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Roman Bastion Polybolos

There is wicked cunning in a machine that can fire so many bolts so quickly.

The polybolos was a repeating bolt thrower developed from the ballista and scorpion. A chain mechanism drew, loaded and released bolts from a gravity-fed magazine as quickly as a handle could be turned. Supposedly invented by Dionysius of Alexandria, the polybolos was quite a complex machine: as the operator turned a windlass handle, the bow was tensioned as a launching shuttle pulled back, an arrow dropped into place, and finally a catch was released to fire the machine. The process repeated as long as the operator worked. All he needed was a loader to keep the magazine filled. Efficient and deadly, the polybolos had the greatest rate of fire of all ancient war machines.

Roman Bastion Polybolos

Unit Name

Roman Bastion Polybolos

Main Unit Key

CiG_Rom_Polybolos_Bastion

Land Unit Key

Rom_Polybolos_Bastion

Naval Unit Key

roman_transport_small

Soldiers

40

Category

Siege Engine

Class

Fixed Artillery

Custom Battle Cost

960

Recruitment Cost

960

Upkeep Cost

110

Missile Damage

85

├ Engine

polybolos_bastion

├ Missile Weapon

rome_polybolos_bastion

├ Projectile

arrow_polybolos_bastion

├ Missile Damage

35

├ Missile Ap Damage

50

└ Base Reload Time

5

Accuracy

5

Range

320

Reload

20

Shots Per Minute

15

Ammunition

30

Melee Attack

9

Weapon Damage

23

├ Melee Weapon

rome_shortsword

├ Melee Damage Base

20

├ Melee Damage Ap

3

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Bonus vs. Large

0

├ Bonus vs Elephants

0

└ Bonus vs Infantry

5

Charge Bonus

5

Melee Defence

8

├ Base Defence

8

├ Shield

none

└ Shield Defence

0

Armour

57

├ Armour

mail

├ Armour Defence

57

└ Shield Armour

0

Health

55

├ Man Entity

rome_infantry_medium

├ Man Health

55

└ Bonus Hit Points

0

Base Morale

35

Abilities

Roman Bastion Polybolos
  • Precision Shot
    Improved missile weapon damage for an extended period.
    Missile damage
    Exertion: fatigue

Attributes

No Attribute

Strengths & Weaknesses

Light Transport
  • Very poor hull strength
  • Very slow speed
  • Weak ramming
Roman Bastion Polybolos
  • High damage
  • Accurate
  • Average range
  • Very high rate of fire