Ballista

A ballista, or bolt launcher is a heavy siege weapon destined to fire called bolts over large distances.
== Dalmer ballistae ==
The Dalmer make use of ballista in fortified positions as a point defense weapon, but also aboard their larger crafts and ships as an effective weapon.
There is a notable example of a modified ballista equipped Adder launching a WKR bolt directly into a fortress door, and then the dalmer retreating for technological exposition breach.
=== Dalmer ammunition ===
The Dalmer have several specialized ballista ammunition
SASH (Sheer Acceleration SHrapnel) bolt: designed to eliminate infantry,
Llaneous Missile: Explosive single target projectile designed to eliminate large creatures
WKR (Wallpasser Kinetic Ram): bolts designed to bring down castle doors, walls and other fortified positions.
== Other race ballista ==
The ballista is used by the other races, albeit in a less specialized role. The other races make use of portable, repeatable (polybolos) and even cart mounted (carroballista) ballistas in combat.
It has long been suspected that the prevalence of the ballista in the other races' arsenal could be the result of espionage or excessive technological exposition, but when it was discovered in other races that couldn't have had contact with the dalmer this supposition was dropped in favor of convergent discovery.
=== Other race ammunition ===
Harpax: Grapple tipped ballista bolt.
== Notes concerning ballistas ==
They are used to hunt larger foes, such as dragons and ogres.
The Fole make use of ballistae mounted on the backs of beaked apes.
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