Dacia (Imperator Augustus) Field Artillery

Dacian Onager

One of the simplest forms of one-armed catapult, the onager relied on twisted skeins of animal sinew which provided the power to hurl either rocks or shot. Inaccurate but powerful, it was an effective siege engine against buildings and fortifications, but was of far less use on the battlefield unless firing into massed infantry ranks. First mentioned by Philon of Byzantium in his treatise ‘Mechanics’, the onager had a sling-like cradle attached to a firing arm. This arm was inserted and twisted to propel its shot through torsion. As the firing arm was released, the sling-like cradle would unhook, firing the projectile. A padded beam was incorporated into the housing frame to restrain the arm. Larger machines could require as many as eight or ten crewmen, and the incredible recoil meant that they could not be easily or safely mounted on walls or towers. Quickly constructed wherever wood was readily available, onagers soon became a staple of ancient siege warfare.

Unit Name Dacian Onager

Main Unit Key Dac_Onager

Land Unit Key Dac_Onager

Naval Unit Key barbarian_transport_small

Soldiers 40

Category Siege Engine

Class Field Artillery

Custom Battle Cost 1580

Recruitment Cost 580

Upkeep Cost 120

Missile Damage 200

├ Engine onager

├ Missile Weapon rome_onager

├ Projectile rock

├ Missile Damage 100

├ Missile Ap Damage 100

└ Base Reload Time 20

Accuracy 5

Range 350

Reload 4

Shots Per Minute 3

Ammunition 15

Melee Attack 9

Weapon Damage 24

├ Melee Weapon rome_shortsword

├ Melee Damage Base 20

├ Melee Damage Ap 4

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 6

Melee Defence 14

├ Base Defence 14

├ Shield none

└ Shield Defence 0

Armour 10

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 10

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 45

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_medium

├ Man Health 40

└ Bonus Hit Points 5

Base Morale 40

Abilities

No Ability

Attributes

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

Strengths & Weaknesses

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

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

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Carpenter (barb_craftsmen_wood_3) Level 2 Builder's Hall (barb_craftsmen_wood_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
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