DD/Units/Unitslist
From Unknown Horizons
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| Note: This list is more like a brainstorming of what might be interesting. It's still lacking detailed descriptions and has abolutely no liability. --dauerflucher 01:12, 22 October 2007 (CEST) |
A rough list of possible land units featured by UH.
- Military units:
- infantry:
- militia (lightly armed, badly trained voluntary civilists)
- light infantry (lightly armed, trained soldiers)
- heavy infantry (heavily armed, well trained soldiers)
- grenadiers (heavily armed elite soldiers trained in use of granades - bonuses when attacking fortified place)
- sharpshooters (lightly armed former hunters, elite soldiers - bonuses when attacking from woods or fortified place)
- mercenaries (units which are bought for gold only instead of other resources)
- infantry:
- cavalry:
- light cavelry (lightly armed mounted soldiers with sabres)
- dragoons (lightly armed mounted soldiers with carbines)
- heavy cavelry (heavily armed mounted soldiers with sabres and cuirasses)
- cavalry:
- Artillery:
- canons (artillery for direct fire - most effective against units)
- howitzer (artillery for less direct fire - similar effective against units and buildigs)
- mortars (artillery for indirect fire - most effective against buildings)
- Artillery:
- Civil units:
- prospectors (special unit to find ore deposits in mountains)
- carting traders (unit to carry stock over land)
- Special units:
- explorer (I have no idea what i was thinking about when adding this unit...)
- spies (special unit to be placed in enemy territory to see what's going on there)
- saboteur (special unit to sabotage or rather destroy enemy facilities)
- treasure hunters (when a treasure feature is implemented this is the unit to dig for treasures)
- balloon (?) (possible special unit to reduce fog of war - only one available)
A rough list of possible sea units featured by UH.
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| Note: Due to the pretty small size of a real building compared to a bigger ship it might be a good idea to avoid big ships and just use a variation of smaller vessels for OA instead to imply a little bit realism. --dauerflucher 01:12, 22 October 2007 (CEST) |
- Fishing vessels:
- Fishing raft
- Fisching boat
- Cutter
- Herring fisher
- Whaler
- Merchant vessels:
- raft
- boat
- curier ship
- brig
- small merchant ship
- big merchant ship
- War ships:
- gunboat
- brig of war
- corvette
- frigate
- liner
- bombadiere
- Special units:
- submarine (unarmed vessel for espionage activities)
