Editing Thunderous Quake (section)

= Combat =
== Strike From the Birthplace of New Thunder - Combo ==
Popotla breaches the distance between himself and his homeland, Coulritloxa, the "Land of New Thunder", and brings his tetsubo swinging from the top of that mountain down on the head of his enemy. 

If the tetsubo weighs 16 lbs, that is roughly 36 kg. The tip of his weapon travels at just under the speed of light to reconnect with himself, but due to friction and his own limitations, slows down to just under mach 3, or 1010 m/s. Therefore the kinetic energy of this attack is equal to 18,361,800 joules (18.4 megajoules), or 4 kilograms of TNT.

This is, however, if the attack is focused on one target. Each additional target reduces the power considerably, thanks to resistance interrupting speed. For instance, if the attack hits two targets, then the vector has to be adjusted to glance off the first target and continue through to the second. Therefore the actual mass hitting the first target is reduced to a quarter, and the speed hitting the second target would be reduced by half. 4.59 megajoules impact the first target, and 4.59 megajoules also hit the second target. 1 kilogram of TNT per target.

Spread among 5 targets the impact's kinetic energy would only be about 736 kilojoules without factoring in the effect of the strength of the swing, in addition to simple force from speed, meaning each would be closer to 1 megajoule.


== The Macuaham ==

The Coulritloxtec have few raw materials with which to make weaponry, and commonly use bones of their enemies and sacrifices for weapons. On the rare occasion that a lull in attacks from the Wyld is found, an expedition is launched to harvest the high-altitude hardwoods deep in the mists of Chaos. The wood from these barrel-shaped trees is then carved and honed into the finest weapons used by the Coulritloxtec. Though accomplished smiths, what metals they have were all smelted from the weapons left by their Fair enemies. These metals are used primarily for edges, swords, and stiff hafts.

The macuaham however, is a large club, and as such, is intended to produce an astounding amount of impact. The hardwoods of the chaos mists have an almost immeasurable ability to absorb vibration, making this material ideal for weapons meant primarily to deliver a crushing blow.

Used in primarily the same way as the lower, outside world uses a tetsubo, the macuaham is actually a double [http://www.famsi.org/research/pohl/images/aztec4figure09.jpg macuahuitl], carved as a square crushing surface with obsidian or steel blades lining the four edges rather than as a flat cutting weapon.

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