Egyptian Secessionists (Imperator Augustus) Pike Infantry

Egyptian Pikemen

Throughout the civilised world, levies formed the backbone of armies. Drawn from the ordinary citizens or subjects, they were in a tradition that, in Greece at least, began with the hoplite warfare of the city-states. What levy pikemen lacked in fighting skills when compared to professionals and mercenaries, they made up for in numbers. Equipped with sarissas, or long pikes, these levy phalanxes were a formidable wall of spear points. Initially, the citizen-levies of Greek city-states were expected to provide their own arms and equipment. As time passed, however, the citizen army developed into a more organised body for which arms and equipment were provided by the state. At the same time, personal loyalty to an individual general or king replaced old-fashioned civic duty.

Unit Name Egyptian Pikemen

Main Unit Key Egy_Pike

Land Unit Key Egy_Pike

Naval Unit Key pel_transport

Soldiers 160

Category Melee Infantry

Class Pike Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 430

Recruitment Cost 430

Upkeep Cost 90

Melee Attack 30

Weapon Damage 20

├ Melee Weapon rome_pike_levy

├ Melee Damage Base 16

├ Melee Damage Ap 4

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 4

Melee Defence 15

├ Base Defence 5

├ Shield pikemen

└ Shield Defence 10

Armour 50

├ Armour padded

├ Armour Defence 20

└ Shield Armour 30

Health 50

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_medium

├ Man Health 40

└ Bonus Hit Points 10

Base Morale 30

Abilities

• Pike Phalanx
  The unit moves into a deep, close defensive formation.
  Bonus vs cavalry, bracing
  Limited speed

Attributes

• Disciplined
  This unit does not suffer a morale penalty when the general dies. It can also rally after routing more often.
• Formation Attack
  The unit will try to stay in formation when in melee.
• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests 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

• Average defensive unit
• Low damage but average armour penetration
• Weak attack
• Poor morale
• Very vulnerable when not in phalanx

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Muster Field (greek_military_1) Level 0 Holosideros Barracks (greek_military_heavy_2) Level 1 Hoplite Barracks (greek_military_heavy_3) Level 2 Royal Barracks (greek_military_heavy_4) Level 3 Periokos Camp (greek_military_light_2) Level 1 Skirmisher Camp (greek_military_light_3) Level 2 Mercenary Camp (greek_military_light_4) Level 3

Garrison Buildings
x 2	Muster Field (greek_military_1) Level 0 Holosideros Barracks (greek_military_heavy_2) Level 1 Periokos Camp (greek_military_light_2) Level 1 Skirmisher Camp (greek_military_light_3) Level 2 Mercenary Camp (greek_military_light_4) Level 3

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