Boii (Hannibal at the Gates) Missile Ship

Medium Missile Raider - Celtic Bowmen

Tough warships for harrying the enemy, constructed to take on the worst of seas.

A deer or a man: the target still needs killing.

Most of the northern European tribes were not naval powers, but there were still able seafarers to be found amongst them. Shipbuilding techniques were well understood, so while many vessels were small leather-skinned boats for inland and inshore use, bigger sea-going vessels were also made. Shipwrights used heavy planking for hulls, stitched together and then fastened to a wooden skeleton to create sturdy craft able to cope with Atlantic conditions. Julius Caesar was surprised at the quality of the enemy ships when his fleet clashed with the Veneti from modern-day Brittany. The Veneti vessels had flat bottoms to cope with shallows, but were also of heavy oak construction to cope with rough seas. This made them tough opposition for Roman galleys, and capable of shrugging off a ramming attack. Caesar said that the enemy ships "...were constructed of planks a foot in breadth, fastened by iron spikes the thickness of a man's thumb; the anchors were secured fast by iron chains instead of cables”. When the Romans were forced to board, they faced fearsome warriors used to close-quarters fighting at sea.

(Celtic Bowmen)
As far as the Celts were concerned, the best way to kill a man was in hand-to-hand combat. The Celts thought there was great value in personal bravery and there was no honour in killing from a distance. Even so, slingers, javelinmen and archers still had their place on the battlefield. It was often the only way that some Celts could go to war: Celtic warriors paid for their own equipment, so only the wealthy could afford, or had the right to carry, fine armour and weapons. Skirmishers were usually the poor: freemen who served as clients to the noble class. While they could never hope to achieve the same status as their noble masters, they could still prove their worth in the cut and thrust of battle.

Abilities

Medium Missile Raider

• 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.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Medium Missile Raider

• Good hull strength
• Medium crew
• Fast speed
• Weak ramming
• Poor boarding
• Good missile combat

Celtic Bowmen

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

Boii (Hannibal at the Gates) Units
General (2)
1.Noble Horse
2.Oathsworn
Melee Infantry (5)
3.Axe Warriors
4.Naked Warriors
5.Oathsworn
6.Sword Followers
7.Celtic Warriors
Missile Infantry (3)
8.Celtic Bowmen
9.Celtic Skirmishers
10.Celtic Slingers
Spear Infantry (4)
11.Levy Freemen
12.Spear Warriors
13.Celtic Tribesmen
14.Veteran Spears
Melee Cavalry (3)
15.Heavy Horse
16.Light Horse
17.Noble Horse
Fixed Artillery (3)
18.Celtic Giant Ballista
19.Celtic Bastion Scorpion
20.Celtic Scorpion (Fixed)
Field Artillery (6)
21.Celtic Bastion Ballista
22.Celtic Ballista
23.Celtic Scorpion
24.Celtic Heavy Onager
25.Celtic Bastion Onager
26.Celtic Onager
Admiral (1)
27.Heavy Raider - Oathsworn
Melee Ship (4)
28.Heavy Raider - Oathsworn
29.Persian Assault Teteres - Spear Warriors
30.Assault Raider - Celtic Tribesmen
31.Medium Assault Raider - Celtic Warriors
Missile Ship (3)
32.Greek Missile Penteres - Celtic Bowmen
33.Medium Missile Raider - Celtic Bowmen
34.Missile Raider - Celtic Slingers
Artillery Ship (2)
35.Roman Light Artillery Quinquereme - Celtic Ballista (Ship)
36.Roman Artillery Quinquereme - Celtic Onager (Ship)