TheGreatestOutdoorz t1_j6bax7i wrote on January 29, 2023 at 2:38 AM

Reply to comment by Gerald98053 in In the event of a fatal manned mission (example Artemis 2), would exploration stop in this period? by damarisu

But Magellan didn’t die from a sailing issue. He died because he was an evil, stupid dipshit who thought a few dozen men could face two thousand and win. He fucked around and found out.

pmMeAllofIt t1_j6bihsb wrote on January 29, 2023 at 3:39 AM

Lapulapu's forces being 1500+ is a extremely heavy overexaggeration, the censuses from that century show it would only be a small fraction of that number.

And he wasnt stupid for thinking he could win; a small armored force defeating a large force of indigenous tribes isn't that rare, if anything this should have been an easy victory. Lapulapu was just a better tactician, or more so Magellan was a poor tactician.