Light Artillery Penteres - Lithobolos (Ship)
A quinquereme is a 45 meter long galley with three decks of oars, in a pattern of 2-2-1 oarsmen, developed around 400 BCE by the Syracusans. Its large size allows many marines on board, and also allows ballistae to be mounted on the large decks.(Greek Marines)
Soldiers trained for perilous service aboard the galleys of the navy, but also as an offensive force on land.
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.
(Lithobolos (Ship))
At close targets, a ballista could be aimed effectively but accuracy came at a cost in range; it could fire around 500 metres. The machine used two torsion springs with levers inserted into twisted ropes made from animal sinew, giving incredible power for its size. Firing either solid shot or bolts, it was equally effective against infantry or cavalry, but could also be deployed to destroy light fortifications during sieges. Originally developed by the Greeks around 400BC, and based on the oversized Oxybeles composite bow, ballistae were widely used by many cultures of the period, including the Romans. Later Roman versions included adjustable caps that enabled crews to quickly alter the tension of each sinew bundle to provide balance and therefore improve accuracy.
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Unit Name Light Artillery Penteres - Lithobolos (Ship) |
Main Unit Key Gre_Quinquereme_Ballista |
Land Unit Key Gre_Ballista_Shp |
Naval Unit Key greek_ballista_five |
Soldiers 140 |
Category Medium Ship |
Class 投擲兵器艦 |
Custom Battle Cost 1500 |
Recruitment Cost 1500 |
維持費 375 |
1020 |
└ Ship greek_five_art |
Ship Speed 4 |
89 |
├ Engine ballista_medium_ship |
├ Missile Weapon rome_ballista_shp |
├ Projectile shp_stone_flammable |
├ Missile Damage 49 |
├ Missile Ap Damage 40 |
└ Base Reload Time 27 |
Accuracy 40 |
Range 435 |
Reload 4 |
Shots Per Minute 2 |
Ammunition 4 |
Melee Attack 27 |
10 |
├ Melee Weapon gsword3 |
├ Weapon Damage 10 |
├ Weapon Deadliness 0 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Bonus vs. Cavalry 0 |
├ Bonus vs. Elephants 0 |
└ Bonus vs Infantry 0 |
Charge Bonus 18 |
79 |
├ Base Defence 21 |
├ Shield shield6 |
└ Shield Defence 58 |
12 |
├ Armour arm7 |
├ Armour Defence 12 |
└ Shield Armour 0 |
24 |
├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_heavy_slow |
├ Man Health 20 |
└ Bonus Hit Points 4 |
Base Morale 60 |
Abilities
Light Artillery Penteres- Row Hard 20
Increases speed for 20 strokes.
Ship speed
- Stamina (average)
Governs how fast the unit tires and restores fatigue, and is dependent on type of unit, weight and approach to combat.
Attributes
No Attribute
Strengths & Weaknesses
Light Artillery Penteres- Average hull strength
- Skeleton crew
- Average speed
- Average ramming
- Abysmal boarding
- Exceptional missile combat
- Very accurate
- Very long range
- Fast rate of fire
- Lower damage than other artillery
- Easily destroyed
Faction Availability | |
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グランドキャンペーン | |
サムニウム戦争 | |
Caesar in Gaul | |
Hannibal at the Gates | |
Imperator Augustus | |
Wrath of Sparta |