Mercenary African Elephants

The now-extinct African forest elephants were smaller than the Indian variety. At around two to two and a half metres in height, they were an imposing beast capable of causing panic in enemies unused to facing them in battle. Having fought Syracusan elephants in Sicily in 278-6BC, the Carthaginians captured and tamed the local elephants rather than importing larger specimens from India. The Carthaginians did, however, hire Indian experts to form the most powerful elephant corps of the period. At Bagradas River in 255BC, the Carthaginian elephants caused many casualties, leaving the Romans fearful of battling the creatures for many years afterwards.

Unit Name Mercenary African Elephants

Main Unit Key Mer_Afr_Elephants

Land Unit Key Mer_Afr_Elephants

Naval Unit Key persian_transport_small

Soldiers 12

Category Elephants

Class Elephant

Custom Battle Cost 820

Recruitment Cost 820

Upkeep Cost 300

Melee Attack 53

Weapon Damage 68

├ Melee Weapon tusks

├ Melee Damage Base 34

├ Melee Damage Ap 34

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 39

Melee Defence 26

├ Base Defence 26

├ Shield none

└ Shield Defence 0

Armour 47

├ Armour leather

├ Armour Defence 47

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 720

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_medium

├ Man Health 55

├ Bonus Hit Points 15

├ Mount african_elephant

├ Mount Entity elephant

└ Mount Health 650

Base Morale 50

Abilities

• Kill Elephants
  Elephant drivers will kill their mounts with spikes. To be used only if they run amok.
• Stampede
  Charges are more effective for an extended time.
  Charge bonus
  Exertion: fatigue

Attributes

• Mighty Knockback
  This unit causes extra damage when it knocks enemies back.
• Resistant to Heat
  This unit tires less quickly in the desert.
• Run Amok
  This unit may go crazy if it's under pressure.
• Scare (everyone)
  This unit frightens all enemy units.
• Immune to Fear
  This unit is immune to the fear effects of scary units.

Strengths & Weaknesses

• Very poor hull strength
• Very slow speed
• Weak ramming

• Very good charge
• High damage
• Large amount of hit points
• Average morale

Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
1	rom_province_pool_libya	Libya	Ammonium Augila Cyrene Paraitonion	0	0.75	1	2
2	rom_province_pool_phazania	Phazania	Cydamus Garama	0	0.75	1	2
3	rom_province_pool_aethiopia	Aethiopia	Aksum Meroe Ptolemais Theron	0	0.75	1	2

Grand Campaign Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
4	rom_province_pool_libya	Libya	Cyrene Paraitonion Augila Ammonium	0	0.75	1	2
5	rom_province_pool_phazania	Phazania	Cydamus Garama	0	0.75	1	2
6	rom_province_pool_aethiopia	Aethiopia	Aksum Meroe Ptolemais Theron	0	0.75	1	2

Hannibal at the Gates Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
7	pun_province_pool_africa	Africa	Capsa Carthago Hadrumentum	0	0.4	1	2
8	pun_province_pool_numidia	Numidia	Cirta Hippo Regius Iol Sitifi	0	0.4	1	2