Mercenary Balearic Slingers
Mercenary. Hired from a regional pool, not recruited from a building.
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 | ██········ 17% |
| · shield | 0 | █········· 0% |
| Morale | 9 | ███······· 26% |
| Discipline | Normal | |
| Training | Untrained | |
| Recruitment cost | 2,752 dn | ████████·· 78% |
| 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
Where to hire it
No mercenary pool on the campaign map offers this unit, so it cannot be hired.