Marcellus sat in his room and sighed. Tensions were escalating on the borders, and just recently an assassin sent by Yazdegerd tried to claim the head of one of his most powerful subordinates. This was a clear and present attack on the West's sovereignty, and it needed a response. However, Marcellus did not want to hastily move into a war. One that he felt unprepared for.
Instead, he had dispatched a message to Alaric, informing him to do nothing for the time being. Marcellus knew that a war was on the horizon, and if he wanted to win this war, then he needed to mass produce three devices.
First and foremost was the trebuchet. Such siege engines were unlike anything his enemy had access to, and if his dreams were correct, they would prove to be vital to his victory over the east. Second was the crossbow.
