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Draca - Great Axemen

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

A Dane with a gigantic axe is at home on any battlefield.

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.

(Great Axemen)
The warriors of the Danelaw were part of the powerful Danish military aristocracy that dominated the areas of Britain in which the Vikings settled during the ninth century. There had been several confrontations between the fyrds of King Alfred the Great and Danish forces up until then, culminating in the agreement which saw the Danish warlord Guthrum withdraw his forces from Wessex in the autumn of AD 877. In doing so, a portion of his Great Heathen Army settled down in the eastern part of Mercia, laying the origins of the Danelaw, the region where distinctively Danish laws held prominence in the local courts. Legal traditions aside, Danish military customs were also well entrenched in the area as Guthrum, initially unsatisfied with his army’s unfulfillments, remained poised for potential renewed attacks on Wessex.

The settled Danes shared out the land for the purposes of agricultural subsistence, but still retained their strong Scandinavian warrior traditions. Perhaps the most emblematic and imposing of all weapons they used was the two-handed broad axe, also known as the Dane Axe. As was the case for many who took axes into battle, it was often chosen for being a readily-available domestic tool, and it is certainly feasible that larger adaptations existed for chopping the bulkiest bits of wood. The shield-less warriors who wielded two-handed battle axes had a specialised place on the battlefield, entering the fray as part of a later wave to strike when enemy defences were down, causing skull-splitting damage to the opposition’s breached battle lines.

Draca - Great Axemen

Unit Name

Draca - Great Axemen

Main Unit Key

shp_dan_great_axemen

Land Unit Key

dan_great_axemen

Naval Unit Key

vik_draca

Soldiers

160

Category

Heavy Ship

Class

Melee Ship

Custom Battle Cost

450

Recruitment Cost

450

Upkeep Cost

140

Hull Strength

└ Ship

vik_draca

Speed

Melee Skill

27

Melee Damage

35

├ Melee Weapon

vik_dane_axe_levy

├ Melee Base Damage

15

├ Armour-piercing Damage

20

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Attack Against Cavalry

0

├ Attack Against Elephants

0

└ Attack Against Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

42

Melee Defence

27

├ Base Defence

27

├ Shield

vik_none

└ Shield

0

Armour

15

├ Armour

vik_leather_helmet

├ Armour Defence

15

└ Shield Armour

0

Health

100

├ Man Entity

vik_inf_2h_med

├ Man Health

100

└ Bonus Hit Points

0

Morale

30

Abilities

Great Axemen
  • Wedge
    "Let's break their line!"

Attributes

  • [[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