Macro-Tactics, Monday

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"Now, this is a class on macro-tactics. Top down. That's the theory." Kerrigan was grinning like a shark today. The walls of their usual Danger Shop hideout weren't metal this time, either. They were solid brick, old brick, cracked brick. "But sometimes, you need to know a little bit about what goes on on the floor to make it work."

Her eyes slid across the students, looking for Blackagar if he was there. "Some of you wanted to know how to combat the tactics we talked about last week," she said. "I'm graciously giving you a chance to figure it out for yourself. Let's do this the classic way."

She kicked open a door in the corner of the room. "Medieval castle," she said, smoothly. "You're surrounded right now, and your enemy's going to be trying all kinds of tactics to get in here. You can command whatever moddable NPC soldiers, archers and knights you run into. I have five kinds of battle stations. Pick yours, swap it around if you're through with it. You do learn by doing..."

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Re: The Castle - Courtyard

[onlymistaken]

Here, perhaps, Cally could do some good, if only because she'd paid close attention to the sections on mining. It seemed like something that could just as easily be used in the future, if with more attention to high-tech sensor equipment.

She approached the workers by way of the well, with a bucket of water in her hands. "They will try to come from below; we should be there to meet them before they can collapse the earth beneath us." She held the bucket up. "If we place these near the walls, you can watch for the vibrations from below to disturb the water, and know where to dig."