Assault Currach - Celtic Light Boatmen
Skins stretched over a wooden frame, as is the custom in these parts.Fighting effectively at sea takes skill, courage, and sea-legs in abundance.
Small rowing boats were useful for fishing and small-scale military actions, enabling troops to silently row ashore and surprise the enemy. In the northern part of Celtic Britain, the most common form of boat for such uses was a small vessel of leather skins stretched over and bound to a wooden frame. Known by various names depending on its makers country of origin, it was generally called a 'currach' or 'curragh' in Ireland or Scotland, but sometimes 'naomhog' - literally 'little female saint' - or 'canoe' in the west of the country. In Wales, the Isle of Man, and along the northwestern coasts of England the same boat was known as a 'coracle'. Larger versions were also constructed, using planks but otherwise following the same methods and known as 'curach adhmaid' or 'bad iomartha', which mean, somewhat unimaginatively, 'wooden currach' and 'rowing boat' respectively.
(Celtic Light Boatmen)
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 Assault Currach - Celtic Light Boatmen |
Main Unit Key att_shp_cel_boatmen_lib_light_spike |
Land Unit Key att_mar_cel_celtic_light_boatmen |
Naval Unit Key att_lib_light_spike_ram_cel |
Soldiers 36 |
Category Light Ship |
Class Ramming Ship |
Custom Battle Cost 300 |
Recruitment Cost 300 |
Upkeep Cost 150 |
2200 |
└ Ship att_shp_light_liburnian_spike |
Speed 6 |
Melee Attack 48 |
32 |
├ Melee Weapon att_spear |
├ Melee Base Damage 24 |
├ Armour-piercing Damage 8 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Attack Against Cavalry 20 |
├ Attack Against Elephants 20 |
└ Attack Against Infantry 0 |
Charge Bonus 33 |
20 |
├ Base Defence 10 |
├ Shield att_oval |
└ Shield Defence 10 |
40 |
├ Armour att_leather |
├ Armour Defence 10 |
└ Shield Armour 30 |
97 |
├ Man Entity att_infantry_medium |
├ Man Health 90 |
└ Bonus Hit Points 7 |
Morale 34 |
Abilities
Celtic Light Boatmen- Ramming Speed!
Increases the speed of a ship in order to cause greater damage when it hits the enemy.
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. - 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
Faction Availability | |
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Grand Campaign |