WHO WANTS TO START A MAJOR BATTLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[naru]

Before going to Xia Feng to "authorize & organize" such an act i want to find out if the idea is popular, if anyone else is interested in it it could take place on say a chain of islands at the edge of the fire nation allowing sea and land battles and can involve all of the available nations what do YOU think

I mean really there could even be those tanks the fire nation has and just imagine how the environment could affect such a battle and it doesn't have to be exclusively benders (thats unrealistic) benders or just average soldiers SERIOUSLY think of the possibilities

[vu]

Sure, I'm up for it--though I haven't a clue exactly how these... sidestories work.

Some more detail would help too--but why would there be a massive battle on an island chain? What purpose does the area/region serve?

[jialingjin]

A battle in Fire Nation territory would actually.. be kinda.. well not correct. The battle front is deep within Earth Nation territory.. so most battles would happen there. A battle in the Fire Nation could be possible, but we have yet to see if the Earth Kingdom actually has a navy and if so.. could they get past the Fire Nation blockade which I am assuming surrounds the Fire Nation.

[aden]

I'm always up for battles. And if you guys need a plot, I'd love to see my Tropical Water ribe invasion idea come to life... I tried it on FB, but it's not turning out anywhere close to how it was supposed to.

[naru]

As you can tell I javent put much thought into this but the main goal is achieved Ive gathered your attention ;D

Yes I suppose it cant be anywhere in the fire nation since even as a surprise attack they simply dont have enough soldiers, I guess I just wanted to make the opportunity for all types of combat whether in ships on land etc.

And to answer the island chain purpose question I was thinking of it as a sort of Retalliation from the Water Tribe and Earth Kingdom. You know like they sent there ships out to attack the Fire nation but were met with resistence on the way. This woulda also give a chance fo a Earth Kingdom navy since we have no information on it we could make our own keeping close to the possiblities nothing impossible or unrealistic.


For example is it possible to make a ship out of earth like with large pockets of air in it and it would be almost completely Earthbender powered, I just want to know if something like that is even remotely possible. And if the ship took damage by sailing near islands they would have a ready source to repair or refill it with Earth

[vu]

Our attention you have indeed. ;D And the all caps didn't hurt either.

For an Earth Kingdom naval vessels you could start with the traditional, medieval era sailing vessels of Asia and work from there.

As for making a ship out of earth, there is an igneous rock known as pumice that's able to float. Though I don't quite understand what you mean by "Earthbender powered" exactly.

A while back I came up with the thought, though haven't worked out, of EK ships using a point defense system involving sand or gravel or the like. Basically an earthbender shifts around the sand on deck to shield from attacks. It's also handy when clearing a part of an enemy deck to prepare for a boarding party.

Since you want this to be a land and sea/river battle, you may want to start it out small starting out land or sea and expand it into the next one. The battle itself could be some sort of small engagement branching out into something bigger (it helps keep things from spiraling out of control). Variations of this example are:

A. A party attempts to take over, say, a port by land or sea and beats back the defenders only to be beaten back, inland or to sea, by the defender's reinforcements.

B. A formation recon mission--a party attacks an enemy position to probe its defenses then comes back with larger force to thoroughly spank enemy's position

C. An ambush/guerilla assault or scouting party used to draw out a larger force into a trap.

But those are just idea examples to throw away or use pieces of.

And this can all take place in the Earth Kingdom in either an area held by the Earth Kingdom or Fire Nation.

[naru]

What i mean by "Earth Bender" powered is the ship is moved by earthbending but in that way the number of benders in the crew obviously affect the size of the ship. There could even be "propellers and rudders made of earth on the back spun by earthbenders.

I know these ideas are outrageous but when you think about it almost anything is possible with earthbending, waterbending or firebending just to give a few examples couldnt waterbender hypothetically create a sort of bubble underwater by simply moving all the water away in a sphere around them. Another idea couldnt an earthbender run faster by having the Earth propel their every step. Firebending is trickier to mess around with since fire itself isnt solid, liquid, or even gas really but they could take sheets of metal and weld them over holes punctured in the ship

My point is the bending disciplines have so many capabilities in coming up with an earthkingdom ship I like to think of all of the possibilities.

Now to deal with the reason why they would even have a battle in a fire nation island area. One reason is fire nation ships that leave from the fire nation might make a stop on one of these islands to restock on coal or supplies, or it could be a major gathering point where several fire navy ships gather before heading of to a location. More specifically the islands could have large coal deposits and so an attack from the earth kindom would pose a threat to the fire nation giving them reason to actually confront the earth kingdom and water tribe ships