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Perscitia grew to become slower and larger than the breeders had hoped. She was also an individual thinker with a nervous disposition, making her unreliable in formations and fearful of combat. Ultimately, she was sent away to the breeding grounds. She thought her captain did not want her because she would not fight, and certainly the [[Aerial Corps]] had little use for such a dragon, regardless of whatever her captain's personal feelings might have been. | Perscitia grew to become slower and larger than the breeders had hoped. She was also an individual thinker with a nervous disposition, making her unreliable in formations and fearful of combat. Ultimately, she was sent away to the breeding grounds. She thought her captain did not want her because she would not fight, and certainly the [[Aerial Corps]] had little use for such a dragon, regardless of whatever her captain's personal feelings might have been. | ||
− | [[Temeraire]] met her as another occupant of the [[Pen Y Fan Breeding Grounds]]. Perscitia discussed mathematics with him, even proposing some theories he had not thought of before. When he led the Pen Y Fan dragons against the French, she went with them. Initially, she assumed she would not get any prize | + | [[Temeraire]] met her as another occupant of the [[Pen Y Fan Breeding Grounds]]. Perscitia discussed mathematics with him, even proposing some theories he had not thought of before. When he led the Pen Y Fan dragons against the French, she went with them. Initially, she assumed she would not get any prize moutney because she refused to enter combat, but Temeraire suggested she could earn her share by figuring out how to work a cannon that was among their booty. |
After this, Perscitia became their strategist. At one battle, she sent in the unharnessed British heavyweights as the first wave of attack, with their backs painted with mock harness lines and "crewed" with loosely attached straw figures; this decoyed the French aviators into futile boarding attempts that left them under-manned and demoralized for the second wave of harnessed dragons. She worked out the logistics of dragon-assisted transport for troops and materiel. At the [[Battle of Shoeburyness]], she rigged alcohol-soaked tangles of netting for [[Iskierka]] to light as they fell onto the French troops. By the end of the campaign, she was respected by her peers despite her technical noncombatant status, and even [[Wellesley]] seemed to appreciate her talents. | After this, Perscitia became their strategist. At one battle, she sent in the unharnessed British heavyweights as the first wave of attack, with their backs painted with mock harness lines and "crewed" with loosely attached straw figures; this decoyed the French aviators into futile boarding attempts that left them under-manned and demoralized for the second wave of harnessed dragons. She worked out the logistics of dragon-assisted transport for troops and materiel. At the [[Battle of Shoeburyness]], she rigged alcohol-soaked tangles of netting for [[Iskierka]] to light as they fell onto the French troops. By the end of the campaign, she was respected by her peers despite her technical noncombatant status, and even [[Wellesley]] seemed to appreciate her talents. |