Tylis Missile Ship

Missile Raider - Celtic Skirmishers

These ships keep a contingent of archers aboard to harry enemy crews.

Even the poorest of the tribe can fight for its honour and glory.

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.

(Celtic Skirmishers)
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.

Abilities

Missile Raider

• 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.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Missile Raider

• Good hull strength
• Medium crew
• Fast speed
• Weak ramming
• Poor boarding
• Good missile combat

Celtic Skirmishers

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

Tylis Units
General (4)
1.Noble Horse
2.Oathsworn
3.Tarabostes
4.Thracian Chosen Infantry
Melee Infantry (11)
5.Gallo-Thracian Infantry
6.Oathsworn
7.Tribal Warriors
8.Celtic Warriors
9.Thracian Warriors
10.Thracian Chosen Infantry
11.Thracian Infantry
12.Costobocii Axemen
13.Dii Swordsmen
14.Triballoi Swordsmen
15.Thracian Trained Swords
Missile Infantry (5)
16.Celtic Skirmishers
17.Celtic Slingers
18.Tribal Garrison
19.Thracian Noble Peltasts
20.Dacian Elite Archers
Spear Infantry (7)
21.Levy Freemen
22.Spear Warriors
23.Celtic Tribesmen
24.Bessi Spearmen
25.Getohellenic Hoplites
26.Thracian Levy Spears
27.Geto-Hellenic Veteran Hoplites
Melee Cavalry (3)
28.Light Horse
29.Noble Horse
30.Tarabostes
Missile Cavalry (2)
31.Raiding Horsemen
32.Thracian Chosen Cavalry
Fixed Artillery (3)
33.Dacian Giant Ballista
34.Dacian Bastion Scorpion
35.Dacian Scorpion (Fixed)
Field Artillery (5)
36.Dacian Bastion Ballista
37.Dacian Ballista
38.Dacian Heavy Onager
39.Dacian Bastion Onager
40.Dacian Onager
Admiral (2)
41.Heavy Raider - Oathsworn
42.Medium Missile Raider - Celtic Slingers
Melee Ship (4)
43.Heavy Raider - Oathsworn
44.Persian Assault Teteres - Spear Warriors
45.Assault Raider - Celtic Tribesmen
46.Medium Assault Raider - Celtic Warriors
Missile Ship (3)
47.Missile Raider - Celtic Skirmishers
48.Greek Missile Penteres - Celtic Slingers
49.Medium Missile Raider - Celtic Slingers