Mercenary Rodian Slingers

Perhaps not as famous as their counterparts from the Balearics, Rhodian slingers were nevertheless famed for their skill. As Rhodes was protected by the sea, slingers could hire themselves out as mercenaries across the Mediterranean. They were deadly at 100 metres and could hit targets at 400 metres. Unencumbered by armour, they were highly mobile and could outpace or at least match the pace of most other infantry. Rhodian slingers sometimes made use of small shields with a single handgrip to protect them from any return fire. During the Greco-Persian Wars shaped shot gave the Greeks, including the Rhodians, an advantage over the Persians. This proved essential in covering the retreat of the Ten Thousand, after Cyrus the Younger’s death at the Battle of Cunaxa in 401BC. The Rhodian slingers were the only missile troops able to engage the enemy with some safety, as Cretan archers and Greek javelinmen had the same range as enemy missile troops.

Unit Name Mercenary Rodian Slingers

Main Unit Key Pel_Mer_Rodian_Slingers

Land Unit Key Mer_Pel_Rodian_Slingers

Naval Unit Key pel_transport

Soldiers 120

Category Missile Infantry

Class Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 600

Recruitment Cost 410

Upkeep Cost 300

Missile Damage 29

├ Missile Weapon rome_sling_lead

├ Projectile sling_stone_lead

├ Missile Damage 21

├ Missile Ap Damage 8

└ Base Reload Time 10

Accuracy 5

Range 150

Reload 28

Shots Per Minute 8

Ammunition 25

Melee Attack 12

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 6

Melee Defence 24

├ Base Defence 14

├ Shield small_bronze

└ Shield Defence 10

Armour 25

├ Armour light_padded

├ Armour Defence 15

└ Shield Armour 10

Health 55

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_light

├ Man Health 40

└ Bonus Hit Points 15

Base Morale 55

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

Wrath of Sparta Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
1	pel_generic	Aigian	Khios Mytilene Oinoi Samos	0	0.15	1	4
2	pel_generic	Aitolia	Naupaktos Thermon	0	0.15	1	4
3	pel_generic	Ambrakia	Ambrakia Anaktorio Pronnoi	0	0.15	1	4
4	pel_generic	Amphipolis	Amphipolis Krinides	0	0.15	1	4
5	pel_generic	Argolis	Argos Korinthos Mantinea Melos	0	0.15	1	4
6	pel_generic	Attike	Athenai Laurion Naxos Paros	0	0.15	1	4
7	pel_generic	Boiotia	Delphi Lamia Opos Thebai	0	0.15	1	4
8	pel_generic	Dodekanisa	Karpathos Kos Lindos Rodos	0	0.15	1	4
9	pel_generic	Elis	Elis Olympia Patrai Zakynthos	0	0.15	1	4
10	pel_generic	Epeiros	Antigonia Dodona Elaea Korkyra	0	0.15	1	4
11	pel_generic	Euboia	Andros Kalkis Karystos Oreos	0	0.15	1	4
12	pel_generic	Hellespontos	Byzantion Kypsela Perinthos Sestos	0	0.15	1	4
13	pel_generic	Ionia	Ephesos Halikarnassos Knidos Miletos	0	0.15	1	4
14	pel_generic	Kalkidiki	Mende Olinthos Torone	0	0.15	1	4
15	pel_generic	Karia	Kibyra Kolossai Phaselis Xanthos	0	0.15	1	4
16	pel_generic	Krete	Gortyna Knossos Kydonia	0	0.15	1	4
17	pel_generic	Lakedaimon	Kythera Messenia Pylos Sparta	0	0.15	1	4
18	pel_generic	Lydia	Sardeis Smyrna	0	0.15	1	4
19	pel_generic	Makedonia	Aigai Argos Orestiko Arnisa Dion	0	0.15	1	4
20	pel_generic	Mysia	Ilion Kyzikos Myrina Pergamon	0	0.15	1	4
21	pel_generic	Thessalia	Larisa Pharsalos Pherae	0	0.15	1	4
22	pel_generic	Thraike	Abdera Ainos Maroneia Thasos	0	0.15	1	4