User blog:D0m0a/Nothgard: Siege weaponry

Nothgard: Army
For accomplish the wish of the Emperor and take down the Demon Army, and the Order army if it gets in the middle, he clearly needs soldiers. And so, the full army is divided in four sections: The Legion, the army of the Dominate, the Beast Army, and the Saurian Army. On this chapter, we will talk about something vital for the Empire and their campaigns: their siege weapons.

Siege Weapons
From their first use in history, the siege weapons had be used on war for seize territories that are heavily defended or for attack armies at distance or close range for help the soldiers in battle. Thanks to the evolving of the technology on the world, this type of warfare has adapted too, creating weapons, and at times countermeasures.

List of Weapons
The Empire of Nothgard is always creating tools for war for aid their troops in battle, and thanks to the advance of technology, they are able to create now type of weapons and 'reinvent' some of them. This is the actual list of weapons the Empire created, discarding the knew catapults and rams.

Steel Scorpion: A type of advanced Ballista, a siege type crossbow, that was mainly forged with steel, by that his name. Ever if seems very rigid, it was forged with a special style that makes parts of the weapon enough flexible for not break itself while charging and shooting its ammunition, which consist on large steel darts. The strength which these darts are shoot is enough as for drill inside a wide wall of steel and impale sturdy creatures. In dragons and other flying creatures, this weapon can force them to land by the weight the darts have.

Elemental Cannon: A type of cannon built based on the gunpowder user cannons. The difference of it is that relies more in magic than in physical cannonballs. An physical example of such weapon can be found alongside this point. Instead of use cannonballs, uses gems with magic fire (Or another element if needed), and is put where it's shows in the picture. The chamber and the tube to the firing rod then gets filled with fire magic, and when the two rings and the ball turns full red (Or of the color of the gem), then the weapon can be shot hitting the 'firing pin' at the back of the cannon, causing the violent shot of a fire ball to where is aiming. The crystal at the top shows how many elemental magic is inside the cannon, and when losses completely the color, that means that the gem has dissipated and the magic has dissipated from inside, and must be recharged again. This weapon has an autonomy of 5 shots, depending how large is the elemental gem put inside the cannon.

Iron Golem: A basic prototype that isn't completely functional. This is supposed to be a large armor that can be piloted by a soldier inside of it and needs of steam and magic for move. It's much bigger than the Berserkers or some tall Monster Girls, and is really strong as for fight ever a Wurm hand to hand, but it's rough and slow, so they have to be used at short distances for avoid that the 'vehicle' to stop midway, and as needs to be recharged with magic gems and water, it needs to return after some hours for recharge on the base. But after of many experiments and investigations, the Empire's scholars and alchemist had finally found the form for build them with move mobility and strength, the Mark 8. This is the more functional of all them, and is built for avoid transform into a 'Automaton' Monster Girl. But still they must use weapons designed for be used by them, as heavy swords, hammers and shields.

Sky Golem: Taking into account the number of Monster Girls that can fly and the possible threats that can came from the sky, the Empire designed a type of Iron Golem mainly designed for aerial battle, with weaponry and special equipment, as propulsors on legs and back, that help them for fight in the air, but ended with a 'small' handicap: while was re-designed for be able to fly at fast speed, their system isn't prepared for ground combat, as the Iron Golem. The armor was needed to be more lightweight for made possible to fly at fast speed, but this made them slightly more vulnerable than the Iron Golems. Most of their weaponry is adapted from another project of the Empire: the Assault Project, but also can use the same weapons as the Iron Golems.

Clockwork Man The Clockwork Man is a the first conception of soldiers working by themselves, without nobody controlling them inside. The project Clockwork Man is a step further after the Iron Golem Project, so basically can do the same actions as soldiers and Iron Golems, but still has it's flaws. The AI installed in the Clockwork Man by Magic Gems is limited, and must be controlled by a stationed control centre in a base for control the Clockwork men, and this control has some radius limit, so is essential that they don't lave that radius, or they will get out of control, with a added risk of turn into Automatons.

Airship: It's one of the lastest creations of the Empire: a flying galleon that can fly and cross the sea without touch the water, but for be build first must be on water, but after of be finished, it can land on ground. The special motors put under the pow, centre and stern of the ship desk that move the propellers at the top of the masts, make it able to take flight over the mountains, and the the two propellers at the back of the ship makes possible to move and maneuver the airship. Also is covered with Steel Scorpions and Elemental Cannons for attack and defend itself from flying enemies. The Empire is so proud of this that ever has built some Airships destined for Trading and Commerce. But they're armed of course. The sky is now an unknown territory, and who knows what can be found there on the way.

Super Armor: A new project created based on the theory of the Iron and Sky Golem. The idea is give an magitek armor based in the power of he Iron Golem and Sky Golem. The problem is that the Empire doesn't have the technology needed for that, so will take a while until this project can be a full reality, and see how can work.

Future edits if more heavy weapons are created.