Koinon Galaton Melee Infantry

Neitos

The longsword was a weapon of high worth and status within the Celtic community. A warrior had to prove himself in battle many times before he was permitted to wield one. The two-handed longsword was first developed during the 8th century BC, but fell from favour before re-emerging around 450BC. It is possible that Celtic ironwork was significantly behind that of the Romans, as apparently their longswords bent very easily and had to be straightened against the ground. On the other hand, since Celtic ironworking was several centuries old, some believe that Roman accounts of this practice mistook this practise, and it was actually a ritual to 'decommission' defeated, dishonoured or damaged weapons.

Unit Name Neitos

Main Unit Key Cel_Galatian_Legionaires

Land Unit Key Cel_Galatian_Legionaires

Naval Unit Key barbarian_transport

Soldiers 200

Category Melee Infantry

Class Melee Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 1270

Recruitment Cost 1270

Upkeep Cost 254

Missile Damage 12

├ Missile Weapon prec2

├ Projectile prec2

├ Missile Damage 12

├ Missile Ap Damage 0

└ Base Reload Time 10

Accuracy 5

Range 80

Reload 0

Shots Per Minute 6

Ammunition 1

Melee Attack 39

Weapon Damage 11

├ Melee Weapon bsword3

├ Weapon Damage 11

├ Weapon Deadliness 0

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Cavalry 0

├ Bonus vs. Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 13

Melee Defence 81

├ Base Defence 23

├ Shield shield6

└ Shield Defence 58

Armour 16

├ Armour arm9

├ Armour Defence 16

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 20

├ Man Entity heavy_heavy

├ Man Health 20

└ Bonus Hit Points 0

Base Morale 60

Abilities

• Stamina (good)
  Governs how fast the unit tires and restores fatigue, and is dependent on type of unit, weight and approach to combat.
• Throw Javelin (heavy)
  The unit throws its javelins towards a spot causing damage to everyone in the area of effect
  NOTE: you cannot throw javelins when you are inside a formation
• Hollow Square
  The unit forms a hollow square formation to cover all four sides and improve morale and defense but renders itself unable to move with lower attack
• Repellere Equites (Repel Cavalry)
  The soldiers raise their shields in defense, increasing bracing and ability to fight against mounted units; however, in this formation the unit cannot move

Attributes

• Disciplined
  This unit does not suffer a morale penalty when the general dies. It can also rally after routing more often.
• 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

• Very good attack
• Average defence
• Average damage but low armour penetration
• Good morale

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Meeting Ground (rom_BARBARIAN_artisans_major_bronze_2) Level 1 Proving Grounds (rom_BARBARIAN_artisans_major_bronze_3) Level 2
Lv. 1	Hall of Champions (rom_BARBARIAN_artisans_major_bronze_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Koinon Galaton Galatian Tribal Council
Imperator Augustus	Koinon Galaton (Imperator Augustus)