User blog:MilenHD/Conquistadors vs Ninjas

Conquistadors: Spain's elite conquerors of the Americas.

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Ninjas: the legendary masters of death from Japan.

Who..is..Deadliest?!? To find out, our world class fighters are testing history's most lethal weapons. Using 21st century science, we see what happens, when two warriors go toe to toe. No rules, no safety, no mercy. It's a duel to the death, history will be rewritten, but only one will be crowned the Deadliest Warrior.

Conquistadors
Conquistador is the term widely used to refer to the Spanish soldiers, explorers, and adventurers who brought much of the Americas under the control of Spain in the 15th through the 19th centuries following Europe's discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus in 1492. The leaders of the conquest of the Aztec Empire were Hernán Cortés and Pedro de Alvarado. Francisco Pizarro led the conquest of the Incan Empire.

The conquistadors in the Americas were more volunteer militia than an actual organized military. They had to supply their own materials, weapons and horses. Some were supported by a government, such as Hernan Cortes' by Spain.The conquistadors were professional warriors, using European tactics, firearms, and cavalry. Their units (Compañia, Companhia) would often specialize in forms of combat that required long periods of training that were too costly for informal groups. Their armies were mostly composed of Iberian and other European soldiers.

Native allied troops were largely infantry equipped with armament and armour that varied geographically. Some groups consisted of young men without military experience, Catholic clergy which helped with administrative duties, and soldiers with military training. These native forces often included African slaves and Native Americans. They not only fought in the battlefield but served as interpreters, informants, servants, teachers, physicians, and scribes. India Catalina and Malintzin were Native American women slaves who worked for the Spaniards.

The Conquistadors conquered the new world with: Short Range= Espada Ropera Mid Range= Alabarda Long Range= Pistol Crossbow Special= Arquebus
 * Weight: 2 pounds
 * Length: 2.5 feet
 * Steel
 * Weight: 6 pounds
 * Length: 8 feet
 * Steel head, wooden handle
 * Weight: 2 pounds
 * Length: 3 feet
 * Range: 100 feet
 * Wood, Steel
 * Steel bolts
 * Weight: 10 pounds
 * Range: 200 feet
 * Matchlock

Ninjas
The Ninja were the primary, covert operatives of feudal Japan. Unlike their honor-abiding counterparts, the samurai, ninjas use stealth as their main tactic. The ninjas have their origins dating back to the 14th Century. They were deployed on espionage missions, assassinations, and infiltration. Ninjas were hired by rival, feudal lords to help establish power for their respective masters. Unlike the stereotypical ninja displayed in western culture, ninjas, in reality, were up close and personal with their targets. They would wear disguises, like as a geisha or maidservant. Ninjas specialized in both close-quarters combat and long-range assault. After the importation of gunpowder, these warriors were quick to adopt the powder and develop primitive muskets, hand-cannons, back-cannons, and arquebuses. The age of the ninja collapsed during the Tokugawa shogunate.

By the time of the Meiji Restoration (1868), the tradition of the shinobi had become a topic of popular imagination and mystery in Japan. Ninja figured prominently in legend and folklore, where they were associated with legendary abilities such as invisibility, walking on water and control over the natural elements. As a consequence, their perception in popular culture is often based more on such legend and folklore than on the spies of the Sengoku period.

The Ninja strikes from the shadows with: Short Range= Ninjato Mid Range= Kusarigama Long Range= Blowgun Shuriken Special= Tanegashima
 * Weight: 1 pound
 * Length: 1 foot
 * Steel
 * Weight: 4 pounds
 * Length: 14 feet
 * Steel Ball, chain and sickle
 * Weight: 1 pound
 * Length: 2 feet
 * Range: 20 feet
 * Material: Bamboo
 * Weight: 1 pound
 * Length: 3 inches
 * Range: 10 feet
 * Material: Steel
 * Weight: 9 pounds
 * Range: 300 feet
 * Matchlock

My Edges
Short: Edge Conquistadors: The Espada is longer and heavier.

Mid: Edge Even: The Kusarigama is more unpredictable and dangerous, but the alabarda is safer to use.

Long: Edge Conquistador: While it's still a pistol crossbow, it's still better than the shuriken and poison darts.

Special: Edge Ninja: Their tanegashima has longer range and it's faster, also the reload time is faster.

X-Factors
Armor: Conquistadors 81, Ninjas 73: the kusari under the ninjas black robes may save them from the espada and the pistol crossbow's tiny bolts, but the steel cuirass and steel morion helmet are much safer and of better quality armor.

Stealth: Conquistadors 53, Ninjas 87: The ninjas are masters of stealth and their are known for this. The Conquistadors....duh not even close.

Training: Conquistadors 79, Ninjas 86: The Ninjas were masters of weapons, stealth and martial arts. They put on great trainings to fight their samurai warlords. The Conquistadors depended more on firearms and swords or sometimes mounted combat.

Experience: Conquistadors 73, Ninjas 79: The Conquistadors really only fought against obsidian wielding Aztecs and bronze wielding Incas. The Ninjas fought and assassinated samurais, ashigarus, other ninjas, soheis. They seem more experienced for me.