Taras (Rise of the Republic) Missile Infantry

Toxotes

Although archery was not highly thought of as a military skill in Greece, Crete produced truly excellent archers who were able to sell their services to the highest bidder as mercenaries. Firing bronze-tipped arrows from their heavy self bows, Cretan archers tended to carry shields, indicative of some additional prowess in melee, which must’ve made them an even more enticing proposition for a general hiring mercenaries for campaign. Their finest hours came when Alexander the Great hired Cretans directly into his army to support its unbeatable phalanx. Commanded by Clearchus, 500 Cretans accompanied the Macedonian phalanx into battle at Granicus, off-setting the Persians' numerical superiority on the day and enabling Alexander’s subsequent victory. Whereas the Romans didn’t traditionally use archers in their forces, once they conquered Greece Cretan archers began to appear as auxiliary troops in their armies. Notably, they fought in Caesar’s campaign in Gaul against Vercingetorix, causing him to rally the best archers the tribes could provide to range against them.

Unit Name Toxotes

Main Unit Key inv_gre_toxotes

Land Unit Key inv_gre_toxotes

Naval Unit Key pel_transport

Soldiers 120

Category Missile Infantry

Class Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 450

Recruitment Cost 450

Upkeep Cost 90

Missile Damage 35

├ Missile Weapon rome_bow

├ Projectile arrow_normal

├ Missile Damage 31

├ Missile Ap Damage 4

└ Base Reload Time 12

Accuracy 5

Range 125

Reload 13

Shots Per Minute 6

Ammunition 15

Melee Attack 8

Weapon Damage 24

├ Melee Weapon rome_shortsword

├ Melee Damage Base 20

├ Melee Damage Ap 4

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 3

Melee Defence 12

├ Base Defence 12

├ Shield none

└ Shield Defence 0

Armour 10

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 10

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 60

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_light

├ Man Health 40

└ Bonus Hit Points 20

Base Morale 50

Abilities

No Ability

Attributes

• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

• Very poor hull strength
• Very slow speed
• Weak ramming

• Long range
• Average rate of fire
• Good damage but low armour penetration
• Very weak in melee
• Very poor morale

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Holosidderos Barracks (inv_gre_military_2) Level 1 Hoplite Barracks (inv_gre_military_3) Level 2 Royal Barracks (inv_gre_military_4) Level 3

Garrison Buildings
x 2	City (inv_gre_major_town_1) Level 0 Megapolis (inv_gre_major_town_3) Level 2 Civil Settlement (inv_gre_minor_town_civil_2) Level 1 Farming Settlement (inv_gre_minor_town_farm_2) Level 1 Farming Town (inv_gre_minor_town_farm_3) Level 2 Market Settlement (inv_gre_minor_town_trade_2) Level 1 Market Town (inv_gre_minor_town_trade_3) Level 2 Settlement (Amber Collector) (inv_greek_amber_2) Level 1 Settlement (Trench Mine) (inv_greek_gold_2) Level 1 Settlement (Grain Farms) (inv_greek_grain_2) Level 1 Town (Horse Breeders) (inv_greek_horse_2) Level 1 Settlement (Trench Mine) (inv_greek_lead_2) Level 1 Settlement (Open Air Tannery) (inv_greek_leather_2) Level 1 Settlement (Logging Camp) (inv_greek_lumber_2) Level 1 Settlement (Marble Quarry) (inv_greek_marble_2) Level 1 Settlement (Olive Press) (inv_greek_olive_2) Level 1 Settlement (Snail Vats) (inv_greek_purple_dye_2) Level 1 Settlement (Brine Distiller) (inv_greek_salt_2) Level 1 Settlement (Large Vineyard) (inv_greek_wine_2) Level 1
x 4	Polis (inv_gre_major_town_2) Level 1 Civil Town (inv_gre_minor_town_civil_3) Level 2 Town (Amber Trader) (inv_greek_amber_3) Level 2 Town (Shaft Mine) (inv_greek_gold_3) Level 2 Town (Grain Irrigated Farm) (inv_greek_grain_3) Level 2 Town (Shieldmaker) (inv_greek_iron_armour_2) Level 1 Town (Blacksmith) (inv_greek_iron_weapon_2) Level 1 Town (Shaft Mine) (inv_greek_lead_3) Level 2 Town (Leather Workshop) (inv_greek_leather_3) Level 2 Town (Timber Yard) (inv_greek_lumber_3) Level 2 Town (Marble Cutter) (inv_greek_marble_3) Level 2 Town (Mola Olearia) (inv_greek_olive_3) Level 2 Town (Dye Works) (inv_greek_purple_dye_3) Level 2 Town (Salt Kiln) (inv_greek_salt_3) Level 2 Town (Winemaker) (inv_greek_wine_3) Level 2

Faction Availability

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