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Class: heavy · Category: cavalry · Men per unit: 30

Reforms: Unlocked by Rise of the Warbands

Continuous warfare against Romans and other Germanics gave rise to a new type of warrior organization: The warband. It appears the warband emerged as a military unit in the first century AD. And by the time of Tacitus, the warbands were an integral part of Germanic warfare. These warbands consisted of professional soldiers who did not work, but solely fought – and feasted. Somewhat paradoxically, these full-time soldiers seems to have been less coordinated than the traditional freemen formations. Instead they prioritized individual martial prowess and battlefield heroics. Still, man for man, they were better fighters than the average freeman, even if their armaments initially differed little from that of the freemen armies.

	Primary	Secondary
Attack	16	12
Charge bonus	27	33
Type	thrown · blade	melee · blade
Damage	piercing	piercing
Projectile	javelin	—
Range	50	—
Ammunition	7	—
Properties	Thrown	—

	Primary	Secondary
Total	37	—
Armour	9	—
Defence skill	23	—
Shield	5	—

Hit points	1
Mount	generals horse
Modifier against mounts	horse +5 · chariot +5 · camel +5
Ground: scrub / sand / forest / snow	-2 / -1 / -7 / -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	2.2 × 5.2 m / 3.3 × 7.8 m
Default ranks	5

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 (2)

Building	Also requires
Direct Rule	Tier 2 Military Industrial Complex · Rise of the Warbands · Tier 2 Colony · Requires resource horses or horses supplied factionwide
Homeland	Tier 2 Military Industrial Complex · Rise of the Warbands