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

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

These excellent archers come originally from Syria which has been famous for its archers for centuries. Discipline and excellent training are their main strenght in battle as they wear down the enemy at a long distance with their reflexive bows. Such skills cannot go unnoticed and make them a desired addition to any army. Although equipped with scale armour and helmets, they cannot be expected to fight well in melee. These soldiers are best suited for ranged combat and thus will require some protection of other troops.

	Primary	Secondary
Attack	11	6
Charge bonus	5	5
Type	missile · archery	melee · blade
Damage	piercing	piercing
Projectile	arrow	—
Range	170	—
Ammunition	25	—

	Primary	Secondary
Total	24	—
Armour	11	—
Defence skill	13	—
Shield	0	—

Hit points	1
Ground: scrub / sand / forest / snow	0 / -1 / 0 / -1
Charge distance	30
Formations	Square

Technical stats

Time between blows (primary / secondary)	2.5 s / 2.5 s
Extra fatigue in hot climates	1
Collision mass per man (1.0 is normal)	1.19
Spacing between men: close / loose	1.1 × 2.6 m / 1.98 × 4.68 m
Default ranks	5

In battle: Can hide in long grass · Very good stamina

Mercenaries are hired from a regional pool, not recruited from a building. This unit is offered by 1 pool covering 12 regions, at 4,976 dn to hire and 2 experience.

Mercenary pool: Syria

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

The 12 regions where this unit appears in a mercenary pool

Abilene · Anatolike Chalybonitis · Auranitis · Bambyke · Emesene · Khamat · Massyas · Massyas Pedion · Nikephoreia · Palmyrene · Zabadaia · Zeugma-Euphrates