Mercenary Freemen
Mercenary. Hired from a regional pool, not recruited from a building.
Class: light · Category: infantry · Men per unit: 40
Description
Armed with shields and frameae-spears, Germanic freemen fight tenaciously for their nations and their status as free men. They may lack armor, but only a fool would underestimate their determination – or the sharpness of their frameae! The place of these freemen was in the main battleline, right behind the pike-armed vanguard.
Stats
| Rank in roster | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men per unit | 40 | ███······· 30% |
| Attack | 15 | ███████··· 72% |
| Charge bonus | 10 | ████······ 35% |
| Defence | 33 | █████····· 52% |
| · armour | 3 | ██········ 21% |
| · defence skill | 25 | ███████··· 74% |
| · shield | 5 | ██████···· 57% |
| Morale | 11 | ████······ 39% |
| Discipline | Normal | |
| Training | Trained | |
| Upkeep per turn | 583 dn | ████······ 36% |
Weapons
| Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attack | 15 | 12 | Charge bonus | 10 | 10 | Type | thrown · blade | melee · blade | Damage | piercing | piercing |
| Projectile | javelin | — | Range | 50 | — | Ammunition | 3 | — | Properties | Thrown | — |
Defence
| Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 33 | — | Armour | 3 | — | Defence skill | 25 | — | Shield | 5 | — |
Condition and terrain
| Hit points | 1 | Modifier against mounts | horse +3 · chariot +3 · camel +3 | Ground: scrub / sand / forest / snow | 0 / 0 / -2 / 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) | 1.14 | Spacing between men: close / loose | 0.8 × 1 m / 1.6 × 2 m |
| Default ranks | 5 |
In battle: Can sap · Very good stamina
Where to hire it
Mercenaries are hired from a regional pool, not recruited from a building. This unit is offered by 8 pools covering 55 regions, at 3,870 dn to hire and 0 experience.
Mercenary pools: Germania · Gothic · Hermiones · Inguaeones · Istuaeones · Peucini · Przeworsk · Przeworsk Expeditionary Zone
At least one of those pools sells to any faction that has an army in range, with no faction restriction.
The 55 regions where this unit appears in a mercenary pool
Amantinia · Ambronia · Anartia · Andizetia · Ansamenia · Atmonia Vetus · Avionia · Bastarnia Vetus · Boihaemum · Boihaemum Occidentale · Bructeria · Buria · Caeracatia · Carpiania · Chattia · Chaucia Maior · Chaucia Minor · Cheruscia · Cimbria · Coisstobocia · Cotinia · Eraviscia · Finnia · Frisia · Gautia · Haria · Helisia · Helveconia · Helvetia Vetus · Hercuniatia · Hermunduria · Hillevionia · Langobardia · Manimia · Marcomannia Vetus · Mattiaca · Naharvalia · Napocaea · Osia · Quadia Vetus
…and 15 more.