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Artillery Currach - Celtic Artillery Crew CaledoniansCaledonians Artillery Ship

Artillery Currach - Celtic Artillery Crew

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 Artillery Crew)
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.

Artillery Currach - Celtic Artillery Crew

Unit Name

Artillery Currach - Celtic Artillery Crew

Main Unit Key

att_shp_cel_artillery_lib_light

Land Unit Key

att_mar_cel_celtic_artillery_crew

Naval Unit Key

att_lib_light_art_cel

Soldiers

56

Category

Light Ship

Class

Artillery Ship

Custom Battle Cost

500

Recruitment Cost

500

Upkeep Cost

245

Hull Strength

1200

└ Ship

att_shp_light_liburnian_artillery

Speed

5

Missile Damage

500

├ Engine

att_shp_onager

├ Missile Weapon

att_shp_onager

├ Projectile

att_shp_rock_flaming

├ Missile Damage

250

├ Missile Ap Damage

250

└ Base Reload Time

51

Accuracy

0

Range

500

Reload

15

Rate of Fire

1

Ammunition

11

Melee Attack

7

Melee Damage

6

├ Melee Weapon

att_dagger

├ Melee Base Damage

5

├ Armour-piercing Damage

1

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Attack Against Cavalry

0

├ Attack Against Elephants

0

└ Attack Against Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

2

Melee Defence

2

├ Base Defence

2

├ Shield

att_none

└ Shield Defence

0

Armour

3

├ Armour

att_cloth

├ Armour Defence

3

└ Shield Armour

0

Health

80

├ Man Entity

att_infantry_very_light

├ Man Health

75

└ Bonus Hit Points

5

Morale

34

Abilities

Celtic Artillery Crew
  • Barrage
    Loose projectiles more frequently for an extended period of time.

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.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses
Requires Buildings
Artillery Currach - Celtic Artillery Crew Lv. 0 Military Jetties
Military Jetties
(att_bld_all_resources_port_military_2)
Level 2
Military Wharf
Military Wharf
(att_bld_all_resources_port_military_3)
Level 3
Military Port
Military Port
(att_bld_all_resources_port_military_4)
Level 4
Garrison Buildings
Artillery Currach - Celtic Artillery Crew x 1 Military Jetties
Military Jetties
(att_bld_all_resources_port_military_2)
Level 2
Military Wharf
Military Wharf
(att_bld_all_resources_port_military_3)
Level 3
Artillery Currach - Celtic Artillery Crew x 2 Military Port
Military Port
(att_bld_all_resources_port_military_4)
Level 4