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Heavy Tower Hepteres - Dorkim Hatkafa

A septireme is a 45 meter long oared warship with two decks of oars, the top row powered by three oarsmen, and the bottom by four. Developed around 280 BCE, these huge flagships are slow and cumbersome, but are difficult to sink and can hold many marines.

(Carthaginian Marines)

Carthaginian citizens that act as an elite offensive force on the ships of the navy.

An arms race in warship size developed between the various nations around the Mediterranean. Size, in terms of the number of rowers, ships length and bulk and above all majesty of the vessel became as much a tool of statecraft as of warfare. A people who could afford such ships were almost certainly rich enough to withstand the strains of any war. A 'four' or quadreme was still a handy warship, able to manoeuvre in battle. The same could not be said of some of the large polyremes, a word meaning many oars. Practical archaeology shows that too many banks of oars simply don't work, so polyreme probably referred to the number of rowers: a septireme is likely to have had some seven rowers per bank of three oars, arranged in three, three, and two to an oar going up from the waterline. King Demetius of Macedon led his fleet at the battle of Salamis in 306BC from the deck of a hepteres or 'seven', but his ambitions didn't stop there. Neither did those of other kingdoms, and later lumbering warships including 'elevens', 'thirteens' and larger. As bigger ships to carry more rowers such vessels could also carry big marine contingents, arrow towers and an array of useful artillery.

(Dorkim Hatkafa)
The thureos, a large oval-shaped shield, became common throughout the Hellenistic world from the 3rd century BC. Made from wood covered in hide, it differed from the earlier Greek hoplon in having a central handgrip, which was protected by a vertical spine running the length of the shield. This in turn could be further reinforced by the addition of a wide metal strip that protected the grip and the user’s hand. Inspired by the sub-rectangular and oval shields of the Celts, possibly through contact with the migrating Galatians, its usage seems to have spread through the Illyrian and Thracian tribes before it was adopted by the Greeks. Although large, the thureos was light in comparison to the traditional hoplon, and was adopted by heavily-armoured peltasts. Named after their shields, 'thureophoroi' could fight as common peltasts, skirmishing with javelins, but could also form up with their larger shields and longer spears in a similar fashion to a phalanx. The versatile and useful design of the thureos meant it was used by many armies, including the auxiliaries and cavalry of the later Roman Legions.

Heavy Tower Hepteres - Dorkim Hatkafa

Unit Name

Heavy Tower Hepteres - Dorkim Hatkafa

Main Unit Key

Gre_Assault_Hepteres_Admiral_Car

Land Unit Key

Car_Marines

Naval Unit Key

greek_scorpio_hft_seven

Soldiers

180

Category

Heavy Ship

Class

Melee Ship

Custom Battle Cost

2312

Recruitment Cost

2312

Upkeep Cost

578

Missile Damage

11

├ Missile Weapon

prec1

├ Projectile

prec1

├ Missile Damage

11

├ Missile Ap Damage

0

└ Base Reload Time

10

Accuracy

5

Range

80

Reload

0

Shots Per Minute

6

Ammunition

4

Ship Health

1617

└ Ship

greek_seven

Ship Speed

3

Melee Attack

30

Weapon Damage

10

├ Melee Weapon

gsword3

├ Weapon Damage

10

├ Weapon Deadliness

0

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Bonus vs. Cavalry

0

├ Bonus vs. Elephants

0

└ Bonus vs Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

15

Melee Defence

77

├ Base Defence

25

├ Shield

shield5

└ Shield Defence

52

Armour

14

├ Armour

arm8

├ Armour Defence

14

└ Shield Armour

0

Health

24

├ Man Entity

medium_medium

├ Man Health

20

└ Bonus Hit Points

4

Base Morale

70

Abilities

Heavy Tower Hepteres
  • Row Hard 30
    Increases speed for 30 strokes.
    Ship speed
Dorkim Hatkafa
  • Stamina (poor)
    Governs how fast the unit tires and restores fatigue, and is dependent on type of unit, weight and approach to combat.

Attributes

  • Disciplined
    This unit does not suffer a morale penalty when the general dies. It can also rally after routing more often.
  • Hide (forest)
    This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Heavy Tower Hepteres
  • Exceptional hull strength
  • Very heavy crew
  • Very slow speed
  • Strong ramming
  • Good boarding
  • Exceptional missile combat
Dorkim Hatkafa
  • Good attack
  • Average defence
  • Average damage but low armour penetration
  • Normal morale