Cordinau Orca
(Scordisci Elite Swordsmen)The Scordisci are Celtic warriors who live near Macedonia. They are famous for their use of sheering curved swords that can cause an opponent terrible gashes, and are known to use the skulls of their enemies as drinking cups. Like the Solduros of the Gauls, in the East the Scordisci have the Cordinau Orca (Kor-dee-now Urk-ah; Battle Boars), the guardians of their chief, and fearsome, strong warriors. The Scordisci are a rather extroverted Celtic people; they are so cosmopolitan that their enemies think them Thracians or Illyrians.
The fierce and proud Galatians dominated central Anatolia and eastern Phrygia. Having splintered from the migrating Celts following Brennus’ invasions of Macedon and Greece in 279BC, three tribes, the Tectosages, Tolistobogii and Trocmi, moved through Thrace and crossed the Bosporus into Asia Minor. They came as allies of Nicomedes of Bithynia and secured a victory for him in a dynastic struggle against his brother. After a brief and inconclusive war between Nicomedes and the Seleucid king, Antiochus, the Galatians settled down to stay. Their territory was split between the three tribes, each maintaining its own capital, but with a council at Drynemeton, a sacred grove of oaks near the Tectosages’ capital at Ancyra. Ruled by a military aristocracy, the Galatians left the indigenous Cappadocian people in control of their own towns and lands in return for tithes. Galatian mercenaries were highly prized and respected by Greek, Roman and Seleucid commanders. In fact, the personal bodyguard of the Ptolemies of Egypt consisted of Celtic mercenaries, and it is highly likely that these men came from Galatia.
Unit Name Cordinau Orca |
Main Unit Key AOR_38_Scordisci_Elite_Infantry |
Land Unit Key AOR_38_Scordisci_Elite_Infantry |
Naval Unit Key barbarian_transport |
Soldiers 200 |
Category Melee Infantry |
Class Melee Infantry |
Custom Battle Cost 1206 |
Recruitment Cost 1206 |
Upkeep Cost 241 |
Melee Attack 40 |
11 |
├ Melee Weapon sickle4 |
├ Weapon Damage 11 |
├ Weapon Deadliness 0 |
├ Armour Piercing Yes |
├ Bonus vs. Cavalry 2 |
├ Bonus vs. Elephants 20 |
└ Bonus vs Infantry 0 |
Charge Bonus 11 |
78 |
├ Base Defence 26 |
├ Shield shield5 |
└ Shield Defence 52 |
14 |
├ Armour arm8 |
├ Armour Defence 14 |
└ Shield Armour 0 |
20 |
├ Man Entity heavy_heavy |
├ Man Health 20 |
└ Bonus Hit Points 0 |
Base Morale 50 |
Abilities
Cordinau Orca- Stamina (average)
Governs how fast the unit tires and restores fatigue, and is dependent on type of unit, weight and approach to combat.
Attributes
- Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Transport- Very poor hull strength
- Very slow speed
- Weak ramming
- Good attack
- Average defence
- Average damage but low armour penetration
- Normal morale
Recuitment Requirement | |||||||||||
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Maximum Number | 8 | ||||||||||
Unit Resouces | DEI_Thrace | ||||||||||
Grand Campaign Regions
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Requires Buildings | |||||||||||
Lv. 0 |
Barbarian Town (Lead)
(rom_BARBARIAN_city_minor_silver_3) Level 2
Barbarian Pagus (Lead)
(rom_BARBARIAN_city_minor_silver_4) Level 3
Barbarian Town (Trained Slaves)
(rom_BARBARIAN_city_minor_slave_3) Level 2
Barbarian Pagus (Trained Slaves)
(rom_BARBARIAN_city_minor_slave_4) Level 3 |
Faction Availability | |
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Grand Campaign | |
Samnite Wars | |
Caesar in Gaul | |
Hannibal at the Gates | |
Imperator Augustus | |
Macedonian Wars |
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