Missile Raider - Caternos Gaballacos

Most of the northern European tribes were not naval powers, but there were still able seafarers to be found amongst them. Shipbuilding techniques were well understood, so while many vessels were small leather-skinned boats for inland and inshore use, bigger sea-going vessels were also made. Shipwrights used heavy planking for hulls, stitched together and then fastened to a wooden skeleton to create sturdy craft able to cope with Atlantic conditions. Julius Caesar was surprised at the quality of the enemy ships when his fleet clashed with the Veneti from modern-day Brittany. The Veneti vessels had flat bottoms to cope with shallows, but were also of heavy oak construction to cope with rough seas. This made them tough opposition for Roman galleys, and capable of shrugging off a ramming attack. Caesar said that the enemy ships "...were constructed of planks a foot in breadth, fastened by iron spikes the thickness of a man's thumb; the anchors were secured fast by iron chains instead of cables”. When the Romans were forced to board, they faced fearsome warriors used to close-quarters fighting at sea.

(Caternos Gaballacos)
As far as the Celts were concerned, the best way to kill a man was in hand-to-hand combat. The Celts thought there was great value in personal bravery and there was no honour in killing from a distance. Even so, slingers, javelinmen and archers still had their place on the battlefield. It was often the only way that some Celts could go to war: Celtic warriors paid for their own equipment, so only the wealthy could afford, or had the right to carry, fine armour and weapons. Skirmishers were usually the poor: freemen who served as clients to the noble class. While they could never hope to achieve the same status as their noble masters, they could still prove their worth in the cut and thrust of battle.

Unit Name Missile Raider - Caternos Gaballacos

Main Unit Key Mer_Cel_Raider

Land Unit Key Mer_Cel_Skirm

Naval Unit Key barbarian_raider_ranged

Soldiers 80

Category Medium Ship

Class Missile Ship

Custom Battle Cost 340

Recruitment Cost 340

Upkeep Cost 250

Missile Damage 13

├ Missile Weapon rome_javelin

├ Projectile javelin_normal

├ Missile Damage 11

├ Missile Ap Damage 2

└ Base Reload Time 9

Accuracy 5

Range 103

Reload 13

Shots Per Minute 8

Ammunition 7

Ship Health

└ Ship barbarian_raider

Ship Speed

Melee Attack 8

Weapon Damage 5

├ Melee Weapon rome_shortsword

├ Weapon Damage 5

├ Weapon Deadliness 0

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Cavalry 0

├ Bonus vs. Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 3

Melee Defence 27

├ Base Defence 12

├ Shield celtic_missile

└ Shield Defence 15

Armour 40

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 10

└ Shield Armour 30

Health 30

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_light

├ Man Health 20

└ Bonus Hit Points 10

Base Morale 25

Abilities

• Row Hard 10
  Increases speed for 10 strokes.
  Ship speed

Attributes

• Improved Stamina
  This unit type has an improvement on the base stamina stat.
• Hide (scrub & forest)
  This unit can hide in scrub and forest until enemy units get too close.
• Hide (scrub & forest)
  This unit can hide in scrub and forest until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

• Good hull strength
• Medium crew
• Fast speed
• Weak ramming
• Poor boarding
• Good missile combat

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

Hannibal at the Gates Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
1	pun_province_pool_gallia_cisalpina	Gallia Cisalpina	Liguria Venetia Gallia Cispadana Gallia Transpadana	0	0.25	1	2

Faction Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Faction	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
2	rom_faction_pool_naval_celtiberian	Cantabri (Imperator Augustus) Arevaci Tribal Council (Hannibal at the Gates) Arevaci (Hannibal at the Gates) Cantabri (Hannibal at the Gates) Carpetani (Hannibal at the Gates) Celtici (Hannibal at the Gates) Cessetani (Hannibal at the Gates) Gallaeci (Hannibal at the Gates) Illercavones (Hannibal at the Gates) Illergetes (Hannibal at the Gates) Lusotannan Tribal Council (Hannibal at the Gates) Lusotannan (Hannibal at the Gates) Oretani (Hannibal at the Gates) Celtiberian Rebels (Hannibal at the Gates) Turdetani (Hannibal at the Gates) Vaccaei (Hannibal at the Gates) Vascones (Hannibal at the Gates) Vettones (Hannibal at the Gates) Arevaci Tribal Council Arevaci Cantabri Celtici	1	0.15	1	1
3	rom_faction_pool_naval_celtogermanic	Bastarnoz (Imperator Augustus) Nahanarvali (Imperator Augustus) Aestii Anartes Bastarnoz	1	0.15	1	1
4	rom_faction_pool_naval_cisalpine_celts	Helvetii (Imperator Augustus) Nori (Imperator Augustus) Raeti (Imperator Augustus) Vindelici (Imperator Augustus) Boii (Hannibal at the Gates) Insubres (Hannibal at the Gates) Liguria (Hannibal at the Gates) Celtic Rebels (Hannibal at the Gates) Veneti (Hannibal at the Gates) Helvetii Insubres Liguria Nori Raeti	1	0.15	1	1