LR- Fw: ES - Siege Weapons update-IMPORTANT! please read.

[Adam Harrison]

Anyone who's going to war and not fighting should read this, and hopefully
get on a siege crew.  We need a ton of people really quickly.

-Bjorn

----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Harrison" <concrete_donkey at yahoo.com>
To: <elfsea at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 1:42 AM
Subject: ES - Siege Weapons update-IMPORTANT! please read.


> Greetings Elfsea,
>
> Bjorn here, writing from Caelin's.
>
> Tonight we accomplished quite a bit with regards to
> our ballista ammo.  Caelin, Wilim, and I began our
> tried and true assembly line process and finshed over
> 100 bolts tonight alone!  We have a little over 50
> that need duct taping and another 150-ish that need
> fiber taping and duct taping.
>
> After tonight's work we have 200 completed bolts here
> along with somewhere near 80 with Llwellan, Wilim, and
> others bringing our total completed bolts to around
> 280.
>
> When the dust has settled we will have somewhere in
> the neighborhood of 500 bolts!
>
> However, we will need every single one of them.  I
> spoke with Virgil and I now have a definite count of
> the number of ballistae we "could" bring to war.
>
> Virgil has completed and delivered 4 ballistae, I have
> my ballista, Dragonsfire Tor has a ballista, and The
> Talons(House Falconrose) also has one.  This would
> bring the total count to 7 ballistae from Elfsea,
> however there are more.  Virgil has 4 more ballistae
> in his garage that are halfway built.  This means we
> have the possibility of bringing _11_ ballistae to
> Gulf Wars.
>
> Unfortunately we will need even more people to crew
> all of our ballistae, 33 total to be specific.  We
> also need to complete the ballistae that are halfway
> built.  It should not be hard. However, it will take
> time, and that is something we are running short on.
>
> So, consider this a call to all Ansteorrans who are
> not already going to the front lines at war.  Have you
> ever sat back on the sidelines and watched the epic
> fort battles, wishing to be a part of the action, but
> unable to for various reasons?  _Now_is_YOUR_chance!
> Siege crews are touch kill unless authorized for heavy
> combat.  If you ask to be on a siege crew, we _will_
> find a place for you.  We have 20 loaner helms for
> siege crew use.  We _will_ help you strap and pad
> these helms and we _will_ help you build simple armor
> and get you authorized for siege combat.
>
> Have fun! Come be a part of 10 years of tradition and
> glory!  Support your kingdom at Gulf Wars X on an
> Elfsea siege crew!
>
> Contact the Baron and Baroness or Seneschal of Elfsea,
> myself, or reply to this message if you wish to crew
> one of our ballistae.
>
> Lord Bjorn inn Kvensami
> Captain of the Elfsea Baronial Guard
> Acting Loch Ruadh Siege Marshal
> Acting Elfsea Siege Marshal
> Siege Guru
>
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