Andrew Janssen wrote:



When I call the maps accurate, I mean that the Sedonians can use them to 
drop rocks on a given spot, not that what is shown on the map is still 
there many years later.

> 
> Action 3: The Siege of Zelkor
> Weight: Single
> Description: The Legions besieging Zelkor extend their siege works. 
> Besieger and besieged are, for the moment, closely matched enough that 
> the Sedonian General believes that an assault is not worth the risk. 
> Unfortunately, the naval defeat means that Zelkor City can resupply by 
> sea--although given the numbers of troops and (probable) refugees in the 
> city, food rations are probably a little tight.
> 
> The Sedonian General decides to bombard Zelkor. Since the Sedonians did 
> occupy Zelkor for a time in the recent pasts, maps are available--15+ 
> years old, but quite accurate. The 12 trebuchets are divided into three 
> groups based on targeting: the Harbor district, the Prince's Palace, and 
> the part of the city that during the earlier Sedonian occupation held 
> granaries. For ammunition, the Sedonians use large stones and occasional 
> burning haybales. The intent is to try to destroy or damage the Prince's 
> Palace and the Granaries, while rendering the harbor too dangerous for 
> shipping through fire and falling rocks.
> 
> Meanwhile, the 40 onagers and 240 ballistae with the army attack the 
> siege engines mounted on Zelkor's walls and the men trying to man them 
> to suppress counterbattery fire.
> 
> The idea is not so much to pound the city into submission as it is to 
> soften it up.
> 

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