Breuci Missile Ship

Greek Missile Penteres - Celtic Bowmen

Archers can shoot down upon many enemies from the deck, doing terrible work in the process.

A deer or a man: the target still needs killing.

The 'five', called a quinquereme in Latin and a penteres in Greek, was a ship first used by the Syracusans against the Carthaginians sometime around 398BC. Like other polyremes, a term meaning many-oared, the chances were that it did not have five banks of oars but that the word 'oar' was used to mean 'rower'. In such a case, the arrangement of rowers would be two-two-one going up from the waterline. It makes sense to keep as much weight as possible low in the vessel to help its stability; a high centre of gravity makes any ship liable to capsize if struck from the side. The quinquereme, then, would be a formidable vessel both in terms of appearance and combat value. With a large fighting contingent aboard and plenty of deck space, this heavy vessel could cope with most enemies and threats.

(Celtic 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.

Abilities

Greek Missile Penteres

• Row Hard 20
  Increases speed for 20 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

Greek Missile Penteres

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

Celtic Bowmen

• Long range
• Average rate of fire
• Good damage but low armour penetration
• Very weak in melee
• Very poor morale

Breuci Units
General (2)
1.Noble Horse
2.Oathsworn
Melee Infantry (3)
3.Chosen Swordsmen
4.Oathsworn
5.Celtic Warriors
Missile Infantry (3)
6.Celtic Bowmen
7.Celtic Skirmishers
8.Celtic Slingers
Spear Infantry (3)
9.Levy Freemen
10.Spear Warriors
11.Celtic Tribesmen
Melee Cavalry (2)
12.Light Horse
13.Noble Horse
Fixed Artillery (3)
14.Celtic Giant Ballista
15.Celtic Bastion Scorpion
16.Celtic Scorpion (Fixed)
Field Artillery (6)
17.Celtic Bastion Ballista
18.Celtic Ballista
19.Celtic Scorpion
20.Celtic Heavy Onager
21.Celtic Bastion Onager
22.Celtic Onager
Admiral (2)
23.Medium Missile Raider - Celtic Bowmen
24.Heavy Raider - Oathsworn
Melee Ship (4)
25.Heavy Raider - Oathsworn
26.Persian Assault Teteres - Spear Warriors
27.Assault Raider - Celtic Tribesmen
28.Medium Assault Raider - Celtic Warriors
Missile Ship (3)
29.Greek Missile Penteres - Celtic Bowmen
30.Medium Missile Raider - Celtic Bowmen
31.Missile Raider - Celtic Slingers