| “ | Ranged anti-archer unit that cannot attack at close range. | ” |
| —Chronicles description | ||
The Mercenary Peltast is an untrainable foot archer unit in Chronicles: Battle for Greece. It is present in campaign scenarios and is available in the Scenario Editor. Unlike most other javelin units, it does not have a minimum range, despite sharing its in-game description with the standard Skirmisher.
Campaign appearances[]
Battle for Greece[]
- Gates of the Gods: Mercenary Peltasts can appear as mercenaries employed by Babylon that are bought off by the Persians.
- Greeks Bearing Gifts: Mercenary Peltasts are employed by bandits trying to capture Achaemenid supply carts.
- Raise the Sails: The army protecting the mines of Laurion employs Mercenary Peltasts and Mercenary Hoplites.
- Wrath of the Regent: Mercenary Peltasts defend the city of Byzantium.
- Pyres on the Coast: The Athenian raiding parties include Mercenary Peltasts in their ranks.
- Speeches and Spears: Dium employs Mercenary Peltasts and trains them at the Archery Ranges.
- Blood and Gold: Mercenary Peltasts are employed by Notium and the Ionian Towns.
Alexander the Great[]
- Right to Rule: Mercenary Peltasts are employed by the Taulantian and Pelion raiding parties.
- Get Rich Quick: The Autariatans employ Mercenary Peltasts to defend their villages and as auxiliaries in their western army.
- Unto the Breach: Mercenary Peltasts are deployed by the Greek Mercenaries from their Archery Ranges in Halicarnassus.
- Tyre Must Fall: Mercenary Peltasts are employed by the Tyrian Army.
- The Battle of Gaugamela: Mercenary Peltasts are among the forces of Darius facing off against the Macedonian army.
- The City at the End of the World: The Sogdian Javelineers deployed by the Sogdian Towns are renamed Mercenary Peltasts. Additionally, once a Macedonian Embassy has been established in the westernmost of the Sogdian Towns, the player can hire a Sogdian Archer Regiment there, consisting of four Sogdian Javelineers and three Sogdian Bowmen.
- The Battle of the Hydaspes: Mercenary Peltasts are employed by Porus' forces guarding one of the landing zones across the Hydapses River.
Alexander's Peltast[]
| “ | Fast anti-archer skirmisher that cannot attack at close range. | ” |
| —Chronicles description | ||
Alexander's Peltast is a special version of the unit available in the Alexander the Great campaign in Chronicles: Alexander the Great. It can be trained at the Macedonian Command Post if chosen over Alexander's Rhomphaia Warrior in Woe unto Thebes. Its attributes are largely similar to those of the Mercenary Peltast, except for having a lower attack and movement speed, and differing armor classes and attack bonuses. It is hidden in the Scenario Editor.
It gains +1 pierce attack, +2 pierce armor, and +2 anti-cavalry archer attack automatically when advancing to the Imperial Age.
Campaign appearances[]
- Woe unto Thebes: Alexander can make a lasting decision to choose between Alexander's Peltasts or Alexander's Rhomphaia Warriors as trainable units.
Trivia[]
- The Mercenary Peltast has an internal cost of 25 food, 35 wood and a training time of 22 seconds, which is the same as that of a trainable Skirmisher.
