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 | |
| Upkeep per turn | 343 dn | █········· 11% |
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 | 35 | — |
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
Mercenaries are hired from a regional pool, not recruited from a building. This unit is offered by 2 pools covering 30 regions, at 3,089 dn to hire and 0 experience.
Mercenary pools: Bactria · India
At least one of those pools sells to any faction that has an army in range, with no faction restriction.
The 30 regions where this unit appears in a mercenary pool
Agalassia · Anatolike Baktriane · Anatolike Chorasmene · Anatolike Sogdiane · Arsa · Assakenia · Audoumbaria · Chatriaia · Darapsia · Gandaritis · Hydaspes · Iaxartes · Indos · Kapisene · Kaspeiraia · Kathaia · Kounindia · Kyreschata · Mallia · Mardyenia · Mousikania · Oreitaia · Oxos · Pandoouia · Paropamisadai · Patalene · Portikania · Sogdia-Indos · Sogdiane · Syrastrene