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Polybolos (Bastion)

(Automatic Bolt-Thrower)

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.

Polybolos (Bastion)

Unit Name

Polybolos (Bastion)

Main Unit Key

Rom_Polybolos_Bastion

Land Unit Key

Rom_Polybolos_Bastion

Naval Unit Key

pel_transport

Soldiers

40

Category

Siege Engine

Class

Fixed Artillery

Custom Battle Cost

1800

Recruitment Cost

1800

Upkeep Cost

360

Missile Damage

28

├ Engine

polybolos_bastion

├ Missile Weapon

rome_polybolos_bastion

├ Projectile

arrow_polybolos_bastion

├ Missile Damage

16

├ Missile Ap Damage

12

└ Base Reload Time

9

Accuracy

5

Range

320

Reload

20

Shots Per Minute

8

Ammunition

30

Melee Attack

28

Weapon Damage

11

├ Melee Weapon

axe4

├ Weapon Damage

11

├ Weapon Deadliness

0

├ Armour Piercing

Yes

├ Bonus vs. Cavalry

0

├ Bonus vs. Elephants

0

└ Bonus vs Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

12

Melee Defence

29

├ Base Defence

13

├ Shield

none

└ Shield Defence

16

Armour

16

├ Armour

arm9

├ Armour Defence

16

└ Shield Armour

0

Health

20

├ Man Entity

medium_heavy

├ Man Health

20

└ Bonus Hit Points

0

Base Morale

50

Abilities

Polybolos (Bastion)
  • Stamina (average)
    Governs how fast the unit tires and restores fatigue, and is dependent on type of unit, weight and approach to combat.

Attributes

No Attribute

Strengths & Weaknesses

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