Saxons Melee Ship

Drekkar Dragonship - Elite Saxon Marines

The drekkar or 'dragon ship' takes its name from the detailed carvings that decorated its prow. Adorned with dragons or snakes, it was designed to ward off the terrifying sea creatures that many people believed inhabited the dark places of the oceans - creatures like the kraken, a terrifying giant squid that could pull whole ships down to the depths, or the undead draugen. These reanimated corpses were men lost at sea that legend states appear during storms and on rough seas to sink boats. Some say that they could alter their size to monstrous proportions, others that they were covered in seaweed or were in fact headless.

(Elite Saxon Marines)
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 Drekkar Dragonship - Elite Saxon Marines

Main Unit Key att_shp_sax_elite_lon_heavy

Land Unit Key att_mar_nor_elite_saxon_marines

Naval Unit Key att_lon_heavy_mel_nor

Soldiers 124

Category Light Ship

Class Melee Ship

Custom Battle Cost 550

Recruitment Cost 550

Upkeep Cost 305

Hull Strength 2000

└ Ship att_shp_heavy_longship_melee

Speed 6

Melee Attack 32

Melee Damage 40

├ Melee Weapon att_sword

├ Melee Base Damage 36

├ Armour-piercing Damage 4

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Attack Against Cavalry 0

├ Attack Against Elephants 0

└ Attack Against Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 17

Melee Defence 42

├ Base Defence 37

├ Shield att_round_large

└ Shield Defence 5

Armour 60

├ Armour att_mail

├ Armour Defence 23

└ Shield Armour 37

Health 139

├ Man Entity att_infantry_very_heavy

├ Man Health 105

└ Bonus Hit Points 34

Morale 54

Abilities

• Douse Fire
  Sacrifice your ship's mobility for a short time to focus effort on putting out the blaze.
• Use the Whip
  Improved defence and fatigue resistance for a short time at the cost of overexertion.

Attributes

• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
• Scare (everyone)
  This unit frightens all enemy units.
• Immune to Fear
  This unit is immune to the fear effects of scary units.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses

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Required Technology Cost 150 Upgrade To
Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Military Port (att_bld_all_resources_port_military_4) Level 4

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Saxons Saxon Separatists