Editing Centaurs (section)

=== Warfare ===
Many Baleriosian Companies hate employing them due to how much care they require. Their fragility, along with the need to keep morale high and prevent disputes, makes them a high maintenance species to employ as combatants. However, their benefits can make up for their drawbacks.<ref name=":1" />

Centaurs make for excellent cavalry, and have advantages against those of other species. First, while they are heavier than horses, they are lighter than a horse and [Rider] combined, allowing them to be faster. Secondly, as they are mount and rider combined, they can react quicker and perform more complex maneuvers than a [Rider] could with their mounts. These give them a decisive edge in mobility over others.<ref name=":1" />

On slick or slippery battlefields, Centaurs will wear studed horseshoes for traction.<ref name=":2">[https://wanderinginn.com/2023/09/05/9-56/ Chapter 9.56]</ref>

Due to how hard it is to reproduce, their culture imposes restrictions on female soldiers. Thus, centaur militaries usually have a two to one ratio of males to females. A female combatant is expected to resign her commission if she gets pregnant and never return to the battlefield afterwards.<ref name=":1" />