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Persian Assault Teteres - Spear Brothers SuebiSuebi Melee Ship

Persian Assault Teteres - Spear Brothers

Ramming attacks from these ships inflict terrible damage.

Battle-hardened warriors who can be relied on to stand and fight with courage and skill.

There is a good deal of debate as to how large ancient warships worked; the principles are understood, but the details are not always so clear. A Roman 'quadreme' or Greek 'tetreres' would seem to have four rows of oars if the name is translated literally. However, it is unclear how four sets of oars each with one rower apiece could be used without them getting in a terrible tangle even with a magnificently trained crew, or how the top set of rowers would be able to handle the extremely long oars pitched at a steep angle and still produce any power. The chances are that the term 'oar' had become synonymous with 'rower' and that the lowest bank had more than one man per oar. The other option was to go back to a double row of oars, with two men apiece. Two banks of oars would also have made for a cheaper construction task for each ship. Either way, the result was a ship that could rival the lighter trireme in speed, yet had more deck space for a large fighting contingent or artillery pieces.

(Spear Brothers)
Hardened by years of both inter-tribal combat and contact with enemies further afield, the most talented German warriors thus earned high status within their tribes. Whilst iron supplies were scarce, these men were privileged enough to equip themselves with lengthy spears, or 'framea', tipped with narrow, sharp points of iron. Whereas the framea was used for fighting at close quarters, lighter javelins were also carried to be hurled from a distance prior to melee. The taller and stronger the man, the bigger the spear he could carry; this established status, not only within the tribe, but also when facing the enemy.

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Persian Assault Teteres - Spear Brothers

Unit Name

Persian Assault Teteres - Spear Brothers

Main Unit Key

Ger_Spear_Brothers_Four

Land Unit Key

Ger_Spear_Brothers

Naval Unit Key

barbarian_persian_four

Soldiers

120

Category

Medium Ship

Class

Melee Ship

Custom Battle Cost

640

Recruitment Cost

640

Upkeep Cost

128

Missile Damage

32

├ Missile Weapon

rome_javelin_precursor

├ Projectile

javelin_prec

├ Missile Damage

20

├ Missile Ap Damage

12

└ Base Reload Time

15

Accuracy

5

Range

40

Reload

0

Shots Per Minute

4

Ammunition

2

Ship Health

760

└ Ship

barbarian_persian_four

Ship Speed

3

Melee Attack

25

Weapon Damage

26

├ Melee Weapon

rome_celtic_spear

├ Melee Damage Base

20

├ Melee Damage Ap

6

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Bonus vs. Large

15

├ Bonus vs Elephants

15

└ Bonus vs Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

23

Melee Defence

66

├ Base Defence

36

├ Shield

germanic_hex

└ Shield Defence

30

Armour

50

├ Armour

cloth

├ Armour Defence

10

└ Shield Armour

40

Health

55

├ Man Entity

rome_infantry_light_fast

├ Man Health

40

└ Bonus Hit Points

15

Base Morale

40

Abilities

Persian Assault Teteres
  • Row Hard 20
    Increases speed for 20 strokes.
    Ship speed
Spear Brothers
  • Cavalry Counter-tactics
    Improves unit's ability to endure enemy cavalry charges for an extended time.
    Bonus vs mounted units
  • Wedge
    The unit moves into a wedge-shaped attack formation.
    Charge bonus, melee attack
    Acceleration, melee defence

Attributes

  • Hide (forest)
    This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
  • Resistant to Cold
    This unit tires less quickly in snow.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Persian Assault Teteres
  • Average hull strength
  • Medium crew
  • Average speed
  • Average ramming
  • Average boarding
Spear Brothers
  • Good defensive unit
  • Low damage but average armour penetration
  • Average attack
  • Normal morale