| Xorixeulōm (War Boats) | |
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| Unit type | War boat |
| Base cost | 30  Food, 30  Timber
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| Ramping cost | 2 Food
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| Creation time | 3.3 seconds (49t) |
| Hit points | 140 |
| Line of sight | 10 |
| Movement speed | 26 |
| Attack strength | 11 (25t) |
| Attack range | 0-10 |
| Armour | 3 |
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This is a naval unit consisting of two war boats, which are the most basic and rudimentary of all naval units in Kings & Conquerors. Understandably, it has the exact same range as the lowly Jugunthiz, except that it is far more inaccurate, and has an even lower rate of fire due to its inability to host enough marines on board. The only thing that can be said of them is that they are fairly cheap to produce, but against the more mobile Celtic warships or the more powerful galleys of the Mediterranean civilisations, it is just too difficult to tell if it is a worthwhile investment. Even so, these warships might still be useful if only to turn away the odd enemy Fire Raft.
Thus, Xorixeulōm are an extremely poor choice. Their small size restricts their speed and armament (not to mention their durability). For the Suebi and Lugians, there is little that can be said against these war boats, but for the Belgae, there is always the choice of raising Pontomora fleets instead.
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Background[]
The design of the Xorixeulōm is based on the Hjortspringbaden boat from around 350BCE which, along with purposely destroyed swords and other arms and items found in a South Danish peat bog, were sacrificed to an unknown god. The 19 meter longboat was built of one bottom plank and 2 pairs of side planks. Each plank that was sewn together, had rows of hewn-out cleats to which the elegant combined frames and seats were tied. The stem and stern was cut from a single piece of wood. Just like all other Germanic boats, this too was not equipped with sails. Some of the designs featured in this boat however can also be seen in much later craft, like the Nydam boat or even Norse ships of the Middle Ages.
