Mercenary Asian Slingers
Mercenary. Hired from a regional pool, not recruited from a building.
Class: missile · Category: infantry · Men per unit: 40
Description
The people of Western Asia are diverse, numerous, and fierce, and have a long tradition in warfare. These slingers are highly skilled missile troops but are at a huge disadvantage in hand-to-hand combat, especially against cavalry. They can maintain a sustained and concentrated barrage on enemies and then fall back rapidly to avoid hand-to-hand combat. Slingers carry a shoulder bag with many pieces of lead shot (they can also use stones picked up on the battlefield) and several spare slings including slings of different length for greater or lesser range. Other than a knife and a small shield, they carry no other equipment.
Stats
| Rank in roster | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men per unit | 40 | ███······· 30% |
| Attack | 6 | █········· 3% |
| Charge bonus | 0 | █········· 0% |
| Defence | 11 | █········· 2% |
| · armour | 1 | █········· 0% |
| · defence skill | 8 | █········· 2% |
| · shield | 2 | ███······· 25% |
| Morale | 5 | █········· 4% |
| Discipline | Low | |
| Training | Untrained | |
| Recruitment cost | 1,407 dn | █········· 13% |
| 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 | 8 | — | Shield | 2 | — |
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 | -2 | Collision mass per man (1.0 is normal) | 0.82 | 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
Where to hire it
No mercenary pool on the campaign map offers this unit, so it cannot be hired.