For me, it’s the retribution field. Simple concept: a force field that absorbs the kinetic energy of incoming projectiles, then releases that energy back at the attacker in an Imma firin mah lazer style blast of concussive force.

It’s silly because I’ve already established that the yinrih can flout Newton’s laws of motion and have access to things like micro fusion reactors that could theoretically generate the energy on its own without having to absorb it externally. At one point I had a weak justification based on Claravian just war doctrine, a quantitatively literal version of the Lex Talionis where you could only use the exact same force as was used against you, but I dropped that in short order and now it’s just there because of the rule of cool.

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    Rideable azhdarchidae, because I think it is good and proper for regiments of mounted cavalry to ride flying lizard-giraffe beasts into battle. The flavour text is too much fun for me to ever let it go.

    Singularly, [Viltmanker] cavalry use azhdarchs. This is perfect for their knights, as their reputation abroad paradoxically combines spineless high-handedness with recklessness bordering on suicidal. The sight of a flying Azhdarch regiment plucking apart a formation on the wing is a splendid sight, though often it is accompanied by a frightful number of accidental fatalities, which makes the endeavor either more impressive or quite farcical - depending on your frame of mind.