Okay, I decided to create a repository for all Magitek weaponry related stuff belonging to the garlean military, so, feel free to add your sources and comments here! I'm interested in all you've got, whatever it is. Thoughts, lorebits, whatever works!
I'll try to update it as possible.
Note on airships: It seems to imply that garlemald air doctrine for the military leans heavily on slow, sturdy and heavily armored airships rather than fast and agile, with a few exceptions like the assault crafts/corvettes. It is also interesting to note that there is no distinction made between the Army and a kind of 'airforce', as airships seem to be given to each legion of land forces. This seems to imply that the Garlean military has already achieved a state doctrine of combined arms, which is something not that old IRL, and still not quite used in a total synergy (we still have airforces, navy forces, etc, even if they work more together in the modern day).
Link to Encyclopedia Eorzea's sources
I'll try to update it as possible.
Encyclopedia Eorzea Wrote:Warmachina
At the turn of the 16th century, an engineer attempted to create a smaller version of the stationary steam engine for his workshop. In so doing, he stumbled upon the idea of using ceruleum as fuel itself, rather than to heat water. His prototype was relatively weak, but compact enough to be portable. As if by fate, it then caught the eye of Legatus Solus Galvus, who insisted the military open its coffers to fund the new technology. With the army's support, a moving platform was built, driven by an improved ceruleum engine and mounted with artillery.
This prototype proved more destructive in tests than Galvus had ever dreamed. He christened the new type of weapon "magitek", to signify the triumph of technology over magic. Thereafter, Garlean engineers fashioned more and varied magitek weapons. With each one, the strenght of the Garlean Army grew.
Starting around 1550, relics of ancient Allag were unearthed in the new territories of Garlemald. The Empire's keenest minds set about learning their intricacies, though in truth the archaic technology put the best imperial efforts to shame. The engineers never learned the fundamental principles of the Allagan devices. Nonetheless, the secrets they pried from the old machina advanced Garlean magitek by leaps and bounds. The Garleans also succeeded in reanimating a number of Allagan machina with ceruleum engines, and the Empire is rumored to be moving these to the front lines.
Airship
Made manifest through magitek, the airship is a miracle of modern technology. Driven by ceruleum propulsion engines, it soars through the skies upon wings treated with aether, staying aloft through stores of buoyant gas. Moreover, airships come in all shapes and sizes, from the mighty armored vessels for military use to the smaller swift ships designed for civilian trade and transport.
Note on airships: It seems to imply that garlemald air doctrine for the military leans heavily on slow, sturdy and heavily armored airships rather than fast and agile, with a few exceptions like the assault crafts/corvettes. It is also interesting to note that there is no distinction made between the Army and a kind of 'airforce', as airships seem to be given to each legion of land forces. This seems to imply that the Garlean military has already achieved a state doctrine of combined arms, which is something not that old IRL, and still not quite used in a total synergy (we still have airforces, navy forces, etc, even if they work more together in the modern day).
Link to Encyclopedia Eorzea's sources
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