Mercenary Celtic Warriors

While Celts often lacked the formal organisations and tactics of their more 'civilised' opponents, they did have extremely able metalworkers, and long experience as mercenaries. In battle, they were not outmatched on an individual level by Romans or Greeks. Celts often favoured the spear in battle. It is a simple weapon, and a typical Celtic warrior might carry several into a fight: lighter javelins to hurl at the enemy on the approach or charge, and sometimes an iron-tipped spear for close combat. Some spears were crafted with barbed tips to cause further damage as they were pulled from wounds. Spears were also convenient for displaying trophies, in the shape of rotting enemy heads. This bloody appearance by the Celts, and a ferocious appetite for battle, was often enough to un-man opponents. Celtic warriors would send a chorus of chants, taunts and insults aimed towards foes, and blow their unearthly-sounding 'carnyx' battle horns. The whole display was intended to frighten foes, and put the warriors into the right frame of mind for battle.

Unit Name Mercenary Celtic Warriors

Main Unit Key Mer_Cel_Warriors

Land Unit Key Mer_Cel_Warriors

Naval Unit Key barbarian_transport

Soldiers 160

Category Melee Infantry

Class Melee Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 350

Recruitment Cost 250

Upkeep Cost 180

Missile Damage 32

├ Missile Weapon rome_javelin_precursor

├ Projectile javelin_prec

├ Missile Damage 20

├ Missile Ap Damage 12

└ Base Reload Time 15

Accuracy 5

Range 40

Reload 0

Shots Per Minute 4

Ammunition 2

Melee Attack 27

Weapon Damage 40

├ Melee Weapon rome_celtic_longsword

├ Melee Damage Base 36

├ Melee Damage Ap 4

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 25

Melee Defence 50

├ Base Defence 20

├ Shield celtic

└ Shield Defence 30

Armour 45

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 10

└ Shield Armour 35

Health 55

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_light_fast

├ Man Health 40

└ Bonus Hit Points 15

Base Morale 40

Abilities

No Ability

Attributes

• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

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

• Good attack
• Average defence
• Average damage but low armour penetration
• Normal morale

Empire Divided Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
1	rom_province_pool_hercynia	Hercynia	Bergium Budorgis Istros	1	0.15	1	3
2	rom_province_pool_belgica	Belgica	Nemecatum Treverorum	0	0.15	1	3
3	rom_province_pool_cisalpina	Cisalpina	Genua Mediolanum Patavium	1	0.15	1	3
4	rom_province_pool_pannonia	Pannonia	Aquincum Segestica Singidun	0	0.15	1	3
5	rom_province_pool_provincia	Narbonensis	Massilia Narbo Tolosa	1	0.15	1	3
6	rom_province_pool_raetia_et_noricum	Raetia et Noricum	Kelheim Koria Noreia Octoduris	0	0.15	1	3

Grand Campaign Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
7	rom_province_pool_hercynia	Hercynia	Casurgis Istros	1	0.15	1	3
8	rom_province_pool_belgica	Belgica	Treverorum Nemetocenna	0	0.15	1	3
9	rom_province_pool_cisalpina	Cisalpina	Medhlan Genua Patavium	1	0.15	1	3
10	rom_province_pool_pannonia	Pannonia	Singidun Segestica Akink	0	0.15	1	3
11	rom_province_pool_provincia	Provincia	Tolosa Massalia	1	0.15	1	3
12	rom_province_pool_raetia_et_noricum	Raetia et Noricum	Octuduron Noreia Koria	0	0.15	1	3

Caesar in Gaul Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
13	gaul_province_pool_arduenna_silva	Arduenna Silva	Divoduron Durocorteron Noviodunon Treverorum	1	0.15	1	3
14	gaul_province_pool_germania_inferior	Germania Inferior	Atuatuca Bagacum	1	0.15	1	3
15	gaul_province_pool_silva_carbonaria	Silva Carbonaria	Bratuspantion Gesoriacum Nemetocenna	1	0.15	1	3

Hannibal at the Gates Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
16	pun_province_pool_aquitania	Aquitania	Burdigala Iruna	1	0.4	2	3
17	pun_province_pool_gallia_cisalpina	Gallia Cisalpina	Genua Patavium Placentia Vercellae	1	0.4	2	3

Faction Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Faction	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
18	rom_faction_pool_celtic	Bastarnae (Imperator Augustus) Boii (Imperator Augustus) Breuci (Imperator Augustus) Helvetii (Imperator Augustus) Nahanarvali (Imperator Augustus) Nori (Imperator Augustus) Quadi (Imperator Augustus) Raeti (Imperator Augustus) Scordisci (Imperator Augustus) Vindelici (Imperator Augustus) Gaul (Samnite Wars) Boii (Hannibal at the Gates) Insubres (Hannibal at the Gates) Liguria (Hannibal at the Gates) Massilia (Hannibal at the Gates) Celtic Rebels (Hannibal at the Gates) Veneti (Hannibal at the Gates) Aestii Anartes Bastarnae Boii tribal council Boii Breuci Eravisci Helvetii Insubres Liguria Massilia Nori Raeti Scordisci Triballi Tylis tribal council Tylis Veneti	1	0.15	1	3
19	gaul_faction_pool_celtic	Helvetii (Caesar in Gaul) Raurici (Caesar in Gaul) Tulingi (Caesar in Gaul)	1	0.15	1	3