#bc i feel there are far more generally applicable and interesting world building topics to cover ^ ^;

[yukipri]

Ah ok cause I was watching a video bout the gannets who can swim by basically diving from quite far up and then use that momentum and their webbed feet to swim . My idea was that the clones would dive from high up and then once there in the water use perhaps a modified jetpack or a water intake machine that sucks in water and then shoots it out to propel them at high speeds . And then use the wings as sort of steering controls and even use it to swim by kinda flapping them to propel them forward and then tucking it in to reduce drag

(follow up regarding a Take Flight winged clones AU ask)

Mm I guess? But the thing with most diving bird species is, usually they dive once for a pinpoint targeted prey that they identify from above. Then they have to go back up, mostly useless during the ascent, and have to get in the air again to gain the altitude needed for another attack. It would not work for prolonged combat underwater, nor would it work in a situation where there are hostiles in the water that could prevent them from returning to the surface. They'd probably need jet-packs, like the canon clones and any non-aquatic combatants really, but again I don't think the wings would help very much ^ ^;

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