Fiction:Unified Nation of Ottzello/Military/Multi-species/Flarzoori/Ranged/Bowmen

"Ioketa Bowmen. The oldest yet one of the greatest ranks in UNO history."

- An old Taldar writing

Flarzoori Bowmen are, as the name states, Flarzoori Defenders who fire (energy-tipped) bows and arrows.

History
When the very first Ioketa needed to defend themselves and to hunt, they quickly came up with a bow & arrow. Ioketa are wise and intelligent, so it didn't take them long to create and perfect it.

However, when it came to the Flarzoori Defenders needing ranged troopers, the Ioketa contributed the weapon. Others thought the Ioketa were joking, but the wize creatures knew what they were doing. Since the Ioketa's additions to the bow meant that the user can see into the future, they use this to directly aim exactly where their arrow will hit (however, this only works because Ottzelloan species use Gyronic at an extremely quick rate).

Appearance
See ranged troopers

Behaviour
From within the turtle formation, Bowmen fire arrows at enemies. They aim carefully and shoot, often in conjunction with multiple bowmen, at large targets. Their attacks are precise and aimed well, rather than making several attacks.

Equipment

 * Weapons
 * Bow- Fires an arrow. is made of a really good metal that isn't heavy for Taldar and doesn't affect the bow besides the fact that it can't just be broken
 * Arrow- Energy & Gyronic tipped with the arrow head made of Gyronic energy
 * Items
 * Armour- Made of metal, fairly heavy but good at defence
 * Time tracker- Due to the Taldar channelling Gyronic extremely quickly, it can sense exactly where their arrow will it and sense this in nanoseconds

Abilities
They can stop time and check in the timeline where their arrows will hit, and perfect their aim to make critical hits. This is particularly effective, to prevent large enemies from attacking the formation.

Attacks
Bows are particularly strong- a well placed blow could cause critical damage to large targets. While they aren't superbly fast (compared to most UNO weapons), they always hit their target precisely- the timeline-testing power of the bowmen allows them to ensure that they won't miss.

Evasion
Like other ranged troopers, they simply duck behind the formation.

Tactics
While Machine Gunner tactics are mainly killing incoming enemies, Bowmen prefer to hit larger, further away targets. Bows are extremely fast to enemies, and rarely miss their targets. A well placed hit can cause severe damage to enemies, either weakening them or killing them. However, when several Bowmen fire at once on the infantry, it can be catastrophic to soldiers, hugely decreasing their morale and forcing them to disperse to a point where Machine Gunners can pick them off.