Construct siege tower [1401]

Olympia: The Age of Gods PBEM (Oct 4 2000)

### E.5.4: Construct siege tower [1401]

      Usage:  USE 1401
      Time to learn: 14 days.
      Time to use: 14 days.
      Requires: thirty wood [77]
      Requires: thirty workers [11] (not consumed)
      Produces: siege tower [62]

The engineer directs thirty workers to build a wooden tower. The tower contains several ladders and a platform from which soldiers may attack.

In battle, the tower is wheeled up against an enemy's walls and used by attacking soldiers to match the height of the defenders. The attackers may then climb from the tower onto the walls.

Siege towers weigh 3000 units.