Galatian Loyal Skirmishers
The Galatian Loyal skirmishers are the veteran skirmishers of the modern Galatian army - able & dangerous.Encouraged by Ptolemaic Pharaohs to settle in Egypt, Galatian mercenaries were employed in their armies and as royal guards. Celtic tribesmen, the Galatians migrated south into central Anatolia and eastern Phrygia following Brennus’ invasions of Macedon and Greece in 279BC. They had a fierce reputation and found employment as mercenaries throughout the Hellenistic world. Held in high esteem throughout the period, they fought in the Celtic style, making use of swords, javelins and oval shields. Auxiliaries in the Egyptian army were not generally armoured, but the Galatians of the royal guard wore mail shirts by the time of the last Cleopatra; she was given 300 Galatian warriors in 48BC by Julius Caesar. Galatians were a practical solution to a manpower shortage faced by the Ptolemaic dynasty; the loyalty of mercenaries could easily be purchased with Egypt’s wealth, and they were far less likely to turn on their foreign masters than the Egyptians.
Unit Name Galatian Loyal Skirmishers |
Main Unit Key Cel_Galatian_Loyal_Skirmishers |
Land Unit Key Cel_Galatian_Loyal_Skirmishers |
Naval Unit Key barbarian_transport |
Soldiers 120 |
Category Missile Infantry |
Class Missile Infantry |
Custom Battle Cost 690 |
Recruitment Cost 690 |
Upkeep Cost 85 |
28 |
├ Missile Weapon rome_javelin |
├ Projectile javelin_normal |
├ Missile Damage 15 |
├ Missile Ap Damage 13 |
└ Base Reload Time 9 |
Accuracy 5 |
Range 70 |
Reload 24 |
Shots Per Minute 9 |
Ammunition 15 |
Melee Attack 25 |
36 |
├ Melee Weapon rome_celtic_longsword |
├ Melee Damage Base 32 |
├ Melee Damage Ap 4 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Bonus vs. Large 0 |
├ Bonus vs Elephants 0 |
└ Bonus vs Infantry 5 |
Charge Bonus 20 |
68 |
├ Base Defence 38 |
├ Shield celtic_missile |
└ Shield Defence 30 |
92 |
├ Armour mail |
├ Armour Defence 57 |
└ Shield Armour 35 |
70 |
├ Man Entity rome_infantry_medium_fast |
├ Man Health 55 |
└ Bonus Hit Points 15 |
Base Morale 50 |
Abilities
Galatian Loyal Skirmishers- Quick Reload
Improved reloading for an extended time.
Shots per minute
Exertion: fatigue - Frenzy
Improves a unit's charge and weapon damage for an extended period.
Charge damage, Weapon damage
Exertion: fatigue
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.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Transport- Very poor hull strength
- Very slow speed
- Weak ramming
- Short range
- Fast rate of fire
- Very good damage and armour penetration
- Very weak in melee
- Very poor morale
Requires Buildings | |
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Lv. 0 |
Carpenter
(barb_craftsmen_wood_3) Level 2 |
Lv. 1 |
Builder's Hall
(barb_craftsmen_wood_4) Level 3 |
Faction Availability | |
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Grand Campaign | |
Imperator Augustus |