Senate Secessionists Melee Ship

Assault Bireme - Auxiliary Dacian Spears

The waterline ram was first mounted on a vessel in around 850BC. Warships and naval tactics were transformed. Ships were no longer platforms for infantry battles on the water; the ship itself became the weapon. Galleys changed as the new reality sank in. Ramming at speed would hole and sink an enemy, therefore slimmer, faster, handier ships were required. More speed on demand obviously required more oars a fast ship with a single row of oars ended up being stupidly, impractically long. The solution, then, was to put in a second set of oars above the first, but slightly offset to allow for rowers' benches. These biremes, a Latin word meaning 'two oars', or dieres, the Greek equivalent, were no longer than previous designs but had twice the number of rowers. They were fast, manoeuvrable, and could carry a fighting contingent. Some nations also gave their bireme crews fire pots; these clay pots filled with oil and pitch were hurled at enemy ships in the entirely reasonable hope of setting them ablaze.

(Auxiliary Dacian Spears)
The exact origins of the Dacians are something of a mystery. Dacian lands were centred around the Carpathian Mountains but, unlike their Thracian neighbours, they seldom got involved in the conflicts of others. The Dacians fought almost entirely on foot, and usually looked to their Sarmatian allies when serious cavalry were needed. Many Dacian infantry fought as peltasts, equipped with javelins, short swords and oval shields, but they also fielded archers. However, the Dacians were most feared because of a weapon called the 'falx', which they used with deadly, limb-lopping skill. A two-handed sword with a forward-curving blade, a falx could cut a man in two from the top of his head to his breastbone. This weapon was so effective that the Romans improved their legionary armour to cope with it. The brow-ridge on later legionary helmets was there to stop a blow from a falx. Rome’s eventual victory in the Dacian Wars (AD101-106), celebrated by Trajan’s Column, finally dealt with the warlike Dacian tribes once and for all.

Unit Name Assault Bireme - Auxiliary Dacian Spears

Main Unit Key Aux_Dac_Spears_Two

Land Unit Key Aux_Dac_Spears

Naval Unit Key roman_two

Soldiers 60

Category Light Ship

Class Melee Ship

Custom Battle Cost 280

Recruitment Cost 280

Upkeep Cost 56

Ship Health 501

└ Ship roman_two

Ship Speed 6

Melee Attack 11

Weapon Damage 22

├ Melee Weapon rome_celtic_spear_anti_cav

├ Melee Damage Base 15

├ Melee Damage Ap 7

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 25

├ Bonus vs Elephants 20

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 13

Melee Defence 54

├ Base Defence 24

├ Shield celtic

└ Shield Defence 30

Armour 45

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 10

└ Shield Armour 35

Health 45

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_medium_fast

├ Man Health 40

└ Bonus Hit Points 5

Base Morale 30

Abilities

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

Attributes

• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

• Very poor hull strength
• Very light crew
• Fast speed
• Weak ramming
• Good boarding

• Good defensive unit
• Low damage but average armour penetration
• Average attack
• Normal morale

Recuitment Requirement
Unit Resouces	Auxilia_Thracian
Grand Campaign Regions Provinces Regions Dacia Petrodava Malva Zarmizegetusa Thracia Antheia Navissos Odessos Pulpudeva
Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Shipwright (rome_port_patrol_2) Level 1 Docks (rome_port_patrol_3) Level 2 Coastal Patrol (rome_port_patrol_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Rome Senate loyalists Senate Secessionists Slaves
Samnite Wars	Lucania (Samnite Wars) Rome (Samnite Wars) Rome (Samnite Wars)
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