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Mercenary Bastarnian Swordsmen

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Mercenary. Hired from a regional pool, not recruited from a building.

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

Description

The Bastarnae Swordsmen were armed with a pair of framae (throwing spears) and the distinctive one-edged slashing sword first adopted by the Germani during the pre-Roman Iron Age. They also carried a basic wooden shield, typically equipped with a large boss allowing the warrior to use the shield as a sort of thrusting weapon as well as for defence.

Stats

Rank in roster
Men per unit 40 ███······· 30%
Attack 17 █████████· 87%
Charge bonus 30 █████████· 91%
Defence 20 ██········ 18%
  · armour 0 █········· 0%
  · defence skill 20 █████····· 48%
  · shield 0 █········· 0%
Morale 15 █████████· 91%
Discipline Normal
Training Untrained
Upkeep per turn 666 dn ██████···· 58%

Weapons

Primary Secondary
Attack 17 —
Charge bonus 30 —
Type melee · blade —
Damage slashing —
Properties Armour-piercing (counts only half the target's armour) —

Defence

Primary Secondary
Total 20 —
Armour 0 —
Defence skill 20 —
Shield 0 —

Condition and terrain

Hit points 1
Modifier against mounts horse +3 · elephant +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 / —
Extra fatigue in hot climates 0
Collision mass per man (1.0 is normal) 0.8
Spacing between men: close / loose 1 × 1.2 m / 2 × 2.4 m
Default ranks 5

In battle: Can sap · Frighten nearby enemy infantry · Warcry improves attack · 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 33 regions, at 4,905 dn to hire and 2 experience.

Mercenary pool: Dacia

Where Mercenary Bastarnian Swordsmen can be hired

At least one of those pools sells to any faction that has an army in range, with no faction restriction.

The 33 regions where this unit appears in a mercenary pool

Albocensia · Albocensia Orientalis · Ansamenia · Apula · Arpia · Biephia · Biessia · Buridavensia · Buridavensia Meridionalis · Carpiania · Caucoensia · Ceiagisia · Coisstobocia · Coisstobocia Meridionalis · Coisstobocia Transmontana · Cotensia · Dacia · Getaia · Hesperos Getaia · Krobyzia · Napocaea · Piephigia · Potulatensia · Predavensia · Ratiariai · Rhatacensia · Saldensia · Sensia · Skaia · Triballia · Trogodytaia · Tyragetia · Tyrasia

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