Isekai Nonbiri Nouka - Vol. 13 Ch. 265 - Catapult (2)

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I thought they were gonna try and improve it and end up with a trebuchet.

As an aside, by now we know that alcohol slime is clearly intelligent, so in their world, this is perhaps a sign that imbibing in alcohol regularly rises your INT or… maybe just alcohol produced from the village farm produce that gives this effect. :thonk:
 
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I thought they were gonna try and improve it and end up with a trebuchet.

As an aside, by now we know that alcohol slime is clearly intelligent, so in their world, this is perhaps a sign that imbibing in alcohol regularly rises your INT or… maybe just alcohol produced from the village farm produce that gives this effect. :thonk:
For real, they could have easily thrown a 90kg projectile over 300 meters with that superior siege weapon
 
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I thought they were gonna try and improve it and end up with a trebuchet.

As an aside, by now we know that alcohol slime is clearly intelligent, so in their world, this is perhaps a sign that imbibing in alcohol regularly rises your INT or… maybe just alcohol produced from the village farm produce that gives this effect. :thonk:
technically what they made IS a trebuchet. A trebuchet uses leverage like a weird seesaw while a catapult (The Romans called them onagers) uses tension/torsion like a mouse trap with a spoon attached to the metal bar that hits the mouse.
 
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They should give it to the demon government as their taxes for a year
perhaps they can use it as a delievery system?
only for very fucking sturdy objects
technically what they made IS a trebuchet. A trebuchet uses leverage like a weird seesaw while a catapult (The Romans called them onagers) uses tension/torsion like a mouse trap with a spoon attached to the metal bar that hits the mouse.
Trebuchets are still catapults though so there is nothing wrong with what was said in the chapter
 
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This (catapult: idea, built, testing, using??) might be the most random thing so far in the series
The mountain elves will come up with more random stuff. Very mundane stuff too that will freak out lots of people in the future.

Like a combining (from carriages) mecha for a parade or size changing plate armor with retractable weapons in the gauntlets for Hakuren. And most recently automatic glass doors and escalators
 
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technically what they made IS a trebuchet.
Correct up to here. A trebuchet is a specific version of the catapult, nothing more, nothing less. Onagers and mangonels are also types of catapult, with mangonels also being referred to as "traction trebuchets", as manpower was used to pull the arm to position and give it power versus the counterweight-power of other designs. "Catapult" is a generic class, not a specific type of siege engine. What differentiates a trebuchet from any other type of catapult is that the arm rotates with a sling attached to throw the payload.
 

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