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Byrdingr - Eastmen Hunters DyflinDyflin Missile Ship

Byrdingr - Eastmen Hunters

This transport ship is light and easy to manoeuvre, but almost defenceless if attacked.

For the hunter and archer alike, the desired result is the same – a dead target.

For most of history the only way to move cargoes and people over long distances at any kind of reasonable speed was by water; this remained true until the invention of the railway. Trading vessels carried goods, following the coastlines for the most part, and up navigable rivers. The pattern of settlement and colonisation was almost entirely based on where ships could go. It was also considerably easier to move armies by sea than march them long distances. Trade ships were hired or requisitioned for such tasks, and this was an added incentive for generals to reach a quick conclusion to a campaign: war hurt trade, and used up ships needed for vital food supplies.

(Eastmen Hunters)
In the centuries following the eighth-century appearance of the first recorded Viking raiders in the Irish Sea, those of the Norse who chose to settle in the region came to be known as the ‘Ostmenn’, or more literally, ‘the men of the east’. This was how the settled Norse-Gaels contrasted themselves from the native Gaels, who they referred to as ‘Vestmen’, unsurprisingly, ‘the men of the west’. Combining local traditions with their own, the Norse-Gaels were culturally distinct from both the Gaels and their Scandinavian forefathers. Their hybridisation of traditions took place against the setting of their coastal defensive strongholds, many of which were the nuclei of the powerful independent kingdoms of later years. Norse-Gaelic powerbases would eventually be established in places like Dublin, Galloway, and Mann, amongst other places.

As with many facets of their culture, the martial traditions of the Norse-Gaels retained both Viking and Gaelic elements. Although archery wasn't considered the most ‘warrior-like’ of practices, it was still a specialisation chosen by some for the purposes of war. The prevalence of hunting and the past presence of stationed Roman archers around Britain meant that it was by no means an unknown discipline, with archer regiment tactics varying between the warring groups of the day. Battles often saw periods of missile volley exchanges before the initial melee engagements, so the skill of the bowmen could really turn the tide of battle, as seen with the success of English longbow regiments of later centuries during the Hundred Years War.

Byrdingr - Eastmen Hunters

Unit Name

Byrdingr - Eastmen Hunters

Main Unit Key

shp_est_hunters

Land Unit Key

est_hunters

Naval Unit Key

vik_byrdingr_mis

Soldiers

80

Category

Light Ship

Class

Missile Ship

Custom Battle Cost

250

Recruitment Cost

250

Upkeep Cost

60

Missile Damage

28

├ Missile Weapon

vik_bow_levy

├ Projectile

vik_bow_levy_normal

├ Missile Damage

24

├ Missile Ap Damage

4

└ Base Reload Time

30

Accuracy

19

Range

150

Reload

55

Rate of Fire

4

Ammunition

14

Hull Strength

└ Ship

vik_byrdingr

Speed

Melee Skill

8

Melee Damage

9

├ Melee Weapon

vik_dagger

├ Melee Base Damage

7

├ Armour-piercing Damage

2

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Attack Against Cavalry

0

├ Attack Against Elephants

0

└ Attack Against Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

2

Melee Defence

8

├ Base Defence

8

├ Shield

vik_none

└ Shield

0

Armour

7

├ Armour

vik_cloth_helmet

├ Armour Defence

7

└ Shield Armour

0

Health

100

├ Man Entity

vik_inf_mis_light

├ Man Health

100

└ Bonus Hit Points

0

Morale

28

Abilities

No Ability

Attributes

  • [[col:yellow]]Resistant to Fatigue[[/col]]
    Fatigue has less of an effect on this unit.
  • [[col:yellow]]Hide (forest)[[/col]]
    This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
  • [[col:yellow]]Snipe[[/col]]
    This unit remains hidden while firing.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses