Phantom armored vehicles conjured over No-Man's Land to soak enemy fire during the charge.
Among the deceptions accompanying the Posse's charge, the Illusionists conjured not only illusory doubles of every soldier but also a few illusory war machine tanks. Their sole purpose was to focus enemy fire onto targets that could not be hurt.
The phantoms were necessary because concealment was imperfect — even under an Invisibility Potion, shielded crawlers like Donut glittered with layered protection spells. As two thousand The Princess Posse soldiers poured into No-Man's Land, pulse rifle fire flashed in the dark, most of it bouncing off shields or wasted on illusions.
Convincing images of armored war machines rolling across No-Man's Land, indistinguishable from real vehicles at range.
Decoys drawing enemy fire away from the real assault force.