Snekkja Longship - Mercenary Vandal Light Marauders

Snekkja are thought to be the smallest of all the Viking warships, carrying a relatively small crew of 41 men. The design of these ships varied slightly depending on the location of its construction; for example, the Norwegian design was better suited to Atlantic weather conditions and deep fjords, meaning it had more draft than its Danish counterparts, designed for shallow coastal waters and beaches. These lighter ships, so light that it is thought they could be carried short distances over-land between waterways, were the most common design of longship, often appearing in the Viking histories. It was reported that the great King Cnut even used 1200 of them to assert his claim over Norway in AD1028.

(Mercenary Vandal Light Marauders)
Naval warfare in the ancient world was just another way for infantry to fight one another. The earliest documented naval battles are those of ancient China, 'grapple and hook' battles where boarding operations and close-quarters combat decided the victor. During the Second Punic War, Rome famously broke Carthage's mastery of the waves by creating the 'corvus' - a bridge that allowed its soldiers to board and fight. The distinction, then, in antiquity, between fighting on land and at sea was small, yet chiefly a matter of 'sea legs' - maintaining balance whilst toppling your opponent.

Unit Name Snekkja Longship - Mercenary Vandal Light Marauders

Main Unit Key att_shp_merc_van_light_marauders_lon_light

Land Unit Key att_merc_mar_ger_vandal_light_marauders

Naval Unit Key att_lon_light_mel_ger

Soldiers 64

Category Light Ship

Class Melee Ship

Custom Battle Cost 275

Recruitment Cost 210

Upkeep Cost 190

Missile Damage 90

├ Missile Weapon att_javelin_precursor

├ Projectile att_javelin_precursor_normal

├ Missile Damage 70

├ Missile Ap Damage 20

└ Base Reload Time 14

Accuracy 0

Range 80

Reload 5

Rate of Fire 5

Ammunition 1

Hull Strength 1800

└ Ship att_shp_light_longship_melee

Speed 7

Melee Attack 25

Melee Damage 32

├ Melee Weapon att_spear

├ Melee Base Damage 24

├ Armour-piercing Damage 8

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Attack Against Cavalry 20

├ Attack Against Elephants 20

└ Attack Against Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 10

Melee Defence 45

├ Base Defence 30

├ Shield att_round

└ Shield Defence 15

Armour 25

├ Armour att_leather

├ Armour Defence 10

└ Shield Armour 15

Health 118

├ Man Entity att_infantry_medium

├ Man Health 90

└ Bonus Hit Points 28

Morale 34

Abilities

• Douse Fire
  Sacrifice your ship's mobility for a short time to focus effort on putting out the blaze.
• Use the Whip
  Improved defence and fatigue resistance for a short time at the cost of overexertion.

Attributes

• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
• Scare (everyone)
  This unit frightens all enemy units.
• Immune to Fear
  This unit is immune to the fear effects of scary units.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses

Grand Campaign Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
1	att_merc_all_province_longship	Aquitania	Avaricum Burdigala Elusa	1	0.025	1	1
2	att_merc_all_province_longship	Britannia Inferior	Eboracum Lindum Segontium	1	0.025	1	1
3	att_merc_all_province_longship	Frisia	Angulus Flevum Tulifurdum	1	0.025	1	1
4	att_merc_all_province_longship	Gothiscandza	Ascaucalis Gothiscandza Rugion	1	0.025	1	1