn't very insightful either.In the first installment of The Veil War, the &quot;goblins&quot; clearly have something akin to protection from normal missiles working for them.&nbsp; Their &quot;mojo&quot; deflects even sniper rifle rounds -- but it doesn't seem up to the task of deflecting whole volleys of fire directed at one target.The <a href="http://veilwar.com/start-reading/part-two/" target="_blank">second episode</a> emphasizes that air superiority -- but only in the absence of dragons.I'm trying to imagine how flying beasts might be superior to aircraft.&nbsp; They should have nowhere near the speed and power, but they should be quite agile, and I suppose they'd have little radar or infrared signature.&nbsp; Breathing fire might change that last part.&nbsp; I suppose helicopters might find themselves vulnerable to being grappled by dragons, but I can't imagine a jet facing much threat, and autocannons should rip apart anything without magic armor.&nbsp; Maybe a dragon would find it trivial to stay out of a fighter's line of fire?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mmadsen, post: 5731592, member: 1645"] Yes, my first instinct is to [i]parameterize[/i] the scenario and explore what it would take to make the fight fair -- or at least interesting. Obviously either side could win a decisive victory, depending on how we set the ground rules, but simply saying "it depends" isn't very insightful either. In the first installment of [i]The Veil War[/i], the "goblins" clearly have something akin to [i]protection from normal missiles[/i] working for them. Their "mojo" deflects even sniper rifle rounds -- but it doesn't seem up to the task of deflecting whole volleys of fire directed at one target. The [url=http://veilwar.com/start-reading/part-two/]second episode[/url] emphasizes that air superiority -- but only in the absence of dragons. I'm trying to imagine how flying beasts might be superior to aircraft. They should have nowhere near the speed and power, but they should be quite agile, and I suppose they'd have little radar or infrared signature. Breathing fire might change that last part. I suppose helicopters might find themselves vulnerable to being grappled by dragons, but I can't imagine a jet facing much threat, and autocannons should rip apart anything without magic armor. Maybe a dragon would find it trivial to stay out of a fighter's line of fire? [/QUOTE]

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