Mercenary Iberian Slingers

Slingers were common in ancient armies. Slings are ancient weapons, dating back to Palaeolithic times. In comparison to bows, they were easy to make and had a greater effective range. Constructed from braided flax, hemp or rushes, a sling has a cradle where the shot is placed. One end has a finger-loop, while the other has a knot or strip giving a firm handhold. The slinger puts his middle finger through the loop and holds the knotted end with his thumb and forefinger. After whirling the shot in the sling it is released with a flick of the wrist. Quick to fire and reload, the sling was widely hated by those on the receiving end. Shot varied from stones collected in rivers to shaped lumps of clay and lead; lead shot could fly over 400 metres. Such missiles were sometimes inscribed with comments such as “Catch!” or “Take that!” Shot was difficult to see in flight, and although it lacked the penetrating power of an arrow it could easily break bone or stave-in armour at short ranges. Famously, the Roman Consul Paulus was killed by a slinger early in the disastrous Battle of Cannae.

Unit Name Mercenary Iberian Slingers

Main Unit Key Mer_Ibe_Slingers

Land Unit Key Mer_Ibe_Slingers

Naval Unit Key barbarian_transport

Soldiers 120

Category Missile Infantry

Class Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 280

Recruitment Cost 210

Upkeep Cost 150

Missile Damage 20

├ Missile Weapon rome_sling

├ Projectile sling_stone

├ Missile Damage 16

├ Missile Ap Damage 4

└ Base Reload Time 10

Accuracy 5

Range 150

Reload 13

Shots Per Minute 7

Ammunition 25

Melee Attack 8

Weapon Damage 24

├ Melee Weapon rome_shortsword

├ Melee Damage Base 20

├ Melee Damage Ap 4

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 3

Melee Defence 37

├ Base Defence 12

├ Shield celtic_round

└ Shield Defence 25

Armour 25

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 10

└ Shield Armour 15

Health 45

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_light

├ Man Health 40

└ Bonus Hit Points 5

Base Morale 25

Abilities

No Ability

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

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

• Very long range
• Average rate of fire
• Low damage but average armour penetration
• Very weak in melee
• Very poor 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_lusitania	Lusitania	Ebora Olisipo	0	0.15	1	4
2	rom_province_pool_tarraconensis	Tarraconensis	Aracillum Brigantium Tarraco	0	0.15	1	4
3	rom_province_pool_baetica	Baetica	Corduba Gades Toletum	0	0.15	1	4
4	rom_province_pool_cartaginensis	Hispania	Ibossim Nova Carthago Numantia Saguntum	1	0.15	1	4

Grand Campaign Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
5	rom_province_pool_lusitania	Lusitania	Ebora Olisipo	0	0.15	1	4
6	rom_province_pool_tarraconensis	Tarraconensis	Brigantium Aracillum Tarraco	0	0.15	1	4
7	rom_province_pool_baetica	Baetica	Kartuba Gadira	0	0.15	1	4
8	rom_province_pool_cartaginensis	Cartaginensis	Ibossim Qart Hadasht Numantia Arse	1	0.15	1	4

Hannibal at the Gates Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
9	pun_province_pool_celtiberia	Celtiberia	Libisosa Numantia Toletum	2	0.5	2	4
10	pun_province_pool_gallaecia	Gallaecia	Asturica Lugos Pallantia Portus Amanum	2	0.5	2	4
11	pun_province_pool_hispania_citerior	Hispania Citerior	Cissis Emporiae Ilerda Salduba	2	0.5	2	4
12	pun_province_pool_hispania_ulterior	Hispania Ulterior	Carthago Nova Ibossim Ilici Saguntum	1	0.5	2	4
13	pun_province_pool_lusitania	Lusitania	Ebora Helmantica Olisipo	2	0.5	2	4
14	pun_province_pool_turdetania	Turdetania	Gades Kartuba	2	0.5	2	4

Faction Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Faction	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
15	rom_faction_pool_iberian	Cantabri (Imperator Augustus) Arevaci Tribal Council (Hannibal at the Gates) Arevaci (Hannibal at the Gates) Cantabri (Hannibal at the Gates) Carpetani (Hannibal at the Gates) Celtici (Hannibal at the Gates) Cessetani (Hannibal at the Gates) Emporion (Hannibal at the Gates) Gallaeci (Hannibal at the Gates) Illercavones (Hannibal at the Gates) Illergetes (Hannibal at the Gates) Lusitani Tribal Council (Hannibal at the Gates) Lusitani (Hannibal at the Gates) Oretani (Hannibal at the Gates) Celtiberian Rebels (Hannibal at the Gates) Turdetani (Hannibal at the Gates) Vaccaei (Hannibal at the Gates) Vascones (Hannibal at the Gates) Vettones (Hannibal at the Gates) Arevaci Tribal Council Arevaci Cantabri Celtici Cessetani Edetani Lusitani Tribal Council Lusitani Turdetani	1	0.5	2	4