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Assault Dieres - Persian Spearmen

With a ramming attack that can break an enemy hull, these ships are deadly weapons.

The regular standing army of Persia, their spears will hold the line.

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.

(Persian Spearmen)
The Persian war machine differed greatly from that of the west. Gone was the reliance on a backbone of columns and infantry; instead, the eastern empires fielded heavy cataphracts, drawn from the nobility, as their main strength. These powerful shock troops were complimented by horse or camel archers, to harry the enemy and keep them under pressure. On foot, the Persians fielded light spearmen levies supported by an elite division of archers to back the cavalry and rain death upon the enemy. Also, the cataphracts were often aided by the hammer-blow of the terrifying elephant corps, upon which great importance was placed due to its magnificent power.

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Assault Dieres - Persian Spearmen

Unit Name

Assault Dieres - Persian Spearmen

Main Unit Key

3c_Per_Assault_Dieres

Land Unit Key

3c_Per_Persian_Spearmen

Naval Unit Key

3c_persian_two

Soldiers

60

Category

Light Ship

Class

​近​接​艦

Custom Battle Cost

420

Recruitment Cost

420

​維​持​費

85

Ship Health

566

└ Ship

persian_two

Ship Speed

6

Melee Attack

13

Weapon Damage

25

├ Melee Weapon

rome_spear

├ Melee Damage Base

20

├ Melee Damage Ap

5

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Bonus vs. Large

20

├ Bonus vs Elephants

20

└ Bonus vs Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

11

Melee Defence

34

├ Base Defence

24

├ Shield

tower

└ Shield Defence

10

Armour

55

├ Armour

padded

├ Armour Defence

20

└ Shield Armour

35

Health

45

├ Man Entity

rome_infantry_medium

├ Man Health

40

└ Bonus Hit Points

5

Base Morale

35

Abilities

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

Attributes

  • ​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。
  • ​暑​さ​耐​性
    T​こ​の​部​隊​は、​砂​漠​に​よ​る​疲​労​を​受​け​に​く​い。

Strengths & Weaknesses

Assault Dieres
  • Very poor hull strength
  • Very light crew
  • Fast speed
  • Weak ramming
  • Good boarding
Persian Spearmen
  • Good defensive unit
  • Low damage but average armour penetration
  • Average attack
  • Normal morale