Galatian Loyal Raiders
The Galatian Loyal Raiders are the forefront mounted skirmishers of the modern Galatian army - speedy & deadly in equal measure.Encouraged by Ptolemaic Pharaohs to settle in Egypt, Galatian mercenaries were employed in their armies and as royal guards. Celtic tribesmen, the Galatians migrated south into central Anatolia and eastern Phrygia following Brennus’ invasions of Macedon and Greece in 279BC. They had a fierce reputation and found employment as mercenaries throughout the Hellenistic world. Held in high esteem throughout the period, they fought in the Celtic style, making use of swords, javelins and oval shields. Auxiliaries in the Egyptian army were not generally armoured, but the Galatians of the royal guard wore mail shirts by the time of the last Cleopatra; she was given 300 Galatian warriors in 48BC by Julius Caesar. Galatians were a practical solution to a manpower shortage faced by the Ptolemaic dynasty; the loyalty of mercenaries could easily be purchased with Egypt’s wealth, and they were far less likely to turn on their foreign masters than the Egyptians.
Unit Name Galatian Loyal Raiders |
Main Unit Key Cel_Galatian_Loyal_Raiders |
Land Unit Key Cel_Galatian_Loyal_Raiders |
Naval Unit Key barbarian_transport |
Soldiers 90 |
Category Cavalry |
Class Missile Cavalry |
Custom Battle Cost 720 |
Recruitment Cost 720 |
Upkeep Cost 85 |
30 |
├ Missile Weapon rome_wooden_javelin |
├ Projectile javelin_wooden |
├ Missile Damage 17 |
├ Missile Ap Damage 13 |
└ Base Reload Time 9 |
Accuracy 5 |
Range 75 |
Reload 24 |
Shots Per Minute 9 |
Ammunition 18 |
Melee Attack 26 |
36 |
├ Melee Weapon rome_celtic_longsword |
├ Melee Damage Base 32 |
├ Melee Damage Ap 4 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Bonus vs. Large 0 |
├ Bonus vs Elephants 0 |
└ Bonus vs Infantry 5 |
Charge Bonus 27 |
68 |
├ Base Defence 38 |
├ Shield celtic_missile |
└ Shield Defence 30 |
92 |
├ Armour mail |
├ Armour Defence 57 |
└ Shield Armour 35 |
105 |
├ Man Entity rome_infantry_medium_fast |
├ Man Health 55 |
├ Bonus Hit Points 15 |
├ Mount rome_celtic_horse_sword_shield_l |
├ Mount Entity rome_horse_light |
└ Mount Health 35 |
Base Morale 50 |
Abilities
Galatian Loyal Raiders- Rapid Advance
Improved unit movement speed over an extended period.
Speed, acceleration, charge speed
Exertion: fatigue - Quick Reload
Improved reloading for an extended time.
Shots per minute
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
- Short range
- Fast rate of fire
- Fast moving
- Very good damage and armour penetration
- Large shield
- Very weak in melee
- Poor morale
Requires Buildings | |
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Lv. 0 |
Stables
(barb_agriculture_horse_3) Level 2 |
Lv. 1 |
Horse Ranch
(barb_agriculture_horse_4) Level 3 |
Faction Availability | |
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Grand Campaign | |
Imperator Augustus |