Sam Alexander

That was too much, sir.

That's what she said.

Anyway, I went a little nerdy on that one.

That's –

I mean, yes, you've got crossbows.

You have longbowmen if you go before that.

But essentially, warfare is still very melee-based.

And then in comes the matchlock, which starts to grow the distance.

And then you have this weird interperiod where shot-and-pike formations to keep horses specifically, but also other infantry away from your musketeers while they're reloading.

Also, this is the age of, if you're going to...

I don't know how many Sabaton fans there are out there.

Sabaton, rather.

But your wings are... Is that how you say it?

It depends on how fucking fancy you're wanting to feel.

You know what, Mike?

If you're going to your 17... I only know things that I know.

Late 1700s.

I don't know things I don't know.

There's an overlap where you have almost armored knights with fucking pistols, which is epic as fuck.

Because again, in that 1700s transition, you have, and this goes later than that too, one of cavalry's jobs, this goes fuck even into the Civil War.