Veneti (Rise of the Republic) Missile Cavalry

Veneti Outriders

The Veneti were considered to be excellent horse-breeders widely known for producing the strongest and fasters mares in ancient Italy. Venetic horses were greatly sought-after by the Greeks; they famously won the Olympic Games for Leon of Sparta in 440BC. Dionysius of Syracuse wanted to repeat this success himself, buying Venetian horses for a four-horse chariot race during the Olympic Games in 388BC. Diodorus of Sicily reported that several four-horse teams raced for Syracuse, and were far superior to the other contenders due to their swiftness. In Veneti society, Horses played an important role, as attested to by the horse cemeteries found around the ancient cities of Patavium, Altinum and Atria. Wild horses living on the slopes of the Alps were incorporated into domestic herds by the able Veneti horse-breeders, which enabled them to cultivate their stables and in turn, their reputation and social status. Several Venetic inscriptions mention the word 'ekuperatis', which means 'master of the horse' and perhaps refers to commerce, warfare, nobility, or all of the above.

Unit Name Veneti Outriders

Main Unit Key inv_ven_veneti_outriders

Land Unit Key inv_ven_veneti_outriders

Naval Unit Key pel_transport

Soldiers 80

Category Cavalry

Class Missile Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 950

Recruitment Cost 950

Upkeep Cost 190

Missile Damage 41

├ Missile Weapon rome_javelin_improved

├ Projectile javelin_improved

├ Missile Damage 29

├ Missile Ap Damage 12

└ Base Reload Time 10

Accuracy 5

Range 80

Reload 13

Shots Per Minute 7

Ammunition 7

Melee Attack 30

Weapon Damage 38

├ Melee Weapon rome_generic_sword_cav

├ Melee Damage Base 34

├ Melee Damage Ap 4

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 40

Melee Defence 55

├ Base Defence 30

├ Shield celtic_round

└ Shield Defence 25

Armour 45

├ Armour chest_improved

├ Armour Defence 30

└ Shield Armour 15

Health 95

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_light_fast_barb

├ Man Health 45

├ Bonus Hit Points 10

├ Mount inv_ven_horse_light_sword

├ Mount Entity rome_horse_venetian_light

└ Mount Health 40

Base Morale 40

Abilities

• 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

• 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
Lv. 0	Horse Trainer (inv_ven_military_recruitment_food_4) Level 3 Venetic Stables (inv_ven_military_recruitment_food_5) Level 4

Garrison Buildings
x 1	Venetic Stables (inv_ven_military_recruitment_food_5) Level 4 Farm Pagus (inv_ven_minor_town_farm_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Rise of the Republic	Veneti (Rise of the Republic) Veneti Pretenders (Rise of the Republic) Veneti Secessionists (Rise of the Republic)