Without satellites or airplanes, the Taipu Civilization's concept of warfare still widely remained in the era of giant ships and big guns. The more troops and the more ferocious the artillery one had, the higher their combat effectiveness. Also, to overcome air friction, the shells were extraordinarily massive, just a scaled-up version of what humans once used.
Besides giant ships and big guns, there was another mode of warfare—using airships to transport missiles for ground bombardment. Whichever side could fly their airships higher would stand invincible.
"War has never been far away..."
While watching television, a sleek, giant airship docked. O'Brien hastily finished his breakfast and joined the crowd of passengers boarding the airship.
Following that, the air pressure pumps "tut tut tut" started up, rapidly inflating the surrounding auxiliary gasbags. As the volume of the gasbags increased, the airship ascended very steadily.
