Rome (Caesar in Gaul) Missile Infantry

Briton Slingers

As far as the Celts were concerned, the best way to kill a man was in hand-to-hand combat. The Celts thought there was great value in personal bravery and there was no honour in killing from a distance. Even so, slingers, javelinmen and archers still had their place on the battlefield. It was often the only way that some Celts could go to war: Celtic warriors paid for their own equipment, so only the wealthy could afford, or had the right to carry, fine armour and weapons. Skirmishers were usually the poor: freemen who served as clients to the noble class. While they could never hope to achieve the same status as their noble masters, they could still prove their worth in the cut and thrust of battle.

Unit Name Briton Slingers

Main Unit Key CiG_Bri_Slingers

Land Unit Key Bri_Slingers

Naval Unit Key barbarian_transport

Soldiers 120

Category Missile Infantry

Class Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 400

Recruitment Cost 400

Upkeep Cost 70

Missile Damage 22

├ Missile Weapon rome_sling_improved

├ Projectile sling_stone_improved

├ Missile Damage 17

├ Missile Ap Damage 5

└ Base Reload Time 9

Accuracy 5

Range 155

Reload 18

Shots Per Minute 8

Ammunition 35

Melee Attack 7

Weapon Damage 23

├ Melee Weapon rome_shortsword

├ Melee Damage Base 20

├ Melee Damage Ap 3

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 5

Charge Bonus 3

Melee Defence 44

├ Base Defence 5

├ Shield celtic_round

└ Shield Defence 39

Armour 53

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 27

└ Shield Armour 26

Health 50

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_light

├ Man Health 45

└ Bonus Hit Points 5

Base Morale 20

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.
• Resistant to Cold
  This unit tires less quickly in snow.

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

Recuitment Requirement
Unit Resouces	CiG_Regional_Briton
Caesar in Gaul Regions Provinces Regions Britannia Durovernon Iska Venta Belgarum
Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Auxiliary Camp (rome_military_aux_2) Level 1 Auxiliary Barracks (rome_military_aux_3) Level 2
Lv. 1	Auxiliary Garrison (rome_military_aux_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Caesar in Gaul	Rome (Caesar in Gaul) Roman intervention forces (Caesar in Gaul)