Ebdanians Missile Infantry

Kerns

Although the word ‘ceithern’ - pronounced ‘kern’ – simply refers to a group of fighters, they were one of two essential components of later Celtic Irish armies, the other being gallowglasses. Often found fighting as light infantry and occasionally light cavalry, kerns were very much designed to provide skirmishing support to their heavy infantry counterparts. However, the training afforded them and the eventual roles kerns filled very much depended on the needs of their clan. Although their stock-in-trade was the execution of surprise skirmish attacks, after which they would melt back behind the gallowglasses, kerns occasionally engaged in melee and could easily run down fleeing routers. On the battlefield kerns wore a light leather coat, rather than the heavy chainmail favoured by the gallowglasses, which ensured unrestricted movement. They also carried a variety of missiles, often sporting darts but also slings and javelins on occasion.

Unit Name Kerns

Main Unit Key att_cel_kerns

Land Unit Key att_cel_kerns

Naval Unit Key att_lon_heavy_tra_cel

Soldiers 160

Category Missile Infantry

Class Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 850

Recruitment Cost 850

Upkeep Cost 420

Missile Damage 100

├ Missile Weapon att_celtic_javellin

├ Projectile att_javelin_heavy_normal

├ Missile Damage 50

├ Missile Ap Damage 50

└ Base Reload Time 17

Accuracy 0

Range 80

Reload 50

Rate of Fire 7

Ammunition 11

Melee Attack 12

Melee Damage 25

├ Melee Weapon att_spear_short

├ Melee Base Damage 20

├ Armour-piercing Damage 5

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Attack Against Cavalry 10

├ Attack Against Elephants 10

└ Attack Against Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 57

Melee Defence 12

├ Base Defence 7

├ Shield att_round_large

└ Shield Defence 5

Armour 60

├ Armour att_mail

├ Armour Defence 23

└ Shield Armour 37

Health 114

├ Man Entity att_infantry_very_heavy

├ Man Health 105

└ Bonus Hit Points 9

Morale 45

Abilities

• Precision Shot
  Improved missile weapon damage for an extended period. These values are further modified by the unit itself.
• Rapid Advance
  Improved unit movement speed over an extended period.

Attributes

• Guerrilla Deployment
  This unit can deploy outside of the deployment zone.
• Hide (scrub & forest)
  This unit can hide in scrub and forest until enemy units get too close.
• Raider
  This unit may set buildings on fire, cause more fire damage with torches and capture faster than other units.
• Snipe
  This unit remains hidden while firing.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses

Recuitment Requirement
Required Technology Cost 206 Upgrade From
Upgrade
Required Technology Cost 238 Upgrade To

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Ebdanians Ebdanian Separatists