Mercenary Scutarii Spearmen
Mercenary. Hired from a regional pool, not recruited from a building.
Class: spearmen · Category: infantry · Men per unit: 40
Description
The Iberian heavy spearmen were so named for their large oval scutarii shields and the distinctive espada falcata sword. They made up the majority Iberian infantry type, and were renowned as flexible, quick-moving and aggressive line infantry.
Stats
| Rank in roster | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men per unit | 40 | ███······· 30% |
| Attack | 19 | █████████· 92% |
| Charge bonus | 18 | ███████··· 72% |
| Defence | 33 | █████····· 52% |
| · armour | 3 | ██········ 21% |
| · defence skill | 25 | ███████··· 74% |
| · shield | 5 | ██████···· 57% |
| Morale | 11 | ████······ 39% |
| Discipline | Normal | |
| Training | Untrained | |
| Upkeep per turn | 614 dn | █████····· 46% |
Weapons
| Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attack | 19 | 13 | Charge bonus | 18 | 21 | Type | thrown · blade | melee · blade | Damage | piercing | piercing |
| Projectile | soliferum | — | Range | 40 | — | Ammunition | 1 | — | Properties | Armour-piercing (counts only half the target's armour) · used just before charging into combat · thrown | Light spear (braced against cavalry charges from the front) · +8 attack against cavalry |
Defence
| Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 33 | — | Armour | 3 | — | Defence skill | 25 | — | Shield | 5 | — |
Condition and terrain
| Hit points | 1 | Ground: scrub / sand / forest / snow | -1 / 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) | 0.94 | Spacing between men: close / loose | 1 × 1.2 m / 2 × 2.4 m |
| Default ranks | 5 |
In battle: Can hide in long grass · 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 1 pool covering 47 regions, at 3,804 dn to hire and 2 experience.
Mercenary pool: Iberia
At least one of those pools sells to any faction that has an army in range, with no faction restriction.
The 47 regions where this unit appears in a mercenary pool
Agadir · Arevacia · Arevacia Septentrionalis · Artabria · Asturia · Ay-Bushum · Baliares Maiores · Bastetania · Bastetania Maritima · Bastetania Occidentalis · Bellia · Beronia · Bracarensia · Calpe · Cantabria · Carpetania · Celticia · Cessetania · Conia · Contestania · Contestania Meridionalis · Edetania · Ergavicia · Hasta · Helmantike · Ilercavonia · Ilergetia · Lacetania · Lusitania · Lusonia · Malaka · Mastienia · Olcadia · Oretania · Oretania Meridionalis · Saguntia · Sedetania · Suessetania · Tagia · Turdetania
…and 7 more.