Penteres

As featured on the “Kings & Conquerors” mod for Rise of Nations!

In the Hellenistic Era, the position of the Triremis as the backbone was usurped by an even heavier and more powerful vessel — the “Five” or Quinquiremis. Although the Quinquiremis or Penteres as it was known to the Greeks had existed as early as the Bronze Age, it was not until the increased competition between the Diadochid kingdoms which sprang up after Alexander’s demise in Babylon, that there would be increased demand for more powerful warships to project power in the Mediterranean.

In the western Mediterranean, however, the “Five” remained the backbone of the Carthaginian (and much later, the Roman) fleets. A “five” would be around 45 m long, displace around 100 tonnes, be some 5 m wide at water level, and have its deck standing ca. 3 m above sea level.

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DOWNLOADS

DOWNLOADABLE VERSIONS	SUPPORTED FILE FORMATS
	.BH3 (Rise of Nations)	.dae (TASpring, Unity, Pyrogenesis)	.fbx (Unity)	.s3o (TASpring)
V 1.0 a Two-master, with 12 double banks of oars. Poly count: 470 faces, 820 polys.	Core model: MegaSync Animations: MegaSync	Core models: (pending) Animations: (pending)	Core model: MegaSync Animations: (pending)	Core model: (n/a) Animations: (pending)
V 1.0b Single-master, with 8 oars and foresail. Poly count: 567 faces, 961 polys.	Core model: DropBox Animations: Same for v1.0a.	Core models: (pending) Animations: (pending)	Core model: MegaSync Animations: (pending)	Core model: (n/a) Animations: (pending)
Animation type: dummy, with attack animations calibrated for 55 ticks in RoN.

TEXTURES

VERSION	SUPPORTED CORE DOWNLOAD FORMATS	TEXTURE FORMATS
		.tga	.png	.dds
Simple design, with bull and scorpion banners. Resolution: 512x Texture credits: Beelim Solutions Ltd/Bhd	V 1.0a and V1.0b for Rise of Nations	BH3-based: MegaSync	BH3-based: n/a	BH3-based: (pending) Non-BH3 based: (pending)

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