Why AREN'T there any birds?

WhiteCoatSyndrome

Apparently Sil never made any Clockwork/Fabricant birds. Whyever not? They'd be at least as usable as the Skeevaton design, could be faster in some circumstances and wouldn't pose a tripping hazard.

Isangrim

We just don't know.

Aliyavana

WhiteCoatSyndrome wrote: »

Apparently Sil never made any Clockwork/Fabricant birds. Whyever not? They'd be at least as usable as the Skeevaton design, could be faster in some circumstances and wouldn't pose a tripping hazard.

even cliff racers gave seht the nightmares so no flying creatures in his realm

WhiteCoatSyndrome

@aliyavana I like that idea!

Asardes

It's harder to make flying things out of metal since it's denser than flesh, skin and feathers. Most metal used in CWC seems to be ferrous or copper alloys, which are quite dense, not aluminum or magnesium which are up to 3x lighter and thus usable for making flying machines. The parts are also bulkier, with little evidence of thin sheet or lattice type components which will be much better suited for bird like automata. So it might be that Seht's tech is simply not advanced enough at this point to make them.

Asardes

However, there are insect like automata in CWC, but insects are smaller than birds, and thus have less stringent flight conditions. They have smaller internal volume/weight per airfoil area, and thus can fly more readily even if not optimized to the same degree as birds. In fact on Earth insects were the first flying life forms, even if there were far less advanced than birds, dinosaurs and mammals which latter took to the skies, but their size was limited compared to the latter. For example pterodactyls, micro-raptors/birds and bats all have had various advanced adaptations, like hollow and very elongated bones, feathers/sturdy skin membranes.

GrigorijMalahevich

Warden took all the birds and is now killing mobs with them.

RaddlemanNumber7

Narrative imperative. If there were flying fabricants in CWC there would be no convenient space in the story for those birds.

Elsonso

I think @aliyavana got it right with "Cliff Racers" .

Tyrion87

They are extinct.

Same as Dwemers...

...and children.

Curragraigue

The deers in Cyrodiil won't allow it. In protest to their cull

Asardes

Tyrion87 wrote: »

They are extinct.

Same as Dwemers...

...and children.

Next DLC: Sotha Sil makes fabricant storks to bring babies to all people in Tamriel and save the demography