Celtic Rebels Missile Ship

Medium Missile Raider - Celtic Bowmen

Tough warships for harrying the enemy, constructed to take on the worst of seas.

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

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 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

Medium 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

Medium Missile Raider

• Good hull strength
• Medium crew
• Fast speed
• Weak 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

Celtic Rebels 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