Parthia (Imperator Augustus) Melee Ship

Trieres - Takabara

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.

(Takabara)
Scale armour was common throughout the cultures of the ancient world. As the name suggests, it looked like fish scales, and was made from overlapping rows of small scale-shaped plates, attached to one another or to a backing layer of leather or padding. Scale armour was flexible and relatively easy to produce. Depending on local resources, all kinds of scales were made, including bronze, iron, leather, and hide, with horn being the most common. Because it was made from smaller pieces woven together, scale armour could be easily repaired. Before the Marian Reforms of 104BC, Republican Romans used the 'lorica squamata', a shirt of metal scales sewn onto a fabric backing. Cavalry also made use of scale armour: Scythian, Sarmatian and Parthian cataphracts were covered from head to toe in scale armour, as were their mounts.

Unit Name Trieres - Takabara

Main Unit Key Eas_Assault_Trireme_Admiral

Land Unit Key Eas_Marines_Heavy

Naval Unit Key persian_three

Soldiers 80

Category Medium Ship

Class Melee Ship

Custom Battle Cost 1188

Recruitment Cost 1188

Upkeep Cost 297

Missile Damage 12

├ Missile Weapon prec2

├ Projectile prec2

├ Missile Damage 12

├ Missile Ap Damage 0

└ Base Reload Time 10

Accuracy 5

Range 80

Reload 0

Shots Per Minute 6

Ammunition 4

Ship Health 758

└ Ship persian_three

Ship Speed 4

Melee Attack 26

Weapon Damage 11

├ Melee Weapon axe2

├ Weapon Damage 11

├ Weapon Deadliness 0

├ Armour Piercing Yes

├ Bonus vs. Cavalry 0

├ Bonus vs. Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 6

Melee Defence 52

├ Base Defence 15

├ Shield shield3

└ Shield Defence 37

Armour 8

├ Armour arm4

├ Armour Defence 8

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 24

├ Man Entity medium_medium

├ Man Health 20

└ Bonus Hit Points 4

Base Morale 55

Abilities

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

• Stamina (low)
  Governs how fast the unit tires and restores fatigue, and is dependent on type of unit, weight and approach to combat.

Attributes

• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
• Resistant to Heat
  This unit tires less quickly in the desert.

Strengths & Weaknesses

• Poor hull strength
• Light crew
• Fast speed
• Weak ramming
• Poor boarding
• Average missile combat

• Good attack
• Average defence
• Low damage but good armour penetration
• Good morale

Faction Availability
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