Nabataea Missile Ship

Raiding Hemiolia - Tribes People

The 'one-and-a-half' or 'hemiolia' was a light galley which was much favoured by pirates in the ancient world. It developed from the bireme, a ship that had two full decks of oars along its entire length. The hemiola reduced the number of oars on the upper level, leaving roughly half the number of oars and rowers in the midship section. The smaller number of rowers had little effect on overall speed because the laden weight of the vessel also dropped. Because it used both oars and sails, and the crew could rapidly change propulsion method, it was an ideal vessel for chasing down fat, wealthy merchant ships. Boarding attacks were mounted from hemiolas; ramming was not a useful tactic as loot ended up with the fish rather than enriching the pirates! The speed and handiness of hemiolas made them useful as scouts, supply boats and vessels used to pick off damaged enemies at the edge of battles.

(Tribes People)
The Arabian Peninsula was not a state, but a land occupied by inter-related tribes and powerful families. The nomadic Bedouin raised sheep and traded goods across the desert, while farmers were settled around the oases. The camel helped the nomadic tribes to grow in power, and the variety among the tribes produced many different fighting styles, but infantry nevertheless remained important in Arab armies. Although unarmoured slingers were fast and effective skirmishers, and Arabs also prided themselves on their close-combat skills. Traditionally, they fought as raiders looking for loot rather than conquest. Raids or 'razzias' brought honour to the victors, as well as the spoils of livestock and goods for their tribes. Conflicts were usually small in scale and casualties were largely avoided, as a fighting retreat in the face of great odds was not considered shameful. After the conquest of Egypt, Rome had to cross the Arabian Peninsula in order to secure the lucrative trade with India, but the Romans never fully conquered the desert or the desert peoples.

Unit Name Raiding Hemiolia - Tribes People

Main Unit Key Ara_Tribes_One_Halfer

Land Unit Key Ara_Tribes_People

Naval Unit Key persian_one_halfer

Soldiers 80

Category Light Ship

Class Missile Ship

Custom Battle Cost 250

Recruitment Cost 250

Upkeep Cost 50

Missile Damage 32

├ Missile Weapon rome_javelin

├ Projectile javelin_normal

├ Missile Damage 20

├ Missile Ap Damage 12

└ Base Reload Time 10

Accuracy 5

Range 80

Reload 8

Shots Per Minute 7

Ammunition 7

Ship Health 467

└ Ship persian_one_halfer

Ship Speed 6

Melee Attack 5

Weapon Damage 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 3

Melee Defence 12

├ Base Defence 12

├ Shield none

└ Shield Defence 0

Armour 10

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 10

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 40

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_light

├ Man Health 40

└ Bonus Hit Points 0

Base Morale 20

Abilities

• 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

• Very poor hull strength
• Light crew
• Very fast speed
• Weak ramming
• Very poor boarding
• Poor missile combat

• Short range
• Fast rate of fire
• Very good damage and armour penetration
• Very weak in melee
• Very poor morale

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Port (east_port_1) Level 0 Fishing Port (east_port_fish_2) Level 1 Fishmongers' Lane (east_port_fish_3) Level 2 Seafood Market (east_port_fish_4) Level 3 Military Pier (east_port_military_2) Level 1 Naval Yard (east_port_military_3) Level 2 Drydock (east_port_military_4) Level 3 Harbour (east_port_trade_2) Level 1 Trading Port (east_port_trade_3) Level 2 Seaside Market (east_port_trade_4) Level 3

Garrison Buildings
x 2	Port (east_port_1) Level 0 Fishing Port (east_port_fish_2) Level 1 Fishmongers' Lane (east_port_fish_3) Level 2 Seafood Market (east_port_fish_4) Level 3 Military Pier (east_port_military_2) Level 1 Naval Yard (east_port_military_3) Level 2 Harbour (east_port_trade_2) Level 1 Trading Port (east_port_trade_3) Level 2 Seaside Market (east_port_trade_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Gerrhaea Himyar Ma'in Mascat Qidri Arabian Rebels Nabataea Nabataean Nobles Nabataean Secessionists Saba Sabaean Tribal Council Sabaean Secessionists
Imperator Augustus	Arabian Rebels (Imperator Augustus)