[Preview] Additional Units 3
The third additional units pack expands many faction rosters with additional units and will be released with 1.2. In total, there are:
-7 new units for the Mauryan Empire (all exsiting units are also reworked)
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(Indian Tribal Slingers) These slingers from the mountain and forest tribes carry small leather slings, just as easily used for hunting game as for hunting men. They carry no shields, as they do not intend to close with their prey until already downed. Nonetheless, they carry simple wooden clubs, useful for disposing their injured prey, but which can also be used for self-defence in melee, should the situation call for it. As speed and flexibility are key to their battlefield tactics, they wear no cumbersome armour, and their dress is the same simple clothing that they would wear on the hunt, or out foraging.
(Southern Indian Mercenaries) The word Dravidian comes from the Sanskrit term dravida, which means “southern. These Dravidian tribal warriors wear simple loincloths, or even skirts made out of plants, and are armed with simple spears and bows. While not directly subjects of the emperor, a substantial part of Mauryan armies consists of auxiliary troops levied from allied kingdoms and subservient tribes, used to bolster the size of the army.
(Indian Lancers) Protected by armour, helmets, and shields, these cavalrymen come from the upper tiers of the Kshatriya class, and no doubt, some among them may have Shaka or Yavana blood mixed in their veins.
(Pandyan Spearmen) These battle-hardened veteran spearmen are recruited from more elder Kshatriyas. They are useful as flank-guards, advance guards for the archers, and reserves behind the swordsmen, in case any foe, especially horsemen, should get the better of them.
(Indian Warrior Guildsmen) These infantrymen, members of self-regulating professional guilds called "Sreni," are equipped with the best that money can buy. For defence, they wear armour of iron and brass scales over a quilted cotton cuirass, with additional protection for the arms, legs, and shoulders. For offence, they carry a large ‘sword-axe’ made of high quality iron from the mines of Magadha.
(Indian Tribal Sickle-Swordsmen) The Dravidian Hindu tribes, inhabiting regions of southern India, are fearsome warriors, wielding the Aruvaazh (or Sickle-Sword), a single-sided heavy sword. They wear no armour, much like the North Indian tribes. These men are more spiritual and fanatical, hence they are very warlike in nature. Their attitude gives them tirelessness and ferocity in battle.
(Indian Chosen Swordsmen) Boasting handsome salaries, these soldiers are exceptionally well-trained and equipped with broadswords, mail armour, circular wooden shields reinforced with iron, and darts/javelins, with thick turbans as headgear. They are equipped to suit a fighting style that is more expressive and fierce compared to their lesser counterparts.
-3 new units for the Lugii
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(Vandal Swordsmen) These Vandals are steadfast and aggressive warriors, the 'infantry of the line' for barbarian warlords, equipped with swords and shields.
(Baltic Clubmen) The warriors in this unit are not necessarily poor, but rather choose to fight with the club instead of the spear. Most are armed with a wooden club, but some prefer an axe of the socketed variety. For protection, these warriors only use a lightweight wooden shield. Some have a reinforced metal shield boss and some metal shield rim protection, but most do not.
(Lugian Bodyguard Spearmen) These guards are an elite formation composed of 'picked men,' recruited by war chiefs, who in turn are retained by district chieftains in order to bolster their levies. Overall, the trends in the development of armaments, reflected by the Toutaginos unit, as with the evolution of the battle tactics in general, are of course based on the progressive proliferation of iron.
-4 new AOR units
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(Indo-Greek Foot Guards) Many Greeks have stayed in India, mostly because of the philhellenism shown by the Mauryan leaders, who even have Greek military consultants.Greeks also serve as mercenaries or volunteers in the Mauryan army.
(Arabian Auxiliaries) Arabian auxiliaries form irregular units useful for long-range operations, especially in the desert. They can afford a light and cheap helmet like the Boeotian one, also used by many other troops.
(Subeshi Archers) These archers wear a felt helmet, leather leggings, and a thick sheepskin coat with the wool turned inside-out, and carry a recurved composite bow. The bows they carry are a larger version of the Scythian recurved composite bow, enabling them to outrange, outshoot, and outpower other steppe nomad horse archers, making these foot bowmen the ideal counter to horse archers in a stationary exchange of missiles.
(Yuezhi Horse Archers) These horsemen make up the backbone of the Yuezhi cavalry, as horse-archers. As such, they are armed with extremely powerful composite bows of the asymmetrical, or "Hunnic" style. Their qualities as archers are offset by their performance in melee, as they are lightly armed and wear little to no armour. Used wisely, these mounted archers are a danger to any ill-prepared enemy.
Credits:
-The EB/EBII team for the unit ideas and parts of their descriptions
-Will from the AE team for the 2handed indian sword model
-The AoB team for some models and textures
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If you can trace the name given to them here, I'd imagine they're of common origin. Ari = rice, val = sword.
Originally Posted by Jay the Byzantine
