Mercenary Persian Sparabara
Mercenary. Hired from a regional pool, not recruited from a building.
Class: spearmen · Category: infantry · Men per unit: 60
Description
These mercenaries are spearmen, though their lack of armour and training means they can't match most professional infantry. They carry a 2m long spear and a large shield.
Stats
| Rank in roster | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men per unit | 60 | █████████· 87% |
| Attack | 5 | █········· 0% |
| Charge bonus | 4 | ██········ 21% |
| Defence | 36 | ██████···· 61% |
| · armour | 9 | █████····· 50% |
| · defence skill | 21 | █████····· 54% |
| · shield | 6 | █████████· 89% |
| Morale | 7 | █········· 10% |
| Discipline | Low | |
| Training | Untrained | |
| Upkeep per turn | 598 dn | ████······ 40% |
Weapons
| Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attack | 5 | — | Charge bonus | 4 | — | Type | melee · blade | — | Damage | piercing | — |
| Properties | Light spear (braced against cavalry charges from the front) · +8 attack against cavalry | — |
Defence
| Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 36 | — | Armour | 9 | — | Defence skill | 21 | — | Shield | 6 | — |
Condition and terrain
| Hit points | 1 | Ground: scrub / sand / forest / snow | -2 / -1 / -4 / -1 | Charge distance | 30 | Formations | Square |
Technical stats
| Time between blows (primary / secondary) | 2.5 s / — | Extra fatigue in hot climates | 0 | Collision mass per man (1.0 is normal) | 1.09 | Spacing between men: close / loose | 1 × 1.2 m / 2 × 2.4 m |
| Default ranks | 5 |
In battle: Can hide in long grass · Good stamina
Where to hire it
Mercenaries are hired from a regional pool, not recruited from a building. This unit is offered by 2 pools covering 32 regions, at 3,406–3,815 dn to hire and 0–1 experience.
Mercenary pools: Ekbatana · Persia
At least one of those pools sells to any faction that has an army in range, with no faction restriction.
Some pools additionally restrict it to Seleucid Empire · Seleucid Rebels (Asia Minor) · Seleucid Rebels (Upper Satrapies).
The 32 regions where this unit appears in a mercenary pool
Anaouon · Anatolike Baktriane · Anatolike Sogdiane · Ano Baktriane · Ano Persia · Arachosia · Ariane · Baktriane · Boreia Baktriane · Darapsia · Drangiane · Elymais · Eoritia · Gedrosia · Hesperos Ariane · Iaxartes · Karmania · Kossaia-Mardia · Kyreschata · Mardyenia · Media · Mese Ariane · Notia Karmania · Notia Margiane · Ouxia-Paraitakene · Oxeiane · Oxos · Pasargadaia-Kyrtia · Persia · Sogdiane · Sousiane · Taokene