Auxiliary Germanic Scout Riders
A Roman army needs cunning troops to be its eyes and ears.German cavalry were much sought-after mercenaries, including by the Romans after the defeat of the Belgic alliance in 57BC. During their attacks into Gaul, the disciplined Nervii cavalry managed to cross the Rhine in a single day, ambushing and defeating the Menapii. Caesar was greatly impressed by their bravery and fighting abilities. He faced the Germans himself at Sabis, and was almost defeated before managing to encircle and destroy them. The remaining Nervii joined the rebellion against Quintus Tullius Cicero, besieging his winter camp until relieved Caesar broke the siege. They Nervii were eventually overwhelmed, but Caesar did recruit a band of German horsemen into his army for his war against the Gauls.
Unit Name Auxiliary Germanic Scout Riders |
Main Unit Key Aux_Ger_Scout_Riders |
Land Unit Key Aux_Ger_Scout_Riders |
Naval Unit Key pel_transport |
Soldiers 80 |
Category Cavalry |
Class Missile Cavalry |
Custom Battle Cost 440 |
Recruitment Cost 440 |
Upkeep Cost 90 |
32 |
├ Missile Weapon rome_javelin |
├ Projectile javelin_normal |
├ Missile Damage 20 |
├ Missile Ap Damage 12 |
└ Base Reload Time 10 |
Accuracy 5 |
Range 80 |
Reload 10 |
Shots Per Minute 7 |
Ammunition 7 |
Melee Attack 34 |
34 |
├ Melee Weapon rome_celtic_hellenic_sword_cav |
├ Melee Damage Base 30 |
├ Melee Damage Ap 4 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Bonus vs. Large 0 |
├ Bonus vs Elephants 0 |
└ Bonus vs Infantry 0 |
Charge Bonus 24 |
40 |
├ Base Defence 10 |
├ Shield germanic_cav |
└ Shield Defence 30 |
30 |
├ Armour cloth |
├ Armour Defence 10 |
└ Shield Armour 20 |
70 |
├ Man Entity rome_infantry_light_fast |
├ Man Health 40 |
├ Bonus Hit Points 10 |
├ Mount rome_celtic_horse_sword_shield_vl |
├ Mount Entity rome_horse_very_light |
└ Mount Health 20 |
Base Morale 45 |
Abilities
Auxiliary Germanic Scout Riders- Wedge
The unit moves into a wedge-shaped attack formation.
Charge bonus, melee attack
Acceleration, melee defence
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. - Resistant to Cold
This unit tires less quickly in snow.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Transport- Very poor hull strength
- Very slow speed
- Weak ramming
- Average attack
- Weak defence
- Low damage but average armour penetration
- Poor morale
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Unit Resouces | Auxilia_Germanic | ||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Campaign Regions
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Lv. 0 |
Auxiliary Camp
(rome_military_aux_2) Level 1
Auxiliary Barracks
(rome_military_aux_3) Level 2
Auxiliary Garrison
(rome_military_aux_4) Level 3 |
Faction Availability | |
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Samnite Wars | |
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