The Queen's Fodder

**The Queen's Fodder** is one of the zones of Ipsilon. It introduces players to the use of weaponry.

## Walkthrough

For this level, you gotta kill 'em all - and there's a lot of them. Even though the non-archer soldiers (i.e. fodder) do not do damage on their own, they can absolutely get in the way. And, of course, there are archers right at the back - and they are not so easy to deal with as in the last level.

### Machine

The vehicle for this walkthrough is more complex than those in previous walkthroughs, including a medium-power catapult and circular saws.

A step-by-step guide is provided for its construction:

* Start with the simple steering chassis from the previous level's walkthrough.
* Place a scaffold on the back of the vehicle, and place a Holder like so.
* Remove the scaffold. Place a Piston on the holder, followed by the arm and motors (Powered Wheels) of the catapult.
* Remove the arm blocks, except for the blocks between the motors and the end. Replace them with single braces.
* Brace the catapult motors to the blocks directly below them. Place a Bomb in the holder.
* Select both motors with the keymapper and set the 'Reverse' key to something else. The catapult is now complete.
* Place a scaffold on the center of the vehicle, and place Circular Saws on the ends like so.
* Press 'F' on one saw to flip its rotation. Remove the scaffold, leaving the end blocks. Brace the end blocks to the vehicle.
* Completed vehicle.

You can use Springs for catapults, but they require a much larger vehicle to be useful.

### Simulation

You may need to retry this a few times, as the catapult can explode while launching for no good reason.

1. Wait for the catapult arm to reach the ground.
2. Once it hits the ground, *fire the catapult immediately* and move backwards. The archers will get one volley off, and then be blown sky high.
3. Drive around and mulch the soldiers with the circular saws at your leisure. Try not to get corpses under the vehicle.

### Other Remarks

You have a lot of options for disposing of the soldiers. Running over them is one of them, but a poor one - corpses have a nasty habit of getting under your vehicle and gumming everything up. Make good use of the Weaponry you have at your disposal.

* Fire.
	+ Flamethrowers, Flaming Balls, and Bombs set things on fire. Fire spreads very quickly, especially among closely-packed soldiers. Lure them into groups, and then set them alight.
	+ Make sure to do this at arms length, armoured or not - **armour does not protect against fire**. The only things that protect against fire are Water Cannons and distance.
* Explosives.
	+ Bombs on their own have a decent area of effect. They are particularly useful for disposing of the pack of archers, if you can hit them with one, and closely-packed mobs.
* Cannons.
	+ Shrapnel Cannons are quite good at killing closely-grouped soldiers in front of them, and damage the same area regardless of how many soldiers are in it. Normal Cannons are less useful, as the cannon ball will be slowed down by each soldier it hits, but they have longer range.
* Melee.
	+ Metal Blades on Spinning Blocks, Circular Saws, and Drills are effective at slicing up soldiers, and - more importantly - do not run out like bombs, cannons, or flamethrowers. They are prone to breaking off with repeated use, though.

Good luck.