Gerrhea (Empire Divided) Missile Infantry

Arabian Slingers

The Arabian Peninsula was not a state, but a land occupied by inter-related tribes and powerful families. The nomadic Bedouin raised sheep and traded goods across the desert, while farmers were settled around the oases. The camel helped the nomadic tribes to grow in power, and the variety among the tribes produced many different fighting styles, but infantry nevertheless remained important in Arab armies. Although unarmoured slingers were fast and effective skirmishers, and Arabs also prided themselves on their close-combat skills. Traditionally, they fought as raiders looking for loot rather than conquest. Raids or 'razzias' brought honour to the victors, as well as the spoils of livestock and goods for their tribes. Conflicts were usually small in scale and casualties were largely avoided, as a fighting retreat in the face of great odds was not considered shameful. After the conquest of Egypt, Rome had to cross the Arabian Peninsula in order to secure the lucrative trade with India, but the Romans never fully conquered the desert or the desert peoples.

Unit Name Arabian Slingers

Main Unit Key 3c_Ara_Arabian_Slingers

Land Unit Key 3c_Ara_Arabian_Slingers

Naval Unit Key 3c_pel_transport

Soldiers 120

Category Missile Infantry

Class Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 260

Recruitment Cost 260

Upkeep Cost 50

Missile Damage 20

├ Missile Weapon rome_sling

├ Projectile sling_stone

├ Missile Damage 16

├ Missile Ap Damage 4

└ Base Reload Time 10

Accuracy 5

Range 150

Reload 13

Shots Per Minute 7

Ammunition 25

Melee Attack 8

Weapon Damage 24

├ Melee Weapon rome_shortsword

├ Melee Damage Base 20

├ Melee Damage Ap 4

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 3

Melee Defence 52

├ Base Defence 12

├ Shield caetra

└ Shield Defence 40

Armour 15

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 10

└ Shield Armour 5

Health 45

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_light

├ Man Health 40

└ Bonus Hit Points 5

Base Morale 25

Abilities

No Ability

Attributes

• Resistant to Fatigue
  Fatigue has less of an effect on this unit.
• Hide (scrub & forest)
  This unit can hide in scrub and forest until enemy units get too close.
• Resistant to Heat
  This unit tires less quickly in the desert.

Strengths & Weaknesses

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

• Very long range
• Average rate of fire
• Low damage but average armour penetration
• Very weak in melee
• Very poor morale

Requires Buildings

Lv. 0

City (3c_east_city_1) Level 0 Royal Large City (3c_east_city_royal_2) Level 1 Royal Kerta (3c_east_city_royal_3) Level 2 Royal Karka (3c_east_city_royal_4) Level 3 Satrap Large City (3c_east_city_satrap_2) Level 1 Satrap Kerta (3c_east_city_satrap_3) Level 2 Satrap Karka (3c_east_city_satrap_4) Level 3 Village (Horse Trainers) (3c_east_horse_1) Level 0 Settlement (Horse Breeders) (3c_east_horse_2) Level 1 Town (Master Horse Breeders) (3c_east_horse_3) Level 2 Village (Iron Workshop) (3c_east_iron_1) Level 0 Settlement (Shieldmaker) (3c_east_iron_armour_2) Level 1 Town (Armourer) (3c_east_iron_armour_3) Level 2 Settlement (Blacksmith) (3c_east_iron_weapon_2) Level 1 Town (Weaponsmith) (3c_east_iron_weapon_3) Level 2 Village (3c_east_town_1) Level 0 Garrison Settlement (3c_east_town_garrison_2) Level 1 Garrison Town (3c_east_town_garrison_3) Level 2 Garrison Large Town (3c_east_town_garrison_4) Level 3 Trade Settlement (3c_east_town_trade_2) Level 1 Trade Town (3c_east_town_trade_3) Level 2 Trade Large Town (3c_east_town_trade_4) Level 3

Garrison Buildings
x 1	City (3c_east_city_1) Level 0 Royal Large City (3c_east_city_royal_2) Level 1 Royal Kerta (3c_east_city_royal_3) Level 2 Satrap Large City (3c_east_city_satrap_2) Level 1 Satrap Kerta (3c_east_city_satrap_3) Level 2 Satrap Karka (3c_east_city_satrap_4) Level 3
x 2	Royal Karka (3c_east_city_royal_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Empire Divided	Gerrhea (Empire Divided) Lakhmids (Empire Divided) Ma'In (Empire Divided) Nabataea (Empire Divided) Arabian Rebels (Empire Divided)