Perhaps (for those less "web savvy" than the rest of us) a link at the bottom of the "explanation page" that takes you to the other areas of the site. Very well put together from first appearances =) Katt "I have a WAY? Is that better than having a plan?" --- Davdi Silverrock <davdisil at gmail.com> wrote: > On 12/22/05, Jon Lincicum <lincicum at comcast.net> > wrote: > > For anyone who is interested, I've put together a > little Fanfic site for > > Dragaera called "Terics Academy". > > > > It's mostly done for personal gratification, but I > thought some of you > > might want to look it over. > > > > It's located at: > > > > > http://home.comcast.net/~lincicum/Terics_Academy/index.html > > > > If you are so inclined, let me know what you > think. > > > > I am most certainly not a military expert of any > shade or color, but I > could not help but make a few observations, which > may or may not be of > some use to the noble headmaster of the Academy: > > Observing the course listing, I note the following: > > 1) No specific listing for Basic Cartography > (drafting and psiprints, > with special attention paid to emphasizing tactical > and strategic > geographical features). > > 2) No specific listing for Combat Engineering. I > suppose > "Fortification Methods" & "Siege Deployment" might > cover it, but I > think the Vallista would emphasize laying in the > foundation before > building upon it, if I may borrow their maxim. > > 3) No Naval Tactics! Given that Elde Island & > Greenaere are potential > enemies, this is a serious flaw. Perhaps you might > bring on the > famous Jaubry e'Marish'Chala to teach a few courses? > > 4) I think it might be useful to have courses, > perhaps as electives, > of "Integrating with non-human forces" and > "Considerations in opposing > non-human forces" (I don't know how much actual > fighting is done with > the Serioli nowadays, but Easterners are always an > interesting > tactical situation, especially considering different > types of > Easterner forces) > (it might also be interesting to consider > cat-centaurs, infantry AND > cavalry - although that might be a purely > theoretical scenario, since > there appears to be some sort of nonaggression > treaty). > > 5) "It Don't Matter" could probably be replaced by a > more... > informative class. Such as "Balancing Morale and > Discipline", or > "Effective Minor Sabotage Operations". > > 6) More basic "Combat Medicine" courses: "Basic > First Aid", "What to > do While Waiting for the Physicker", "Anatomy", > "Triage", etc. > > 7) Perhaps something on Espionage and Intelligence > Gathering and Analysis? > > > > Incidentally, have you heard of "The Defence of > Duffer's Drift"? > > > http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/007007.html#007007 > > It occurs to me that Lieutenant Backsight > Forethought might be a > Tiassa, what with achieving tactical insight through > revelatory > dreams. > >