Dragaera

Terics Academy

Fri Dec 23 07:33:26 PST 2005

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.
>
>