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

Class: heavy · Category: cavalry · Men per unit: 32

Cataphracts are extremely heavily-armoured cavalry who can turn a battle with one thunderous charge. They are the ultimate in shock cavalry, an armoured battering ram to crash into an enemy position and sweep aside all who stand against them. They are armed with heavy lances for the initial charge and maces for use in close combat. They wear armour that is almost unmatched for weight and protection, and their horses are similarly armoured. On the move they are a wall of metal bearing down on enemies, tipped with razor-sharp spear points.

Its secondary attack is the stronger one: 15 against 13.

	Primary	Secondary
Attack	13	15
Charge bonus	30	24
Type	melee · blade	melee · blade
Damage	piercing	slashing

	Primary	Secondary
Total	34	—
Armour	15	—
Defence skill	19	—
Shield	0	—

Hit points	1
Mount	generals horse
Ground: scrub / sand / forest / snow	-2 / -1 / -8 / -1
Charge distance	40
Formations	Square · Wedge

Technical stats

Time between blows (primary / secondary)	2.5 s / 2.5 s
Extra fatigue in hot climates	3
Spacing between men: close / loose	2 × 4.8 m / 3 × 7.2 m
Default ranks	5

In battle: Good stamina · Powerful charge

Mercenaries are hired from a regional pool, not recruited from a building. This unit is offered by 2 pools covering 9 regions, at 7,885–8,777 dn to hire and 3–4 experience.

Mercenary pools: Ekbatana · Media

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 Seleucid Empire · Seleucid Rebels (Asia Minor) · Seleucid Rebels (Upper Satrapies).

The 9 regions where this unit appears in a mercenary pool

Kadousia · Matiane · Media · Notia Parthia · Pedias Atropatene · Rhagiane · Sagartia · Syromedia · Tracheia Atropatene