Egypt Missile Ship

Raiding Hemiolia - Egyptian Javelinmen

These swift, manoeuvrable ships are a useful scouting force for any admiral.

The javelin is a simple, deadly weapon, even in the hands of a peasant.

The 'one-and-a-half' or 'hemiolia' was a light galley which was much favoured by pirates in the ancient world. It developed from the bireme, a ship that had two full decks of oars along its entire length. The hemiola reduced the number of oars on the upper level, leaving roughly half the number of oars and rowers in the midship section. The smaller number of rowers had little effect on overall speed because the laden weight of the vessel also dropped. Because it used both oars and sails, and the crew could rapidly change propulsion method, it was an ideal vessel for chasing down fat, wealthy merchant ships. Boarding attacks were mounted from hemiolas; ramming was not a useful tactic as loot ended up with the fish rather than enriching the pirates! The speed and handiness of hemiolas made them useful as scouts, supply boats and vessels used to pick off damaged enemies at the edge of battles.

(Egyptian Javelinmen)
Native troops supported the Greek phalanxes of Ptolemaic Egypt. Brave and proud warriors, Egyptians fulfilled several roles, but were most commonly used as peltasts, skirmishers on the flanks of the phalanxes, or as non-phalanx infantry in difficult terrain. Although the Ptolemies adopted all the trappings of the Pharaohs and their religious infrastructure, there was still much unrest among the native population long after the succession. This was due mainly to the way the Greek overlords used the traditions of the Pharaohs to fill their coffers at the expensive of ordinary people. The core of Ptolemaic armies was always Greek until the Battle of Raphia in 217BC, when they faced such a large Seleucid force and Ptolemy IV was forced to muster some 30,000 native Egyptians for the first time. Need overcame the suspicion of the disenchanted natives; the performance of the Egyptians in battle eventually led to a greater proportion of native troops in the Egyptian army and, in time, more diverse roles for those men as they gained the trust of their Greek commanders.

Abilities

Raiding Hemiolia

• 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

Raiding Hemiolia

• Very poor hull strength
• Light crew
• Very fast speed
• Weak ramming
• Very poor boarding
• Poor missile combat

Egyptian Javelinmen

• Short range
• Fast rate of fire
• Very good damage and armour penetration
• Very weak in melee
• Very poor morale

Egypt Units
General (7)
1.African War Elephants
2.Galatian Royal Guard
3.Ptolemaic Cavalry
4.Hellenic Royal Guard
5.Royal Peltasts
6.Royal Thorax Swordsmen
7.Scythed Chariots
Melee Infantry (9)
8.Galatian Royal Guard
9.Galatian Swordsmen
10.Egyptian Infantry
11.Karian Axemen
12.Mob
13.Sobek Cultists
14.Royal Peltasts
15.Royal Thorax Swordsmen
16.Thorax Swordsmen
Missile Infantry (6)
17.Egyptian Archers
18.Egyptian Javelinmen
19.Nubian Bowmen
20.Egyptian Slingers
21.Light Peltasts
22.Peltasts
Pike Infantry (4)
23.Egyptian Pikemen
24.Pikemen
25.Hellenic Royal Guard
26.Thorax Pikemen
Spear Infantry (3)
27.Nubian Spearmen
28.Levy Thureos Spears
29.Thureos Spears
Melee Cavalry (4)
30.Camel Spearmen
31.Egyptian Cavalry
32.Citizen Cavalry
33.Light Cavalry
Missile Cavalry (3)
34.Camel Archers
35.Skirmisher Cavalry
36.Tarantine Cavalry
Shock Cavalry (1)
37.Ptolemaic Cavalry
Chariot (1)
38.Scythed Chariots
Elephant (2)
39.African Elephants
40.African War Elephants
Fixed Artillery (4)
41.Greek Giant Ballista
42.Greek Polybolos
43.Greek Bastion Scorpion
44.Greek Scorpion (Fixed)
Field Artillery (6)
45.Greek Bastion Ballista
46.Greek Ballista
47.Greek Scorpion
48.Greek Heavy Onager
49.Greek Bastion Onager
50.Greek Onager
Admiral (2)
51.Tower Penteres - Egyptian Archers
52.Heavy Tower Octeres - Egyptian Infantry
Melee Ship (5)
53.Heavy Tower Octeres - Egyptian Infantry
54.Assault Octeres - Egyptian Infantry
55.Assault Hexeres - Karian Axemen
56.Fire Pot Dieres - Nubian Spearmen
57.Assault Dieres - Nubian Spearmen
Missile Ship (6)
58.Tower Penteres - Egyptian Archers
59.Missile Penteres - Egyptian Archers
60.Raiding Hemiolia - Egyptian Javelinmen
61.Pursuit Trihemiolia - Egyptian Javelinmen
62.Scorpion Trieres - Egyptian Slingers
63.Missile Trieres - Egyptian Slingers
Artillery Ship (2)
64.Light Artillery Penteres - Greek Ballista (Ship)
65.Artillery Penteres - Greek Onager (Ship)