Etruscan League (Hannibal at the Gates) Missile Cavalry

Etruscan Cavalry

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 Etruscan Cavalry

Main Unit Key Etr_Etruscan_Cavalry

Land Unit Key Etr_Etruscan_Cavalry

Naval Unit Key roman_transport

Soldiers 90

Category Cavalry

Class Missile Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost 550

Recruitment Cost 550

Upkeep Cost 80

Missile Damage 30

├ Missile Weapon rome_wooden_javelin

├ Projectile javelin_wooden

├ Missile Damage 17

├ Missile Ap Damage 13

└ Base Reload Time 9

Accuracy 5

Range 75

Reload 20

Shots Per Minute 8

Ammunition 18

Melee Attack 26

Weapon Damage 38

├ Melee Weapon rome_kopis

├ Melee Damage Base 32

├ Melee Damage Ap 6

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 6

Charge Bonus 34

Melee Defence 60

├ Base Defence 24

├ Shield caetra_cavalry

└ Shield Defence 36

Armour 66

├ Armour chest

├ Armour Defence 42

└ Shield Armour 24

Health 95

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_light

├ Man Health 50

├ Bonus Hit Points 10

├ Mount rome_horse_sword_shield_l

├ Mount Entity rome_horse_light

└ Mount Health 35

Base Morale 45

Abilities

• Quick Reload
  Improved reloading for an extended time.
  Shots per minute
  Exertion: fatigue
• Frenzied Charge
  Increases the effectiveness of the unit's charge for an extended period. The unit will suffer a large fatigue penalty after the charge is over.
  Charge speed, charge damage, acceleration
  Melee defence, fatigue

Attributes

• Resistant to Fatigue
  Fatigue has less of an effect on this unit.
• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
• Fire Whilst Moving
  This unit can fire when mounted and moving.
• Parthian Shot
  This unit can fire all around and not just in-front of itself.

Strengths & Weaknesses

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

• Short range
• Fast rate of fire
• Fast moving
• Very good damage and armour penetration
• Large shield
• Very weak in melee
• Poor morale

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
Grand Campaign	Etruscan League Latin Rebels
Samnite Wars	Italian Rebels (Samnite Wars) Samnites (Samnite Wars)
Hannibal at the Gates	Etruscan League (Hannibal at the Gates) Latin Rebels (Hannibal at the Gates) Samnites (Hannibal at the Gates)