Mascat Missile Ship

Raiding Hemiolia - Tribes People

The 'one-and-a-half' or 'hemiolia' was a light galley which was much favoured by pirates in the ancient world. It developed from the bireme, a ship that had two full decks of oars along its entire length. The hemiola reduced the number of oars on the upper level, leaving roughly half the number of oars and rowers in the midship section. The smaller number of rowers had little effect on overall speed because the laden weight of the vessel also dropped. Because it used both oars and sails, and the crew could rapidly change propulsion method, it was an ideal vessel for chasing down fat, wealthy merchant ships. Boarding attacks were mounted from hemiolas; ramming was not a useful tactic as loot ended up with the fish rather than enriching the pirates! The speed and handiness of hemiolas made them useful as scouts, supply boats and vessels used to pick off damaged enemies at the edge of battles.

(Tribes People)
The Arabian peninsula was not a state, but a land occupied by inter-related tribes and powerful families. The nomadic Bedouin raised sheep and traded goods across the desert, while farmers were settled around the oases. The camel helped the nomadic tribes to grow in power, and the variety of tribes produced many different fighting styles but infantry remained important in Arab armies. Unarmoured slingers were fast and effective skirmishers, and Arabs also prided themselves on their close-combat skills. Traditionally, they fought as raiders looking for loot rather than conquest. Raids or 'razzias' brought honour to victorious warriors, as well as livestock and goods for their tribes. Conflicts were usually small in scale and casualties were largely avoided as a fighting retreat in the face of great odds was not considered shameful. After the conquest of Egypt, Rome had to cross the Arabian Peninsula in order to secure the lucrative trade with India, but the Romans never fully conquered the desert or the desert peoples.

Unit Name Raiding Hemiolia - Tribes People

Main Unit Key Ara_Tribes_One_Halfer

Land Unit Key Ara_Tribes_People

Naval Unit Key persian_one_halfer

Soldiers 80

Category Medium Ship

Class Missile Ship

Custom Battle Cost 300

Recruitment Cost 300

Upkeep Cost 70

Missile Damage 28

├ Missile Weapon rome_javelin

├ Projectile javelin_normal

├ Missile Damage 15

├ Missile Ap Damage 13

└ Base Reload Time 9

Accuracy 5

Range 70

Reload 8

Shots Per Minute 7

Ammunition 18

Ship Health 459

└ Ship persian_one_halfer

Ship Speed 6

Melee Attack 5

Weapon Damage 23

├ Melee Weapon rome_shortsword

├ Melee Damage Base 20

├ Melee Damage Ap 3

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 5

Charge Bonus 3

Melee Defence 5

├ Base Defence 5

├ Shield none

└ Shield Defence 0

Armour 27

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 27

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 45

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_light

├ Man Health 45

└ Bonus Hit Points 0

Base Morale 20

Abilities

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

Attributes

• Resistant to Fatigue
  Fatigue has less of an effect on this unit.
• Hide (scrub & forest)
  This unit can hide in scrub and forest until enemy units get too close.
• Resistant to Heat
  This unit tires less quickly in the desert.

Strengths & Weaknesses

• Very poor hull strength
• Light crew
• Very fast speed
• Weak ramming
• Very poor boarding
• Poor missile combat

• Short range
• Fast rate of fire
• Very good damage and armour penetration
• Very weak in melee
• Very poor morale

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Port (east_port_1) Level 0 Fishing Port (east_port_fish_2) Level 1 Fishmongers' Lane (east_port_fish_3) Level 2 Seafood Market (east_port_fish_4) Level 3 Military Pier (east_port_military_2) Level 1 Naval Yard (east_port_military_3) Level 2 Drydock (east_port_military_4) Level 3 Harbour (east_port_trade_2) Level 1

Garrison Buildings
x 2	Port (east_port_1) Level 0 Fishing Port (east_port_fish_2) Level 1 Fishmongers' Lane (east_port_fish_3) Level 2 Seafood Market (east_port_fish_4) Level 3 Military Pier (east_port_military_2) Level 1 Naval Yard (east_port_military_3) Level 2 Harbour (east_port_trade_2) Level 1 Trading Port (east_port_trade_3) Level 2 Seaside Market (east_port_trade_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Gerrhaea Himyar Ma'in Mascat Nabatea Qidri Arabian Rebels Saba
Imperator Augustus	Arabian Rebels (Imperator Augustus)