Epirus Elephant

Mercenary Indian War Elephants

War elephants had to be trained like men and cavalry horses to endure the noise and chaos of battle. Indian war elephants were larger than their African counterparts and strong enough to carry a 'howdah', or small wooden tower, on their backs. The driver sat astride the beast’s neck while two men, armed with javelins, were in the howdah. The African elephants of the period were a smaller, third species found in northern Africa, and now extinct; they were not the large, intractable wild creatures from sub-Saharan Africa which are familiar to us. The Indian variety first came to the Middle East when Seleucus, one of Alexander the Great’s Successors, invaded India in 305BC. As part of the peace treaty between the Seleucid dynasty and the Indian Mauryans, 500 war elephants came to the Seleucids. This corps remained an important part of the Seleucids’ army until their defeat by the Romans at Magnesia in 190BC. The subsequent peace saw the forfeiture of all the elephants to the Romans, and the Seleucids were forbidden from breeding any more.

Unit Name Mercenary Indian War Elephants

Main Unit Key Mer_Ind_War_Elephants

Land Unit Key Mer_Ind_War_Elephants

Naval Unit Key pel_transport

Soldiers 24

Category Elephants

Class Elephant

Custom Battle Cost 1500

Recruitment Cost 900

Upkeep Cost 630

Missile Damage 40

├ Missile Weapon rome_composite_bow_elephant

├ Projectile arrow_composite

├ Missile Damage 36

├ Missile Ap Damage 4

└ Base Reload Time 12

Accuracy 5

Range 150

Reload 15

Shots Per Minute 6

Ammunition 15

Melee Attack 34

Weapon Damage 60

├ Melee Weapon tusks

├ Melee Damage Base 30

├ Melee Damage Ap 30

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 28

Melee Defence 20

├ Base Defence 20

├ Shield none

└ Shield Defence 0

Armour 30

├ Armour leather

├ Armour Defence 30

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 1005

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_medium

├ Man Health 40

├ Bonus Hit Points 15

├ Mount indian_elephant

├ Mount Entity indian_elephant

└ Mount Health 950

Base Morale 60

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

Empire Divided Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
1	rom_province_pool_gedrosia	Gedrosia	Oraea Phrada Pura	0	0.75	1	1
2	rom_province_pool_aria	Aria	Amul Artacoana Merv	0	0.75	1	1

Grand Campaign Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
3	rom_province_pool_gedrosia	Gedrosia	Pura Oraea	0	0.75	1	1
4	rom_province_pool_arachosia	Arachosia	Alexandria Arachosia Kapisene	0	0.75	1	1
5	rom_province_pool_aria	Aria	Artacoana Phrada Merv	0	0.75	1	1

Faction Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Faction	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
6	rom_faction_pool_epirus	Epirean Nobles Epirus	1	0.15	1	2