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Greek Slingers

Greek Slingers info card Greek Slingers unit card

Class: missile · Category: infantry · Men per unit: 40

Description

Commoners who eked out a living as farmers and pastoralists were typically skilled with the sling from boyhood. The slingers wore only a simple tunic (chiton), with a sling and pouch for holding pebbles or specially made lead bullets, and perhaps a small knife or dagger. They were unable to withstand close combat for any length of time, lacking both proper arms and training. At proper striking distance, however, they form a real threat for the enemy, therefore being an integral part of the light-infantry corps that could be put to a wide variety of military uses.

Stats

		Rank in roster
Men per unit	40	`███·······` 30%
Attack	6	`█·········` 3%
Charge bonus	0	`█·········` 0%
Defence	11	`█·········` 2%
· armour	1	`█·········` 0%
· defence skill	10	`█·········` 5%
· shield	0	`█·········` 0%
Morale	5	`█·········` 4%
Discipline	Low
Training	Untrained
Recruitment cost	938 dn	`█·········` 3%
Upkeep per turn	343 dn	`█·········` 11%
Turns to recruit	2

Weapons

	Primary	Secondary		Primary	Secondary		Primary	Secondary		Primary	Secondary
Attack	6	2	Charge bonus	0	0	Type	missile · archery	melee · simple	Damage	blunt	piercing
Projectile	stone	—	Range	150	—	Ammunition	40	—

Defence

	Primary	Secondary		Primary	Secondary		Primary	Secondary		Primary	Secondary
Total	11	—	Armour	1	—	Defence skill	10	—	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)	0.81	Spacing between men: close / loose	1.2 × 2.8 m / 2.16 × 5.04 m
Default ranks	5

In battle: Very good stamina

Who can recruit it

A core roster unit for 39 factions, each able to raise it anywhere they hold the right building:

Acragas · Antigonid Kingdom · Argos · Athens · Bactria · Boeotians · Byzantium · Chersonesus · Chios · Chrysaorian League · Cius · Cyrene · Cyzicus · Elis · Emporion · Epirus · Heraclea Pontica · Histria · Issa · Lycian League · Lysiad Kingdom · Massalia · Megalopolis · Messene · Miletus · Olbia · Pergamon · Pontic Pentapolis · Priene · Ptolemaic Empire · Ptolemaic Rebels · Seleucid Empire · Seleucid Rebels · Seleucid Rebels · Sinope · Syracuse · Taras · Thessalian League · Trapezus

Any faction holding one of the provinces below can field it.

Exactly what a settlement must have, route by route (7)

Building	Also requires	Building	Also requires	Building	Also requires	Building	Also requires
Any settlement	Garrison Building or Tier 1 Military Industrial Complex · Greek area of recruitment · not Issaian area of recruitment · not Cretan area of recruitment · not Rhodian area of recruitment · not Massaliote area of recruitment · not Ionian area of recruitment · not Chian area of recruitment · not Byzantine area of recruitment · not Sinopian area of recruitment · not Aitolian area of recruitment · not Akarnanian area of recruitment · not Caucasian area of recruitment · not Achaian area of recruitment · not Selgian area of recruitment · not Libyan area of recruitment · not Pamphylian area of recruitment · not Phrygian area of recruitment · not Cilician area of recruitment · Any Government (Dependency, Indirect Rule or Direct Rule) · Tier 2 Colony not built	Indirect Rule	Garrison Building or Tier 1 Military Industrial Complex · Tier 1 Colony	Indirect Rule	Garrison Building or Tier 1 Military Industrial Complex · Greek area of recruitment · Tier 1 Colony	Direct Rule	Garrison Building or Tier 1 Military Industrial Complex · Tier 1 Colony
Direct Rule	Garrison Building or Tier 1 Military Industrial Complex · Greek area of recruitment · Tier 1 Colony	Homeland	Garrison Building or Tier 1 Military Industrial Complex	Homeland	Garrison Building or Tier 1 Military Industrial Complex · Greek area of recruitment

Areas of recruitment

Zone	Provinces
Greek	0