Missile Trieres - Anatolian Slingers
A large contingent of archers can make short work of enemy crews.There will always be more ammunition for a slingshot, no matter how lengthy the campaign.
Of all the warships found in the ancient world, it is the trireme, or trieres, that remains the most famous and recognisable. Nearly all Hollywood 'sword and sandal' movies will include a trireme somewhere. The vessel was entirely designed for war. Its name came from the three rows of oars carried on each side, stacked above each other in staggered columns to give the rowers some room to work. The top row of oars pivoted on a rowlock, or oarlock, mounted on an outrigger projecting from the hull. This allowed the top oars to pitch down at a sharper angle to reach the sea without getting tangled in the lower ones. The trireme was a greyhound of a ship, capable of high-speed dashes with a well-trained crew and, contrary to popular belief, not all rowers were slaves. Aboard Greek vessels they were citizens, and were given respect, not the lash. They were also largely fair-weather ships, and unsuited to rough seas such as the Atlantic; the lowest level of oars were, at most, less than half a metre above the waterline. That, however, did not stop the trireme being a superb weapon against other ships: a high-speed ramming attack could rip a hole in the side of almost any target. The type was also large enough to be used in other ways, which lead to it carrying archers and assorted light artillery pieces.
(Anatolian Slingers)
Anatolia lies south of the Black Sea, and its people were subject to many influences as their territory frequently changed hands between rulers as the balance of power ebbed and flowed. The tradition of using slings on the battlefield reaches back as far as the 6th century BC, when all of Anatolia was under Achaemenid Persian rule. From that point on, Anatolians saw almost constant conflict in their homeland, from the Greco-Persian Wars to the later clashes between Rome and Parthia. Despite not having access to good equipment, Anatolia's slingers were some of the deadliest wielders of the humble rock in the known world, able to take out enemy units over a considerable distance and quickly disengage.
Unit Name Missile Trieres - Anatolian Slingers |
Main Unit Key 3c_Sas_Missile_Trieres |
Land Unit Key 3c_Sas_Anatolian_Slingers |
Naval Unit Key 3c_persian_three |
Soldiers 80 |
Category Medium Ship |
Class Missile Ship |
Custom Battle Cost 670 |
Recruitment Cost 670 |
Upkeep Cost 135 |
29 |
├ Missile Weapon rome_sling_lead |
├ Projectile sling_stone_lead |
├ Missile Damage 21 |
├ Missile Ap Damage 8 |
└ Base Reload Time 10 |
Accuracy 5 |
Range 150 |
Reload 28 |
Shots Per Minute 8 |
Ammunition 25 |
758 |
└ Ship persian_three |
Ship Speed 6 |
Melee Attack 10 |
24 |
├ Melee Weapon rome_shortsword |
├ Melee Damage Base 20 |
├ Melee Damage Ap 4 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Bonus vs. Large 0 |
├ Bonus vs Elephants 0 |
└ Bonus vs Infantry 0 |
Charge Bonus 6 |
23 |
├ Base Defence 13 |
├ Shield small_round |
└ Shield Defence 10 |
20 |
├ Armour light_padded |
├ Armour Defence 15 |
└ Shield Armour 5 |
55 |
├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_light |
├ Man Health 40 |
└ Bonus Hit Points 15 |
Base Morale 55 |
Abilities
Missile Trieres- Row Hard 10
Increases speed for 10 strokes.
Ship speed
Attributes
- Resistant to Fatigue
Fatigue has less of an effect on this unit. - Hide (scrub & forest)
This unit can hide in scrub and forest until enemy units get too close. - Resistant to Heat
This unit tires less quickly in the desert.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Missile Trieres- Poor hull strength
- Light crew
- Fast speed
- Weak ramming
- Poor boarding
- Average missile combat
- Very long range
- Average rate of fire
- Low damage but average armour penetration
- Very weak in melee
- Very poor morale
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