Vandalic Kingdom (The Last Roman) Ramming Ship

Strike Liburnian - Vandal Light Boatmen

Liburnians were small, compact galleys, ideal for patrolling the Roman coastlines. They were named after an Illyrian tribe who used similar vessels during their raids against the Romans. During the 3rd century AD the Roman Empire came under continued attack from increasingly stronger barbarian forces from the north and east. In the north, the Picts and the Scots raided Britain, the Saxons plundered from the north and in the east, the Goths appeared in ever-more-vast numbers from the Black Sea region, due to pressure from nomadic tribes from the Steppes. By AD477 the Vandals had all but wiped out the Roman navy to take complete control of the Mediterranean, after which time the western sea was known as Wendelsae, or ‘Sea of the Vandals'.

(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 Strike Liburnian - Vandal Light Boatmen

Main Unit Key att_shp_van_boatmen_lib_light_ram

Land Unit Key att_mar_ger_vandal_light_boatmen

Naval Unit Key att_lib_light_ram_ger

Soldiers 20

Category Light Ship

Class Ramming Ship

Custom Battle Cost 230

Recruitment Cost 180

Upkeep Cost 120

Hull Strength 1800

└ Ship att_shp_light_liburnian_ram

Speed 6

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 (bel_bld_all_resources_port_military_2) Level 2 Military Wharf (bel_bld_all_resources_port_military_3) Level 3 Military Port (bel_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)