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

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

In case the Seleucids didn't have enough reasons to fear the east, this horse archer provides another great example. Heavily armoured and with a powerful bow, these units can be the doom of a slow-moving army--or even a quick one!

	Primary	Secondary
Attack	12	10
Charge bonus	27	32
Type	missile · archery	melee · blade
Damage	piercing	piercing
Projectile	arrow	—
Range	170	—
Ammunition	25	—

	Primary	Secondary
Total	33	—
Armour	17	—
Defence skill	16	—
Shield	0	—

Hit points	1
Mount	half armoured horse
Ground: scrub / sand / forest / snow	-5 / -1 / -8 / -1
Charge distance	40
Formations	Square

Technical stats

Time between blows (primary / secondary)	2.5 s / 2.5 s
Extra fatigue in hot climates	4
Spacing between men: close / loose	2 × 4.8 m / 3.6 × 6.72 m
Default ranks	5

In battle: Can form Cantabrian circle · Good stamina

Mercenaries are hired from a regional pool, not recruited from a building. This unit is offered by 1 pool covering 5 regions, at 6,701 dn to hire and 3 experience.

Mercenary pool: Sogdiane

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

The 5 regions where this unit appears in a mercenary pool

Anatolike Sogdiane · Darapsia · Iaxartes · Kyreschata · Sogdiane