The suits were clearly a much older model, than even the one he faced at his realm; the weapons are nowhere near as advanced as the energy weapons his troops faced, nor were these intelligent, on their own; they required a mortal to drive them.<br/><br/>Both groups of women agree with his assessment that the humans are the villains, here, though Avi points out that the majority of the humans aren't actively doing wrong; it's mostly the leadership, and their policies designed to inhibit the elves, and cripple any attempts at advancing themselves, justifying it in that the elves aren't slaves, and thus, they're better than they might be, under other, less friendly, masters, in that they<em>do</em>offer them ways to advance themselves.<br/><br/>That said, the 'war' is fairly lopsided; while the elven rebels have recently acquired a few of the armored suits, they're easily outnumbered 10 to 1, and have only survived, so far, due to their leader's impressive tactics and planning, involving complex ambushes and surprise attacks and feints.