Boulder

*"Uh, so that's what that lever was there for."*

-  An Auca Runa, during his first city defense.
### Tactical Analysis

**Rock 'N Roll:** The Boulder is a Trap as simple as it is effective, a big 'ol rock mounted on an elevation, it'll roll and crush however crosses its path when unleached.

**Rocking your World:** Thanks to the sheer size of the Boulder, it'll be an effective weapon to any land unit short of a superheavy, instantly crushing them, and even a Superheavy will take a good deal of damage, as well as being temporarily immobilized.

**Can't stop the Rock:** As a trap, the Rock will take a good while until it's set up on position again, it also suffers from the fact that, once unleached, it won't change direction until it simply stops rolling.

**Rock of Ages:** As a Trap, the Rock can't gain veterancy.

### Background

Despite what may be the common impression, the truth is that the Inca Empire managed créate great many sophisticated methods for Siege Warfare, though unsurprising for an Empire with the extention it had, it was still quite an accomplishment for a civilization that knew neither siege engines nor wheels, nevermind gunpowder.

The art of siege warfare was an endeavour as complex as brutal in precolumbine America, huge walled cities being fought over by hundreds of mobilized soldiers hiding behind great walls, and defenders using a wide variety of means to defend themselves, amongst them, the oldest trick in the book, Rolling a huge Boulder down.

As simple as this tactic may be, it’s however no less practical regardless of the period in which it is utilized, wheter be it on the Stone age, during the Golden age of the Inca Empire or, of course, the current era under the directions of the Inkarri Rebels.

For, as much as their fight is meant to be rural and willing to win the will of the people (or burn the heretics to cinders), they also have this titanic task of recuperating the imperial cities for the day the Inca returns and reclaims his rightful place in the world, an emperor, after all, is nothing without a throne to rule from, nor a city to be the symbol of his greatness. This task however is easier said than done, while most of the time recuperating these ancient places is easy enough, just scare away however’s hapless enough to be guarding the Inca Ruins, keeping them under their control is a whole another task. The National Army of Peru, not to say the Private Military Contractors operating on the zone, know fully well that these places are excellent defensive positions, usually located in mountains, near rivers or on hilltops, more often than not a combination of the former, while also being frequently walled. They do know, however, that the Inkarri are more careful when pulling off their volcanic shenanigans in these lands, they don’t want to ruin their sacred places, more than they already are anyways, which makes what would otherwise be formidable opponents just an easily dispersable rabble that can be dealt with using just a handful of auxiliars.

The Inkarri however are nothing short of inventive, and knowing full well the history of the people that came before them, they do know what the Inca themselves did in ocassions like this. Using sophisticated pulley systems, levers and just a lot of hand labor, they mount huge boulders in various strategic positions in case anyone would dare to attack their bases from whichever positions, while notably difficult to actually direct the trajectory of these Rolling blocks of death, gravity has proven to be a firm ally of their cause, and it’s not rare for unsuspecting assailants to find themselves on the wrong end of a Boulder that’s coming at full speed to make them meet their creator.