Rank Cossack

Rank Cossack Troop Information Culture Mercenaries Wages 14 thalers/week Acquired from... Infantry Commander Upgrades to... Rank Cossack (veteran) Upgrade Cost ? thalers XP for Kill ? experience Ransom Value ? thalers Rank Cossacks are regional mercenary horse archers of the Cossack Hetmanate and the Polish Commonwealth. They can be hired in Lviv, Krakov, Minsk, and Slutsk. Tactics[] Essentially mounted Town Cossacks, they mostly use two sets of arms - either lance and pistol or carbine and saber - and ride weak-but-very-fast Bahmat horses. The fast-horse-with-lance combination makes Rank Cossacks great shock troops that, thanks to their firearms, can also fight at range. One tactic able to ensure victory over enemy forces - even those stronger than the player's army - consists of having Rank Cossacks repeatedly charge enemy lines followed by instant withdrawal, discharging their firearms while pursued by enemy troops, turning back when far from the bulk of the enemy army, then charge again. Stats and Equipment[] Note: Troops have a set of default stats; at the beginning of a new game, these stats are randomly adjusted for each type of troop. The following is the default set for this troop as seen within the game code and may not reflect the specific stats you will see during actual gameplay. For more information, see troop stats. Rank Cossack - Default Stats and Equipment Attributes Stat Points Level 12 Strength 12 Agility 11 Intelligence 4 Charisma 5 Health 51 Armor Head Rank Cossack Cap Body Rank Cossack Uniform Hand None Foot Cavalry Boots Skills Skill Points Ironflesh 2 Power Strike 1 Grenade Throwing 0 Power Draw ? Weapon Master ? Shield ? Athletics ? Riding 5 Shooting from Horseback 5 Looting ? Trainer ? Tracking ? Tactics ? Path-finding ? Spotting ? Inventory Management ? Wound Treatment ? Surgery ? First Aid ? Engineer ? Persuasion ? Prisoner Management ? Leadership ? Trade ? Proficiencies Weapon Type Points One Handed Weapons 135 Two Handed Weapons 115 Polearms 125 Archery 0 Firearms 145 Throwing 0 Weapons Melee Cavalry LanceSaberSimple SaberSimple Cossack Saber Ranged Simple Wheellock CarbinePistolOld Pistol Shield None Mount Steppe Horse Troops of the Cossacks Village Recruits Countryman Garrison Militia Poor Cossack (veteran) Poor Cossack Pikeman (veteran) Regular Infantry Countryman Netyag (veteran) Zaporozhian Infantryman (veteran) Guard Infantry Serduk (veteran) Regular Cavalry Djura (veteran) Heavy Cavalry Watchman (veteran) Pike Watchman (veteran) Personal Guard Cavalry Zaporozhian Cavalryman (veteran) Camp Mercenaries(between Cherkassy and Sich) Cossack Mercenary Infantryman (recruit) (experienced) (veteran) (elite) Cossack Mercenary Rifleman (recruit) (experienced) (veteran) (elite) Cossack Mercenary Cavalryman (recruit) (experienced) (veteran) (elite) Regional Mercenaries(Lviv Krakov Minsk Slutsk) Town Cossack (veteran) Rank Cossack (veteran) National Mercenaries(only if at peace with Crimean Khanate) Tatar Infantryman (veteran) Tatar Cavalryman (veteran) Troops of the Poles Village Recruits Scythe Wielder Garrison Militia Polish Militia Pikeman (veteran) Musket Militiaman (veteran) Regular Infantry Scythe Wielder Polish Pikeman (veteran) Zolnier (veteran) Guard Infantry German Infantry Pikeman (veteran) German Infantry Musketeer (veteran) Regular Cavalry Polish Dragoon (veteran) Volunteer (veteran) Heavy Cavalry Polish Reiter (veteran) Armored Cossack (veteran) Personal Guard Cavalry Winged Hussar (veteran) Camp Mercenaries(directly south of Krakov) Polish Mercenary Infantryman (recruit) (experienced) (veteran) (elite) Polish Mercenary Rifleman (recruit) (experienced) (veteran) (elite) Polish Mercenary Cavalryman (recruit) (experienced) (veteran) (elite) Regional Mercenaries(Warsaw Polotsk Kovno Fortress) Lithuanian Musketeer (veteran) Lithuanian Tatar (veteran) Regional Mercenaries(Lviv Krakov Minsk Slutsk) Town Cossack (veteran) Rank Cossack (veteran) National Mercenaries Scottish Swordsman (veteran) Scottish Pikeman (veteran) Scottish Musketeer (veteran) Prisoners Lisowczyk (veteran)