Missile Raider - Misthophoroi Dakes Toxotai
Small raiding boats, with crews large enough to board enemy vessels.A little gold sometimes goes a long way when hiring Dacian archers.
Most of the northern European tribes were not naval powers, but there were still able seafarers to be found amongst them. Shipbuilding techniques were well understood, so while many vessels were small leather-skinned boats for inland and inshore use, bigger sea-going vessels were also made. Shipwrights used heavy planking for hulls, stitched together and then fastened to a wooden skeleton to create sturdy craft able to cope with Atlantic conditions. Julius Caesar was surprised at the quality of the enemy ships when his fleet clashed with the Veneti from modern-day Brittany. The Veneti vessels had flat bottoms to cope with shallows, but were also of heavy oak construction to cope with rough seas. This made them tough opposition for Roman galleys, and capable of shrugging off a ramming attack. Caesar said that the enemy ships "...were constructed of planks a foot in breadth, fastened by iron spikes the thickness of a man's thumb; the anchors were secured fast by iron chains instead of cables”. When the Romans were forced to board, they faced fearsome warriors used to close-quarters fighting at sea.
(Misthophoroi Dakes Toxotai)
The exact origins of the Dacians are something of a mystery. Dacian lands were centred around the Carpathian Mountains but, unlike their Thracian neighbours, they seldom got involved in the conflicts of others. The Dacians fought almost entirely on foot, and usually looked to their Sarmatian allies when serious cavalry were needed. Many Dacian infantry fought as peltasts, equipped with javelins, short swords and oval shields, but they also fielded archers. However, the Dacians were most feared because of a weapon called the 'falx', which they used with deadly, limb-lopping skill. A two-handed sword with a forward-curving blade, a falx could cut a man in two from the top of his head to his breastbone. This weapon was so effective that the Romans improved their legionary armour to cope with it. The brow-ridge on later legionary helmets was there to stop a blow from a falx. Rome’s eventual victory in the Dacian Wars (AD101-106), celebrated by Trajan’s Column, finally dealt with the warlike Dacian tribes once and for all.
Unit Name Missile Raider - Misthophoroi Dakes Toxotai |
Main Unit Key Mer_Dac_Raider |
Land Unit Key Mer_Dac_Bowmen |
Naval Unit Key barbarian_raider_ranged |
Soldiers 80 |
Category Medium Ship |
Class Missile Ship |
Custom Battle Cost 380 |
Recruitment Cost 300 |
Upkeep Cost 220 |
10 |
├ Missile Weapon rome_bow |
├ Projectile arrow_normal |
├ Missile Damage 9 |
├ Missile Ap Damage 1 |
└ Base Reload Time 12 |
Accuracy 5 |
Range 152 |
Reload 13 |
Shots Per Minute 6 |
Ammunition 15 |
└ Ship barbarian_raider |
Ship Speed |
Melee Attack 8 |
5 |
├ Melee Weapon rome_shortsword |
├ Weapon Damage 5 |
├ Weapon Deadliness 0 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Bonus vs. Cavalry 0 |
├ Bonus vs. Elephants 0 |
└ Bonus vs Infantry 0 |
Charge Bonus 3 |
28 |
├ Base Defence 12 |
├ Shield none |
└ Shield Defence 16 |
10 |
├ Armour cloth |
├ Armour Defence 10 |
└ Shield Armour 0 |
25 |
├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_light |
├ Man Health 20 |
└ Bonus Hit Points 5 |
Base Morale 25 |
Abilities
Missile Raider- Row Hard 10
Increases speed for 10 strokes.
Ship speed
Attributes
- Improved Stamina
This unit type has an improvement on the base stamina stat. - Hide (scrub & forest)
This unit can hide in scrub and forest until enemy units get too close. - Hide (scrub & forest)
This unit can hide in scrub and forest until enemy units get too close.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Missile Raider- Good hull strength
- Medium crew
- Fast speed
- Weak ramming
- Poor boarding
- Good missile combat
- Long range
- Average rate of fire
- Good damage but low armour penetration
- Very weak in melee
- Very poor morale
Faction Mercenaries Pool
Mercenaries Pool | ||||||
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No. | Pool | Faction | Initial Unit Count | Chance To Replenish | Max Replenish Per Turn | Max Count |
1 | rom_faction_pool_naval_dacians | 1 | 0.15 | 1 | 1 |