Gaetuli (Hannibal at the Gates) Missile Ship

Missile Penteres - Archers

The 'five', called a quinquereme in Latin and a penteres in Greek, was a ship first used by the Syracusans against the Carthaginians sometime around 398BC. Like other polyremes, a term meaning many-oared, the chances were that it did not have five banks of oars but that the word 'oar' was used to mean 'rower'. In such a case, the arrangement of rowers would be two-two-one going up from the waterline. It makes sense to keep as much weight as possible low in the vessel to help its stability; a high centre of gravity makes any ship liable to capsize if struck from the side. The quinquereme, then, would be a formidable vessel both in terms of appearance and combat value. With a large fighting contingent aboard and plenty of deck space, this heavy vessel could cope with most enemies and threats.

(Archers)
Drawn from a vast area and numerous tribes, the warriors of sub-Saharan Africa were unsurprisingly diverse in appearance and culture. They all possessed long and rich warrior traditions, such as the Numidians, the Nubians and their descendants who ruled Kush, and Aksum. Despite tribal differences, weapons and equipment differed only in detail: spears, javelins, bows and short swords were favoured. Relatively little armour was worn, but some tribes did employ wicker, wood or hide shields. Adornments and decorations varied greatly and some groups sported war paint. Aethiopians in Persian service were known for painting themselves chalk white on one side and vermillion on the other, and using spears and bows of palmwood. Fighting as allies and mercenaries for Carthage, Persia, and the eastern Successors, tribesmen could be found throughout Africa and Asia Minor.

Unit Name Missile Penteres - Archers

Main Unit Key Afr_Archers_Five

Land Unit Key Afr_Archers

Naval Unit Key egyptian_five

Soldiers 140

Category Medium Ship

Class Missile Ship

Custom Battle Cost 810

Recruitment Cost 810

Upkeep Cost 162

Missile Damage 35

├ Missile Weapon rome_bow

├ Projectile arrow_normal

├ Missile Damage 31

├ Missile Ap Damage 4

└ Base Reload Time 12

Accuracy 5

Range 125

Reload 13

Shots Per Minute 6

Ammunition 15

Ship Health 1020

└ Ship egyptian_five

Ship Speed 6

Melee Attack 8

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 3

Melee Defence 12

├ Base Defence 12

├ Shield none

└ Shield Defence 0

Armour 10

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 10

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 45

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_light

├ Man Health 40

└ Bonus Hit Points 5

Base Morale 25

Abilities

• Row Hard 20
  Increases speed for 20 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

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

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

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Naval Yard (east_port_military_3) Level 2 Drydock (east_port_military_4) Level 3

Garrison Buildings
x 2	Naval Yard (east_port_military_3) Level 2 Drydock (east_port_military_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Axum Blemmyes Meroe African Rebels Garamantia Nasamones Gaetuli
Hannibal at the Gates	African Rebels (Hannibal at the Gates) Garamantia (Hannibal at the Gates) Mauri (Hannibal at the Gates) Gaetuli (Hannibal at the Gates) Masaesyli (Hannibal at the Gates) Massyli (Hannibal at the Gates)
Imperator Augustus	African Rebels (Imperator Augustus) Axum (Imperator Augustus) Blemmyes (Imperator Augustus) Gaetuli (Imperator Augustus) Garamantia (Imperator Augustus) Gerrhea (Imperator Augustus) Himyar (Imperator Augustus) Ma'in (Imperator Augustus) Mascat (Imperator Augustus) Mauri (Imperator Augustus) Meroe (Imperator Augustus) Nabataea (Imperator Augustus) Nasamones (Imperator Augustus) Numidia (Imperator Augustus) Qidri (Imperator Augustus) Saba (Imperator Augustus)
Rise of the Republic	Massylii (Rise of the Republic)