Ptolemaioi Missile Infantry

Blemmyai Toxotai

Although archery was not highly thought of as a military skill in Greece, Crete produced truly excellent archers who were able to sell their services to the highest bidder as mercenaries. Firing bronze-tipped arrows from their heavy self bows, Cretan archers tended to carry shields, indicative of some additional prowess in melee, which must’ve made them an even more enticing proposition for a general hiring mercenaries for campaign. Their finest hours came when Alexander the Great hired Cretans directly into his army to support its unbeatable phalanx. Commanded by Clearchus, 500 Cretans accompanied the Macedonian phalanx into battle at Granicus, off-setting the Persians' numerical superiority on the day and enabling Alexander’s subsequent victory. Whereas the Romans didn’t traditionally use archers in their forces, once they conquered Greece Cretan archers began to appear as auxiliary troops in their armies. Notably, they fought in Caesar’s campaign in Gaul against Vercingetorix, causing him to rally the best archers the tribes could provide to range against them.

Unit Name Blemmyai Toxotai

Main Unit Key AOR_18_blemmyes_archers

Land Unit Key AOR_18_blemmyes_archers

Naval Unit Key pel_transport

Soldiers 175

Category Missile Infantry

Class Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 442

Recruitment Cost 442

Upkeep Cost 88

Missile Damage 9

├ Missile Weapon bow2

├ Projectile bow2

├ Missile Damage 9

├ Missile Ap Damage 0

└ Base Reload Time 14

Accuracy 5

Range 165

Reload 13

Shots Per Minute 5

Ammunition 15

Melee Attack 20

Weapon Damage 11

├ Melee Weapon mace1

├ Weapon Damage 11

├ Weapon Deadliness 0

├ Armour Piercing Yes

├ Bonus vs. Cavalry 0

├ Bonus vs. Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 6

Melee Defence 26

├ Base Defence 10

├ Shield none

└ Shield Defence 16

Armour 1

├ Armour arm0

├ Armour Defence 1

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 20

├ Man Entity light_light

├ Man Health 20

└ Bonus Hit Points 0

Base Morale 35

Abilities

• Stamina (excellent)
  Governs how fast the unit tires and restores fatigue, and is dependent on type of unit, weight and approach to combat.
• Concentrate Fire
  The unit fires its missiles towards a spot causing damage to everyone in the area of effect

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

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

• Long range
• Average rate of fire
• Good damage but low armour penetration
• Very weak in melee
• Very poor morale

Recuitment Requirement
Maximum Number	12
Unit Resouces	DEI_Ethiopia
Grand Campaign Regions Provinces Regions Ityopya Ityopya Kush Medjay
Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Civil Settlement (greek_town_civil_2) Level 1 Civil Town (greek_town_civil_3) Level 2 Civil Colony (greek_town_civil_4) Level 3 Farming Settlement (greek_town_farm_2) Level 1 Farming Town (greek_town_farm_3) Level 2 Farming Colony (greek_town_farm_4) Level 3 Market Settlement (greek_town_trade_2) Level 1 Market Town (greek_town_trade_3) Level 2 Market Colony (greek_town_trade_4) Level 3 Hellenistic Polis (rom_HELLENIC_city_major_2) Level 1 Hellenistic Kleroukhia (rom_HELLENIC_city_major_3) Level 2 Hellenistic Metropolis (rom_HELLENIC_city_major_4) Level 3 Hellenic Garrison Kleroukhia (rom_HELLENIC_city_major_fort_3) Level 2 Hellenic Fortified Metropolis (rom_HELLENIC_city_major_fort_4) Level 3 Hellenic Trade Kleroukhia (rom_HELLENIC_city_major_trade_3) Level 2 Hellenic Economic Metropolis (rom_HELLENIC_city_major_trade_4) Level 3 Hellenistic Village (rom_HELLENIC_city_minor_gold_2) Level 1 Hellenistic Komai (rom_HELLENIC_city_minor_gold_3) Level 2 Hellenistic Town (rom_HELLENIC_city_minor_gold_4) Level 3

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