Circenn Missile Infantry

Alban Crossbowmen

Thought to have been invented simultaneously in both Greece and China during the fifth century BC, various forms of crossbow had been spreading rapidly across Europe from well before the Migration Period. By the turn of millennium into the Common Era, the Romans had already fielded their large torsion-sprung scorpion and ballista bolt throwers for the first time, and by the second century were training cavalry to use handheld adaptations on the battlefield. Eventually, the crossbow reached the barbarian tribal confederations of northern and western Europe, where it was used in deadly combination with the pike tactics emerging at the time, while also becoming a popular hunting weapon.

The crossbow originally came about as a way of automating the simple bow. It worked by mounting a shorter arrow or bolt horizontally on a barrel or stock that, once fitted, could be drawn with a ratchet mechanism to a much greater tension than a man alone could generate without one. This meant that the crossbow could penetrate heavy armour far more effectively than ever before. Also, unlike the bow which took many years of training and practice to master, a layman could be taught to use a crossbow in well within a week. Comparably poor rates of fire was the weapon’s only real downside, but since it could be held in tension for a much longer period of time, crossbowmen often had time to pick and choose their shots carefully. This aspect meant that crossbows were unequalled as the sniper rifles of the ancient and medieval worlds.

Unit Name Alban Crossbowmen

Main Unit Key sco_alban_crossbowmen

Land Unit Key sco_alban_crossbowmen

Naval Unit Key vik_birlinn_mis

Soldiers 80

Category Missile Infantry

Class Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 300

Recruitment Cost 300

Upkeep Cost 70

Missile Damage 38

├ Missile Weapon vik_crossbow

├ Projectile vik_crossbow_normal

├ Missile Damage 11

├ Missile Ap Damage 27

└ Base Reload Time 43

Accuracy 26

Range 125

Reload 35

Rate of Fire 2

Ammunition 14

Melee Skill 11

Melee Damage 9

├ Melee Weapon vik_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 3

Melee Defence 11

├ Base Defence 11

├ Shield vik_none

└ Shield 0

Armour 7

├ Armour vik_cloth_helmet

├ Armour Defence 7

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 100

├ Man Entity vik_inf_mis_med

├ Man Health 100

└ Bonus Hit Points 0

Morale 45

Abilities

No Ability

Attributes

• [[col:yellow]]Resistant to Fatigue[[/col]]
  Fatigue has less of an effect on this unit.
• [[col:yellow]]Hide (forest)[[/col]]
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
• [[col:yellow]]Ignore Terrain[[/col]]
  Speed penalties caused by the terrain are ignored by this unit.
• [[col:yellow]]Snipe[[/col]]
  This unit remains hidden while firing.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses

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Faction Availability
Thrones of Britannia	Airer Goidel Athfochla Circenn Fortriu Scottish Rebels Circenn Usurpers Scottish Usurpers

Faction Pool

Pool
No.	Pool	Faction	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
1	scottish	Airer Goidel Athfochla Circenn Fortriu Scottish Rebels Circenn Usurpers Scottish Usurpers	1	0.1	1	1