Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-25479664-20180408173032/@comment-25343239-20180423183959

DeletedContent wrote: TiberCaesarAndRepublicOfTamriel wrote: This is a fine composition, there's no better -  but who would it be used against and how could it be assembled? The Septim Empire is long gone and the Thalmor could never and would never field an army like this.

Perhaps the Tsaesci/Akaviri could produce a situation in which an army of this composition would come together. And I suppose we could presume this sort of army did come together during the Oblivion crisis.

Two elements you might want to consider: flight is a posibility (ala Morrowind) and mage-Argonians could swim en masse against opponents Navy's and sink them from under water like mini submarines. Its an entirely hypothetical military, if all of the races and factions in Tamriel had to unite against a foriegn threat. Kinda like the Oblivion Crisis, but against a more conventional foe (such as a mass invasion from another continent). I will add an airship corps, just not sure which races to use An airship corps could be interesting. I really think a "submarine" or "submariner" corps of Argonians would be worthwhile too. They can eat fish and live underwater. Their uses at sea are innumerable. Especially if they can be trained as spellcasters and fired out using a kind of speed spell like a torpedo.

But yeah, an airship corps could be made up of two divisons: navy airforce (Argonians don't need parachutes over water!) and regular airforce (army support, strategic strike crops).

Navy airforce would have to be a flying boat. A boat that could fly over land and then drop down at sea. If enough boards of wood could be enchanted and have those enchantments rechaged you could have a full airship. Hell, even one made out of metal would work, but that would likely sink if landed at sea and could become a fortress if it landed somewhere on land and would instanlty create a fortified position. Either way it would require large amounts of soul gems to keep charged, it would need people who could control fire to cook on board and it would require a skilled navigator with great eyesight to be able to keep from getting lost. Khjit's night's eye might be useful there. Dropping Argonians behind the lines in lakes and pools could be a thing that happened with the Navy Airforce. ​​​​​

Presumably those with lots of magic skill would be ideal for such an airforce, even if only to be used as "propellors" to keep the magicial juices in this thing flowing/keep the "planes" in the sky. Imperials could handle the logistcs of aquiring large amounts of soul gems, with Altmer who have high-level enchanting on board casting spells to keep the ship afloat, Khajit with night-eye as navigators, Argonians as needed for sea battles and perhaps some Bosmer archers for air-to-air battles. (Bosmer are light and so would weigh the ships down less + are good with bow and arrow).