East Engle Melee Ship

Draca - Anglian Raiders

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.

(Anglian Raiders)
From the earliest times of the Danelaw, a number of fortified Saxon towns known as burhs were assigned their own Danish armies, where the most learned warriors practised martial traditions that were both Saxon and Dane. By the time of the beginnings of Danish rule in England, it had been 450 years since the initial Anglian settlement in the east, during which the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of East Anglia was formed. The Northmen had attacked the region several times, but from around AD 870 following the defeat and martyring of King Edmund, they overran the entire East Anglian kingdom with the intention to stay permanently. With this large-scale settlement there was much synthesis between the traditions and customs of the Vikings and that of the Saxons, which, to some extent, were already culturally similar. As a testament to this, Danish huscarls became an integral part of Anglo-Saxon armies, famously defeating their Norwegian counterparts at Stamford Bridge and protecting King Harold's body to the very last man at Hastings. Undoubtedly such dedication was born out of a tradition of champions that were initially uniquely East Anglian, or more broadly, ‘Danish-Saxon’.

Unit Name Draca - Anglian Raiders

Main Unit Key shp_dan_anglian_raiders

Land Unit Key dan_anglian_raiders

Naval Unit Key vik_draca

Soldiers 160

Category Heavy Ship

Class Melee Ship

Custom Battle Cost 500

Recruitment Cost 500

Upkeep Cost 150

Hull Strength

└ Ship vik_draca

Speed

Melee Skill 34

Melee Damage 32

├ Melee Weapon vik_axe

├ Melee Base Damage 13

├ Armour-piercing Damage 19

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Attack Against Cavalry 0

├ Attack Against Elephants 0

└ Attack Against Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 36

Melee Defence 64

├ Base Defence 34

├ Shield vik_medium

└ Shield 30

Armour 15

├ Armour vik_leather_helmet

├ Armour Defence 15

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 100

├ Man Entity vik_inf_heavy

├ Man Health 100

└ Bonus Hit Points 0

Morale 45

Abilities

• Shield Castle
  "Heads down, lads, things are about to get a little hairy around here!"
  Units cannot move in this formation.

Attributes

• [[col:yellow]]Expert Charge Defence[[/col]]
  This unit’s melee attack and damage are increased against charging enemies.
• [[col:yellow]]Disciplined[[/col]]
  This unit does not suffer a morale penalty when the general dies. It can also rally after routing more often.
• [[col:yellow]]Hide (forest)[[/col]]
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
• [[col:yellow]]Raider[[/col]]
  This unit may set buildings on fire, cause more fire damage with torches and capture faster than other units.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses