Vandalic Kingdom (The Last Roman) Melee Ship

Fortified Liburnian Warship - Chosen Vandal Marauders

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'.

(Chosen Vandal 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 Fortified Liburnian Warship - Chosen Vandal Marauders

Main Unit Key att_shp_van_chosen_marauders_lib_heavy_dbl_ft

Land Unit Key att_mar_ger_chosen_vandal_marauders

Naval Unit Key att_lib_heavy_mel_dbl_ft_van

Soldiers 148

Category Heavy Ship

Class Melee Ship

Custom Battle Cost 1300

Recruitment Cost 1300

Upkeep Cost 690

Missile Damage 80

├ Missile Weapon att_plumbata_precursor

├ Projectile att_plumbata_precursor_normal

├ Missile Damage 50

├ Missile Ap Damage 30

└ Base Reload Time 15

Accuracy 0

Range 80

Reload 25

Rate of Fire 5

Ammunition 1

Hull Strength 2000

└ Ship att_shp_heavy_liburnian_melee

Speed 6

Melee Attack 32

Melee Damage 40

├ Melee Weapon att_spatha

├ Melee Base Damage 36

├ Armour-piercing Damage 4

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Attack Against Cavalry 0

├ Attack Against Elephants 0

└ Attack Against Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 17

Melee Defence 52

├ Base Defence 37

├ Shield att_round

└ Shield Defence 15

Armour 42

├ Armour att_scale

├ Armour Defence 27

└ Shield Armour 15

Health 124

├ Man Entity att_infantry_medium

├ Man Health 90

└ Bonus Hit Points 34

Morale 108

Abilities

• 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

• 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
Grand Campaign	Vandalic Separatists Vandals
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