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Normal)(3,4) = 7 Superior craftsmanship
While the lightning alloy is still new, simply scaling the steropean bolt to soldier scale is by itself a reasonably simple task, with the main challenge being finding the right balance of cost, effectiveness of the bolt and ease of carrying and throwing.
In the end, you settle on a fairly small payload: Javelins are made to be deployed in large quantities, and ideally it should land very close to the equipment it is meant to disable. The result is a quite mundane shaft of wood with a long and narrow metal tip, wrapped by fragile structures of lightning alloy. It is light enough for every infantryman to carry one in addition to their normal equipment and the solid metal tip provides some amount of penetration. It will produce a small discharge upon hitting, enough to seal the fate of a wounded enemy or to at least affect its equipment on a miss.
Aetokos riders are issued a larger number of bolts to be carried in their saddles, which should provide them with a weapon against their chariots.
Being a javelin, it only has short range
Steropean Javelin [Cheap][1 wood, 1 ore, 2 orichalcum]
Oricalchum tipped spear – A pole of hardwood with a strong orichalcum tip, this weapon shines in formation fights and keeps enemies at a distance. It can pierce most things rather easily, and the tip is barbed to produce more grievous wounds. [1 wood, 1 ore, 1 Orichalcum] [Cheap]
Bone composite bow – Made of bone and wood, it can propel arrows at fairly large distance and have good piercing capabilities. However, it takes a long time to manufacture, due to the need to join together layers of different materials [complex] [2 wood, 1 ore] [Expensive]
Aesystrofi’s bow – An orichalcum bow, it is slimmer and lighter than the composite bow while being easier to manufacture, but it requires fancier materials. It is longer ranged than its mundane counterpart [1 wood, 2 ore, 2 orichalcum] [Cheap]
Steropean Javelin – A javelin with lightning alloy in the tip. Reasonably accurate, although short ranged due to reliance on being thrown. Upon impact, it unleashes lightning, causing disruption to Egyptian equipment.
Polianthion – A weapon capable of propelling a large bolt against enemies at range, using springs of orichalcum and a system of winches to load, store and release the energy. It can shoot powerfully at similar ranges to the Egyptian cannon, or even farther at the cost of accuracy [2 wood, 2 ore, 2 orichalcum] [Cheap]
-With Steropean bolts – It launched bolts of spark alloy that unleash lightning on impact, reducing penetration but causing erratic behaviour in Egyptian divine technology
High guard armour – A full set of armour and shield made entirely of orichalcum. It makes the user impervious to most common weapons. It is light and durable, thanks to the extraordinary properties of orichalcum, and it is treated to glow brightly with Atlantean glory. [2 ore 2 Orichalcum] [Cheap]
Protection of the bigger fish a fairly well-crafted set of scale armour, it covers torso, legs and arms. While somewhat inferior to high guard armour, it still offers good protection against both slashing and piercing, especially from the front, which uses orichalcum scales. It comes with a wooden shield with a metal rim. [2 Wood 2 Ore 1 Orichalcum] [Cheap]
Penteconter – a slim ship made of thick wood, with an orichalcum plated ram in the front. It can house several warriors on the deck, while below deck the crew mans the oars, allowing short term burst of speed. Main propulsion system is a large square sail. Provides 1 TC [2 wood, 2 ore, 2 Orichalcum] [Cheap]
-Polianthion Penteconter – a version of the base ship equipped with a pair of deck mounted polianthion, it can engage at range [2 wood, 3 ore, 3 orichalcum] [Expensive]
-Polianthion Penteconter with Steropean bolts – A version loaded with Steropean bolts, capable of unleashing lightning on impact and causing erratic behaviour in enemy divine technology. [2 wood, 4 ore, 4 orichalcum] [Very Expensive]
Aetokos - A very large flightless bird, it is the mount of choice of your army. Very fast, if a bit coward and not particularly robust, it allows your soldiers to move on the battlefield at great speeds and perform great charges. It can be deadly in a fight, when it decides to fight. Thanks to good saddles, your soldiers are comfortable while riding and perform better. [4 wood] [Expensive]
Mule caravan – many mules, in a line, delivering good carried in their saddle bags. The mule is perfectly adapted to uneven terrain that would make carts less easy to use. And you don’t have to embark a cart on ships. Provides 1 TC [1 wood] [Cheap]
Resources – The life blood of your army! [2 wood, 2 ore, 2 orichalcum]
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Topic: Ancient arms race - Academy of Prometheus - 2994 B.C. Revision (Read 14910 times)