Albanian Cataphracts
Class: heavy · Category: cavalry · Men per unit: 32
Description
The term Cataphract comes from the Greek, and it means enclosed from all sides. These men and their horses are a perfect example of it. Covered from tail to head with scale, their horses can smash right through an enemy line with few problems. The riders themselves have little to fear, their scale armour protect most of their body, in exception to the legs because it is impossible to lead a horse when the lower half of the body is rigid. When charging, the cataphracts used their six-foot long lance, the kontos, with both hands, resulting in a dreadful chock for the soldiers skewered.
Stats
| Rank in roster | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men per unit | 32 | ██········ 23% |
| Attack | 15 | ███████··· 72% |
| Charge bonus | 31 | █████████· 93% |
| Defence | 34 | ██████···· 55% |
| · armour | 16 | █████████· 90% |
| · defence skill | 18 | ████······ 37% |
| · shield | 0 | █········· 0% |
| Morale | 14 | ████████·· 79% |
| Discipline | Normal | |
| Training | Highly trained | |
| Recruitment cost | 2,902 dn | ████████·· 81% |
| Upkeep per turn | 1,168 dn | ██████████ 95% |
| Turns to recruit | 4 |
Weapons
Its secondary attack is the stronger one: 17 against 15.
| Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attack | 15 | 17 | Charge bonus | 31 | 28 | Type | melee · blade | melee · blade | Damage | piercing | slashing |
Defence
| Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 34 | — | Armour | 16 | — | Defence skill | 18 | — | Shield | 0 | — |
Condition and terrain
| Hit points | 1 | Mount | generals horse | Ground: scrub / sand / forest / snow | -4 / -1 / -8 / -1 | Charge distance | 40 |
| Formations | Square · Wedge |
Technical stats
| Time between blows (primary / secondary) | 2.5 s / 2.5 s | Extra fatigue in hot climates | 3 | Spacing between men: close / loose | 2 × 4.8 m / 3 × 7.2 m | Default ranks | 5 |
In battle: Good stamina · Powerful charge
Who can recruit it
No faction has this on its core roster: it can be raised only in the provinces below.
Any faction holding one of the provinces below can field it.
Exactly what a settlement must have, route by route (4)
| Building | Also requires | Building | Also requires | Building | Also requires | Building | Also requires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any settlement | Tier 3 Military Industrial Complex · Albanian area of recruitment · Any Government (Dependency, Indirect Rule or Direct Rule) · Tier 2 Colony not built · Requires resource horses or horses supplied factionwide | Direct Rule | Tier 3 Military Industrial Complex · Caucasian Iberian area of recruitment · Tier 2 Colony · Requires resource horses or horses supplied factionwide | Homeland | Tier 2 Military Industrial Complex · Caucasian Iberian area of recruitment | Any settlement | Tier 2 Military Industrial Complex · Albanian area of recruitment · Dependency only · Tier 1 Colony not built |
Areas of recruitment
| Zone | Provinces | Zone | Provinces | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | 1 | Caucasian iberian | 3 |