[PnP] Cultural power

[Alex Koponen]

Historically the trireme had a crew of 200 (170 of which were rowers with one per oar). Heavier ships had more rowers per oar but only one or two decks of rowers.

        Alex K


        Note - Standard ship crews, if they come into play, fall into the
       following general ranges:
          Ship Type        Number of men
          Merchant Ship         10-20
          Pirate                30-60
          Light Warship         50-100
          Medium Warship       100-150
          Trireme              250-350
          Quadreme             400-500
       HV = Heavy vessels.  All vessels in the fleet that are rated at
       Trireme size or larger.
       P = The Total popualtion of the nation.

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