Ma'in Missile Infantry

Slingers

The Arabian peninsula was not a state, but a land occupied by inter-related tribes and powerful families. The nomadic Bedouin raised sheep and traded goods across the desert, while farmers were settled around the oases. The camel helped the nomadic tribes to grow in power, and the variety of tribes produced many different fighting styles but infantry remained important in Arab armies. Unarmoured slingers were fast and effective skirmishers, and Arabs also prided themselves on their close-combat skills. Traditionally, they fought as raiders looking for loot rather than conquest. Raids or 'razzias' brought honour to victorious warriors, as well as livestock and goods for their tribes. Conflicts were usually small in scale and casualties were largely avoided as a fighting retreat in the face of great odds was not considered shameful. After the conquest of Egypt, Rome had to cross the Arabian Peninsula in order to secure the lucrative trade with India, but the Romans never fully conquered the desert or the desert peoples.

Unit Name Slingers

Main Unit Key Ara_Slingers

Land Unit Key Ara_Slingers

Naval Unit Key egyptian_transport

Soldiers 120

Category Missile Infantry

Class Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 470

Recruitment Cost 470

Upkeep Cost 70

Missile Damage 20

├ Missile Weapon rome_sling

├ Projectile sling_stone

├ Missile Damage 16

├ Missile Ap Damage 4

└ Base Reload Time 10

Accuracy 5

Range 155

Reload 13

Shots Per Minute 7

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 40

├ Base Defence 5

├ Shield caetra

└ Shield Defence 35

Armour 52

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 27

└ Shield Armour 25

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 Heat
  This unit tires less quickly in the desert.

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

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Settlement (Amber Collector) (east_amber_2) Level 1 Town (Amber Trader) (east_amber_3) Level 2 Royal Large City (east_city_royal_2) Level 1 Royal Kerta (east_city_royal_3) Level 2 Satrap Large City (east_city_satrap_2) Level 1 Satrap Kerta (east_city_satrap_3) Level 2 Settlement (Glass Blower) (east_glass_2) Level 1 Town (Glass Maker) (east_glass_3) Level 2 Settlement (Trench Mine) (east_gold_2) Level 1 Town (Shaft Mine) (east_gold_3) Level 2 Settlement (Grain Farms) (east_grain_2) Level 1 Town (Grain Irrigated Farm) (east_grain_3) Level 2 Settlement (Horse Breeders) (east_horse_2) Level 1 Town (Master Horse Breeders) (east_horse_3) Level 2 Settlement (Shieldmaker) (east_iron_armour_2) Level 1 Town (Armourer) (east_iron_armour_3) Level 2 Settlement (Blacksmith) (east_iron_weapon_2) Level 1 Town (Weaponsmith) (east_iron_weapon_3) Level 2 Settlement (Trench Mine) (east_lead_2) Level 1 Town (Shaft Mine) (east_lead_3) Level 2 Settlement (Open Air Tannery) (east_leather_2) Level 1 Town (Leather Workshop) (east_leather_3) Level 2 Settlement (Logging Camp) (east_lumber_2) Level 1 Town (Timber Yard) (east_lumber_3) Level 2 Settlement (Marble Quarry) (east_marble_2) Level 1 Town (Marble Cutter) (east_marble_3) Level 2 Settlement (Olive Press) (east_olive_2) Level 1 Town (Mola Olearia) (east_olive_3) Level 2 Settlement (Snail Vats) (east_purple_dye_2) Level 1 Town (Dye Works) (east_purple_dye_3) Level 2 Settlement (Silk Caravan) (east_silk_2) Level 1 Town (Silk Market) (east_silk_3) Level 2 Garrison Settlement (east_town_garrison_2) Level 1 Garrison Town (east_town_garrison_3) Level 2 Trade Settlement (east_town_trade_2) Level 1 Trade Town (east_town_trade_3) Level 2 Settlement (Large Vineyard) (east_wine_2) Level 1 Town (Winemaker) (east_wine_3) Level 2
Lv. 1	Large Town (Amber Road) (east_amber_4) Level 3 Royal Karka (east_city_royal_4) Level 3 Satrap Karka (east_city_satrap_4) Level 3 Large Town (Master Glass Maker) (east_glass_4) Level 3 Large Town (Sluiced Mine) (east_gold_4) Level 3 Large Town (Grain Estate) (east_grain_4) Level 3 Large Town (Sluiced Mine) (east_lead_4) Level 3 Large Town (Master Leather Workshop) (east_leather_4) Level 3 Large Town (Timber Trader) (east_lumber_4) Level 3 Large Town (Marble Architect) (east_marble_4) Level 3 Large Town (Olive Oil Trader) (east_olive_4) Level 3 Large Town (Master Dye Works) (east_purple_dye_4) Level 3 Large Town (Silk Road) (east_silk_4) Level 3 Garrison Large Town (east_town_garrison_4) Level 3 Trade Large Town (east_town_trade_4) Level 3 Large Town (Master Winemaker) (east_wine_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Gerrhaea Himyar Ma'in Mascat Nabatea Qidri Arabian Rebels Saba
Imperator Augustus	Arabian Rebels (Imperator Augustus)