Mercenary Frankish Archers

In battle, the archer needed to be peerless. His aim had to be unfailingly precise or else he was next to useless - a mere distraction for a determined enemy force. Arrows had great power and impact but, before the development of the bodkin-point arrowhead, if they were aimed even slightly off target, they would bounce off armour rather than pierce it. The bodkin-point was thinner than its broadhead-point counterpart, and was therefore better at piercing mail and some plate armours due to its smaller surface area. Bodkin-pointed arrowheads were used mainly by the Viking Danes but caught on across Europe. However, they didn't eclipse the more common broadhead-point, which were generally better at cutting through flesh and causing serious, mortal wounds.

Unit Name Mercenary Frankish Archers

Main Unit Key cha_merc_fra_archers

Land Unit Key cha_merc_fra_archers

Naval Unit Key cha_transport

Soldiers 160

Category Missile Infantry

Class Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 150

Recruitment Cost 150

Upkeep Cost 90

Missile Damage 38

├ Missile Weapon att_bow

├ Projectile att_arrow_bow_normal

├ Missile Damage 32

├ Missile Ap Damage 6

└ Base Reload Time 20

Accuracy 25

Range 150

Reload 40

Rate of Fire 5

Ammunition 14

Melee Attack 7

Melee Damage 9

├ Melee Weapon cha_dagger

├ Melee Base Damage 7

├ Armour-piercing Damage 2

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Attack Against Cavalry 0

├ Attack Against Elephants 0

└ Attack Against Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 2

Melee Defence 2

├ Base Defence 2

├ Shield cha_none

└ Shield Defence 0

Armour 10

├ Armour cha_cloth_helmet

├ Armour Defence 10

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 100

├ Man Entity cha_infantry_very_light

├ Man Health 100

└ Bonus Hit Points 0

Morale 28

Abilities

No Ability

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.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses

Age of Charlemagne Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
1	cha_merc_fra_land	Austrasia	Aachen Metz Trier	1	0.025	1	1
2	cha_merc_fra_land	East Aquitaine	Arvernis Autun Rodez	1	0.025	1	1
3	cha_merc_fra_land	East Neustria	Amiens Reims Troyes	1	0.025	1	1
4	cha_merc_fra_land	France	Chartres Paris Tours	1	0.025	1	1
5	cha_merc_fra_land	Franconia	Frankfurt Hallstadt Wurzburg	1	0.025	1	1
6	cha_merc_fra_land	Septimania	Narbonne Toulouse Urgell	1	0.025	1	1
7	cha_merc_fra_land	Swabia	Bescanon Speyer Strasbourg	1	0.025	1	1
8	cha_merc_fra_land	West Neustria	Bayeux Nantes Rennes	1	0.025	1	1