Arverni Artillery Ship

Roman Artillery Quinquereme - Celtic Onager (Ship)

With deck-mounted artillery pieces, these ships can rain down destruction on the enemy.

While generals sneer at enemy onagers, their soldiers do not.

The 'five', called a quinquereme in Latin and a penteres in Greek, was a ship first used by the Syracusans against the Carthaginians sometime around 398BC. Like other polyremes, a term meaning many-oared, the chances were that it did not have five banks of oars but that the word 'oar' was used to mean 'rower'. In such a case, the arrangement of rowers would be two-two-one going up from the waterline. It makes sense to keep as much weight as possible low in the vessel to help its stability; a high centre of gravity makes any ship liable to capsize if struck from the side. The quinquereme, then, would be a formidable vessel both in terms of appearance and combat value. With a large fighting contingent aboard and plenty of deck space, this heavy vessel could cope with most enemies and threats.

(Celtic Onager (Ship))
One of the simplest forms of one-armed catapult, the onager relied on twisted skeins of animal sinew which provided the power to hurl either rocks or shot. Inaccurate but powerful, it was an effective siege engine against buildings and fortifications, but was of far less use on the battlefield unless firing into massed infantry ranks. First mentioned by Philon of Byzantium in his treatise ‘Mechanics’, the onager had a sling-like cradle attached to a firing arm. This arm was inserted and twisted to propel its shot through torsion. As the firing arm was released, the sling-like cradle would unhook, firing the projectile. A padded beam was incorporated into the housing frame to restrain the arm. Larger machines could require as many as eight or ten crewmen, and the incredible recoil meant that they could not be easily or safely mounted on walls or towers. Quickly constructed wherever wood was readily available, onagers soon became a staple of ancient siege warfare.

Abilities

Roman Artillery Quinquereme

• Row Hard 20
  Increases speed for 20 strokes.
  Ship speed

Attributes

No Attribute

Strengths & Weaknesses

Roman Artillery Quinquereme

• Good hull strength
• Skeleton crew
• Average speed
• Average ramming
• Abysmal boarding
• Exceptional missile combat

Celtic Onager (Ship)

• Long range
• High damage with its different rounds
• Hard to destroy
• Inaccurate
• Low rate of fire

Arverni Units
General (2)
1.Arverni Sword Nobles
2.Oathsworn Spears
Melee Infantry (9)
3.Chosen Swordsmen
4.Naked Warriors
5.Oathsworn
6.Celtic Warriors
7.Arverni Heavy Swords
8.Arverni Sword Nobles
9.Celtic Axe Warriors
10.Celtic Sword Killers
11.Chosen Fanatics
Missile Infantry (6)
12.Gallic Hunters
13.Celtic Skirmishers
14.Celtic Slingers
15.Celtic Youths
16.Celtic Hunters
17.Andarta's Chosen
Spear Infantry (8)
18.Chosen Spearmen
19.Levy Freemen
20.Spear Nobles
21.Spear Warriors
22.Celtic Tribesmen
23.Arverni Heavy Spears
24.Oathsworn Spears
25.Naked Spear Warriors
Melee Cavalry (6)
26.Heavy Horse
27.Light Horse
28.Noble Horse
29.Mounted Oathsworn
30.Heavy Axe Riders
31.Mounted Axemen
Fixed Artillery (3)
32.Celtic Giant Ballista
33.Celtic Bastion Scorpion
34.Celtic Scorpion (Fixed)
Field Artillery (6)
35.Celtic Bastion Ballista
36.Celtic Ballista
37.Celtic Scorpion
38.Celtic Heavy Onager
39.Celtic Bastion Onager
40.Celtic Onager
Special (1)
41.Savage Dogs
Melee Ship (4)
42.Assault Raider - Levy Freemen
43.Heavy Raider - Oathsworn
44.Persian Assault Teteres - Spear Warriors
45.Medium Assault Raider - Celtic Warriors
Missile Ship (3)
46.Greek Missile Penteres - Celtic Slingers
47.Medium Missile Raider - Celtic Slingers
48.Missile Raider - Celtic Slingers
Artillery Ship (2)
49.Roman Light Artillery Quinquereme - Celtic Ballista (Ship)
50.Roman Artillery Quinquereme - Celtic Onager (Ship)