Treverii Artillery Ship

Roman Artillery Quinquereme - Celtic Onager (Ship)

With deck-mounted artillery pieces, these ships can rain down destruction on the enemy.

While generals sneer at enemy onagers, their soldiers do not.

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.

(Celtic Onager (Ship))
One of the simplest forms of one-armed catapult, the onager relied on twisted skeins of animal sinew which provided the power to hurl either rocks or shot. Inaccurate but powerful, it was an effective siege engine against buildings and fortifications, but was of far less use on the battlefield unless firing into massed infantry ranks. First mentioned by Philon of Byzantium in his treatise ‘Mechanics’, the onager had a sling-like cradle attached to a firing arm. This arm was inserted and twisted to propel its shot through torsion. As the firing arm was released, the sling-like cradle would unhook, firing the projectile. A padded beam was incorporated into the housing frame to restrain the arm. Larger machines could require as many as eight or ten crewmen, and the incredible recoil meant that they could not be easily or safely mounted on walls or towers. Quickly constructed wherever wood was readily available, onagers soon became a staple of ancient siege warfare.

Abilities

Roman Artillery Quinquereme

• Row Hard 20
  Increases speed for 20 strokes.
  Ship speed

Attributes

No Attribute

Strengths & Weaknesses

Roman Artillery Quinquereme

• Good hull strength
• Skeleton crew
• Average speed
• Average ramming
• Abysmal boarding
• Exceptional missile combat

Celtic Onager (Ship)

• Long range
• High damage with its different rounds
• Hard to destroy
• Inaccurate
• Average rate of fire

Treverii Units
General (3)
1.Noble Horse
2.Oathsworn
3.Spear Nobles
Melee Infantry (4)
4.Chosen Swordsmen
5.Naked Warriors
6.Oathsworn
7.Celtic Warriors
Missile Infantry (4)
8.Gallic Hunters
9.Celtic Skirmishers
10.Celtic Slingers
11.Celtic Youths
Spear Infantry (5)
12.Chosen Spearmen
13.Levy Freemen
14.Spear Nobles
15.Spear Warriors
16.Celtic Tribesmen
Melee Cavalry (3)
17.Heavy Horse
18.Light Horse
19.Noble Horse
Fixed Artillery (3)
20.Celtic Giant Ballista
21.Celtic Bastion Scorpion
22.Celtic Scorpion (Fixed)
Field Artillery (6)
23.Celtic Bastion Ballista
24.Celtic Ballista
25.Celtic Scorpion
26.Celtic Heavy Onager
27.Celtic Bastion Onager
28.Celtic Onager
Special (1)
29.Savage Dogs
Admiral (2)
30.Heavy Raider - Oathsworn
31.Medium Missile Raider - Celtic Slingers
Melee Ship (4)
32.Assault Raider - Levy Freemen
33.Heavy Raider - Oathsworn
34.Persian Assault Teteres - Spear Warriors
35.Medium Assault Raider - Celtic Warriors
Missile Ship (3)
36.Greek Missile Penteres - Celtic Slingers
37.Medium Missile Raider - Celtic Slingers
38.Missile Raider - Celtic Slingers
Artillery Ship (2)
39.Roman Light Artillery Quinquereme - Celtic Ballista (Ship)
40.Roman Artillery Quinquereme - Celtic Onager (Ship)