Senate Secessionists Missile Ship

Missile Quinquereme - Velites

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.

(Velites)
Recruited from amongst Rome's poor and those too young to fight as hastati, the velites were the Roman army’s light infantry. They wore wolf skin head-dresses which are thought to have some totemic significance, although they were also worn to induce fear in their enemies. At the Battle of Zama in 202 BC, when Scipio Africanus confronted the Carthaginian general, Hannibal, it was the velites who helped fend off his initial elephant charge, utilising their light armour and weapons to move quickly around them. They harassed the elephants to a frenzy while the cavalry blew horns to disorientate the beasts. Hannibal had hoped to break the Roman lines with his elephants; instead, many of the frightened beasts turned on the Carthaginians. Those elephants who didn’t crash through their own lines were caught in a cleverly orchestrated manoeuvre, whereby the Romans carefully channelled them through gaps made in the cohorts' formation.

Unit Name Missile Quinquereme - Velites

Main Unit Key Rom_Velites_Five

Land Unit Key Rom_Velites

Naval Unit Key roman_five

Soldiers 140

Category Medium Ship

Class Missile Ship

Custom Battle Cost 710

Recruitment Cost 710

Upkeep Cost 142

Missile Damage 32

├ Missile Weapon rome_javelin

├ Projectile javelin_normal

├ Missile Damage 20

├ Missile Ap Damage 12

└ Base Reload Time 10

Accuracy 5

Range 80

Reload 13

Shots Per Minute 7

Ammunition 7

Ship Health 1020

└ Ship roman_five

Ship Speed 5

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 37

├ Base Defence 12

├ Shield pelta

└ Shield Defence 25

Armour 15

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 10

└ Shield Armour 5

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.

Strengths & Weaknesses

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

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

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Military Wharf (rome_port_military_2) Level 1 Drydock (rome_port_military_3) Level 2 Portus Classis (rome_port_military_4) Level 3

Garrison Buildings
x 2	Military Wharf (rome_port_military_2) Level 1

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Rome Senate loyalists Senate Secessionists Slaves
Samnite Wars	Lucania (Samnite Wars) Rome (Samnite Wars) Rome (Samnite Wars)
Hannibal at the Gates	Rome (Hannibal at the Gates) Senate loyalists (Hannibal at the Gates) Senate Secessionists (Hannibal at the Gates)
Imperator Augustus	Antony's Rome (Imperator Augustus) Antony's Rivals (Imperator Augustus) Antony's Secessionists (Imperator Augustus) Lepidus' Rome (Imperator Augustus) Lepidus' Rivals (Imperator Augustus) Lepidus' Secessionists (Imperator Augustus) Octavian's Rome (Imperator Augustus) Octavian's Rivals (Imperator Augustus) Octavian's Secessionists (Imperator Augustus) Pompey's Rome (Imperator Augustus) Pompey's Rivals (Imperator Augustus) Pompey's Secessionists (Imperator Augustus) Latin Rebels (Imperator Augustus)