Cruvamendica (Goidilic Cavalry)

Cruvamendica (Goidilic Cavalry)
Cruvamendica (Goidilic Cavalry)
Primary Weapon	Type: spear Attack: 5 Charge: 27 Lethality: 1 Range: 45 Ammo: 6 Attributes: Thrown missile
Secondary Weapon	Type: spear Attack: 8 Charge: 27 Lethality: 0.15
Defence	Armour: 5 Shield: 3 Skill: 11
Recruitment	Soldiers: 25 Cost: 2742 Upkeep: 689 Turns: 1
Mental	Morale: 13 Discipline: impetuous Training: trained
Other	Hit Points: 1 Mass: 1 Attributes: Can board ships, Improved hiding in forest, Can hide in long grass, Hardy Formation: square Side/Back spacing: 2/4 Mount effects: elephant -2, chariot +2 Ownership: Aedui, Arverni, Casse, Iberia, Eleutheroi

Cruvamendica ride upon sure-footed, hardy ponies, and are outfitted with heavy throwing spears and a thrusting spear.

Description

The Cruvamendica (Crowv-ah-men-dik-ah; "Horse Companions") are the regular cavalry of the Goidils (Gaels or Goedelics). They ride upon sure-footed, hardy ponies, and are outfitted with heavy throwing spears and a thrusting spear. Their speed and versatility, as well as the necessity to have viable cavalry, make them invaluable on the wet, marshy ground, and the rocky hills of Hibernia. They can outpace chariots and heavier horses in such areas, and the smaller size of their mounts allows them to be hidden for ambush easily, and allows them to fight favorably compared to other cavalry in forests.

Historically, the Goidilic tribes adopted ponies as mounts in favor of heavier horses and chariots, generally (some chariots and larger horses were used) because the ground of Ireland was too wet or rocky for a chariot or horse to move over swiftly. The ponies they bred could run with great speed over marsh and hills. Cavalry like this was used for swift hit-and-run attacks, as well as infantry breaking cavalry assaults at enemy flanks. These ponies had a great deal of strength and weight, allowing their actual charge to collide with great force, able to trample opponents.

Usage

The Cruvamendica are good medium cavalry, excellent at skirmishing and luring enemy cavalry and at the same time quite capable of fighting in melee combat and can perform a good flanking charge against the enemy. They are also useful at killing fleeing enemies.

As the Casse are lacking in capable cavalry units, these cavalrymen are useful addition to an Invasion Force.

Cruvamendica AOR