Baktria Missile Cavalry

Bactrian Horse Archers

A hard life on the Bactrian plains kills the weak before they ever see battle.

The Bactrian plain is to the west of the Hindu Kush in what is now Afghanistan. It first enters records of antiquity through Ctesias, a Greek historian (circa 400BC), who falsely claimed that the Assyrian King Ninus defeated the Bactrians in 2140BC. A fertile and developed land, Bactria was prosperous and so, during the expansion of the Achaemenid Empire, it inevitably drew the interest of the newly crowned Cyrus the Great. Under the Achaemenids, Bactria enjoyed the special privilege of being ruled by the crown prince, or heir-apparent to the royal line. It has been suggested that before the Persians, however, Bactria was ruled by the Median Kingdom before they, too, fell to the expansionist Achaemenids. Like many other Persian satrapies, Bactria attempted to rebel against its overlords in the wake of Darius III's defeat by Alexander the Great, only to be subdued by the victorious general.

Abilities

Bactrian Horse Archers

• Precision Shot
  Improved missile weapon damage for an extended period.
  Missile damage
  Exertion: fatigue

Attributes

• Resistant to Fatigue
  Fatigue has less of an effect on this unit.
• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
• Fire Whilst Moving
  This unit can fire when mounted and moving.
• Parthian Shot
  This unit can fire all around and not just in-front of itself.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Transport

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

Bactrian Horse Archers

• Long range
• Fast rate of fire
• Fast moving
• Good damage but low armour penetration
• Very weak in melee
• Poor morale

Baktria Units
General (7)
1.Bactrian Horse Archers
2.Bactrian Royal Cavalry
3.Bactrian Royal Guard
4.Hellenic Cataphracts
5.Indian Armoured Elephants
6.Hetairoi Cataphracts
7.King's Disciplines
Melee Infantry (12)
8.Bactrian Hillmen
9.Mob
10.Thorax Swordsmen
11.Thureos Swordsmen
12.Bactrian Infantry
13.Indo-Kush Guild Warriors
14.Indo-Greek Noble Swordmen
15.Heavy Thorax Swordmen
16.Indo-Kush Swordmen
17.Companions Chosen Axemen
18.Desert Swordsmen
19.King's Disciplines
Missile Infantry (9)
20.Bactrian Peltasts
21.Elite Persian Archers
22.Eastern Javelinmen
23.Persian Light Archers
24.Eastern Slingers
25.Light Peltasts
26.Peltasts
27.Persian Noble Archer
28.Indo-Kush Longbowmen
Pike Infantry (4)
29.Levy Pikemen
30.Pikemen
31.Thorax Pikemen
32.Bactrian Elite Phalangitae
Spear Infantry (11)
33.Bactrian Royal Guard
34.Scale Thorax Hoplites
35.Eastern Spearmen
36.Thureos Spears
37.Golden Scale Hoplites
38.Thorax Spearmen
39.Heavy Thorax Spearmen
40.Indo-Greek Noble Hoplites
41.Indo-Kush Spearmen
42.Bactrian Spearmen
43.Desert Spearmen
Melee Cavalry (5)
44.Bactrian Light Horse
45.Bactrian Noble Horse
46.Citizen Cavalry
47.Desert Camel Spearmen
48.Eukratides' Horses
Missile Cavalry (6)
49.Bactrian Horse Archers
50.Horse Archers
51.Horse Skirmishers
52.Bactrian Prodromoi Cavalry
53.Dahae Riders
54.Desert Camel Archers
Shock Cavalry (4)
55.Bactrian Royal Cavalry
56.Hellenic Cataphracts
57.Hetairoi Cataphracts
58.Bactrian Hippeis
Elephant (2)
59.Indian Armoured Elephants
60.Indian War Elephants
Fixed Artillery (4)
61.Greek Giant Ballista
62.Greek Polybolos
63.Greek Bastion Scorpion
64.Greek Scorpion (Fixed)
Field Artillery (6)
65.Greek Bastion Ballista
66.Greek Ballista
67.Greek Scorpion
68.Greek Heavy Onager
69.Greek Bastion Onager
70.Greek Onager
Admiral (2)
71.Assault Tetreres - Bactrian Hillmen
72.Tower Penteres - Persian Light Archers
Melee Ship (3)
73.Assault Tetreres - Bactrian Hillmen
74.Fire Pot Dieres - Thureos Spears
75.Assault Dieres - Thureos Spears
Missile Ship (7)
76.Raiding Hemiolia - Eastern Javelinmen
77.Pursuit Trihemiolia - Eastern Javelinmen
78.Scorpion Penteres - Persian Light Archers
79.Tower Penteres - Persian Light Archers
80.Missile Penteres - Persian Light Archers
81.Scorpion Trieres - Eastern Slingers
82.Missile Trieres - Eastern Slingers
Artillery Ship (2)
83.Light Artillery Penteres - Greek Ballista (Ship)
84.Artillery Penteres - Greek Onager (Ship)