Missile Trireme - Mercenary Slingers

Of all the warships found in the ancient world, it is the trireme, or trieres, that remains the most famous and recognisable. Nearly all Hollywood 'sword and sandal' movies will include a trireme somewhere. The vessel was entirely designed for war. Its name came from the three rows of oars carried on each side, stacked above each other in staggered columns to give the rowers some room to work. The top row of oars pivoted on a rowlock, or oarlock, mounted on an outrigger projecting from the hull. This allowed the top oars to pitch down at a sharper angle to reach the sea without getting tangled in the lower ones. The trireme was a greyhound of a ship, capable of high-speed dashes with a well-trained crew and, contrary to popular belief, not all rowers were slaves. Aboard Greek vessels they were citizens, and were given respect, not the lash. They were also largely fair-weather ships, and unsuited to rough seas such as the Atlantic; the lowest level of oars were, at most, less than half a metre above the waterline. That, however, did not stop the trireme being a superb weapon against other ships: a high-speed ramming attack could rip a hole in the side of almost any target. The type was also large enough to be used in other ways, which lead to it carrying archers and assorted light artillery pieces.

(Mercenary Slingers)
Slingers were common in ancient armies. Slings are ancient weapons, dating back to Palaeolithic times. In comparison to bows, they were easy to make and had a greater effective range. Constructed from braided flax, hemp or rushes, a sling has a cradle where the shot is placed. One end has a finger-loop, while the other has a knot or strip giving a firm handhold. The slinger puts his middle finger through the loop and holds the knotted end with his thumb and forefinger. After whirling the shot in the sling it is released with a flick of the wrist. Quick to fire and reload, the sling was widely hated by those on the receiving end. Shot varied from stones collected in rivers to shaped lumps of clay and lead; lead shot could fly over 400 metres. Such missiles were sometimes inscribed with comments such as “Catch!” or “Take that!” Shot was difficult to see in flight, and although it lacked the penetrating power of an arrow it could easily break bone or stave-in armour at short ranges. Famously, the Roman Consul Paulus was killed by a slinger early in the disastrous Battle of Cannae.

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Unit Name Missile Trireme - Mercenary Slingers

Main Unit Key 3c_Mer_Rom_Missile_Trireme

Land Unit Key 3c_Mer_Slingers

Naval Unit Key 3c_roman_three

Soldiers 80

Category Medium Ship

Class ​飛​び​道​具​艦

Custom Battle Cost 320

Recruitment Cost 320

​維​持​費 240

Missile Damage 20

├ Missile Weapon rome_sling

├ Projectile sling_stone

├ Missile Damage 16

├ Missile Ap Damage 4

└ Base Reload Time 10

Accuracy 5

Range 150

Reload 13

Shots Per Minute 7

Ammunition 25

Ship Health 693

└ Ship roman_three

Ship Speed 6

Melee Attack 8

Weapon Damage 24

├ Melee Weapon rome_shortsword

├ Melee Damage Base 20

├ Melee Damage Ap 4

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 3

Melee Defence 22

├ Base Defence 12

├ Shield small_bronze

└ Shield Defence 10

Armour 20

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 10

└ Shield Armour 10

Health 45

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_light

├ Man Health 40

└ Bonus Hit Points 5

Base Morale 25

Abilities

• Row Hard 10
  Increases speed for 10 strokes.
  Ship speed

Attributes

• ​疲​労​耐​性
  ​こ​の​部​隊​は、​他​の​部​隊​よ​り​疲​労​の​影​響​を​受​け​な​い。
• ​潜​伏 (​低​木​と​森)
  ​こ​の​部​隊​は、​敵​が​す​ぐ​そ​ば​に​接​近​す​る​ま​で​低​木​や​森​に​潜​伏​す​る​こ​と​が​で​き​る。

Strengths & Weaknesses

• Poor hull strength
• Light crew
• Fast speed
• Weak ramming
• Poor boarding
• Average missile combat

• Very long range
• Average rate of fire
• Low damage but average armour penetration
• Very weak in melee
• Very poor morale

Empire Divided Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
1	3c_province_pool_naval_africa	Africa	​カ​ル​タ​ゴ ​ハ​ド​ル​メ​ン​ト​ゥ​ム ​レ​プ​テ​ィ​ス・​マ​グ​ナ ​マ​コ​マ​デ​ス	1	0.15	1	1
2	3c_province_pool_naval_africa	Numidia	​カ​プ​サ ​キ​ル​タ ​デ​ィ​ム​ミ​デ​ィ ​イ​オ​ル	1	0.15	1	1
3	3c_province_pool_naval_pontus_and_thracia	Bosporus	​パ​ン​テ​ィ​カ​パ​イ​オ​ン ​フ​ァ​ナ​ゴ​リ​ア ​タ​ナ​イ​ス	1	0.15	1	1
4	3c_province_pool_naval_pontus_and_thracia	Caucasia	​ガ​バ​タ ​ム​ツ​ヘ​タ ​フ​ァ​シ​ス	1	0.15	1	1
5	3c_province_pool_naval_pontus_and_thracia	Thracia	​ア​ン​テ​イ​ア ​ナ​イ​ッ​ソ​ス ​オ​デ​ッ​ソ​ス ​プ​ル​プ​デ​ワ	1	0.15	1	1
6	3c_province_pool_naval_roman	Asia	​エ​フ​ェ​ソ​ス ​ペ​ル​ガ​モ​ン ​ペ​ッ​シ​ヌ​ス ​ロー​ド​ス	1	0.15	1	1
7	3c_province_pool_naval_roman	Cisalpina	​ゲ​ヌ​ア ​メ​デ​ィ​オ​ラ​ヌ​ム ​パ​タ​ウ​ィ​ウ​ム	1	0.15	1	1
8	3c_province_pool_naval_roman	Corsica et Sardinia	​ア​レ​リ​ア ​カ​ラ​リ​ス	1	0.15	1	1
9	3c_province_pool_naval_roman	Latium	​ア​リ​ミ​ニ​ウ​ム ​ア​ッ​レ​テ​ィ​ウ​ム ​ア​ス​ク​ル​ム ​ロー​マ	1	0.15	1	1
10	3c_province_pool_naval_roman	Macedonia	​ア​ポ​ロ​ニ​ア ​フ​ァ​ル​サ​ロ​ス ​テ​ッ​サ​ロ​ニ​カ	1	0.15	1	1
11	3c_province_pool_naval_roman	Syria	​ア​ン​テ​ィ​オ​キ​ア ​サ​モ​サ​タ ​タ​ル​ス​ス ​タ​プ​サ​コ​ス	1	0.15	1	1