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Brittonic Slingers

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Class: missile · Category: infantry · Men per unit: 40

Description

The sling was a common missile weapon used throughout the Celtic world, and so it was customary for Celtic chieftains to muster a force of slingers from among their poorer vassals and clients to support their warbands.

Stats

Rank in roster
Men per unit 40 ███······· 30%
Attack 7 █········· 6%
Charge bonus 2 █········· 11%
Defence 13 █········· 5%
  · armour 1 █········· 0%
  · defence skill 10 █········· 5%
  · shield 2 ███······· 25%
Morale 7 █········· 10%
Discipline Low
Training Untrained
Recruitment cost 1,305 dn █········· 10%
Upkeep per turn 454 dn ██········ 17%
Turns to recruit 2

Weapons

Primary Secondary
Attack 7 3
Charge bonus 2 2
Type missile · archery melee · simple
Damage blunt piercing
Projectile stone —
Range 150 —
Ammunition 40 —

Defence

Primary Secondary
Total 13 —
Armour 1 —
Defence skill 10 —
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 0
Collision mass per man (1.0 is normal) 0.85
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

Who can recruit it

A core roster unit for 10 factions, each able to raise it anywhere they hold the right building:

Brigantes · Caledonii · Cantiaci · Catuvellauni · Dumnonii · Durotriges · Iverni · Ordovices · Silures · Trinovantes

Any faction holding one of the provinces below can field it.

Exactly what a settlement must have, route by route (4)
Building Also requires
Any settlement Garrison Building or Tier 1 Military Industrial Complex · Brittonic area of recruitment · Any Government (Dependency, Indirect Rule or Direct Rule) · Tier 2 Colony not built
Indirect Rule Garrison Building or Tier 1 Military Industrial Complex · Tier 1 Colony
Direct Rule Garrison Building or Tier 1 Military Industrial Complex · Tier 1 Colony
Homeland Garrison Building or Tier 1 Military Industrial Complex

Areas of recruitment

Where Brittonic Slingers can be recruited

Zone Provinces
Brittonic 55
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