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An interesting tidbit of history: It was once famously said by the First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord St. Vincent, "I do not say they cannot come – I only say they cannot come by sea" and in the Napoleonic wars, this was proven true. Napoleon was a clever general over land, but completely hopeless when it came to battling at sea, and Napoleon was never able to launch a successful invasion of England over the Channel.

Though, as history showed, he had once thought to invade England by air balloon. This plot never came to fruition either, as he was urged to avoid said tactic due to unpredictability of travelling by balloon, and the winds.

It seems that in a world where every major militarily force has an air force made up of dragons, contemplating the idea of invasion by air balloon was completely unnecessary. Napoleon crafted wooden ships, chock-full of soldiers, and was to have then carried over by dragon. He very nearly succeeded, too. If Temeraire hadn't discovered that he could... I'm not even sure how he managed it. He roared, and the force of his cry shattered the ships. But if he hadn't discovered that as his skill, then surely England would have been lost. I shudder to think of what could have happened.

I realized I completely forgot to post something in here after I was told to join this network. I got to admit that I'm a bit old fashioned when it comes to things like this, but I think it'd probably be good to get out there and network with more people.

My name is Padme Amidala - I'm currently working with a company that helps serve humanitarian aide around the world. Basically I help put together all the logistics and occasionally get to go out with the supplies and help, which is exciting for me because I did a couple years in the Peace Corp so I really enjoy being there with people.

Other than that I spend an ungodly amount of time on the quest for the perfect cupcake. So far there's a couple places that are on my list, but I haven't quite reached that cupcake nirvana yet, so close though.