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minus-squareSotuanduso@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months ago They can outrun the black riders. The black riders alert the witch-king. They can’t outrun the fellbeast. So yeah, pretty short. But if they are able to maintain stealth, then: They get stopped at Caradhras by bad weather anyways. They go through Rohan instead of Moria (otherwise they’d have to abandon the SUV or be very dangerous.) They outrun any of the cavalry that might try to stop them. They get through Minas Tirith months before the battle, no biggie. They get stumped at the Black Gate.
minus-squareArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months ago They call in Gandalf in his A10 Thunderbolt II (because the eagles didn’t have a 30mm GAU-8 Avenger). Drops a paveway on the Black Gate and dumps 1,174 30mm slugs and a few clusters of hydra 70mm rockets into the horde.
So yeah, pretty short. But if they are able to maintain stealth, then: