Assault Dieres - Mercenary Hoplites

The waterline ram was first mounted on a vessel in around 850BC. Warships and naval tactics were transformed. Ships were no longer platforms for infantry battles on the water; the ship itself became the weapon. Galleys changed as the new reality sank in. Ramming at speed would hole and sink an enemy, therefore slimmer, faster, handier ships were required. More speed on demand obviously required more oars a fast ship with a single row of oars ended up being stupidly, impractically long. The solution, then, was to put in a second set of oars above the first, but slightly offset to allow for rowers' benches. These biremes, a Latin word meaning 'two oars', or dieres, the Greek equivalent, were no longer than previous designs but had twice the number of rowers. They were fast, manoeuvrable, and could carry a fighting contingent. Some nations also gave their bireme crews fire pots; these clay pots filled with oil and pitch were hurled at enemy ships in the entirely reasonable hope of setting them ablaze.

(Mercenary Hoplites)
Hoplites date back to the wars between the Greek city-states in the 8th and 7th centuries BC. During the Greco-Persian Wars most hoplites wore a Corinthian-style bronze helm, and a cuirass of bronze or stiffened linen or canvas. They were armed with a short sword and an iron-tipped spear with a bronze counterbalance butt-spike. Hoplites were named, though, after the round hoplon shield they carried. The hoplon-and-spear combination required them to fight as a phalanx, a block of spearmen some eight ranks deep. When closed up, each man would find shelter behind the shield of his neighbour, creating a wall of bristling spear-points. While all hoplites were originally citizen-soldiers, full-time mercenaries took over and became the standard fighting unit of the Greek world. Later, under Phillip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great, the shield became smaller, while the spear developed into the five metre sarissa pike. Many armies adopted the phalanx of hoplites as a tactical unit because it was very successful in battle.

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Unit Name Assault Dieres - Mercenary Hoplites

Main Unit Key inv_greek_two_mercenary_hoplites

Land Unit Key inv_mercenary_hoplites

Naval Unit Key greek_two

Soldiers 60

Category Light Ship

Class ​近​接​艦

Custom Battle Cost 450

Recruitment Cost 450

​維​持​費 340

Ship Health 501

└ Ship greek_two

Ship Speed 6

Melee Attack 35

Weapon Damage 26

├ Melee Weapon rome_hoplite_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 15

Melee Defence 55

├ Base Defence 40

├ Shield hoplite

└ Shield Defence 15

Armour 80

├ Armour spolas

├ Armour Defence 35

└ Shield Armour 45

Health 60

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_hoplite

├ Man Health 45

└ Bonus Hit Points 15

Base Morale 50

Abilities

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

• Hoplite Wall
  The unit moves into close wall formation.
  Bracing, melee defence, shield strength
  Acceleration, speed

Attributes

• ​確​固​た​る​規​律
  ​こ​の​部​隊​は、​将​軍​が​死​亡​し​て​も​士​気​ペ​ナ​ル​テ​ィ​を​被​ら​な​い。​ま​た、​他​の​部​隊​よ​り​も​敗​走​後​復​帰​す​る​確​率​が​高​い。
• ​隊​形​維​持
  ​こ​の​部​隊​は、​白​兵​戦​時​に​隊​形​を​維​持​し​よ​う​と​す​る。
• ​潜​伏 (​森)
  ​こ​の​部​隊​は、​敵​が​す​ぐ​そ​ば​に​接​近​す​る​ま​で​森​に​潜​伏​す​る​事​が​で​き​る。

Strengths & Weaknesses

• Very poor hull strength
• Very light crew
• Fast speed
• Weak ramming
• Good boarding

• Very good defensive unit
• Low damage but average armour penetration
• Average attack
• Good morale

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