Timeline for How would one attack or lay siege to a flying castle?
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| Aug 17, 2018 at 14:14 | comment | added | user535733 | @Mast perhaps, but by that measure a tiny bit of extra handwaving (or magic) will solve any problem. Gotta start somewhere. | |
| Aug 17, 2018 at 13:28 | comment | added | Mast | Considering they make something extremely heavy float, I imagine a tiny bit of extra handwaving will solve the water problem. | |
| Aug 17, 2018 at 12:36 | comment | added | user535733 | @NicolasRaoul edited to include rain harvesting. | |
| Aug 17, 2018 at 12:35 | history | edited | user535733 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 17, 2018 at 9:58 | comment | added | March Ho | Alternatively, you can find and poison their water source by dumping dead animals or some other kind of biological/chemical weapon in it. | |
| Aug 17, 2018 at 9:49 | comment | added | Alice | @user535733 You most certainly do not want your soldiers drinking more than 5-6 litres of water per day, no matter how hard they work and fight and how thirsty they are. Or you will end up with pretty sick soldiers. | |
| Aug 17, 2018 at 4:54 | comment | added | a4android | The figures I quoted are for normal activity. More water will be consumed by a fighting force. This makes your revised figure very reasonable. What I like about your answer is that is practical & sensible in terms of siege warfare. Yay for commonsense! | |
| Aug 17, 2018 at 3:59 | comment | added | Nicolas Raoul | @user535733: I would rather say that it is an element you have forgotten to take account of in your answer's calculation. | |
| Aug 17, 2018 at 3:12 | comment | added | user535733 | @NicolasRaoul seems like a Question comment more than an Answer comment. Calculating the amount of rain collected, and determining if it's adequate to replace usage, is left as an exercise for the student. | |
| Aug 17, 2018 at 2:58 | comment | added | Nicolas Raoul | Don't they collect rain, though? | |
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| Aug 17, 2018 at 2:46 | comment | added | user535733 | @a4android Fair enough. I've cut the amount of water in half. I think 15-16L/day is appropriate for hard-working soldiers who are constantly fighting fires and endlessly repairing damage from those durned trebuchets. Both are thirsty work. | |
| Aug 17, 2018 at 2:44 | history | edited | user535733 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 17, 2018 at 2:35 | comment | added | a4android | Attacking the water supply was used many times to end sieges. Doing the same for a flying castle is a basically sound idea. Bathing, laundry & cleaning isn't exactly Medieval. Just querying some of the details. It got my tick of approval. | |
| Aug 17, 2018 at 2:32 | comment | added | a4android | [continues: "This does not include water for personal hygiene such as dental hygiene, which requires an additional minimum 4 fluid ounces ." Your estimate of 38 L suggests the flying castlers are awash with water. Medieval folk were less into hygiene than us moderns. At a guesstimate they could survive on 5 to 6 L daily (including cooking). However, attacking their water supply is a great way to end a siege. Good principle, but less water may be involved. | |
| Aug 17, 2018 at 2:26 | comment | added | a4android | Consider: "Minimum standards for daily water intake are universally recognized and set at 2.5 – 3 liters per day (or approximately 85 – 101 fluid ounces). Although this may include food intake, if food is to offer a significant fraction of the necessary water intake, then the food must be comprised of a sufficiently high percentage of water, i.e. a diet high in fruit and vegetables. The bare minimum of 2 liters (68 fluid ounces) of drinking water per day is an absolute minimum and reflects survival only. per day." [to be continued] | |
| Aug 17, 2018 at 2:20 | history | edited | a4android | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 17, 2018 at 1:49 | history | answered | user535733 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |