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Dacian Scorpion (Fixed)

Honest falx-work or scorpion bolt: it makes no difference as long as the enemy dies.

An ancestor of the medieval crossbow, this dart-firing ballista still required a sizable wooden stand and could not easily be moved by its single crewman. It was accurate at short ranges for sniping individuals, but could also be fired indirectly, with groups of several scorpions often deployed to form a battery in the field. Like the ballista, it was an improvement on the earlier gastraphetes, or belly-bow, and utilised either a composite bow or torsion springs to launch both flighted and flightless bolts. Incredibly powerful for its size, the scorpion required the crewman to ratchet back the drawstring with a windlass and lever. Even so, the rate of fire was high, and a skilled operator could loose three to four bolts a minute while firing indirectly. Easy to construct with the right raw materials, the required metal parts could be transported in the baggage so scorpions could be quickly assembled.

Dacian Scorpion (Fixed)

Unit Name

Dacian Scorpion (Fixed)

Main Unit Key

Dac_Scorpion

Land Unit Key

Dac_Scorpion

Naval Unit Key

barbarian_transport_small

Soldiers

40

Category

Siege Engine

Class

Fixed Artillery

Custom Battle Cost

490

Recruitment Cost

490

Upkeep Cost

85

Missile Damage

120

├ Engine

scorpio

├ Missile Weapon

rome_scorpio

├ Projectile

bolt

├ Missile Damage

50

├ Missile Ap Damage

70

└ Base Reload Time

10

Accuracy

5

Range

350

Reload

4

Shots Per Minute

6

Ammunition

20

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

27

├ Armour

cloth

├ Armour Defence

27

└ Shield Armour

0

Health

60

├ Man Entity

rome_infantry_medium

├ Man Health

55

└ Bonus Hit Points

5

Base Morale

35

Abilities

Dacian Scorpion (Fixed)
  • Quick Reload
    Improved reloading for an extended time.
    Shots per minute
    Exertion: fatigue

Attributes

No Attribute

Strengths & Weaknesses

Light Transport
  • Very poor hull strength
  • Very slow speed
  • Weak ramming
Dacian Scorpion (Fixed)
  • High damage
  • Mobile
  • Very accurate
  • Short range
  • Average rate of fire