Military Technology

**Orange means obsolete.**

## Armour

* **Iron Scale** - Rulhuthyn's patronage of smiths for the best protection of his daughter led to this being unlocked in **Horse daughter**.
* **Riveted maille** - In the update **Riding Off**, the armor technology was picked off from former Mountain Horse blacksmith slaves, and proved superior to the butted maille which it replaced.
	+ **Butted Maille** - Invented in **Famine Stalks**.
* **Leather**
* **Quilted cloth**
* **Bronze plate**
* **Wicker** - Made obsolete in **Great works**.

## Cavalry

* **Chariot Archer** - Chariot archers were becoming obsolete by **The Horsemen Ride Once Again**.
	+ **Chariot Archer Elites**
* **Horse archers** - Acquired in **Rumbling Omens** with the integration of the Forhuch into the empire.
* **Spoked chariots** - Developed by **Quiet tensions**.
* **Sacred light cavalry**
* **Steppe recruit light cavalry** - Acquired in the same circumstance as horse archers.
* **Light barding** - Armoring of horses in certain vital area. It is a reward from the Patrician faction in the update **Riding Off** for completing the quest to raise cavalry to 3 or better.

## Melee

* **Daggers** - The newfound availability of iron in **Iron Time** is when dagger made its first appearance.
* **Short swords** - Developed by **More fun and games**.
* **Curved cavalry swords** - The curved swords was invented by the Freehills in **Rumbling Omens** and subsequently adopted by the Ymaryn for use in cavalry warfare.
* **Maces** - Evolved from ceramic mace at the same time as daggers as a result of iron.
	+ **Ceramic maces**
* **Light Shields**
* **Spears**
* **Long spears** - Probably developed as a counter to cavalry in **The Horsemen Ride Once Again**.
* **Two-Handed Clubs**

## Ranged

* **Composite Bows**
* **Light crossbow** - Matured during the war with the Forhuch in **The Horsemen Ride Once Again**.
	+ **Early light crossbows**
		- **Crude gastraphetes** - A large crossbow-like weapon, invented during **Epic Age II**.
* **Ballista** - Evolved sometime during the conquest of the Forhuch and the war with the nomad in **Swift Riders**.
	+ **Bolt Throwers**
* **Massed fire** - It was discovered in **Calm before the storm?** via the recruitment of Blackbirds.
* **Slings**
* **Pila**

## Theory

* **Shield wall**
	+ **Close formation** - Massed warfare, discovered in **Hero's End** to make use of the large number of soldiers effectively.
* **Tactical Phases** - It is the idea of moving select forces at certain time and places and using reserve to exploit opportunities or reinforce certain flank. It was discovered by Chakur of Heaven's Hawks in **Make the punching stop**, which allowed the Ymaryn and their vassal fend off the Thunder Horse and the Harmurri(known as only Swamp Folks at that time) and made them pay considerable tributes.
* **Supply caravans** - The war with the Forhuch and the need to supply so many men caused the systematic organization of logistics based on caravans in **The Horsemen Ride Once Again**
* **Formal lieutenants** - Discovered alongside supply caravans was the need to organize the army with formal leadership roles.

## Warships

* **Triremes** - Arrived in **Rumbling Omens**.
	+ **Biremes**
* **Naval rams**

## References

1. ↑ Abby Normal's analysis of *Famine Stalks* accessed on November 26,2017.
2. ↑ Veekie's analysis of *Great works* update accessed on November 14, 2017.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Abby Normal of The Horsemen Ride Once Again accessed on November 23, 2017.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Abby Normal's diff for *Rumbling Omens* accessed on November 29, 2017.
5. ↑ Abby Normal's analysis of *Quiet tensions* accessed on November 26, 2017.
6. ↑ Abby Normal's analysis of *Iron Time* accessed on November 25, 2017.
7. ↑ Abby Normal's analysis of *More fun and games* accessed on November 28, 2017.
8. ↑ Abby Normal's correction of details and notes of *Swift Riders* accessed on November 24, 2017.