Army Drills
"It worked for the Romans. It can work again for us."Although many barbarian peoples favoured ambush and shock tactics, there were some who developed techniques especially for use in pitched battles. The Germans, for instance, favoured columns, and when warriors from different tribes fought together each tribe formed its own column. This not only allowed them to fight in their own styles - using their own chants and war dances - but created rivalry on the battlefield, encouraging warriors to prove their fighting prowess to their neighbours. At the Battle of Pollentia the Visigoths displayed their tactical prowess by using cavalry to cut off the Roman retreat, whilst their infantry trapped the Emperor Honorius by preventing his withdrawal into the capital he was attempting to flee. This level of co-ordination could not have been achieved without extensive drilling of their forces, something which must’ve seemed entirely alien to them at the time.
Node Set Military Tier 8 |
research_points 0 |
cost_per_round 0 |
Effects
Recruitment capacity: +1 (faction_to_province_own_unseen)Recruitment capacity: +1 when hording. (all forces)
Unit experience: +1 for missile unit recruits (faction_to_character_own_unseen)
Unit experience: +1 for spear infantry recruits (faction_to_character_own_unseen)
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Requires Technologies | Defined Military Obligation |
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Enables Technologies | Advanced Siegecraft Elite Military Class |
Enables Units Upgrade |
Celtic Axe Band
Cost 125 Upgrade To
Celtic Axe Warriors Celtic Band Cost 88 Upgrade To Celtic Warriors Celtic Warband Cost 88 Upgrade To Celtic Warriors Freemen Cost 125 Upgrade To Sword Heerbann Germanic Band Cost 163 Upgrade To Axe Heerbann Germanic Nobles Cost 119 Upgrade To Redoubtable Chieftain Germanic Warband Cost 163 Upgrade To Axe Heerbann Langobard Clubmen Cost 125 Upgrade To Scaled Clubmen Sarmatian Spears Cost 119 Upgrade To Alani Spearmen Scattershot Hurlers Cost 181 Upgrade To Elite Scattershot Slingers Nordic Band Cost 106 Upgrade To Nordic Warriors Nordic Brigade Cost 106 Upgrade To Nordic Warriors Slavic Axe Levy Cost 163 Upgrade To Slavic Axe Warriors Slavic Axemen Cost 163 Upgrade To Slavic Axe Warriors Slavic Warriors Cost 163 Upgrade To Slavic Champions |
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