[Ansteorra-missile] Youth striving to become Authorized for Gulf Wars

[Mike]

Below is the activities that I reported as a Missile-at-Large-Marshal 
for the month of February, as well as being the Steppes Knight Marshal.

Richard Nine Fingers is 16 yrs old - parents present and minor waiver 
signed.

Heavy fighting instruction provided by Sir Morgan at the request of the 
Earl Marshal prior to taking the field as a combat archer trainee, this 
was accomplished on the 11th of February.

Marshal in Charge: Ld Michael Kettering

18th of Month - Melee/training witness this day -Combat archery training 
scenarios:
HL William Blackdragon present as an observer of Richard Nine Finger 
performance on the field in order to report back to Earl Marshal, to aid 
in authorizing Richard Nine Fingers as both a heavy fighter and combat 
archer. HL William assisted during the inspection process of the 
crossbow bolts.

First scenario:
Cross-bows being wield by Lord Alvin and son, Richard
Nine Fingers
vs
Sir Mahdi with kite and sword
Sir Morgan with kite and sword
Centurion Richard with round and sword
HL Honour with buckler and sword
Lord Hosey with buckler and sword
John of Green with kite and sword
Object of 1st scenario - heavy fighters advance across the field at a 
walk. To provide necessary training of facing advancing force with 
little pressure upon Richard Nine Fingers, as oppose to a full blown 
charge. Secondary effect demonstrate that if a fighter is aware of the 
archer on the field, then that archer will not have a major affect upon 
those fighters.

Second scenario:
Sir Mahdi with kite and sword
Sir Morgan with kite and sword
vs
Centurion Richard with round and sword
HL Honour with buckler and sword
Lord Hosey with buckler and sword
Lord Alvin with crossbow
John of Green with kite and sword
Richard Nine Finger with crossbow
Object of 2nd scenario: Provide a shield wall with the archers back 10 
feet, providing archer support such as one might find during a a static 
line battle such as one might find during the Ravine Battle at Gulf Wars.

Third Scenario:
Sir Mahdi with kite and sword
Sir Morgan with kite and sword

vs
Centurion Richard with round and sword
HL Honour with buckler and sword
Lord Hosey with buckler and sword
Lord Alvin with crossbow
John of Green with kite and sword
Richard Nine Finger with crossbow
Object of 3rd scenario: Provide a shield wall with the archers back 10 
feet on a restricted field such as one might find during a bridge or 
gate or a town battle with lanes and houses. The goal was for the 
archers to learn situation awareness in regard to support of a shield 
wall, the real possibilities of pulse charges through the shield wall, 
dealing with a charging with a heavy fighter bearing down on them, while 
still being
able to maintain the minimum distance of 10 feet between them and that 
heavy fighter in order to make a "legal" shot.

25th of Month - HL William Blackdragon and Lord Alvin de Clairmont 
provided inspection of crossbows and cross
bolts while I looked on and record the various poundage of the crossbows 
and the number of bolts used by all three archers.
  5 Cross bows:
  527 in-lbs. - Lord Alvin de Clairmont
  586 in-lbs.- HL William Blackdragon
  432 in-lbs. - Richard Nine Fingers (UNA)
  448 in-lbs.
  535 in-lbs.
 
  Combat arrows:
    24 Cross bolts (red markings) - HL William Blackdragon
    21 Cross bolts (21 orange markings) - Lord Alvin de Clairmont
   18 Cross bolts (black markings) - Richard Nine Fingers (UNA)
   24 Cross bolts (green markings) not used on field.

Combat Archer Melees
1 on 1 - Lord Alvin de Clairmont vs Richard Nine Fingers

 2 on 1 - HL William Blackdragon and Lord Alvin de
Clairmont vs Richard Nine Fingers

Switch sides:
HL William Blackdragon and Richard Nine Fingers
vs Lord Alvin de Clairmont

All three drills were from stationary positions then advancing toward 
each other and shooting.

Last drill - Richard Nine Fingers working in support of HL William 
Blackdragon versus Lord Lord Alvin de Clairmont


Ld Michael Kettering
Steppes Knight Marshal