Odrysian Kingdom Missile Ship

Greek Missile Penteres - Thracian Bowmen

Archers can shoot down upon many enemies from the deck, doing terrible work in the process.

No Thracian warlord ignores the chance to kill an enemy who is beyond sword-reach.

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.

(Thracian Bowmen)
There were some forty tribes of Thracians who shared a common language and culture, inhabiting a vast area north of the Greek city-states. They were seen as war-loving, rebellious, rambunctious, bad enemies, and good allies in a fight. Many Greeks dreaded a time when they would be united under a single leader and sweep southwards. Such a turn of events never happened, but Thracians could be found across much of the Greek and Persian world fighting as mercenaries; they often specialised as skirmishers and light troops. At the Battle of Raphia in 217BC there were Thracians in both opposing armies, ready to do bloody work. The forward curving rhomphaia with its razor-sharp blade and long handle could lop off limbs in the hands of a skilled user, and Thracians were certainly skilled. The most famous Thracian 'general' of all never actually fought an action in Thrace or in command of a Thracian army; he was Spartacus, the commander of the last great slave rebellion against Rome in 73-71BC.

Abilities

Greek Missile Penteres

• 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.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Greek Missile Penteres

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

Thracian Bowmen

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

Odrysian Kingdom Units
General (2)
1.Thracian Nobles
2.Thracian Royal Cavalry
Melee Infantry (2)
3.Thracian Nobles
4.Thracian Warriors
Missile Infantry (5)
5.Thracian Bowmen
6.Thracian Peltasts
7.Thracian Skirmishers
8.Thracian Slingers
9.Tribal Garrison
Spear Infantry (1)
10.Spears
Melee Cavalry (2)
11.Thracian Horsemen
12.Thracian Royal Cavalry
Missile Cavalry (1)
13.Thracian Cavalry
Fixed Artillery (3)
14.Dacian Giant Ballista
15.Dacian Bastion Scorpion
16.Dacian Scorpion (Fixed)
Field Artillery (6)
17.Dacian Bastion Ballista
18.Dacian Ballista
19.Dacian Scorpion
20.Dacian Heavy Onager
21.Dacian Bastion Onager
22.Dacian Onager
Admiral (2)
23.Heavy Raider - Thracian Nobles
24.Medium Missile Raider - Thracian Slingers
Melee Ship (4)
25.Heavy Raider - Thracian Nobles
26.Persian Assault Teteres - Thracian Warriors
27.Medium Assault Raider - Thracian Warriors
28.Assault Raider - Thracian Warriors
Missile Ship (3)
29.Greek Missile Penteres - Thracian Bowmen
30.Missile Raider - Thracian Skirmishers
31.Medium Missile Raider - Thracian Slingers
Artillery Ship (2)
32.Roman Light Artillery Quinquereme - Dacian Ballista (Ship)
33.Roman Artillery Quinquereme - Dacian Onager (Ship)