As you go around knocking off settlements, caravans, and various industries of the wasteland, your infamy will continue to grow.
When this happens, sedentary locations will start to set aside a bit of manpower to build fortifications to defend against your attack: ditches, mounds, pikes, walls, gates, and bunkers. Attacking a fortification without first taking them down will inflict brutal wounds on your raiders.
Rejoice though, siege weapons can be built which have a chance of taking down a number of fortifications. This is determined by a simple dice roll where the number of fortifications that fall is dependent on the dice roll and the attack rating of the weapon.
It's important to know that your siege machine will eventually be destroyed during combat, so build and use them wisely.
Your Own Fortifications
The good news is that you can also build your own fortifications in both your hideout as well as any locations that you manage to capture.
That means enemy regulators and mercenaries will injure themselves on your pikes and walls as well.
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