Egypt (Empire Divided) Melee Ship

Assault Quadrireme - Vigiles

Ramming attacks from these ships inflict terrible damage.

These spear-armed garrison troops are also the town watch, riot squad and firemen.

There is a good deal of debate as to how large ancient warships worked; the principles are understood, but the details are not always so clear. A Roman 'quadreme' or Greek 'tetreres' would seem to have four rows of oars if the name is translated literally. However, it is unclear how four sets of oars each with one rower apiece could be used without them getting in a terrible tangle even with a magnificently trained crew, or how the top set of rowers would be able to handle the extremely long oars pitched at a steep angle and still produce any power. The chances are that the term 'oar' had become synonymous with 'rower' and that the lowest bank had more than one man per oar. The other option was to go back to a double row of oars, with two men apiece. Two banks of oars would also have made for a cheaper construction task for each ship. Either way, the result was a ship that could rival the lighter trireme in speed, yet had more deck space for a large fighting contingent or artillery pieces.

(Vigiles)
Vigiles were stationed around Rome and were responsible for dealing with any unrest that occurred after dark. Keeping the peace was just one part of their work as they also acted as Rome’s fire department. They were equipped with pumps to douse small fires, but a blaze could spread quickly through tight-packed streets, so often buildings were torn down to make fire breaks. Vigiles did this with impressive speed, and men were specially trained to remove roofs and knock down walls. In extreme cases they used onagers to knock down buildings in a matter of seconds.

Abilities

Assault Quadrireme

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

Vigiles

• Square
  The unit moves into a close square formation.
  Bracing, morale, melee defence
  Can't move

Attributes

• Disciplined
  This unit does not suffer a morale penalty when the general dies. It can also rally after routing more often.
• Formation Attack
  The unit will try to stay in formation when in melee.
• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Assault Quadrireme

• Average hull strength
• Medium crew
• Average speed
• Average ramming
• Average boarding

Vigiles

• Average defensive unit
• Low damage but average armour penetration
• Weak attack
• Poor morale

Egypt (Empire Divided) Units
General (2)
1.Evocati Cohort
2.Roman Legionary Cavalry
Melee Infantry (5)
3.Cohors
4.Evocati Cohort
5.Evocati Cohort
6.Roman Legionaries
7.Roman Levies
Missile Infantry (3)
8.Armoured Archers
9.Light Roman Skirmishers
10.Slingers
Pike Infantry (1)
11.Pikemen
Spear Infantry (1)
12.Vigiles
Melee Cavalry (5)
13.Equites
14.Equites Scutarii
15.Praetorian Cavalry
16.Roman Legionary Cavalry
17.Roman Legionary Cavalry
Missile Cavalry (1)
18.Horse Archers
Shock Cavalry (1)
19.Equites Catafractarii Bodyguard
Fixed Artillery (3)
20.Roman Giant Ballista
21.Roman Polybolos
22.Roman Bastion Scorpion
Field Artillery (7)
23.Roman Ballista
24.Roman Bastion Ballista
25.Roman Beehive Onager
26.Roman Scorpion
27.Roman Heavy Onager
28.Roman Onager
29.Roman Bastion Onager
Special (1)
30.War Dogs
Admiral (1)
31.Assault Quadrireme - Vigiles
Melee Ship (5)
32.Assault Bireme - Vigiles
33.Assault Quadrireme - Vigiles
34.Assault Quadrireme - Vigiles
35.Fire Pot Bireme - Vigiles
36.Tower Hexareme - Roman Legionaries
Missile Ship (5)
37.Missile Quinquereme - Balearic Slingers
38.Missile Trireme - Auxiliary Archers
39.Pursuit Trihemiolia - Light Roman Skirmishers
40.Raiding Hemiolia - Light Roman Skirmishers
41.Scorpion Trireme - Auxiliary Archers