Syracuse Field Artillery

Greek Heavy Onager

Subtlety is not an onager's strongest point. Destruction is.

Named after the wild ass with a dangerous kick, the onager catapult had a mighty kick all of its own, as crews quickly discovered. Although not accurate, it could hurl extremely heavy missiles over significant distances. Its throwing arm was pushed through a twisted bundle of animal sinew, held in a solid wooden frame. Pulled back, the tension in the sinew held an incredible amount of power until the arm snapped forwards and the deadly cargo was launched. The arm smacked into the frame, and it was this impact on every shot that made the entire machine lurch about unpredictably. An area-attack weapon, the onager was best suited to siege work, but it could be fired against tightly packed units of troops as well. The missiles launched could be as varied as rocks, clay pots filled with incendiary mixtures, and even dead bodies to spread disease and despair. Severed heads were gruesomely fired into besieged towns from time to time, as a warning of what was to come. Easily constructed from timber, the onager was used throughout the ancient world.

Abilities

Greek Heavy Onager

• Quick Reload
  Improved reloading for an extended time.
  Shots per minute
  Exertion: fatigue

Attributes

• Cannot Run
  This unit cannot run and will only move at walking pace.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Light Transport

• Very poor hull strength
• Very slow speed
• Weak ramming

Greek Heavy Onager

• Long range
• High damage with its different rounds
• Hard to destroy
• Inaccurate
• Low rate of fire

Syracuse Units
General (3)
1.Hippeus Lancers
2.Hoplites
3.Picked Hoplites
Melee Infantry (5)
4.Mob
5.Thorax Swordsmen
6.Thureos Swordsmen
7.Hellenic Axemen
8.Hellenic Swordmen
Missile Infantry (7)
9.Archers
10.Javelinmen
11.Light Peltasts
12.Peltasts
13.Slingers
14.Cretan Toxotai
15.Rhodian Sphendonetai
Pike Infantry (1)
16.Pikemen
Spear Infantry (9)
17.Citizen Hoplites
18.Hoplites
19.Light Hoplites
20.Militia Hoplites
21.Picked Hoplites
22.Thorax Hoplites
23.Thureos Hoplites
24.Thureos Spears
25.Thorax Spearmen
Melee Cavalry (1)
26.Citizen Cavalry
Missile Cavalry (2)
27.Skirmisher Cavalry
28.Tarantine Cavalry
Shock Cavalry (1)
29.Hippeus Lancers
Fixed Artillery (4)
30.Greek Giant Ballista
31.Greek Polybolos
32.Greek Bastion Scorpion
33.Greek Scorpion (Fixed)
Field Artillery (7)
34.Greek Bastion Ballista
35.Greek Ballista
36.Greek Beehive Onager
37.Greek Scorpion
38.Greek Heavy Onager
39.Greek Bastion Onager
40.Greek Onager
Special (1)
41.Molossian War Dogs
Admiral (2)
42.Tower Penteres - Archers
43.Assault Hexeres - Thorax Swordsmen
Melee Ship (6)
44.Fire Pot Dieres - Light Peltasts
45.Assault Dieres - Light Peltasts
46.Fire Pot Dieres - Militia Hoplites
47.Assault Dieres - Militia Hoplites
48.Assault Hexeres - Thorax Swordsmen
49.Assault Tetreres - Thureos Spears
Missile Ship (7)
50.Scorpion Penteres - Archers
51.Tower Penteres - Archers
52.Missile Penteres - Archers
53.Raiding Hemiolia - Javelinmen
54.Pursuit Trihemiolia - Javelinmen
55.Scorpion Trieres - Slingers
56.Missile Trieres - Slingers
Artillery Ship (2)
57.Light Artillery Penteres - Greek Ballista (Ship)
58.Artillery Penteres - Greek Onager (Ship)