Stat	Value
Category	ship
Class	heavy
Morale	8
Hit Points	1
Primary Attack	14
Primary Charge	0
Armour	4
Defense Skill	5
Shield	0
Recruitment Cost	1230
Upkeep Cost	250

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A corvus quinquireme is a powerful warship intended for fleet actions, and a refinement of the basic quinquireme design. Its sheer size makes it hard to sink.

The bulk of the crew are rowers as there are five men to each oar; this pulling power is good, but maintaining ramming or battle speed is very tiring.

The corvus was developed by Rome during the first Punic War as a means of turning sea battles into land battles, and allowing its superior infantry to become decisive. It is an iron 'beak' on a hinged walkway that is designed to smash down into enemy decking doing two jobs in one: making a bridge for the marines to cross, and locking the two ships together so that the battle has to be fought on the quinquireme captain's terms.