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	Siege Engine.com: How to Trigger a Siege Engine
		The hook mechanism was replaced with a barn door style hinge.
		The hook pivots on one end, but is prevented from releasing the line by a shim or block.
		Shimmed hook triggers were common for spear shooting ballistas as well.
	www.siege-engine.com /TriggersAndCatches.shtml (1024 words)

	Siege Warfare
		Siege weapons were varied and ingenious inventions, their main object being to effect an entrance through the gates or walls.
		At the siege of Marseille the defenders countered attempts to tunnel under their walls by digging a large basin inside the walls which they filled with water.
		The only defence against the Roman's massive siege engines was to destroy them either by fire missiles, or by sorties made by a small, desperate body of men who'd try to set fire to them or turn them over.
	www.roman-empire.net /army/leg-siege.html (1252 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> hook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Hook (boxing), a boxing punch in which the arm is swung bent
		Grappling hook, a hook attached to a rope, designed to give traction on a distant object (such as a wall, tree or a vehicle) by snagging on its edge or corner when thrown
		Siege hook, a weapon used in medieval and classical siege warfare to tear down walls in fortifications
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/hook (219 words)

	Castellan: Siege Warfare (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Siege warfare is the third member of the strategies of medieval warfare, the other two being the raid and the pitched battle.
		If such a force fails to lift the siege the besieged must make the decision to surrender under honorable conditions, hold out in hopes of another relief force or hold out in hopes that the besieger will run out of supplies and lift the siege on their own.
		A belfrey, also known as a siege tower, is a much more effective way of attacking the top of a defensive wall, enabling a fighting force to gain the top of the wall in comparative security compared to having to scale the wall using ordinary ladders.
	home.comcast.net /~harnmil1/castellan/castellan_siege_warfare.htm (8207 words)

	Siege Warfare
		I don't believe anyone deliberately tries to harm a siege, but siege weapons are powerful tools and can turn the tide of large scale warfare, the wrong choice at the wrong time can quite easily make the difference between success and failure for the whole realm.
		Portable siege weapons are a little different in that you actually have to make them, to what degree depends, but generally speaking the more effort you put into the creation, the cheaper and easier to carry they will be.
		Siege Wreckers, they are a nightmare if used correctly, and in a future patch will be on their own reuse timer.
	www.knightsofpendragon.co.uk /guides/Siege_Guide.html (7068 words)

	Hook - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hook (diacritic), a diacritical mark in the Vietnamese alphabet
		Captain Hook, a fictional villain from J. Barrie's Peter Pan, a children's novel
		Hoek van Holland or Hook of Holland, in the Netherlands
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hook (253 words)

	In Depth: Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War > Preview
		Another superweapon that the Persians have is a siege tower, but naturally one that is designed to be a bit more imposing.
		Rather than a series of ladders, there is a Griffin head at the top through which the forces emerge, creating an effect that is sure to stop more than a few soldiers in their tracks.
		Grappling hooks can be used to grab onto an enemy ship, pulling two vessels next to each other, allowing the player to board — with the advantage going to whichever side has the better swordsmen.
	www.dignews.com /preview.php?story_id=9977 (1216 words)

	The Continuous World of Dungeon Siege
		Siege Nodes are 3D meshes created and textured in 3D Studio by artists, exported using a custom tool, and then checked in to source control for the game to use.
		Originally the Siege Engine was called the MSL (“Martha Stewart Library”) because it was all about stitching terrain sections together along their seams, borrowing vertices from one mesh to use in another, resulting in a large patchwork quilt.
		Actually, arrows and other projectiles in Dungeon Siege are just completely wacky in general – they would break in some fashion nearly every couple weeks of development, whether it was fading improperly, popping to be 10x their normal size for one frame before deletion, or sticking into things at the wrong angle.
	www.drizzle.com /~scottb/gdc/continuous-world.htm (9134 words)

	Hogar de los Planetarios Portatiles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		To defend itself from the action of the battering-rams, there was used an instrument similar to a big tongs or hook, which was trying to catch the head of the battering-ram, and to retain it raised to prevent the use of the same one.
		During the siege of Agrigentum, the Carthaginian forces were ravaged by plague, Hannibal Mago himself succumbing to it.
		Although his successor, Himilco, successfully extended the campaign by breaking a Greek siege, capturing the city of Gela and repeatedly defeating the army of Dionysius, the new tyrant of Syracuse, he, too, was weakened by the plague and forced to sue for peace before returning to Carthage.
	www.planetarios.com /roma-dos.htm (11952 words)

	Adventure Builder: Setting the Hook
		In fiction, it would be called the "inciting incident." Without a strong hook, your adventure becomes a matter of players going through the motions dutifully because "that's where the adventure is this week." With a strong hook, the PCs will be curious and will start planning their actions, aggressively moving the game forward for you.
		This hook type is amazing for certain characters who are looking for a blaze of glory -- you should make sure that a spectacularly good death against swarms of unrelenting evil is available for those who seek it.
		The best hooks tie in to the existing characters, such as hinting at a holy sword for a paladin, at an ancient lost invocation for a warlock, or at a chance to shine in the eyes of a high priest and congregation for a cleric.
	www.wizards.com /default.asp?x=dnd/ab/20060811a (1859 words)

	Seigeinfo
		A siege happened when there was an attacker who was trying to take the castle, and a defender who was trying to protect his castle.
		Defending archers or pots of hot liquids were not harmful to a siege tower.
		It was made to protect the troops that had survived the siege.
	library.thinkquest.org /04oct/00588/Siegeinfo.htm (840 words)

	The War Machines of Ikros
		This siege engine is carried from place to place, and set up on the battlefield.
		It can be used during a siege, but it's only real use then is to pick off archers from a fortified wall.
		The siege cannon is very inaccurate, and after 75 yards, targets become harder to hit.
	www.ikros.net /characters/siege.html (597 words)

	Miniatures for siege warfare
		Siege warfare was predominant in the middle ages.
		Miniatures are tailored to the end of the Roman Empire with different forms of catapult, or to the latter part of the medieval era when gunpowder first appeared (Edward I used gunpowder at Stirling in 1304, and guns were later used against the Scots by the English in1327).
		The siege engines on offer include the usual penthouse and ram as well as a general purpose penthouse, scaling ladders, a wheeled siege tower (this one is 6" high), a stone thrower, a large counter-weighted trebuchet, organ gun, and a bombard.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/wargaming/72105/1 (377 words)

	Amazon.ca: Medieval Siege Warfare: Books: Christopher Gravett,Richard Hook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Siege tactics an weaponry are discussed and illustrated.
		Sieges were far more numerous than pitched battles.
		Henry V won the French crown not by the famous victory at Agincourt, but by the series of sieges which followed.
	www.amazon.ca /Medieval-Siege-Warfare-Christopher-Gravett/dp/0850459478 (282 words)

	The Camelot Herald
		Once seatbelts are securely fastened, players cannot move, cast, attack, or perform any other actions with one exception: They may move to a spot next to a siege hookpoint on the two bigger ships and attach themselves there in order to use the siege weapons.
		Siege weaponry may be used to sink other ships, among other things.
		There are no siege hookpoints aboard this model, since she is the easiest to get launched and requires the least organization among players.
	www.camelotherald.com /more/1500.shtml (582 words)

	Siege Monofilament by Sufix
		The wide spool is used so the line can be put on the spool in such a way that memory is eliminated, and so the line will come off the spool and onto a reel very smoothly, for tangle-free casting.
		Technology has enabled Sufix to build into Siege line the combination all anglers are looking for: a thin-diameter line that handles well and casts a long way with pinpoint accuracy, yet still possessing the hook-setting and fish-fighting power needed to conquer big stripers, spadefish and all of our favorite species.
		Siege is available in 4- to 50-pound test, covering practically every freshwater and inshore fishing situation we'll encounter.
	www.chesapeake-angler.com /storyoct05-siegesufix.htm (314 words)

	An American Imperative, Bibliography
		From the same period, "The American University: How it Runs, Where it is Going" (Harper & Row, 1968), by Jacques Barzun provides a more detailed critique of higher education from the same period, with particular detail to the increasingly corporate nature of higher education.
		It is, as the title implies, a rather defensive collection of essays supporting liberal learning under siege.
		Hook's earlier work "Education for Modern Man" (Dial Press, 1946) provides a fuller explanation of his philosophy of pragmatic liberal learning.
	www.johnsonfdn.org /AmericanImperative/bibliography.html (1049 words)

	Siege Warfare in Greece
		Siege towers were large square towers on wheels from which men could get to the top of a wall.
		A siege tower was rolled up to a wall, and soldiers came out of the tower to take that area of the wall around the city.
		To protect the harbors, the Greeks invented a device known as a “ship shaker.” The device had a large grappling hook at one end of a rope.
	www.historylink102.com /greece3/siege-warefare.htm (285 words)

	(WO/1989/005377) RAIL-TIE FASTENING ASSEMBLY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The rail anchor (40) includes an anchor hook assembly (74) adapted to extend over on the upper surface (18) of the rail flange (16) in an assembled position of the rail anchor (40) to the rail seat assembly (10).
		The seat hook assembly (58) is spaced a distance from the upper surface (18) of the rail flange (16) to cooperate in permitting vertical movement of the rail (12) in the assembled position of the rail anchor (40) to the rail seat assembly (38).
		The anchor hook assembly (74) engages one side of the rail flange (16) and the seat hook assembly (58) engages the opposite side of the rail flange to restrain lateral movement.
	www.wipo.int /pctdb/en/wo.jsp?WO=1989/05377 (585 words)

	Assessment of Earthworks, Assessment of the Principal Earthworks: The Federal "Fish Hook" Line, Petersburg, ...
		During fall 1864 and winter 1865, Federal engineers designed a line of fortifications that could be held by a minimal number of troops and eventually by the garrisons of the enclosed forts alone.
		As it occurred, the military architecture preserved on the Fish Hook line contributed materially to Federal victory at the Siege of Petersburg.
		The Fish Hook line within the boundaries of Petersburg National Battlefield consists of one bastioned fort, five redoubts, and a siege battery-all connected by rifle trenches.
	www.cr.nps.gov /hdp/standards/CRGIS/earthworks2.htm (2780 words)

	Silvermane - Roman to Renaissance: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sieges were far more numerous than pitched battles, ranging from small-scale affairs against palisaded earthworks to full-scale assaults on vast strongholds.
		Needless to say, the art of siege warfare assumed a unique importance to both invader and defender alike.
		In this title Christopher Gravett explores the different aspects of medieval siege warfare, from chivalrous formalities to 'surprise and treachery', in a text backed by numerous illustrations including 12 full page colour plates by Richard and Christa Hook.
	www.silvermane.com /books_medieval-siege-warfare.htm (90 words)

	The Medieval Paige-Siege Weapons
		When the siege became too long, or the besiegers became too restless, the weapons of siege warfare were used.
		The siege tower was used to take the besiegers over the castle walls.
		To guard against mining, they would sometimes use pots or pans of water to set on the ground, watching the surface of the water to see if there were any vibrations coming from the ground in which case they would know if there was a miner trying to collapse the castle wall.
	members.tripod.com /medievalpaige/siege.html (519 words)

	Siege Charleston
		The purpose of this paper is to give as clear an account as practicable of the siege of Charleston, with references to the locations as known to this date.
		Between these outward impediments and the redoubts were two strong rows of abbaits; the trees being buried standing in the earth with their branches facing outwards formed a heavy fraize work against the assailants, and these were further secured by a ditch double picketted.
		Lingard, grandmother of Gov. William Aiken, who resided during the siege in Lingard Street, used, long after, to tell how she and her family were obliged to take refuge in the cellar of her residence on that street.
	www.clansinclairsc.org /siegecharleston.htm (7017 words)

	Siege of Paris 885 and coin of Eudes
		A description of the siege is courtesy of Professor Nicholas Pappas of Sam Houston State University, from his website.
		This effectively lifted the siege and opened Burgundy to a winter of Norse plunder.
		The Parisians were not pleased with this resolution ("les Parisiens apprirent tout a coup avec un profonde indignation que l'empereur traitait avec l'ennemi" Martin 484) and refused passage.
	home.eckerd.edu /~oberhot/paris-siege-885.htm (1210 words)

	NOVA Online \| Secrets of Lost Empires \| Medieval Siege \| Template
		The Timber Framers Guild of North America chronicles the experience of the 50 timber framers who journeyed to Loch Ness in Scotland with the NOVA team of experts to reconstruct a medieval trebuchet.
		This site was produced by Chronique: The Journal of Chivalry, which advertises itself as "the only print journal of students, re-enactors, tournament companies, teachers, and anyone interested in the philosophy and history of chivalry, fighting techniques, or how-to articles." Check out its glossary, which includes hundreds of medieval words such as dais, dubbing, and demesne.
		This colorful young adult book, part of a series of examinations of different periods and places in history, is a wonderful introduction to everyday castle life.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/nova/lostempires/trebuchet/resources.html (557 words)

	The Camelot Herald
		One of the features that is accessible to all keeps, claimed and unclaimed, is the ability to purchase various objects for the keep to better defend the structure in one fashion or another.
		So if a player right clicks on a Large Siege hook point on a corner tower of a keep, they will be presented with the option of buying a Mounted Ballista.
		The second way to earn realm points from keeps that is both available to attackers and defenders tallies up all of the realm points that were earned by both sides that occurred in the radius of the keep, then dishes out a share of this pool to all of the victors.
	www.camelotherald.com /betaguide.php (2477 words)

	SiegeDot@RPGDot - Bringing you the most news
		Hooked Gamers' Westley Roberts reports his own impressions re GPG's epic Dungeon Siege 2, for which he awards a 9 out of 10 overall rating...
		The official 'Dungeon Siege II' website has been updated with an "impressive" weapons feature as we are being introduced to The Bloodrose Thorn and The Dryad Sword.
		Dungeon Siege) is hardly a misnomer either, as dungeons and the like can be found in such a quantity as to give great credence to the naming of this series.
	siege.rpgdot.com (3186 words)

	Computer Source Magazine: Dungeon Siege Review
		Everyone seems so transfixed on the idea of creating a revolutionary game that they lose sight of the ability to create extremely enjoyable games; that is the next step in the evolutionary process.
		Graphically, it is absolutely beautiful, down to the smallest of details: butterflies flitter across flower beds, trees move in the wind, and snow falls lightly off of covered trees and houses.
		In the end, Dungeon Siege is a game I recommend for anyone who likes the genre.
	www.sourcemagazine.com /articles/viewer.asp?a=450&z=26&isasp= (832 words)

	BBC - Kent Sport - Whitstable Town v Raynes Park Vale match report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		At the other end Lee Hook needed to be at his very best, saving from Olusesi, Rawle Kendall and the speedy Graham Morrow as Vale threatened to over-run Whitstable’s midfield.
		There was time for Hook to make one breathtaking save from Maciej Wozinca after good work from Olusesi before Mark Jackson levelled the score in the 87th minute with a close rang shot.
		This time it was Wozinca who tore Town beleaguered defence apart allowing Denny all the time he needed to beat Hook from just by the penalty spot.
	www.bbc.co.uk /kent/sport/stories/200209/09/whitstable.shtml (584 words)

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