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"Giant kites" is indeed how an alien, or a child, might describe a sail.
Only if they don't realize that kites are actually a real propulsion method distinct from sails. Kite propelled ships look nothing like sailing ships.
Nonsense, they clearly mean to leash giant birds of prey to the ship and have it pulled by a team of them.
That's what they're doing to cut emissions from planes, dummy. Cars are going to use horses.
And ships dolphins?
And spacecraft by teams of tardigrades
Dugongs. They’re more majestic.