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Class: spearmen · Category: infantry · Men per unit: 60

The freemen vanguard stands in the first line of the Germanic battle array. Covered from head to toe by huge shields, they employ long pikes to hold the enemy at bay, and strike them down from a distance. Germanic pikemen wielded their weapons with tremendous force and precision, and presented a forest of gleaming pike-points that could only be assaulted at great cost to even the most determined assailants.

	Primary	Secondary
Attack	25	4
Charge bonus	0	0
Type	melee · blade	melee · blade
Damage	piercing	piercing
Properties	Light spear (braced against cavalry charges from the front) · +8 attack against cavalry	—

	Primary	Secondary
Total	14	—
Armour	3	—
Defence skill	3	—
Shield	8	—

Hit points	1
Ground: scrub / sand / forest / snow	-3 / 0 / -7 / 0
Charge distance	0
Formations	Square · Phalanx

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)	1.16
Spacing between men: close / loose	0.8 × 1 m / 1.7 × 2.1 m
Default ranks	2

In battle: Can sap · Very good stamina

A core roster unit for 13 factions, each able to raise it anywhere they hold the right building:

Bastarnae · Chatti · Chauci · Cherusci · Frisii · Gauts · Hermunduri · Langobardi · Lugii · Marcomanni · Quadi · Semnones · Sugambri

Exactly what a settlement must have, route by route (3)

Building	Also requires
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