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Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark theironpony

@gangstashy In terms of espionage, this kind of puts unicorns on the back hoof. Owing to their extremely high destructive power, any forewarning of an attack by them is going to lead to an alliance of the other races to knock them out pre-emptively.

Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark theironpony

@gangstashy We've also not agreed on a set tech-level for this conflict.

Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark theironpony

@gangstashy I think (though it's not, strictly speaking proven) that unicorn teleportation has a number of contraints. I don't think it's tap-a-map fast-travel. I think they need to familliar with the location, and I think it's range limited. Given the uniquely malleable nature of pegasus cloud-based architecture, it is entirely possible to completely reconfigure a base on the fly so that any would-be teleporters find they've just teleported themselves into open sky, or the heart of a thundercloud, or something equally unpleasant. The other defense the pegasi have against this kind of behaviour is that there's nopony above them. Their ability to hide stuff on the other side of clouds is unparalleled. You can't teleport to to a high-value location if it's hidden in some obscure corner of the sky.

Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark theironpony

@gangstashy I'm not the "Oh you made a typo your argument is invalid" type.

Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark theironpony

@gangstashy The difference is that the Wonderbolts are /fast/ in a way that a heavy bomber isn't. Assuming a literal definition of "Best", they'd probably be equivelant to a weaponised variant of the SR-71. In, out and done before anyone even knows what just happened. I imagine they'd be deployed more like a special forces unit, rather than in open combat.

Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark theironpony

@gangstashy Especially powerful unicorns would of course, end up being high-value targets, limiting their usefulness on the battlefield, as they'd essentially be walking around with targets painted on their flanks. Even assuming a unicorn as powerful as Twilight, it's still one unicorn VS the entire focused might of an attacking force. Nopony is that good, even with Twilight's mary-sue powers.

Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark theironpony

@gangstashy The pegasi still have that all important first-strike capability. The unicorns cannot defend everywhere at once. The pegasi have the advantage of being able to lead the flow of battle due to their greater reach and speed.