Lol.
The griffins think they are smart attacking a base with a single airship...
RIP.
Also, arrows would actually do a lot more damage than you say they would...
...They would scratch the paint off, and that would ruin EVERYTHING.

Anyways, watch out for repetition again (Slowly the airship began to move slowly) and that ellipseseseseseses are only 3 periods (... rather than .... or ...........). For some reason everyone thinks that the more dots you put in, the longer the wait is between phrases/sentences/etc. In reality though, if you need something that requires a longer pause than an ellipsis provides, you should simply write something like "'Blablabla,' X paused for a moment/long moment/month/year/decade, then continued, 'blablabla.'"

Also, I am liking the way this is turning out, although it is paced a little bit fast.
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Why did they attack with a force of one ship?
If this was as big of a base as the griffins had made it sound like, how come the ponies had such poor scouting capabilities that they didn't spot a giant balloon and a boat in the sky? Especially considering that if this base was near ponyville, anybody in canterlot would probably see the airship and intervene.
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8157620 The real intention for one ship was to try show how much strength the griffin empire has in technology, or airships. I tried to make it seem to be a ominous airship, with a fearless leader with its command. And thanks for those catches!

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Ah.
Well if that's the case, the griffins were horribly humiliated if that was their best technology.
I almost feel bad for them.

8157991 Well they didn't expect to face off against an FA-18. Looks like there's a change of plans.