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Missile Raider - Iaosatae

Small raiding boats, with crews large enough to board enemy vessels.

(Celtic Slingers)

These slingers, eager for glory in battle, are highly effective skirmishers.

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.

(Iaosatae)
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.

Missile Raider - Iaosatae

Unit Name

Missile Raider - Iaosatae

Main Unit Key

Bar_Missile_Raider

Land Unit Key

Bar_Mar_Missile_Celt

Naval Unit Key

barbarian_raider_ranged

Soldiers

80

Category

Medium Ship

Class

Missile Ship

Custom Battle Cost

562

Recruitment Cost

562

Upkeep Cost

140

Missile Damage

6

├ Missile Weapon

sling2

├ Projectile

sling2

├ Missile Damage

5

├ Missile Ap Damage

1

└ Base Reload Time

13

Accuracy

5

Range

190

Reload

13

Shots Per Minute

5

Ammunition

40

Ship Health

└ Ship

barbarian_raider

Ship Speed

Melee Attack

15

Weapon Damage

7

├ Melee Weapon

dagger2

├ Weapon Damage

7

├ Weapon Deadliness

0

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Bonus vs. Cavalry

0

├ Bonus vs. Elephants

0

└ Bonus vs Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

8

Melee Defence

41

├ Base Defence

10

├ Shield

shield2

└ Shield Defence

31

Armour

1

├ Armour

arm0

├ Armour Defence

1

└ Shield Armour

0

Health

20

├ Man Entity

rome_infantry_very_light_agile

├ Man Health

20

└ Bonus Hit Points

0

Base Morale

40

Abilities

Missile Raider
  • Row Hard 10
    Increases speed for 10 strokes.
    Ship speed
Iaosatae
  • Stamina (excellent)
    Governs how fast the unit tires and restores fatigue, and is dependent on type of unit, weight and approach to combat.

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

Missile Raider
  • Good hull strength
  • Medium crew
  • Fast speed
  • Weak ramming
  • Poor boarding
  • Good missile combat
Iaosatae
  • Very long range
  • Average rate of fire
  • Low damage but average armour penetration
  • Very weak in melee
  • Very poor morale
Requires Buildings
Missile Raider - Iaosatae Lv. 0 Port of Alexandria
Port of Alexandria
(dei_port_ALEXANDRIA_1)
Level 0
Port of Alexandria
Port of Alexandria
(dei_port_ALEXANDRIA_2)
Level 1
Port of Alexandria
Port of Alexandria
(dei_port_ALEXANDRIA_3)
Level 2
Port of Alexandria
Port of Alexandria
(dei_port_ALEXANDRIA_4)
Level 3
Cothon
Cothon
(dei_port_CARTHAGE_1)
Level 0
Cothon
Cothon
(dei_port_CARTHAGE_2)
Level 1
Cothon
Cothon
(dei_port_CARTHAGE_3)
Level 2
Cothon
Cothon
(dei_port_CARTHAGE_4)
Level 3
Port of Massalia
Port of Massalia
(dei_port_MASSILIA_1)
Level 0
Port of Massalia
Port of Massalia
(dei_port_MASSILIA_2)
Level 1
Port of Massalia
Port of Massalia
(dei_port_MASSILIA_3)
Level 2
Port of Massalia
Port of Massalia
(dei_port_MASSILIA_4)
Level 3
Port of Rhodos
Port of Rhodos
(dei_port_RHODES_1)
Level 0
Port of Rhodos
Port of Rhodos
(dei_port_RHODES_2)
Level 1
Port of Rhodos
Port of Rhodos
(dei_port_RHODES_3)
Level 2
Port of Rhodos
Port of Rhodos
(dei_port_RHODES_4)
Level 3
Port
Port
(rom_BARBARIAN_port_major_1)
Level 0
Fishermen's Huts
Fishermen's Huts
(rom_BARBARIAN_port_major_food_2)
Level 1
Fishing Village
Fishing Village
(rom_BARBARIAN_port_major_food_3)
Level 2
Fishing Port
Fishing Port
(rom_BARBARIAN_port_major_food_4)
Level 3
Harbour
Harbour
(rom_BARBARIAN_port_major_military_2)
Level 1
Boatyard
Boatyard
(rom_BARBARIAN_port_major_military_3)
Level 2
Raider's Port
Raider's Port
(rom_BARBARIAN_port_major_military_4)
Level 3
Port
Port
(rom_BARBARIAN_port_minor_1)
Level 0
Fishermen's Huts
Fishermen's Huts
(rom_BARBARIAN_port_minor_2)
Level 1
Fishing Village
Fishing Village
(rom_BARBARIAN_port_minor_3)
Level 2
Harbour
Harbour
(rom_BARBARIAN_port_minor_military_2)
Level 1
Boatyard
Boatyard
(rom_BARBARIAN_port_minor_military_3)
Level 2
Garrison Buildings
Missile Raider - Iaosatae x 1 Harbour
Harbour
(rom_BARBARIAN_port_major_military_2)
Level 1
Boatyard
Boatyard
(rom_BARBARIAN_port_major_military_3)
Level 2
Missile Raider - Iaosatae x 2 Raider's Port
Raider's Port
(rom_BARBARIAN_port_major_military_4)
Level 3
Harbour
Harbour
(rom_BARBARIAN_port_minor_military_2)
Level 1
Boatyard
Boatyard
(rom_BARBARIAN_port_minor_military_3)
Level 2
Faction Availability
Grand Campaign


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