Spartan Gerousia Field Artillery

Greek Beehive Onager

Named after the wild ass with a dangerous kick, the onager catapult had a mighty kick all of its own, as its 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 fixed into 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. At this point, the arm smacked into the frame, and it was this impact from every shot that made the entire machine lurch unpredictably. An area-attack weapon, rather than a deadly-accurate one, the onager was best suited to siege work, but could also be fired against tightly packed units of troops. It could be used to launch a variety of missiles: rocks, clay pots filled with incendiary mixtures or stinging animals such as bees, and even dead bodies to spread disease and despair. Somewhat gruesomely, severed heads were fired into besieged towns from time to time as a warning of what was to come. Easily constructed from timber, the onager became a popular weapon throughout the ancient world.

Unit Name Greek Beehive Onager

Main Unit Key Gre_Beehive_Onager

Land Unit Key Gre_Beehive_Onager

Naval Unit Key pel_transport

Soldiers 40

Category Siege Engine

Class Field Artillery

Custom Battle Cost 1580

Recruitment Cost 580

Upkeep Cost 120

Missile Damage 20

├ Engine beehive_thrower

├ Missile Weapon rome_beehive

├ Projectile beehive

├ Missile Damage 10

├ Missile Ap Damage 10

└ 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	Siege Engineer's Workshop (greek_military_siege_3) Level 2

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Athens Athenian Boule Athenian Secessionists Syracuse Syracusan Nobles Syracusan Secessionists Epirus Epirean Nobles Epirean Secessionists Macedon Macedonian Nobles Macedonian Secessionists Spartan Rebels Sparta Spartan Gerousia Spartan Secessionists
Samnite Wars	Greek Cities (Samnite Wars)
Hannibal at the Gates	Syracuse (Hannibal at the Gates) Syracusan Nobles (Hannibal at the Gates) Syracusan Secessionists (Hannibal at the Gates)
Imperator Augustus	Spartan Rebels (Imperator Augustus)