Mercenary Balearic Slingers
Class: missile · Category: infantry · Men per unit: 40
Description
Balearic slingers were the finest slingers found in the western Mediterranean, renowned throughout the ancient world for their skill, range and accuracy with their simple but terrible weapons, and they were highly sought after mercenaries.
Stats
| Rank in roster | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men per unit | 40 | ███······· 30% |
| Attack | 8 | █········· 9% |
| Charge bonus | 8 | ███······· 31% |
| Defence | 16 | █········· 10% |
| · armour | 2 | █········· 13% |
| · defence skill | 14 | ██········ 18% |
| · shield | 0 | █········· 0% |
| Morale | 9 | ███······· 26% |
| Discipline | Normal | |
| Training | Untrained | |
| Recruitment cost | 1,835 dn | ████······ 40% |
| Upkeep per turn | 672 dn | ██████···· 60% |
| Turns to recruit | 3 |
Weapons
Its secondary attack is the stronger one: 9 against 8.
| Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attack | 8 | 9 | Charge bonus | 8 | 10 | Type | missile · archery | melee · blade | Damage | blunt | slashing |
| Projectile | lead_bullet | — | Range | 170 | — | Ammunition | 25 | — | Properties | Armour-piercing (counts only half the target's armour) | — |
Defence
| Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 16 | — | Armour | 2 | — | Defence skill | 14 | — | Shield | 0 | — |
Condition and terrain
| Hit points | 1 | Ground: scrub / sand / forest / snow | 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 | Charge distance | 30 | Formations | Square |
Technical stats
| Time between blows (primary / secondary) | 2.5 s / 2.5 s | Extra fatigue in hot climates | 0 | Collision mass per man (1.0 is normal) | 0.83 | Spacing between men: close / loose | 1.2 × 2.8 m / 2.16 × 5.04 m |
| Default ranks | 5 |
In battle: Can hide in long grass · Very good stamina
Who can recruit it
No faction has this on its core roster: it can be raised only in the provinces below.
Any faction holding one of the provinces below can field it.
Exactly what a settlement must have, route by route (1)
| Building | Also requires | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any settlement | Tier 2 Military Industrial Complex · Balearic area of recruitment · Dependency or Indirect Rule · Tier 1 Colony not built |
Areas of recruitment
| Zone | Provinces | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balearic | 2 |