Board Thread:Theories/@comment-31099706-20181028035541/@comment-37224578-20181112131346

The smartest person in the world can't figure out how to take on a tank with a bow and arrow. Rock always beats scissors.

I think you are overestimating the Paradecians. In their 100 years in the walls, it took them 50 years before they invented the ODM gear. Granted, the lightning spears were invented fairly quickly, but I think propper counter measures for airial combat will take more time. They will need to encounter it before they can learn to fight it. And remember Hange's reaction when she learned this kind of combat was a possability. I think that tells us a lot about the Eldian potential to fight that kind of war.

I think you are right about one thing. The Marlayans will hold off on usin planes. The first strike will be with the warriors. I don't think the cadets will come into their calculations. They are probably a lost cause from the Marlayan governments point of view. Definitely expendably in the grand schem of things and the smart money is on them being dead already. But they would want to recover as many titan shifter powers as they could. This would be worth throwing tens of thousands of soldiers at the walls.

One thing they may have to worry about is the accuracy and range of Marlayan (and in time, other countries supperior) navy gun ships. It is possible that they could reach pretty far inland. The bombardment could be devistating.