Medium Missile Raider - Mercenary Numidian Javelinmen

Most of the northern European tribes were not naval powers, but there were still able seafarers to be found amongst them. Shipbuilding techniques were well understood, so while many vessels were small leather-skinned boats for inland and inshore use, bigger sea-going vessels were also made. Shipwrights used heavy planking for hulls, stitched together and then fastened to a wooden skeleton to create sturdy craft able to cope with Atlantic conditions. Julius Caesar was surprised at the quality of the enemy ships when his fleet clashed with the Veneti from modern-day Brittany. The Veneti vessels had flat bottoms to cope with shallows, but were also of heavy oak construction to cope with rough seas. This made them tough opposition for Roman galleys, and capable of shrugging off a ramming attack. Caesar said that the enemy ships "...were constructed of planks a foot in breadth, fastened by iron spikes the thickness of a man's thumb; the anchors were secured fast by iron chains instead of cables”. When the Romans were forced to board, they faced fearsome warriors used to close-quarters fighting at sea.

(Mercenary Numidian Javelinmen)
The javelin is among the oldest weapons in human hands. Equipped with javelins and little else, skirmishers harried their opposite numbers and peppered hoplite phalanxes before quickly retreating. This was the typical tactic of all unarmoured, javelin-armed troops: to engage at range and then fall back behind more heavily-armoured infantry, or continue attacks while trying to stay just out of reach of the enemy. Such harassment could be highly effective, in 391BC at the Battle of Lechaeum a force of Spartans, lacking the support of skirmishers or cavalry, were severely punished by javelin-armed Athenians who refused to meet them at close quarters. Over time, shields became common, such as those used by Thracian and Greek peltasts, but in turn these were rendered obsolescent by the Hellenic thureophoroi. Nevertheless, javelinmen and other irregulars continued to play a part in many armies throughout antiquity.

Unit Name Medium Missile Raider - Mercenary Numidian Javelinmen

Main Unit Key Mer_Num_Medium_Raider

Land Unit Key Mer_Num_Javelinmen

Naval Unit Key barbarian_medium_raider_ranged

Soldiers 100

Category Medium Ship

Class Missile Ship

Custom Battle Cost 600

Recruitment Cost 600

Upkeep Cost 450

Missile Damage 13

├ Missile Weapon rome_javelin

├ Projectile javelin_normal

├ Missile Damage 11

├ Missile Ap Damage 2

└ Base Reload Time 9

Accuracy 5

Range 103

Reload 23

Shots Per Minute 9

Ammunition 7

Ship Health

└ Ship barbarian_medium_raider

Ship Speed

Melee Attack 10

Weapon Damage 5

├ Melee Weapon rome_shortsword

├ Weapon Damage 5

├ Weapon Deadliness 0

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Cavalry 0

├ Bonus vs. Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 4

Melee Defence 38

├ Base Defence 13

├ Shield pelta

└ Shield Defence 25

Armour 15

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 10

└ Shield Armour 5

Health 30

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_light

├ Man Health 20

└ Bonus Hit Points 10

Base Morale 45

Abilities

• Row Hard 10
  Increases speed for 10 strokes.
  Ship speed

Attributes

• Improved Stamina
  This unit type has an improvement on the base stamina stat.
• Hide (scrub & forest)
  This unit can hide in scrub and forest until enemy units get too close.
• Resistant to Heat
  This unit tires less quickly in the desert.
• Hide (scrub & forest)
  This unit can hide in scrub and forest until enemy units get too close.
• Resistant to Heat
  This unit tires less quickly in the desert.

Strengths & Weaknesses

• Good hull strength
• Medium crew
• Fast speed
• Weak ramming
• Poor boarding
• Good missile combat

• Short range
• Fast rate of fire
• Very good damage and armour penetration
• Very weak in melee
• Very poor morale

Hannibal at the Gates Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
1	pun_province_pool_africa	Africa	Capsa Zeugitana Byzacium	0	0.25	1	2
2	pun_province_pool_numidia	Numidia	Cirtensis Ubon Iol Sitifensis	0	0.25	1	2
3	pun_province_pool_tripolitana	Tripolitana	Tripolis Takape Thenteos Turris Tamalleni	1	0.25	1	2

Faction Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Faction	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
4	rom_faction_pool_naval_numidian	Gaetuli (Imperator Augustus) Mauri (Imperator Augustus) Numidia (Imperator Augustus) Gaetuli (Hannibal at the Gates) Igharimen (Hannibal at the Gates) Masaesyli (Hannibal at the Gates) Massyli (Hannibal at the Gates) Mauri (Hannibal at the Gates) African Rebels (Hannibal at the Gates) Gaetuli Masaesyli	1	0.15	1	1