Medium Assault Raider - Lucanian Warriors
Able to withstand rough seas, these ships' crews can capture enemy vessels in any weather.Wild warriors from Italy's mountains, they fight with almost-animalistic strength.
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.
(Lucanian Warriors)
The Lucanians are an ancient Italic tribe from the southern Italian region of Lucania. Oscan in origin, they are said to have migrated from the Apennine mountains, driving away or assimilating the indigenous tribes of Oenotrians, Chones and Lauternoi. In terms of their appearance and culture, the Lucanians were quite similar to the Samnites, wearing similar triple-disc armour and large, bronze belts over their tunics in battle. Lucanian tribes were warlike in nature; their forces fought their Greek neighbours on more than one occasion, against the Italiote League and Taras. According to Diodorus' chronicles, Lucanian warriors also participated in the wars between Dionysius I of Syracuse and the Greeks of southern Italy, joining the tyrant's forces as mercenaries. Rome also fought the Lucanian tribes, albeit late in the 4th century BC, during the Samnite Wars.
Unit Name Medium Assault Raider - Lucanian Warriors |
Main Unit Key inv_sam_medium_assault_raider_lucanian_warriors |
Land Unit Key inv_sam_lucanian_warriors |
Naval Unit Key barbarian_medium_raider_melee |
Soldiers 100 |
Category Medium Ship |
Class Melee Ship |
Custom Battle Cost 850 |
Recruitment Cost 850 |
Upkeep Cost 175 |
└ Ship barbarian_medium_raider |
Ship Speed |
Melee Attack 45 |
35 |
├ Melee Weapon rome_gladius |
├ Melee Damage Base 30 |
├ Melee Damage Ap 5 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Bonus vs. Large 0 |
├ Bonus vs Elephants 0 |
└ Bonus vs Infantry 0 |
Charge Bonus 30 |
55 |
├ Base Defence 20 |
├ Shield celtic_shock |
└ Shield Defence 35 |
35 |
├ Armour chest |
├ Armour Defence 25 |
└ Shield Armour 10 |
50 |
├ Man Entity rome_infantry_medium |
├ Man Health 40 |
└ Bonus Hit Points 10 |
Base Morale 50 |
Abilities
Medium Assault Raider- Row Hard 10
Increases speed for 10 strokes.
Ship speed
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
- Very good attack
- Average defence
- Average damage but low armour penetration
- Good morale
Requires Buildings | |
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Lv. 0 |
Harbour
(inv_ita_port_military_2) Level 1
Boatyard
(inv_ita_port_military_3) Level 2 |
Garrison Buildings | |
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x 1 |
Fishing Village
(inv_ita_port_food_3) Level 2 |
x 2 |
Fishing Port
(inv_ita_port_food_4) Level 3
Harbour
(inv_ita_port_military_2) Level 1 |
Faction Availability | |
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Rise of the Republic |