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Medium Assault Raider - Heavy Spears GetaeGetae Melee Ship

Medium Assault Raider - Heavy Spears

Able to withstand rough seas, these ships' crews can capture enemy vessels in any weather.

A solid line of spears will keep enemies at a respectful distance.

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.

(Heavy Spears)
The exact origins of the Dacians are something of a mystery. Dacian lands were centred around the Carpathian Mountains but, unlike their Thracian neighbours, they seldom got involved in the conflicts of others. The Dacians fought almost entirely on foot, and usually looked to their Sarmatian allies when serious cavalry were needed. Many Dacian infantry fought as peltasts, equipped with javelins, short swords and oval shields, but they also fielded archers. However, the Dacians were most feared because of a weapon called the 'falx', which they used with deadly, limb-lopping skill. A two-handed sword with a forward-curving blade, a falx could cut a man in two from the top of his head to his breastbone. This weapon was so effective that the Romans improved their legionary armour to cope with it. The brow-ridge on later legionary helmets was there to stop a blow from a falx. Rome’s eventual victory in the Dacian Wars (AD101-106), celebrated by Trajan’s Column, finally dealt with the warlike Dacian tribes once and for all.

Medium Assault Raider - Heavy Spears

Unit Name

Medium Assault Raider - Heavy Spears

Main Unit Key

Dac_Heavy_Spears_Raider

Land Unit Key

Dac_Heavy_Spears

Naval Unit Key

barbarian_medium_raider_melee

Soldiers

100

Category

Medium Ship

Class

Melee Ship

Custom Battle Cost

580

Recruitment Cost

580

Upkeep Cost

85

Ship Health

└ Ship

barbarian_medium_raider

Ship Speed

Melee Attack

19

Weapon Damage

28

├ Melee Weapon

rome_celtic_spear_anti_cav

├ Melee Damage Base

20

├ Melee Damage Ap

8

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Bonus vs. Large

23

├ Bonus vs Elephants

26

└ Bonus vs Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

22

Melee Defence

75

├ Base Defence

40

├ Shield

celtic

└ Shield Defence

35

Armour

77

├ Armour

leather

├ Armour Defence

47

└ Shield Armour

30

Health

70

├ Man Entity

rome_infantry_heavy

├ Man Health

55

└ Bonus Hit Points

15

Base Morale

45

Abilities

Medium Assault Raider
  • Row Hard 10
    Increases speed for 10 strokes.
    Ship speed
Heavy Spears
  • Cavalry Counter-tactics
    Improves unit's ability to endure enemy cavalry charges for an extended time.
    Bonus vs mounted units
  • Shield Screen
    The unit raises their shields in a static defensive formation.
    Bracing, melee defence, shield strength
    Can't move

Attributes

  • Hide (forest)
    This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Medium Assault Raider
  • Good hull strength
  • Medium crew
  • Fast speed
  • Weak ramming
  • Good boarding
Heavy Spears
  • Good defensive unit
  • Low damage but average armour penetration
  • Average attack
  • Normal morale
Requires Buildings
Medium Assault Raider - Heavy Spears Lv. 0 Boatyard
Boatyard
(barb_port_military_3)
Level 2
Raiders' Port
Raiders' Port
(barb_port_military_4)
Level 3
Garrison Buildings
Medium Assault Raider - Heavy Spears x 1 Boatyard
Boatyard
(barb_port_military_3)
Level 2
Raiders' Port
Raiders' Port
(barb_port_military_4)
Level 3