This scene suggested itself because of various posters on forums going on about writers having commanders announce “Fire” for archers. The “Fire” command came about with matchlock muskets. It literally meant apply fire to the gunpowder in the port that would set off the powder in the barrel and fire the projectile.
It has nothing to do with bows. The order for crossbows might have been “Shoot” as opposed to loose, because you did pull a trigger as opposed to letting loose of the bow string. This would survive in the Royal Navy (and in tanks which were originally envisioned as landships so the creators used the terminology of the Navy.) Tank shells and arrows have a lot in common as they are both darts that kill by penetration.
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El Cid suggested that I treat this as a comic with a very large buffer. There are over a hundred pages for me to go through and reedit. There will be time for me to sneak in some Belle's Best in the meantime. I just got some new wardrobe for the figures. Action figures are all about doing cool things so there is lots of cool adventure gear for them. So finding “everyday” clothing isn't easy. And it's often as expensive as the 1/1 scale stuff. Maybe time for some crowd funding.
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This is some remarkable setup! Clothing, poses, etc... just needs to be said again...!! And wow what a lot of arrows - guess they'll 'fight in the shade'!! I don't really have much trouble with 'Fire' - I mean, none of these people would be speaking modern English with an archaic twist anyway. They'd being saying their language's equivalent term for sending a projectile toward an enemy, so, in translation, 'Fire' works for me... but so does 'Loose' ;)
In the first minute of shooting an archer could loose as many 10 arrows. An arrow every 6-7 seconds is also realistic for aimed shots. The Nashor archers number about 200. So there could be as many as 1200 arrows there.
I remember seeing that 'ready, aim, fire' thing in an old historical warfare video game I used to play. It might have been the original Shogun: Total War, but I don't remember. It really irked the heck out of me.
jerrie at 1:08AM, Feb. 10, 2017
great page Bravo
KimLuster at 6:28AM, Feb. 8, 2017
This is some remarkable setup! Clothing, poses, etc... just needs to be said again...!! And wow what a lot of arrows - guess they'll 'fight in the shade'!! I don't really have much trouble with 'Fire' - I mean, none of these people would be speaking modern English with an archaic twist anyway. They'd being saying their language's equivalent term for sending a projectile toward an enemy, so, in translation, 'Fire' works for me... but so does 'Loose' ;)
bravo1102 at 6:50AM, Feb. 8, 2017
That's "Nasnor" not Nashorn.
bravo1102 at 6:42AM, Feb. 8, 2017
In the first minute of shooting an archer could loose as many 10 arrows. An arrow every 6-7 seconds is also realistic for aimed shots. The Nashor archers number about 200. So there could be as many as 1200 arrows there.
El Cid at 4:33AM, Feb. 8, 2017
I remember seeing that 'ready, aim, fire' thing in an old historical warfare video game I used to play. It might have been the original Shogun: Total War, but I don't remember. It really irked the heck out of me.
El Cid at 4:32AM, Feb. 8, 2017
What madness is this?! Berserkers showing restraint on the battlefield?!
bravo1102 at 4:40AM, Feb. 8, 2017
Tactical necessity.