EB Help Required Thread

[Callum Murray]

O'ETAIPOS I would think that the number of "men" in a fleet now represent the number of boats.

[O'ETAIPOS]

Where should I post my ready Tetrere descr?

[Bouchious]

Post in here. edyzmedieval can we see them? I'm not bothered about quantity at the moment lets see the quality first so we know we want them and that they won't need changing. -Lu

[O'ETAIPOS]

{tetrere_fleet} Tetrere Fleet

{tetrere_fleet_descr}
\n\n Tetrere is very powerful warship, inferior only to mighty penteres and some rare bigger ships. Ho Basileos, people who seem credibe claim that first four row warships were built by skilled shipwrights from Kart Hadaszt. We also know that as early as two years after 95th Olimpiade (398 BC) Dionysos, tyranos of Syracusai had those in his fleet. Since then they are part of any mighty fleet. If You think of achieving Thalassokratia You should consider reinforcing Your navy with many of those. \n\nAlthough tetreres were the bulk of many hellenistic fleets its costruction is still uncertain. The most probable recontruction states that it has two rows of oars manned by two oarsmen each. The size is also uncertain, but the biggest Athenian docks mesured 37x6 metres. This may suggest that this was the size of the "4" (tetrere) and "5" (pentere) - the biggest ships we know Athens had. If this is true, the crew of tetrere would consist of 232 men operating 116 oars. Some iconography suggest that tetrere was completely boxed-in - had full deck and covered sides,also being two rowed this ship doesn't need outtriggers. On longer voyages, if the wind blowed from behind sails were used (main on the central mast and additional on small mast on the ship's front). The ship was armed with ram, it has also boarding crew of somewhere below 40 men, while the ship was capable of carrying additional 60-80 men. Later some were armed with catapults or balistas.

{tetrere_fleet_descr_short}
Tetrere is very powerful warship, inferior only to mighty penteres and some rare bigger ships.

[edyzmedieval]

Sure man.
Did 3 of them.

Getai Wooden Wall

A rough, wooden wall is a better defence than a palisade of stakes
and the Getai were experts at building wood and later even stone defences.
Better than a crude palisade, and reinforced in the weaker parts of the wall,
It will delay an enemy force breaking into the settlement, but organised Getai tribes will surely break in easily. Wood can be easily burnt down with flaming arrows, and this was a major setback, because the Getai were expert archers. Later, the Getai built stone defences for their cities and sacred places. The rough wall also keeps in livestock and grain, and also improving the walls will add grain stores to extend the time
a settlement can resist a siege.

Getai Palisade

A wall of logs around a settlement gives a sense of security,
and Getai were experts at building wood and even stone defences.
Although it's only a crude palisade, which cannot delay attackers for long,
the necessity urged the Getai to build stronger palisades, because of constant turmoil in these lands, especially attacks from other Getai tribes.
A crude palisade like this is cheap and easy to build, and will provide some basic defence but determined attackers will easily destroy these defences.

Getai Sedentary Farming

Agriculture was the most important way of gaining money in these periods.
Before the Getai established trade routes to the Greek fortified colonies on the bank of the Pontus Euxinus, agriculture was the only way of living.
Advanced tools were rare at that period, so the sedentary farming was established. This was basically subsistence farming, where people can only just feed themselves and their families.

Hope you like them.

[edyzmedieval]

Like'em?!

Oh BTW, any other help needed?!(basic coding...)
And how's the tech tree going?!

[Teleklos Archelaou]

edzy,
The descriptions are pretty good, but I'd say that a little bit more of a faction-specific touch would make them just right. As it is now, another faction name could be inserted and they'd just about work for them too. The last one of the ones you did is the best in this respect, but it's also the shortest. If we had a little more material that might tie into more who they are, I think we could definitely use them.

If you could do this type of thing then for more buildings, we can certainly keep working on this together too. This faction will be helped a lot with some more building touches like this.

I'll try to get you some more possible ones to work on too.