Tarchuna (Rise of the Republic) Fixed Artillery

Etruscan Ballista

According to Diodorus, the 'katapeltikon' or catapult was invented under the patronage of Dionysius I, tyrant of Syracuse, in 399BC. The weapon was not the result of a stroke of inventive genius, instead being inspired by an earlier mechanical weapon called the 'gastraphetes'. In its original form, the gastraphetes consisted of a powerful composite bow mounted transversely on a stock and resembling the later crossbow. Its stock had two crucial parts: the syrinx, to which the bow of the weapon was fixed, and the diostra, a shorter board that could slide back and forth. The end of the diostra was in turn attached to a claw for pulling back the bowstring, with a trigger to release it again. Machines such as this were known to the Greeks before the invention of the katapeltikon, but didn't replace the composite bow with a pair of torsion springs, considered to be a major design improvement. Dionysius is said to have fielded "catapults of all kinds", using them to great effect in his siege of Motya in 397BC. By the time of Alexander, in the latter part of the 4th century BC, catapults were a regular feature of Hellenistic armies.

Unit Name Etruscan Ballista

Main Unit Key inv_etr_ballista

Land Unit Key inv_etr_ballista

Naval Unit Key pel_transport

Soldiers 40

Category Siege Engine

Class Fixed Artillery

Custom Battle Cost 960

Recruitment Cost 960

Upkeep Cost 200

Missile Damage 180

├ Engine ballista_medium

├ Missile Weapon rome_ballista_medium

├ Projectile stone

├ Missile Damage 90

├ Missile Ap Damage 90

└ Base Reload Time 23

Accuracy 5

Range 420

Reload 4

Shots Per Minute 3

Ammunition 60

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 35

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

• High damage
• Accurate
• Average range
• Very high rate of fire

Recuitment Requirement
Required Technology
Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Royal Barracks (inv_new_etr_main_military_buff_5) Level 4 House of Laran (inv_new_etr_main_military_buff_6) Level 5 Military Canteen (inv_new_etr_main_military_recruit_5) Level 4 Military Compound (inv_new_etr_main_military_recruit_6) Level 5

Faction Availability
Rise of the Republic	Aleria (Rise of the Republic) Aritim (Rise of the Republic) Felathri (Rise of the Republic) Raeti (Rise of the Republic) Etruscan Rebels (Rise of the Republic) Tarchuna (Rise of the Republic) Veii (Rise of the Republic) Viesul (Rise of the Republic) Tarchuna Pretenders (Rise of the Republic) Tarchuna Secessionists (Rise of the Republic)