Mercenary Freemen
Mercenary. Hired from a regional pool, not recruited from a building.
Class: light · Category: infantry · Men per unit: 40
Description
Armed with shields and frameae-spears, Germanic freemen fight tenaciously for their nations and their status as free men. They may lack armor, but only a fool would underestimate their determination – or the sharpness of their frameae! The place of these freemen was in the main battleline, right behind the pike-armed vanguard.
Stats
| Rank in roster | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men per unit | 40 | ███······· 30% |
| Attack | 15 | ███████··· 72% |
| Charge bonus | 10 | ████······ 35% |
| Defence | 33 | █████····· 52% |
| · armour | 3 | ██········ 21% |
| · defence skill | 25 | ███████··· 74% |
| · shield | 5 | ██████···· 57% |
| Morale | 11 | ████······ 39% |
| Discipline | Normal | |
| Training | Trained | |
| Upkeep per turn | 583 dn | ████······ 36% |
Weapons
| Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attack | 15 | 12 | Charge bonus | 10 | 10 | Type | thrown · blade | melee · blade | Damage | piercing | piercing |
| Projectile | javelin | — | Range | 50 | — | Ammunition | 3 | — | Properties | Thrown | — |
Defence
| Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 33 | — | Armour | 3 | — | Defence skill | 25 | — | Shield | 5 | — |
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) | 1.14 | Spacing between men: close / loose | 0.8 × 1 m / 1.6 × 2 m |
| Default ranks | 5 |
In battle: Can sap · Very good stamina
Where to hire it
Mercenaries are hired from a regional pool, not recruited from a building. This unit is offered by 7 pools covering 61 regions, at 3,445 dn to hire and 0 experience.
Mercenary pools: Gothic · Hermiones · Inguaeones · Istuaeones · Nordic · Peucini · Przeworsk
At least one of those pools sells to any faction that has an army in range, with no faction restriction.
The 61 regions where this unit appears in a mercenary pool
Ampsivaria · Anglia · Angrivaria · Atmonia Vetus · Avionia · Bastarnia Vetus · Bructeria Maior · Bructeria Minor · Burgundia · Buria · Canninefatia Vetus · Caulcia-Campsiania · Chaedinia · Chamavia · Chasuaria-Dulgubnia · Chattia · Chattuaria · Chaucia Maior · Chaucia Minor · Cheruscia · Cimbria · Coisstobocia · Daucionia · Didunia · Eudosia · Favonaea-Firaesia · Fosia · Gutia · Gutia Orientalis · Haria · Harudia · Helisia · Helveconia · Hermunduria · Hillevionia · Hirria · Insula Gutarum · Langobardia · Manimia · Marcomannia Vetus
…and 21 more.