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Scorpion Trireme - Auxiliary Gallic Bowmen

Deadly accurate dart-throwers give enemies pause.

Their skills in archery are best used in the service of the Empire.

Of all the warships found in the ancient world, it is the trireme, or trieres, that remains the most famous and recognisable. Nearly all Hollywood 'sword and sandal' movies will include a trireme somewhere. The vessel was entirely designed for war. Its name came from the three rows of oars carried on each side, stacked above each other in staggered columns to give the rowers some room to work. The top row of oars pivoted on a rowlock, or oarlock, mounted on an outrigger projecting from the hull. This allowed the top oars to pitch down at a sharper angle to reach the sea without getting tangled in the lower ones. The trireme was a greyhound of a ship, capable of high-speed dashes with a well-trained crew and, contrary to popular belief, not all rowers were slaves. Aboard Greek vessels they were citizens, and were given respect, not the lash. They were also largely fair-weather ships, and unsuited to rough seas such as the Atlantic; the lowest level of oars were, at most, less than half a metre above the waterline. That, however, did not stop the trireme being a superb weapon against other ships: a high-speed ramming attack could rip a hole in the side of almost any target. The type was also large enough to be used in other ways, which lead to it carrying archers and assorted light artillery pieces.

(Auxiliary Gallic Bowmen)
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.

Scorpion Trireme - Auxiliary Gallic Bowmen

Unit Name

Scorpion Trireme - Auxiliary Gallic Bowmen

Main Unit Key

3c_Gal_Scorpion_Trireme

Land Unit Key

3c_Aux_Gallic_Bowmen

Naval Unit Key

3c_roman_scorpio_three

Soldiers

80

Category

Medium Ship

Class

Missile Ship

Custom Battle Cost

530

Recruitment Cost

530

Upkeep Cost

105

Missile Damage

35

├ Missile Weapon

rome_bow_long

├ Projectile

arrow_normal_long

├ Missile Damage

31

├ Missile Ap Damage

4

└ Base Reload Time

12

Accuracy

5

Range

150

Reload

30

Shots Per Minute

7

Ammunition

15

Ship Health

693

└ Ship

roman_three

Ship Speed

6

Melee Attack

17

Weapon Damage

24

├ Melee Weapon

rome_shortsword

├ Melee Damage Base

20

├ Melee Damage Ap

4

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Bonus vs. Large

0

├ Bonus vs Elephants

0

└ Bonus vs Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

5

Melee Defence

15

├ Base Defence

15

├ Shield

none

└ Shield Defence

0

Armour

10

├ Armour

cloth

├ Armour Defence

10

└ Shield Armour

0

Health

45

├ Man Entity

rome_infantry_very_light

├ Man Health

40

└ Bonus Hit Points

5

Base Morale

40

Abilities

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

Attributes

  • Resistant to Fatigue
    Fatigue has less of an effect on this unit.
  • Guerrilla Deployment
    This unit can deploy outside of the deployment zone.
  • Snipe
    This unit remains hidden while firing.
  • Stalk
    This unit can move hidden in any terrain.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Scorpion Trireme
  • Poor hull strength
  • Light crew
  • Fast speed
  • Weak ramming
  • Average boarding
  • Good missile combat
Auxiliary Gallic Bowmen
  • Long range
  • Average rate of fire
  • Good damage but low armour penetration
  • Very weak in melee
  • Very poor morale
Requires Buildings
Scorpion Trireme - Auxiliary Gallic Bowmen Lv. 0 Portus Classis
Portus Classis
(3c_rome_port_military_4)
Level 3