Mercenary Mysian Cavalry
Mercenary. Hired from a regional pool, not recruited from a building.
Class: heavy · Category: cavalry · Men per unit: 30
Description
The ancient city of Pergamon lay in the South West of a landscape called Mysia, after the Thracian tribe that settled here at the end of the 2nd millennium BC. Bounded by the Hellespont in the North, the Rhyndakos river and the Asiatic Olympos in the East and the Aisepos river in the West (Strab. XII, 4, 4-5, C564), Mysia was a central thoroughfare for traders, messengers, migrants or armies between Europe and Asia. It was inhabited by the Thraco-Phyrgian Mysians, who mainly dwelled in the interior and on the mountains, and by Ionian and Aeolian Greeks who founded cities on the coast (such as Kyzikos) or in its immediate hinterland (such as Pergamon, if it was, indeed, founded by Greeks).
Stats
| Rank in roster | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men per unit | 30 | █········· 8% |
| Attack | 12 | █████····· 48% |
| Charge bonus | 31 | █████████· 93% |
| Defence | 35 | ██████···· 57% |
| · armour | 14 | ████████·· 78% |
| · defence skill | 16 | ███······· 28% |
| · shield | 5 | ██████···· 57% |
| Morale | 12 | ██████···· 57% |
| Discipline | Normal | |
| Training | Trained | |
| Upkeep per turn | 977 dn | █████████· 87% |
Weapons
Its secondary attack is the stronger one: 13 against 12.
| Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attack | 12 | 13 | Charge bonus | 31 | 27 | Type | melee · blade | melee · blade | Damage | piercing | slashing |
Defence
| Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 35 | — | Armour | 14 | — | Defence skill | 16 | — | Shield | 5 | — |
Condition and terrain
| Hit points | 1 | Mount | medium horse | Ground: scrub / sand / forest / snow | -2 / -2 / -7 / -2 | Charge distance | 40 |
| Formations | Square · Wedge |
Technical stats
| Time between blows (primary / secondary) | 2.5 s / 2.5 s | Extra fatigue in hot climates | 5 | Spacing between men: close / loose | 2 × 4.8 m / 3 × 7.2 m | Default ranks | 5 |
In battle: 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 6 regions, at 4,421–4,716 dn to hire and 3–4 experience.
Mercenary pools: Kydonia · Troad Mysia
At least one of those pools sells to any faction that has an army in range, with no faction restriction.
Some pools additionally restrict it to Kydonia.
The 6 regions where this unit appears in a mercenary pool
Arktonnesos · Kaikia · Kianos Kolpos · Kydoniatis · Mysia · Propontis