Drekkar Dragonship - Nordic Berserker Marauders
The teeth of the dragon strike fear into the hearts of even the bravest men.Fighting effectively at sea takes skill, courage, and sea-legs in abundance.
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.
(Nordic Berserker Marauders)
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 - Nordic Berserker Marauders |
Main Unit Key att_shp_nor_berserker_lon_heavy |
Land Unit Key att_mar_nor_nordic_berserker_marauders |
Naval Unit Key att_lon_heavy_mel_nor |
Soldiers 128 |
Category Light Ship |
Class Melee Ship |
Custom Battle Cost 700 |
Recruitment Cost 700 |
Upkeep Cost 395 |
75 |
├ Missile Weapon att_axe_throw_precursor |
├ Projectile att_axe_throw_precursor_normal |
├ Missile Damage 0 |
├ Missile Ap Damage 75 |
└ Base Reload Time 4 |
Accuracy 0 |
Range 50 |
Reload 25 |
Rate of Fire 20 |
Ammunition 1 |
2000 |
└ Ship att_shp_heavy_longship_melee |
Speed 6 |
Melee Attack 40 |
32 |
├ Melee Weapon att_axe |
├ Melee Base Damage 16 |
├ Armour-piercing Damage 16 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Attack Against Cavalry 0 |
├ Attack Against Elephants 0 |
└ Attack Against Infantry 10 |
Charge Bonus 16 |
45 |
├ Base Defence 40 |
├ Shield att_round_large |
└ Shield Defence 5 |
37 |
├ Armour att_none |
├ Armour Defence 0 |
└ Shield Armour 37 |
134 |
├ Man Entity att_infantry_medium |
├ Man Health 90 |
└ Bonus Hit Points 44 |
Morale 51 |
Abilities
Nordic Berserker Marauders- 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
- Berserk
This unit can go berserk during the battle. This makes them uncontrollable, they will automatically attack nearby enemies. - 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