Media Atropatene (Imperator Augustus) Fixed Artillery

Eastern Bastion Scorpion

The scorpion is a smaller form of the ballista, operating on the same principles of a torsion-powered bow. It was operated by one man, and was incredibly accurate at short ranges. It could be used as a sniper's weapon, but was often deployed for indirect battery fire where the high rate of fire could unleash a withering hail of bolts to completely pepper an area. Scorpions were popular with the Romans, where they were used to support the Legions. Batteries had sixty scorpions, each of which was capable of firing three or four shots per minute. Like its larger counterpart, the ballista, the Greeks originally developed the scorpion, but its deadly nature led to rapid adoption by many nations. In most designs, power came from two wooden levers inserted into twisted skeins of animal sinew which, when the arms was pulled back, provided incredible power.

Unit Name Eastern Bastion Scorpion

Main Unit Key Eas_Scorpion_Bastion

Land Unit Key Eas_Scorpion_Bastion

Naval Unit Key pel_transport

Soldiers 40

Category Siege Engine

Class Fixed Artillery

Custom Battle Cost 490

Recruitment Cost 490

Upkeep Cost 100

Missile Damage 120

├ Engine scorpio_bastion

├ Missile Weapon rome_scorpio_bastion

├ Projectile bolt_bastion

├ Missile Damage 50

├ Missile Ap Damage 70

└ Base Reload Time 10

Accuracy 5

Range 400

Reload 20

Shots Per Minute 8

Ammunition 40

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 40

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_medium

├ Man Health 40

└ Bonus Hit Points 0

Base Morale 35

Abilities

No Ability

Attributes

• Cannot Run
  This unit cannot run and will only move at walking pace.
• Resistant to Heat
  This unit tires less quickly in the desert.

Strengths & Weaknesses

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

• High damage
• Immobile
• Very accurate
• Short range
• Average rate of fire

Garrison Buildings
x 2	Royal Kerta (east_city_royal_3) Level 2 Satrap Kerta (east_city_satrap_3) Level 2
x 3	Royal Karka (east_city_royal_4) Level 3 Satrap Karka (east_city_satrap_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
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