Phkek

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The Floating Fortress - a logical progression from the Tower Barque, but not necessarily militarily logical. Is essentially the equivalent of 3 Tower Barques, lashed together but with a very big speed penalty. Its main task is to protect against ships - so it is a very powerful anti-ship weapon for China. But it is a very costly endeavour and not foolproof - even simple Fire Raft attacks will bring it down fairly quickly.

In game[edit | edit source]

Phkek — Vital statistics
Trireme

Super-heavy Chinese unique naval unit, with phenomenally high hitpoints and attack, but somewhat low armour. Ideal for amassing naval supremacy and suppressing shore defence.

Prereq: Build time HP LOS Attack Attack speed Movement
speed
Classical Age [1]
36.6s
(548t)
410 18 90 x 2 2.6s
(40t)
16
Cost Created from Armour Weapon range Specialty
Base Ramp Pop
Metal.png: 150;
Timber: 150;
Wealth.jpg: 140
Food.jpg: 4
Wealth.jpg: 3
2 Dock 9 2–17
  • Moderate attack bonus versus buildings.
  • Poor turn speed.
Roundel chimp.png

Overall strategy[edit | edit source]

These light infantry are armed with the Phkek, a unique combination of shortsword and club. They are slower when attacking, compared to generic Swordsmen, but they are unencumbered by armour or weapons, thus they re often useful as light infntry.

Notes[edit | edit source]

What is the African version of this unit?

  • Probably fairly naked; it will be armed with nothing but small shields. Swords could probably be a kopis-type weapon.
  • Swords are elite weapons. REcycling units from ALEX is a possibility.

History[edit | edit source]