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[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Explanation: A corvus is an ancient Roman naval boarding device of the kind shown, basically a bridge with a nail in it put on a warship. I think it's got some dark horse energy in this matchup, I'm betting on the corvus as the winner ๐Ÿ™

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Yeah. The captain and the sailors would just laugh and underestimate it. "Let it get closer boys, don't shoot at it. Looks really cute, take some pictures before we sink this museum piece hahahaha".

Ram crashes down, rips into stored ammunition that blows half the ship apart, angry romans engage in brutal melee combat with confused and dazed marines.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Especially after the hunk of iron runs our of fuel. You can power the corvus on cheetos and red bull, but without oil, the corvette is dead in the water. Even it's weapons system, other than side arms, is useless.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Forget giving radio to the Romans. Let's give energy drinks to legionaries.