Mercenary Steppe Cavalry

The Sarmatians were a western group of steppe peoples, and occupied the area north of the Black Sea, bordering Dacian and Germanic lands. They roamed this region as they pleased, and had a fierce reputation as cavalrymen almost without equal. They were feared by the Greeks, and often worked as mercenaries or allied themselves to the Dacians. The Sarmatians were always horse archers, but their cavalry gradually adopted heavier and heavier armour as the centuries passed, eventually wearing as much armour as the famed cataphracts of the east. Even the horses wore full suits of scale armour. The riders kept their fearsome bows even as they became magnificent shock cavalry. With each man carrying a kontos, a long two-handed lance, they could smash through almost any enemy foolish enough to stand against them.

Unit Name Mercenary Steppe Cavalry

Main Unit Key 3c_Mer_Steppe_Cavalry

Land Unit Key 3c_Mer_Steppe_Cavalry

Naval Unit Key 3c_barbarian_transport

Soldiers 80

Category Cavalry

Class Melee Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 500

Recruitment Cost 500

Upkeep Cost 375

Melee Attack 48

Weapon Damage 27

├ Melee Weapon rome_celtic_spear_cav

├ Melee Damage Base 20

├ Melee Damage Ap 7

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 10

├ Bonus vs Elephants 10

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 38

Melee Defence 47

├ Base Defence 17

├ Shield germanic_cav

└ Shield Defence 30

Armour 60

├ Armour scale

├ Armour Defence 40

└ Shield Armour 20

Health 80

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_heavy

├ Man Health 40

├ Bonus Hit Points 15

├ Mount 3c_Ala_Winged_Horse_Spear

├ Mount Entity rome_horse_medium

└ Mount Health 25

Base Morale 55

Abilities

• Draco
  Reduces the effectiveness against mounted units of any nearby enemies for an extended time.
  Bonus vs cavalry, bonus vs elephants, bracing

Attributes

• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
• Resistant to Cold
  This unit tires less quickly in snow.

Strengths & Weaknesses

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

• Good attack
• Average defence
• Low damage but average armour penetration
• Average morale

Empire Divided Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
1	3c_province_pool_steppe	Bosporus	Panticapaeum Phanagoria Tanais	1	0.15	1	2
2	3c_province_pool_steppe	Chorasmia	Akhur Aktau	1	0.15	1	2
3	3c_province_pool_steppe	Sarmatia	Melgunov Olbia Solokha	1	0.15	1	2
4	3c_province_pool_steppe	Scythia	Gelonus Samandar Sarai Siracena	1	0.15	1	2
5	3c_province_pool_steppe	Transoxania	Bukhara Maracanda	1	0.15	1	2