Cimmeria Melee Ship

Assault Tetreres - Young Axes

Ramming attacks from these ships will inflicting terrible damage.

Youthful courage and desire for glory make up for any shortcomings in axe-skill.

There is a good deal of debate as to how large ancient warships worked; the principles are understood, but the details are not always so clear. A Roman 'quadreme' or Greek 'tetreres' would seem to have four rows of oars if the name is translated literally. However, it is unclear how four sets of oars each with one rower apiece could be used without them getting in a terrible tangle even with a magnificently trained crew, or how the top set of rowers would be able to handle the extremely long oars pitched at a steep angle and still produce any power. The chances are that the term 'oar' had become synonymous with 'rower' and that the lowest bank had more than one man per oar. The other option was to go back to a double row of oars, with two men apiece. Two banks of oars would also have made for a cheaper construction task for each ship. Either way, the result was a ship that could rival the lighter trireme in speed, yet had more deck space for a large fighting contingent or artillery pieces.

(Young Axes)
Far from being simple, ignorant barbarians, the various steppe tribes had a great cultural wealth. Living in an area stretching from the Caspian Sea to the northern shores of the Black Sea; the Greeks called them 'Scythians' and the Persians 'Saka', while a western group became known as the Sarmatians. Wearing trousers marked them as barbarians as far as the Greeks were concerned, before their tall, pointed caps and swarthy appearances were even considered. Looks apart, they were, however, exceptional horsemen, highly-skilled with composite-recurve bows and deadly hand-to-hand fighters. Grave goods suggest that Scythian women were as warlike as their men, and probably fought alongside them in battle. This may well be the origin of the Greek myths of Amazon warrior women.

Abilities

Assault Tetreres

• Row Hard 20
  Increases speed for 20 strokes.
  Ship speed

Young Axes

• Frenzied Charge
  Increases the effectiveness of the unit's charge for an extended period. The unit will suffer a large fatigue penalty after the charge is over.
  Charge speed, charge damage, acceleration
  Melee defence, fatigue

Attributes

• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
• Resistant to Cold
  This unit tires less quickly in snow.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Assault Tetreres

• Average hull strength
• Medium crew
• Average speed
• Average ramming
• Average boarding

Young Axes

• Average attack
• Poor defence
• Low damage but good armour penetration
• Poor morale

Cimmeria Units
General (2)
1.Citizen Cavalry
2.Noble Horse Archers
Melee Infantry (4)
3.Young Axes
4.Thureos Swordsmen
5.Hellenic Swordmen
6.Hellenic Axemen
Missile Infantry (5)
7.Javelinmen
8.Slingers
9.Steppe Archers
10.Rhodian Sphendonetai
11.Cretan Toxotai
Spear Infantry (6)
12.Citizen Hoplites
13.Hoplites
14.Militia Hoplites
15.Steppe Spearmen
16.Tribesmen
17.Thorax Spearmen
Melee Cavalry (1)
18.Citizen Cavalry
Missile Cavalry (3)
19.Armoured Horse Archers
20.Steppe Horse Archers
21.Noble Horse Archers
Shock Cavalry (2)
22.Steppe Lancers
23.Thessalian Expatrii Cavalry
Fixed Artillery (4)
24.Greek Giant Ballista
25.Greek Polybolos
26.Greek Bastion Scorpion
27.Greek Scorpion (Fixed)
Field Artillery (6)
28.Greek Bastion Ballista
29.Greek Ballista
30.Greek Scorpion
31.Greek Heavy Onager
32.Greek Bastion Onager
33.Greek Onager
Special (1)
34.Molossian War Dogs
Melee Ship (4)
35.Assault Tetreres - Young Axes
36.Assault Hexeres - Young Axes
37.Fire Pot Dieres - Young Axes
38.Assault Dieres - Young Axes
Missile Ship (7)
39.Raiding Hemiolia - Javelinmen
40.Pursuit Trihemiolia - Javelinmen
41.Scorpion Penteres - Slingers
42.Tower Penteres - Slingers
43.Missile Penteres - Slingers
44.Scorpion Trieres - Slingers
45.Missile Trieres - Slingers
Artillery Ship (2)
46.Light Artillery Penteres - Greek Ballista (Ship)
47.Artillery Penteres - Greek Onager (Ship)