Editing Artillery (section)

===Ballista===
'''Ballista''' and '''Ballistae''' are widely used by Minotaurs on their warships, which they are able to reload by hand with their strength.<ref name=":3">[https://wanderinginn.com/2020/04/22/interlude-strategists-at-sea-pt-2/ Interlude - Strategists at Sea (Pt. 2)]</ref> They craft them out of the deshwood trees found on their island, and a [Master of Artillery] oversees their creation. The wood is carefully cultivated, and inundated with the alchemical liquid meant to keep the timber flexible, after which they are enchanted. There is so much strain on the weapon that an unenchanted weapon would have shattered.<ref name=":2" /> Their Wallbreaker-class Ballista are bigger than the Field-class and are used for sieges and warships. They have an effective range of two thousand feet for direct fire, a maximum range of eight thousand and artillery capabilities at nineteen thousand, but they are also harder to aim.<ref name=":4">[https://wanderinginn.com/2023/09/09/9-57-b/ Chapter 9.57 B]</ref>

Aside from standard metal bolts,<ref name=":3" /> they load these ballistas with masterpiece bolts of hollowed whalebone, inscribed with runes bought from [[Deríthal-Vel]] and packed with an explosive mixture made by an [Alchemist] of at least Level 30. The shafts are inscribed with spells of guidance and flights, with lightweight sigils. The entire expendable ammunition could be classified as a minor artifact in its own right, which is why even the House of Minos seldom use it in large quantities.<ref name=":2" />

They are also used on the walls of [[Pallass]], the City of Inventions, though these are smaller than the Minotaurs' Wallbreaker-class. These have been shown operated by specialized [Archers] and [Engineers], and firing bolts over long distances, propelled by physics, magic, and Skills with the force to pierce through a Wyvern and kill another behind it.<ref name=":0">[https://wanderinginn.com/2020/01/26/7-02/ Chapter 7.02]</ref> Larger Drake cities may also have one or two Ballistas protecting it, with the approval of [[Manus]], which has the largest manufacturing capabilities for ballista bolts out of the Walled Cities and supplies the ammunition.<ref name=":4" />

The [[Flooded Waters Tribe]] also made Ballistae after [[Kevin Hall|Kevin]] imparted some mechanical and engineering knowledge.<ref name=":1">[https://wanderinginn.com/2021/08/24/8-39/ Chapter 8.39]</ref> Notably, they made a massive Ballista out of wyvern bone and sinew thtat's twice as big as a Minotaur Wallbreaker-class ballista dubbed the Wyvernkiller. It requires an entire team of Hobs to reload, and fires  wyvernbone bolts with enough power to kill a lesser [[Wyverns|Wyvern]] in one shot.<ref>{{VERef|Goblin Days (Pt. 3) – Vengeance and Talking}}</ref>
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