Mercenary Saxon Javelinmen

Until very recently, when mechanisation reduced the amount of close-quarters fighting required, skirmishers were used to harass, never giving the enemy pause to regroup and distracting them until melee troops or cavalry could pin them down. In the ancient world, particularly among the 'civilised' states of the Mediterranean, many skirmishers were considered highly skilled, with places such as Crete and the Balearic Islands specialising in producing first class archers, slingers and javelineers. In the north and west of Europe, such weapons were generally thought considered cowardly - only fighting hand-to-hand in melee carried the required amount of honour and glory with it. As antiquity gave way to the Middle Ages, and tribal society subsided to the more hierarchical feudal system, good skirmishers were highly valued once again. Aside from the longbow, the javelin remained their favoured weapon, particularly when fighting from horseback; a rider could hurl his weapon at the enemy and be far away before they had time to react. If they were foolish enough to turn and face the threat, they could be blinded to an infantry or cavalry charge bearing down upon them.

Unit Name Mercenary Saxon Javelinmen

Main Unit Key cha_merc_sax_javelinmen

Land Unit Key cha_merc_sax_javelinmen

Naval Unit Key cha_longship_transport

Soldiers 160

Category Missile Infantry

Class Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 130

Recruitment Cost 130

Upkeep Cost 80

Missile Damage 70

├ Missile Weapon cha_jav

├ Projectile cha_jav_normal

├ Missile Damage 60

├ Missile Ap Damage 10

└ Base Reload Time 14

Accuracy 15

Range 80

Reload 40

Rate of Fire 7

Ammunition 5

Melee Attack 7

Melee Damage 14

├ Melee Weapon cha_sax

├ Melee Base Damage 12

├ Armour-piercing Damage 2

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Attack Against Cavalry 0

├ Attack Against Elephants 0

└ Attack Against Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 2

Melee Defence 22

├ Base Defence 17

├ Shield cha_archer

└ Shield Defence 5

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_sax_land	Angria	Buraburg Erfurt Paderborn	1	0.025	1	1
2	cha_merc_sax_land	Eastphalia	Halberstadt Hildesheim Magdeburg	1	0.025	1	1
3	cha_merc_sax_land	Frisia	Boulogne Ghent Utrecht	1	0.025	1	1
4	cha_merc_sax_land	Saxony	Bremen Hamburg Osnabruck	1	0.025	1	1