Vandals Fire Ship

Greek Fire Dromonarion - Vandal Light Boatmen

Greek fire was a mix of liquid chemicals that could be siphoned from a cauldron, sprayed through a tube and then ignited. It was capable of clinging fast to any material and could burn through the flesh of a man in seconds. The flames were seemingly inexhaustible, and its victims had little hope of putting them out as dousing with water was futile. Greek fire was able to burn both on and under water, making it a highly-effective naval weapon, but one which could easily get out of control and destroy its users. Those brave enough to try could create a sheet of flame that rapidly consumed any ships it touched.

(Vandal 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 Greek Fire Dromonarion - Vandal Light Boatmen

Main Unit Key att_shp_van_boatmen_dro_light_fs

Land Unit Key att_mar_ger_vandal_light_boatmen

Naval Unit Key att_dro_light_mel_fs_ger

Soldiers 48

Category Medium Ship

Class Fire Ship

Custom Battle Cost 450

Recruitment Cost 325

Upkeep Cost 220

Hull Strength 1800

└ Ship att_shp_dromonarion_siphon

Speed 7

Melee Attack 47

Melee Damage 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 32

Melee Defence 17

├ Base Defence 7

├ Shield att_oval

└ Shield Defence 10

Armour 40

├ Armour att_leather

├ Armour Defence 10

└ Shield Armour 30

Health 95

├ Man Entity att_infantry_medium

├ Man Health 90

└ Bonus Hit Points 5

Morale 36

Abilities

• Ramming Speed!
  Increases the speed of a ship in order to cause greater damage when it hits the enemy.
• Douse Fire
  Sacrifice your ship's mobility for a short time to focus effort on putting out the blaze.

Attributes

• 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

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Military Jetties (att_bld_all_resources_port_military_2) Level 2 Military Wharf (att_bld_all_resources_port_military_3) Level 3 Military Port (att_bld_all_resources_port_military_4) Level 4

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Vandalic Separatists Vandals
The Last Roman	Sardinians (The Last Roman) Vandalic Separatists (The Last Roman) Vandalic Kingdom (The Last Roman)