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Originally Posted by Vallen Chaos Valiant
The star shape was developed to ensure maximum coverage by cannons/artillery for the defending forces. The best defence is a good offence, once we no longer rely on arrows the most important purpose of a fortress was to permit crossfire on the approaching enemy.
The star fort disappeared, once aerial bombardment was invented and the only way to defend yourself is to be entirely underground.
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Hah, I didn't know that. I always assumed they built it over or around some kind of existing structure, maybe some old ruin having to do with the Gate's past, because hexagrams, pentagrams, and all those other -grams so often have to do with mysticism and all that.