Alans Missile Ship

Skeid Longship - Alani Marauder Bowmen

The skeid was one of the larger types of longship; primarily used as a warship, its name means ‘that which cuts through water’. Perhaps the most famous skeid discovered in recent times is the Roskilde 6, at 37 metres long it is the largest longship ever discovered. Twenty percent of the original timbers have survived and been painstakingly restored, while the rest of the ship is represented by a huge metal frame to give a sense of scale. The Roskilde 6 can be found, along with a number of other longboats discovered in the harbour, at the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, Denmark.

(Alani Marauder Bowmen)
Naval warfare in the ancient world was just another way for infantry to fight one another. The earliest documented naval battles are those of ancient China, 'grapple and hook' battles where boarding operations and close-quarters combat decided the victor. During the Second Punic War, Rome famously broke Carthage's mastery of the waves by creating the 'corvus' - a bridge that allowed its soldiers to board and fight. The distinction, then, in antiquity, between fighting on land and at sea was small, yet chiefly a matter of 'sea legs' - maintaining balance whilst toppling your opponent.

Unit Name Skeid Longship - Alani Marauder Bowmen

Main Unit Key att_shp_alan_bowmen_lon_light

Land Unit Key att_mar_alan_alani_bowman_marauders

Naval Unit Key att_lon_light_mis_ger

Soldiers 96

Category Light Ship

Class Missile Ship

Custom Battle Cost 240

Recruitment Cost 180

Upkeep Cost 120

Missile Damage 35

├ Missile Weapon att_bow_shp

├ Projectile att_arrow_bow_flaming_shp

├ Missile Damage 35

├ Missile Ap Damage 0

└ Base Reload Time 27

Accuracy 0

Range 150

Reload 40

Rate of Fire 4

Ammunition 5

Hull Strength 600

└ Ship att_shp_light_longship_missile

Speed 9

Melee Attack 7

Melee Damage 6

├ Melee Weapon att_dagger

├ Melee Base Damage 5

├ Armour-piercing Damage 1

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Attack Against Cavalry 0

├ Attack Against Elephants 0

└ Attack Against Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 2

Melee Defence 2

├ Base Defence 2

├ Shield att_none

└ Shield Defence 0

Armour 3

├ Armour att_cloth

├ Armour Defence 3

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 80

├ Man Entity att_infantry_very_light

├ Man Health 75

└ Bonus Hit Points 5

Morale 34

Abilities

• Douse Fire
  Sacrifice your ship's mobility for a short time to focus effort on putting out the blaze.
• Replenish Ammo
  During a naval conflict, missile troops can replenish ammo at the cost of mobility for a short time.

Attributes

• Resistant to Fatigue
  Fatigue has less of an effect on this unit.
• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses

Recuitment Requirement
Required Technology Cost 45 Upgrade From
Upgrade
Required Technology Cost 60 Upgrade To

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Alans Alanic Separatists