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Etherealists in airship combat

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Snark Knight:
So we saw a couple of instances where Cavendish and Ferus were able to redirect gauntlet fire and use their enemies' own shots against them. I found it odd, then, that Cavendish was essentially a non-factor in the concluding airship battle. Since the cannon discharges are much more powerful than gauntlets, I can see it being too taxing for an etherealist to outright loop fire back against the attacking ship, but it seems odd she didn't even intervene to disrupt their aim or focus.

Second Aristh:
Cavendish was busy memorizing the Index, and there was the possibility of two etherealists countering whatever she might have done so I can understand why she stayed out of things.  Barring those circumstances, I can see how the scale of power from the crystals might be a limiting factor.  I'd imagine the most effective use of an etherealist against an airship would be to affect their lift crystal.  Either change its output into something that isn't antigravity or turn it off altogether.

canpinter:
do we know how rare etherealists are? cause it might be a case of not wanting to risk such rare people in open combat.

Second Aristh:

--- Quote from: canpinter on October 11, 2015, 05:08:42 PM ---do we know how rare etherealists are? cause it might be a case of not wanting to risk such rare people in open combat.

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Grimm said that Ferus was the fourth etherealist he'd met in his lifetime.  Overall, they're probably fewer of them than there are power core crystals.

PlatinaD:
I also believe that the webbing that propels the ships use the "etheric current" and an etherialist manipulating the same ether would disrupt the propulsion and maneuverability of the ship itself.

 

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