Rome (Empire Divided) Missile Ship

Missile Trireme - Auxiliary Persian Archers

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.

(Auxiliary Persian Archers)
Very few Persians were professional soldiers and, apart from the earlier elite Achaemenid Immortals and some mercenary hoplites, none were formally trained or drilled. Instead, troops were levied by rich land owners as an obligation during times of war. Levied infantry included slingers, archers and javelin throwers, all wearing little armour but some with shields for protection. As might be expected due to the local terrain, cavalry was an important component in an eastern army, and several types were raised. Lighter cavalry wore iron or bronze scale armour over a tunic; these mounted warriors carried javelins and a sword but had no shield. Horse archers were used to wear down infantry with fast, ruthless attacks. Heavy cavalry included a royal bodyguard. The Parthians, and later the Sassanid Persians, developed all-over horse armour to protect their valued steeds as well as the fearsome cataphract warriors. These were as armoured as any late medieval knight.

Unit Name Missile Trireme - Auxiliary Persian Archers

Main Unit Key 3c_Aux_Per_Missile_Trireme

Land Unit Key 3c_Aux_Persian_Archers

Naval Unit Key 3c_roman_three

Soldiers 80

Category Medium Ship

Class Missile Ship

Custom Battle Cost 460

Recruitment Cost 460

Upkeep Cost 90

Missile Damage 35

├ Missile Weapon rome_recurve_bow

├ Projectile arrow_recurve

├ Missile Damage 31

├ Missile Ap Damage 4

└ Base Reload Time 12

Accuracy 5

Range 150

Reload 18

Shots Per Minute 6

Ammunition 15

Ship Health 693

└ Ship roman_three

Ship Speed 6

Melee Attack 9

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 4

Melee Defence 13

├ Base Defence 13

├ Shield none

└ Shield Defence 0

Armour 10

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 10

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 50

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_light

├ Man Health 40

└ Bonus Hit Points 10

Base Morale 30

Abilities

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

Attributes

• Resistant to Fatigue
  Fatigue has less of an effect on this unit.
• Hide (scrub & forest)
  This unit can hide in scrub and forest until enemy units get too close.
• Resistant to Heat
  This unit tires less quickly in the desert.

Strengths & Weaknesses

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

• Long range
• Average rate of fire
• Good damage but low armour penetration
• Very weak in melee
• Very poor morale

Recuitment Requirement
Unit Resouces	3c_Persian_Auxilia
Empire Divided Regions Provinces Regions Aria Amul Artacoana Merv Carmania Bam Harmozia Gedrosia Oraea Phrada Pura Media Magna Arsakia Ekbatana Gazaca Phraaspa Mesopotamia Charax Ctesiphon Edessa Hatra Parthia Hekatompylos Nisa Susia Zadrakata Persis Gor Persepolis Susa
Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Drydock (3c_rome_port_military_3) Level 2 Portus Classis (3c_rome_port_military_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Empire Divided	Gallic Rome (Empire Divided) Gallic Roman Pretenders (Empire Divided) Gallic Roman Secessionists (Empire Divided) Britannia (Empire Divided) Hispania Citerior (Empire Divided) Lusitania (Empire Divided) Palmyra (Empire Divided) Palmyrene Pretenders (Empire Divided) Palmyrene Secessionists (Empire Divided) Roman Pretenders (Empire Divided) Roman Secessionists (Empire Divided) Rome (Empire Divided)