Assault Dieres - Levy Spearmen
With a ramming attack that can break an enemy hull, these ships are deadly weapons.Levies can fight and are relatively cheap to maintain, but lack skill and conviction.
The waterline ram was first mounted on a vessel in around 850BC. Warships and naval tactics were transformed. Ships were no longer platforms for infantry battles on the water; the ship itself became the weapon. Galleys changed as the new reality sank in. Ramming at speed would hole and sink an enemy, therefore slimmer, faster, handier ships were required. More speed on demand obviously required more oars a fast ship with a single row of oars ended up being stupidly, impractically long. The solution, then, was to put in a second set of oars above the first, but slightly offset to allow for rowers' benches. These biremes, a Latin word meaning 'two oars', or dieres, the Greek equivalent, were no longer than previous designs but had twice the number of rowers. They were fast, manoeuvrable, and could carry a fighting contingent. Some nations also gave their bireme crews fire pots; these clay pots filled with oil and pitch were hurled at enemy ships in the entirely reasonable hope of setting them ablaze.
(Levy Spearmen)
Throughout the civilised world, levies formed the backbone of many armies. Called to service from among citizens or subjects, levies followed a long tradition that began, in Greece at least, with hoplite warfare between the city-states. Equipped with spears, these levied phalanxes could present a formidable wall of spear points to other infantry and cavalry. What levies lacked in skill and discipline compared to professional soldiers and mercenaries they made up for in numbers and the advantage their weaponry provided. These troops, especially the citizen-levy of the Greek city-states, were at first expected to provide their own arms and equipment. As time passed the citizen army developed into a more formalised body in which arms and equipment were provided. Often, however, personal loyalty to a general or king replaced any sense of civic duty, although 'civic duty' might be grudging to say the least in men taken from their homes, families and livelihoods, and thrust into battle.
Unit Name Assault Dieres - Levy Spearmen |
Main Unit Key Ara_Spear_Two |
Land Unit Key Ara_Levy_Spear |
Naval Unit Key persian_two |
Soldiers 60 |
Category Medium Ship |
Class Melee Ship |
Custom Battle Cost 350 |
Recruitment Cost 350 |
Upkeep Cost 70 |
501 |
└ Ship persian_two |
Ship Speed 6 |
Melee Attack 14 |
29 |
├ Melee Weapon rome_spear |
├ Melee Damage Base 19 |
├ Melee Damage Ap 10 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Bonus vs. Large 15 |
├ Bonus vs Elephants 16 |
└ Bonus vs Infantry 0 |
Charge Bonus 11 |
62 |
├ Base Defence 25 |
├ Shield oval |
└ Shield Defence 37 |
60 |
├ Armour cloth |
├ Armour Defence 27 |
└ Shield Armour 33 |
65 |
├ Man Entity rome_infantry_medium |
├ Man Health 55 |
└ Bonus Hit Points 10 |
Base Morale 25 |
Abilities
Assault Dieres- Row Hard 10
Increases speed for 10 strokes.
Ship speed
- Frenzied Charge
Increases the effectiveness of the unit's charge for an extended period. The unit will suffer a large fatigue penalty after the charge is over.
Charge speed, charge damage, acceleration
Melee defence, fatigue
Attributes
- Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close. - Resistant to Heat
This unit tires less quickly in the desert.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Assault Dieres- Very poor hull strength
- Very light crew
- Fast speed
- Weak ramming
- Good boarding
- Average defensive unit
- Low damage but average armour penetration
- Weak attack
- Poor morale
Requires Buildings | |
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Lv. 0 |
Military Pier
(east_port_military_2) Level 1
Naval Yard
(east_port_military_3) Level 2
Drydock
(east_port_military_4) Level 3 |
Garrison Buildings | |
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x 2 |
Military Pier
(east_port_military_2) Level 1
Drydock
(east_port_military_4) Level 3 |
Faction Availability | |
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Grand Campaign | |
Imperator Augustus |