About: Aspataka Lancers

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By land, by sea, with foot, with horse, Resistless in his rapid course, O'er all their realms his warring thousands pour'd; Now his intrepid chiefs surveys And glitt'ring like a god his radiant state displays.

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rdfs:label	Aspataka Lancers
rdfs:comment	By land, by sea, with foot, with horse, Resistless in his rapid course, O'er all their realms his warring thousands pour'd; Now his intrepid chiefs surveys And glitt'ring like a god his radiant state displays.
dcterms:subject	Medium cavalry Quotations Unique units
Row 9 info	Library *Military Level 3
Row 8 info	Rather low
Row 4 info	Medium
Row 10 title	Factions available
Row 7 title	Unit move and creation speed
Row 1 info	Light cavalry
Row 8 title	Unit HP
Row 4 title	Armour
Row 9 title	Technological requirements
Row 2 info	Stable
Row 6 info	Melee Good LOS
Row 1 title	Unit type
Row 5 info	Pop cost: 1 Resource cost: 40 link=Resources#Timber\|Timber; 60link=Resources#food\|Food *Ramp cost: 1 link=Resources#Timber\|Timber; 1link=Resources#food\|Food
Row 2 title	Built/trained at
Row 6 title	Range
Row 10 info	*Armenia
Row 5 title	Production cost
Row 3 info	Minimal
Row 3 title	Damage and weapon type
Row 7 info	Unit movement speed: fast Creation speed: medium
Box Title	Aspataka Lancers: Vital statistics
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abstract	By land, by sea, with foot, with horse, Resistless in his rapid course, O'er all their realms his warring thousands pour'd; Now his intrepid chiefs surveys And glitt'ring like a god his radiant state displays. Like the Anglo-Scots Reavers of the British Isles, Aspataka Lancers (Armenian: "raiders") serve in all the roles of light cavalry needed by the forces of the lords of Hayasdan, and are by far the best medium cavalry units in the Dark Ages: indeed, they play well into Armenia's being a cavalry-intensive civilisation. As they are fairly tough warriors with added armour, the Armenian faction is well suited towards medium cavalry rushing, given the fact that Armenian buildings consume less timber, allowing for more light- to medium-strength cavalry and medium infantry to be created. The only problem for them however is that they can't be upgraded, so while they are very powerful in the Dark Age, they are substantially weaker as the game goes by since factions like Turkey and France can raise more powerful medium cavalry units which can trump the Armenian Aspataka in all areas — so while you can use them to trample enemy armies in the early game, by the late game they are hopelessly underpowered, being better for little more than picking off the odd villager or farm as seen fit — the Imperial Era is the era of heavy cavalry and firearms, all which can easily mow down a swathe of Aspatak Cavalry if left to their own devices. Despite being a mountain civilisation (based in the Caucasus in the Classical era, then the Cilician highlands in the Mediaeval era), the Armenians somehow managed to raise formidable ranks of cavalry, which served with distinction, whether for or against different foreign powers, including the Persians, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs and even the Mongols. Perhaps the most likely reason for this was simply because Armenian occupied a geopolitically strategic location between east and west which allowed for both armies and goods to flow between civilisations as needed.

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