Getai descriptions
Well, finally. I've completed the descriptions. I hope you like them. And any critics are welcome.
Teichea Xulika
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, and unwelcome surprise raids, but organised Getai tribes or other enemies will surely break in easily. These walls can be easily built and fast even by an unskilled workforce, giving a sense of security for the people inside the protected town. 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.
Hodoi
These minor roads are just created over generations, worn into the landscape. The Getai builders use Hellenic techniques, borrowed from the colonies on the Pontus Euxinus, which were Greek. They improved these ancient ways a little with simple wood bridges, a stony roadbed in marshy spots and by cutting back dense vegetation which was getting in the way. They are not ideal but are certainly better than nothing, allowing armies to move faster against an enemy, and improving trade, by allowing caravans to move faster into the large Getai territory. Later, when the Hellenic techniques became common, the Getai were able to build stone roads, allowing trade and armies move extremely fast, to meet incoming threats, such as Roman attacks on the Danubius.
Kolpos Stolou
A bay brings small portions of trade and wealth to a settlement, but it is too small to make any ships, even small, rudimentary ships. Access to the sea is vital for trade and improving wealth. The sea lanes are the true highways of the world, and carrying goods by ship is the only way to make it cheaply and earning a good profit. Bays are also good for sending and receiving news all around the world, along with trade and possibly new goods. Bays can be upgraded by enlarging it, being able to handle more goods, thus bringing more wealth to the Getai treasuries, supplying the great Getai war machine.
Neorion
A Neorion is a simple mercantile port which brings trade and wealth to a settlement. The Getai at the start of the campaign don't have access to sea, because of the Greek colonies which were on the shores of the Pontus Euxinus. The first access to the sea was when Burebista, the first Getai king who unified all of the separate tribes, subdued all of the Greek colonies, gaining a huge amount of money because of the trade. Access to the sea is vital for all long distance trade, sea lanes being highways of the world, carrying trade goods and news all around the world.
Neorion Stratou Nautikou
This is first military port available to the Danubius men, being able to construct basic vessels. Nautikou Neorions are important because they have the men and equipment needed to build a fleet. The Getai built their first war ships after Burebista subdued the Greek colonies on the Pontus Euxinus. Initially, they built only small vessels, but they soon gained access to advanced Hellenic technology on building warships. The Neorion Stratou Nautikou offers a small space to build elementary vessels, but to built more advanced warships, it needs to be upgraded.
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