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

Balearic slingers were the finest slingers found in the western Mediterranean, renowned throughout the ancient world for their skill, range and accuracy with their simple but terrible weapons, and they were highly sought after mercenaries.

Its secondary attack is the stronger one: 9 against 8.

	Primary	Secondary
Attack	8	9
Charge bonus	8	10
Type	missile · archery	melee · blade
Damage	blunt	slashing
Projectile	lead_bullet	—
Range	170	—
Ammunition	25	—
Properties	Armour-piercing (counts only half the target's armour)	—

	Primary	Secondary
Total	16	—
Armour	2	—
Defence skill	14	—
Shield	0	—

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

Technical stats

Time between blows (primary / secondary)	2.5 s / 2.5 s
Extra fatigue in hot climates	0
Collision mass per man (1.0 is normal)	0.83
Spacing between men: close / loose	1.2 × 2.8 m / 2.16 × 5.04 m
Default ranks	5

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

No faction has this on its core roster: it can be raised only in the provinces below.

Any faction holding one of the provinces below can field it.

Exactly what a settlement must have, route by route (1)

Building	Also requires
Any settlement	Tier 2 Military Industrial Complex · Balearic area of recruitment · Dependency or Indirect Rule · Tier 1 Colony not built

Zone	Provinces
Balearic	2