Misthophoroi Indikoi Elephantes

War elephants had to be trained like men and cavalry horses to endure the noise and chaos of battle. Indian war elephants were larger than their African counterparts and strong enough to carry a 'howdah', or small wooden tower, on their backs. The driver sat astride the beast’s neck while two men, armed with javelins, were in the howdah. The African elephants of the period were a smaller, third species found in northern Africa, and now extinct; they were not the large, intractable wild creatures from sub-Saharan Africa which are familiar to us. The Indian variety first came to the Middle East when Seleucus, one of Alexander the Great’s Successors, invaded India in 305BC. As part of the peace treaty between the Seleucid dynasty and the Indian Mauryans, 500 war elephants came to the Seleucids. This corps remained an important part of the Seleucids’ army until their defeat by the Romans at Magnesia in 190BC. The subsequent peace saw the forfeiture of all the elephants to the Romans, and the Seleucids were forbidden from breeding any more.

Unit Name Misthophoroi Indikoi Elephantes

Main Unit Key MERC_Ind_Mercenary_Elephants

Land Unit Key MERC_Ind_Mercenary_Elephants

Naval Unit Key pel_transport

Soldiers 36

Category Elephants

Class Elephant

Custom Battle Cost 2000

Recruitment Cost 1250

Upkeep Cost 500

Missile Damage 11

├ Missile Weapon cbow4

├ Projectile cbow4

├ Missile Damage 11

├ Missile Ap Damage 0

└ Base Reload Time 11

Accuracy 5

Range 170

Reload 20

Shots Per Minute 7

Ammunition 15

Melee Attack 13

Weapon Damage 6

├ Melee Weapon tusks

├ Weapon Damage 6

├ Weapon Deadliness 0

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Cavalry 0

├ Bonus vs. Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 16

Melee Defence 42

├ Base Defence 26

├ Shield none

└ Shield Defence 16

Armour 12

├ Armour carm5

├ Armour Defence 12

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 105

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_heavy

├ Man Health 20

├ Bonus Hit Points 0

├ Mount indian_elephant

├ Mount Entity indian_elephant

└ Mount Health 85

Base Morale 35

Abilities

• Stamina (average)
  Governs how fast the unit tires and restores fatigue, and is dependent on type of unit, weight and approach to combat.
• Kill Elephants
  Elephant drivers will kill their mounts with spikes. To be used only if they run amok.

Attributes

• Run Amok
  This unit may go crazy if it's under pressure.
• Scare (everyone)
  This unit frightens all enemy units.

Strengths & Weaknesses

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

• Very good charge
• High damage
• Large amount of hit points
• Average morale

Grand Campaign Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
1	rom_province_pool_arachosia	Harauvatis	Harauvatis Paropamisadai	1	0.75	1	1
2	rom_province_pool_aria	Haraiva	Haraiva Zranka Margus	0	0.75	1	1
3	rom_province_pool_bactria	Baktria	Baktria Tocharia	1	0.75	1	1
4	rom_province_pool_carmania	Karmania	Eremos Karmania Karmania	0	0.75	1	1
5	rom_province_pool_gedrosia	Maka	Maka Rambakia	0	0.75	1	1
6	rom_province_pool_transoxania	Transoxania	Transoxania Suguda	1	0.75	1	1

Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
7	rom_province_pool_aria	Haraiva	Transcaspia Haraiva Margus	0	0.75	1	1
8	rom_province_pool_bactria	Baktria	Baktria Tocharia Paropamisadai	1	0.75	1	1
9	rom_province_pool_carmania	Karmania	Eremos Karmania Karmania	0	0.75	1	1
10	rom_province_pool_gedrosia	Maka	Rambakia Zranka Maka	0	0.75	1	1
11	rom_province_pool_transoxania	Transoxania	Transoxania Suguda	1	0.75	1	1