The Barracks - Soldier Hire (Old)

[Honors Bastion]

SOLDIER HIRE and RECRUITMENT

Post the soldiers you hired / recruited here! Include numbers and calculations for total cost and total upkeep p.a.
For more information about soldiers, unit classes and special things like mercenary advantages, check the Rules Thread.

These men are professional soldiers who can be used to bolster your levy or offer an advantage in battle. These men can be invaluable, if you have the coin to pay for them. Make sure you update your home thread with the size of your troops and your income thread for the expenses. All troops/ships listed below take THREE DAYS to recruit.

Unit Point Values

1 point: Light Infantry, Archers, Crossbowmen 1.5 point: Polearms, Light Cavalry 2 point: Heavy Infantry 3 point: Heavy Cavalry, Elite Infantry 3.5 point: Elite Cavalry

Standard Soldiers

Mercenary Light Infantry Hire Cost: 5000 Dragons Upkeep Cost: 1000 Dragons Mercenary Heavy Infantry Hire Cost: 8000 Dragons Upkeep Cost: 1700 Dragons Mercenary Polearm Infantry Hire Cost: 6000 Dragons Upkeep Cost: 1500 Dragons Mercenary Archers Hire Cost: 5000 Dragons Upkeep Cost: 1500 Dragons Mercenary Light Cavalry Hire Cost: 8000 Dragons Upkeep Cost: 1800 Dragons

Specialist Troops

Raider Infantry (light infantry) Hire Cost: 8000 Dragons Upkeep Cost: 1500 Dragons Skill: More bandit than soldier, these men of the night are adept at raiding towns and villages as they sleep. A force of raiders will gain -2 on their detection rolls and +3% loot gained. These bonuses only apply if the entire attacking force is Raider units. Raider Archers (archers) Hire Cost: 8000 Dragons Upkeep Cost: 1500 Dragons Skill: More bandit than soldier, these men of the night are adept at raiding towns and villages as they sleep. A force of raiders will gain -2 on their detection rolls and +3% loot gained. These bonuses only apply if the entire attacking force is Raider units. Raider Cavalry (light cavalry) Hire Cost: 10,000 Dragons Upkeep Cost: 1800 Dragons Skill: More bandit than soldier, these men of the night are adept at raiding towns and villages as they sleep. A force of raiders will gain -2 on their detection rolls and +3% loot gained. These bonuses only apply if the entire attacking force is Raider units. Outriders (light cavalry) Hire Cost: 10,000 Dragons Upkeep Cost: 1800 Dragons Skill: The fastest riders available: young, fit horses and no armour or baggage. These horsemen get +2 scout rolls. This bonus only applies to the destination the Outriders are specifically scouting. Household Knights (elite cavalry) Hire Cost: 20,000 Dragons Upkeep Cost: 6000 Dragons Skill: These troops form the personal bodyguard of the Lord in a battlefield situation. Formed of minor nobility, wards, trusted retainers and second sons of wealthy lords, these men represent the best equipped fighting force Westeros can field, composed of men with the financial means to buy the best and spend most of their time in training. If these men are present as the Lord's bodyguard the Lord gains +2 to the post-battle condition roll (eg dead, captured, wounded, free) and, if the Lord to which they are attached leads a cavalry charge, these men form the highly-armoured spear tip granting the charge an additional +1 modifier. Dismounted Knights (elite infantry) Hire Cost: 12,000 Dragons Upkeep Cost: 2500 Dragons Skill: The heaviest of heavy infantry, these men are armed and armoured to the teeth. These troops gain +3 to battle rolls. This will be divided by their ratio in the fighting forces and decimal points rounded as normal. Therefore, this unit type must compose at least 1/6th of the clashing infantry to gain a +1, 1/2 of the clashing forces to gain +2, and 5/6ths of the clashing forces to gain a full +3. Night Watchmen (light infantry) Cost: 5000 Dragons Upkeep: 1000 Dragons Skill: Skilled watchmen, these troops interdict raiders. If they are in a province that is raided and a peasant militia forms to oppose the raiders, these troops will also oppose the raiders. In addition, for every 300 watchmen (1 unit), 2.5% of the province levy can be mobilised to aid the defence.

Non-AOR Warships

Levy Ships (+2 in battle against other ships) Size: 5 ships Cost: 20,000 Upkeep: 5000 Dromond (+3 to battle rolls against other ships) Size: 5 ships Cost: 30,000 Upkeep: 10,000 Heavy Galley (+5 to battle rolls against other ships) Size: 5 ships Cost: 40,000 Upkeep: 20,000 Grand Warship (+10 to battle rolls against other ships)) Size: 2 ships Cost: 60,000 Upkeep: 30,000

- All units are 300 men in size unless stated otherwise. Recruitment time is 3 RL days unless stated otherwise.

- RP naming is allowed, so long as the unit type is provided in brackets. For example, "Storm's End Guardians (merc heavy inf)" or "Eyrie Crossbowmen (merc crossbowmen)".

- Hired troops will train at, and become available at, your home. For Lords, this is their seat of power. For other characters, this is where ever their guild houses (or equivalent) are located.

[Jokern]

House Greyjoy recruits:

3x Mercenary Heavy Infantry
5x Mercenary Light Infantry
2x Mercenary Light Archers

Total rec. cost: 59,000
Total up. cost: 13,100

Ready 24/2

[Lucius Malfoy]

See profile

[Axis Sunsoar]

House Harlaw recruits

3x Heavy infantry

3x light infantry

3x archers

54,000 hiring cost
12,600 upkeep

[Victorius]

House Lannister

3x
Mercenary Light Infantry
Hire Cost: 5000 Dragons
Upkeep Cost: 1000 Dragons


1x
Mercenary Heavy Infantry
Hire Cost: 8000 Dragons
Upkeep Cost: 1700 Dragons


2x
Mercenary Polearm Infantry
Hire Cost: 6000 Dragons
Upkeep Cost: 1500 Dragons


2x
Mercenary Archers
Hire Cost: 5000 Dragons
Upkeep Cost: 1500 Dragons


1x
Mercenary Light Cavalry
Hire Cost: 8000 Dragons
Upkeep Cost: 1800 Dragons

Total: 53,000 GD
Upkeep: 7,500 GD

ready: 25.02

[Lord Dread]

Restoring the Dragon Guard slightly, King Alesander hires

1x Dragon Guard (Dismounted Knights|elite infantry)
Hire Cost: 12,000 Dragons
Upkeep Cost: 2500 Dragons
Skill: The heaviest of heavy infantry, these men are armed and armoured to the teeth. These troops gain +3 to battle rolls. This will be divided by their ratio in the fighting forces and decimal points rounded as normal. Therefore, this unit type must compose at least 1/6th of the clashing infantry to gain a +1, 1/2 of the clashing forces to gain +2, and 5/6ths of the clashing forces to gain a full +3.

[Poach]

Blackswain:

6x Heavy Infantry for 48,000 Dragons hiring and 10,200 upkeep.

[Lucius Malfoy]

Ironborn Raiders (Mercenary Light Infantry) x4
Hire Cost: 20,000 Dragons
Upkeep Cost: 4,000 Dragons


Ironborn Heavy Axemen (Mercenary Heavy Infantry) x2
Hire Cost: 16,000 Dragons
Upkeep Cost: 3,400 Dragons


Ironborn Polearms (Mercenary Polearm Infantry) x2
Hire Cost: 12,000 Dragons
Upkeep Cost: 3,000 Dragons


Ironborn Archers (Mercenary Archers) x4
Hire Cost: 20,000 Dragons
Upkeep Cost: 6,000 Dragons

Dismounted Knights (elite infantry)
Renamed the Huskarls of the Sea Dragon
Hire Cost: 12,000 Dragons
Upkeep Cost: 2500 Dragons
Skill: The heaviest of heavy infantry, these men are armed and armoured to the teeth. These troops gain +3 to battle rolls. This will be divided by their ratio in the fighting forces and decimal points rounded as normal. Therefore, this unit type must compose at least 1/6th of the clashing infantry to gain a +1, 1/2 of the clashing forces to gain +2, and 5/6ths of the clashing forces to gain a full +3.

Total Cost: 80,000
Total Upkeep: 18,900