Egypt Missile Infantry

Egyptian Archers

Native troops supported the Greek phalanxes of Ptolemaic Egypt. Brave and proud warriors, Egyptians fulfilled several roles, but were most commonly used as peltasts, skirmishers on the flanks of the phalanxes, or as non-phalanx infantry in difficult terrain. Although the Ptolemies adopted all the trappings of the Pharaohs and their religious infrastructure, there was still much unrest among the native population long after the succession. This was due mainly to the way the Greek overlords used the traditions of the Pharaohs to fill their coffers at the expensive of ordinary people. The core of Ptolemaic armies was always Greek until the Battle of Raphia in 217BC, when they faced such a large Seleucid force and Ptolemy IV was forced to muster some 30,000 native Egyptians for the first time. Need overcame the suspicion of the disenchanted natives; the performance of the Egyptians in battle eventually led to a greater proportion of native troops in the Egyptian army and, in time, more diverse roles for those men as they gained the trust of their Greek commanders.

Unit Name Egyptian Archers

Main Unit Key Egy_Archers

Land Unit Key Egy_Archers

Naval Unit Key egyptian_transport

Soldiers 120

Category Missile Infantry

Class Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 370

Recruitment Cost 370

Upkeep Cost 70

Missile Damage 33

├ Missile Weapon rome_bow

├ Projectile arrow_normal

├ Missile Damage 28

├ Missile Ap Damage 5

└ Base Reload Time 10

Accuracy 5

Range 140

Reload 14

Shots Per Minute 7

Ammunition 30

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 5

├ Base Defence 5

├ Shield none

└ Shield Defence 0

Armour 27

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 27

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 50

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_light

├ Man Health 45

└ Bonus Hit Points 5

Base Morale 20

Abilities

• Quick Reload
  Improved reloading for an extended time.
  Shots per minute
  Exertion: fatigue

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

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

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Periokos Camp (greek_military_light_2) Level 1 Skirmisher Camp (greek_military_light_3) Level 2
Lv. 1	Mercenary Camp (greek_military_light_4) Level 3

Garrison Buildings
x 2	Settlement (Amber Collector) (greek_amber_2) Level 1 Polis (greek_city_2) Level 1 Settlement (Glass Blower) (greek_glass_2) Level 1 Settlement (Trench Mine) (greek_gold_2) Level 1 Settlement (Grain Farms) (greek_grain_2) Level 1 Town (Horse Breeders) (greek_horse_2) Level 1 Town (Shieldmaker) (greek_iron_armour_2) Level 1 Town (Blacksmith) (greek_iron_weapon_2) Level 1 Settlement (Trench Mine) (greek_lead_2) Level 1 Settlement (Open Air Tannery) (greek_leather_2) Level 1 Settlement (Logging Camp) (greek_lumber_2) Level 1 Settlement (Marble Quarry) (greek_marble_2) Level 1 Skirmisher Camp (greek_military_light_3) Level 2 Settlement (Olive Press) (greek_olive_2) Level 1 Settlement (Snail Vats) (greek_purple_dye_2) Level 1 Settlement (Silk Caravan) (greek_silk_2) Level 1 Civil Settlement (greek_town_civil_2) Level 1 Farming Settlement (greek_town_farm_2) Level 1 Market Settlement (greek_town_trade_2) Level 1 Settlement (Large Vineyard) (greek_wine_2) Level 1
x 4	Town (Amber Trader) (greek_amber_3) Level 2 Colony (Amber Road) (greek_amber_4) Level 3 Megapolis (greek_city_3) Level 2 Metropolis (greek_city_4) Level 3 Town (Glass Maker) (greek_glass_3) Level 2 Colony (Master Glass Maker) (greek_glass_4) Level 3 Town (Shaft Mine) (greek_gold_3) Level 2 Colony (Sluiced Mine) (greek_gold_4) Level 3 Town (Grain Irrigated Farm) (greek_grain_3) Level 2 Colony (Grain Estate) (greek_grain_4) Level 3 Colony (Master Horse Breeders) (greek_horse_3) Level 2 Colony (Armourer) (greek_iron_armour_3) Level 2 Colony (Weaponsmith) (greek_iron_weapon_3) Level 2 Town (Shaft Mine) (greek_lead_3) Level 2 Colony (Sluiced Mine) (greek_lead_4) Level 3 Town (Leather Workshop) (greek_leather_3) Level 2 Colony (Master Leather Workshop) (greek_leather_4) Level 3 Town (Timber Yard) (greek_lumber_3) Level 2 Colony (Timber Trader) (greek_lumber_4) Level 3 Town (Marble Cutter) (greek_marble_3) Level 2 Colony (Marble Architect) (greek_marble_4) Level 3 Mercenary Camp (greek_military_light_4) Level 3 Town (Mola Olearia) (greek_olive_3) Level 2 Colony (Olive Oil Trader) (greek_olive_4) Level 3 Town (Dye Works) (greek_purple_dye_3) Level 2 Colony (Master Dye Works) (greek_purple_dye_4) Level 3 Town (Silk Market) (greek_silk_3) Level 2 Colony (Silk Road) (greek_silk_4) Level 3 Civil Town (greek_town_civil_3) Level 2 Civil Colony (greek_town_civil_4) Level 3 Farming Town (greek_town_farm_3) Level 2 Farming Colony (greek_town_farm_4) Level 3 Market Town (greek_town_trade_3) Level 2 Market Colony (greek_town_trade_4) Level 3 Town (Winemaker) (greek_wine_3) Level 2 Colony (Master Winemaker) (greek_wine_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Egypt Egyptian Nobles Egyptian Rebels Cyrenaica
Imperator Augustus	Egypt (Imperator Augustus) Egyptian Nobles (Imperator Augustus) Egyptian Rebels (Imperator Augustus)