Board Thread:Theories/@comment-27823881-20180729145535/@comment-35822279-20180731054926

RuneLai wrote: That's true. Without Zeke the air strike wouldn't work, at least not with Titans. But if they have zeppelin tech, they've probably have experimented with bombing units, which would still be destructive, though more on a structural level than a human one. (Titans won't destroy the buildings as much.)

I wouldn't count out airships though. In WW1 zeppelins were considered difficult for airplanes to attack due to their high altitude. They could attack from 10,000 feet up, which is almost two miles. Armin and Zeke probably are not able to chuck boulders 2 miles up, let alone with any accuracy. Granted, the zeppelins weren't accurate bombers either because their crew couldn't see jack squat during their night time bombing runs (sometimes they totally missed Londan), but Marley wouldn't have to come at night since Paradis doesn't have airplanes. If they could at least make sure they're over a city, they probably don't need much more than that to do a lot of damage.

I think a sneak attack from the north is a good idea though, if Marley wants to catch everyone off guard. The port is to the south and every previous Marleyan ship seems to have sailed up to the south as well (probably to get to the dock). Pieck is mobile enough that she probably could jump off a ship in the middle of the ocean on the north side and take a special forces team in with her. - Oh yea I totally forgot about altitude in that case yea they would still be effective in the battle as long as they stayed out of range and I also completely forgot about Zeppelins being capable of housing smaller aircraft which if they pair that up with bombers that would be an incredibly effective strategy against Paradis, so I guess in this scenario Paradis might have to lean on Hizuru for air defense (if they have an adequate air force). Thanks for correcting my errors on Zeppelin warfare as it is a subject I am not educated on and it's always a pleasure to learn something new.

- I actually thought of the Pieck thing when I was reading this thread as I have been trying to think of what kind of role she could play in the upcoming battle due to her losing her Panzer Unit in Liberio (her strongest offensive attribute) as I have general theories that Reiner will face Eren in close combat (again) and Porco will face Mikasa in a true one on one fight as it seems like a natural rivalry due to there respective speediness (plus it was teased heavily in Liberio) but I couldn't think of what Pieck would do as she is at such a severe disadvantage in open combat. The first thing I thought was her being saddled with some kind of Anti-Titan Artillery platform but that's kinda dumb and not really beneficial as it would make her easy prey for the Survey Corps but the talk about Thermopylae clued me into a sneak attack as a battle where knowing the terrain was vital for all parties + Reiner has like 3 panels in the late 90's where he explains Paradis's terrain and how they wouldn't expect an attack from the north to Magath and Marley's old commanders (foreshadowing perhaps?).