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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

Siege Tower
Siege Tower

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 Greek Ballista
Siege Engine / Field Artillery / (Gre_Ballista)
Greek Ballista
Only a slack-jawed barbarian would not use such an efficient engine of death!
40 1560 560 180 420 3 9 24 6 14 10 45 40
2
40 Greek Scorpion
Siege Engine / Field Artillery / (Gre_Cheiroballistra)
Greek Scorpion
Cruel bolts, fired over long distances, do much to weaken the enemy's resolve.
40 520 520 120 350 6 9 24 6 14 10 45 35
3
40 Greek Giant Ballista
Siege Engine / Fixed Artillery / (Gre_Giant_Ballista)
Greek Giant Ballista
What a ballista lacks in honour it makes up for with killing power.
40 730 730 210 550 2 9 24 6 14 10 45 40
4
40 Greek Polybolos
Siege Engine / Fixed Artillery / (Gre_Polybolos)
Greek Polybolos
If firing a bolt at the enemy is good, many bolts must be excellent!
40 620 620 85 260 13 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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