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When I was designing Caissa Britannia (then called British Chess), which is distinguished by using a royal Queen, I created two pieces I called the Tank and Bazooka. The Tank moved and captured as a Rook or Cannon (equivalent to your Carronade), and the Bazooka moved and captured as a Bishop or Vao (equivalent to your Lictor). You may be aware that I never included these two pieces in the game. The reason I never included them is that even against a royal Queen, they seemed too powerful. If one of these pieces attacked another across an open line, the attack could not be blocked, and if one attacked across a screen, the attack could not be removed by removing the screen. Although this piece could not force checkmate against a lone King without assistance, it might too easily force checkmate in the opening game, or in this particular game too easily capture a royal piece. Thus, I tend to favor David Paulowich's position that the Lioness (which is equivalent to a Tank + a Bazooka), is too powerful a piece.