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Field Engineer's Workshop PontusPontus Military (Siege) Level 2

Field Engineer's Workshop

A good general wants engines of war to rain down devastation on his foes.

As empires expanded so technologies developed to enable attacks on defensive positions and lay siege to large cities. Field engineers became adept in the arts of using whatever resources were to hand to construct catapults, siege towers and battering rams to break down the enemy’s defences. The scorpion, a crossbow-like spear-thrower, the fire-raiser, a burning cauldron attached to a long beam on wheels, and the sambuca, a type of covered troop ladder, were early innovations in siege engineering. Philip V of Macedon used catapults along with field works in his defence of the Aous Valley in 198BC, where the Romans lost many men. Towering, literally, above all these were the huge siege towers needed to assault high walls. The Helepolis used against Rhodes in 304BC stood some forty metres high and apparently required 3,000 men to operate it!

Military (Siege)

Workshop
Workshop
(greek_military_siege_1)
Military (Siege) Level 0
Field Engineer's Workshop
Field Engineer's Workshop
(greek_military_siege_2)
Military (Siege) Level 1
Siege Engineer's Workshop
Siege Engineer's Workshop
(greek_military_siege_3)
Military (Siege) Level 2
Field Engineer's Workshop

Building Name

Field Engineer's Workshop

Level Name

greek_military_siege_2

Building Chain

Military (Siege)

Building Level

2

Create Time

3

Create Cost

2300

Require Technology

Battering Ram
Battering Ram

Effects

100 wealth from manufacturing (industry) (this_building)
-3 public order per turn (squalor) (this_province)

Provides Garrison Army

No Garrison Units

Recruitable Units

Recruitable Units Lv. 0
No. Unit Sol. Costom Cost Recru. Cost Unkeep Cost Ship HP. Ship Spd. Msl. Dmg. Rng. Sht. /min Amo. Mle. Atk. Mle. Dmg. Chg. Mle. Def. Arm. HP. Mor.
1
40 Eastern Ballista
Siege Engine / Field Artillery / (Eas_Ballista)
Eastern Ballista
If a man can be seen, he can be hit. If hit, killed.
40 1560 560 180 420 3 9 24 6 14 10 45 35
2
40 Eastern Scorpion
Siege Engine / Field Artillery / (Eas_Cheiroballistra)
Eastern Scorpion
A man pierced through is unlikely to dispute a battle's outcome.
40 520 520 120 350 6 9 24 6 14 10 45 35
3
40 Eastern Giant Ballista
Siege Engine / Fixed Artillery / (Eas_Giant_Ballista)
Eastern Giant Ballista
The inventive mind makes cruel machines very useful in battle.
40 730 730 210 550 2 9 24 6 14 10 45 35
4
40 Scorpion Pot Ballista
Siege Engine / Field Artillery / (Eas_Scorpion_Pot_Ballista)
Scorpion Pot Ballista
A sting in the tail gives your enemies a particularly nasty surprise.
40 1560 560 30 420 3 9 24 6 14 10 45 35
5
12 Scythed Chariots
Cavalry / Chariot / (Gre_Scythed_Chariots)
Scythed Chariots
The terror of a thundering charge, with flashing blades, is often enough to weaken opponents.
12 1380 1380 54 35 45 29 60 100 65
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