Volunteer

Volunteer Troop Information Culture Polish Commonwealth Wages 10 thalers Acquired from... Prisoners or Commander Upgrades to... Volunteer (veteran) The Volunteer is a Light Pistol cavalry unit of the Polish Commonwealth. This type of unit can be recruited from commanders in towns and fortresses, or as prisoners from enemy armies. Hence their name, Volunteers are typically Polish middle- to upper-class citizens who enthusiastically "volunteered" to join the Polish army to protect their country and honor from Poland's invading autocrat neighbors. Their rich kuntush (Polish: kontusz) and feathered hat indicates their wealth and social position. As light cavalry, they carry very light armor, a simple saber, and a pistol. They also ride Saddle Horses. Tactics[] The Volunteer has really limited effectiveness on the battlefield. The little head and body armor that they carry makes the Volunteers highly vulnerable, causing them to die very quickly. Their saber and pistol are reliable weapons at killing lightly armored enemies, like Militia units, but they don't stand a chance against heavily armored infantry, pikemen, and cavalry. In a sense, volunteers are the weakest type of cavalry that the Polish Commonwealth can muster. There are exceptions however; the Volunteer's stats are better than those of the Mercenary Horsemen and a few Crimean units, especially since they have a pistol. The Volunteer also carries a fast saber and can easily defeat Militia Pikemen and Musketeers with ease. Tactically, to use the volunteer effectively, volunteers must be deployed behind the more efficient, Polish Reiters, Dragoons, Armored Cossacks, and Winged Hussars as back-up cavalry. They can also be used to overwhelm enemies with rapid pistol fire when encircling enemy Wagon Forts. If you have a good number of around 20-30 volunteers, you can order them to charge at the wagon fort and overwhelm the defenders, but expect to lose a good number of them if you don't support them with medium cavalry or musketeers. In a siege, during either defense or offense, Volunteers are potential meat shields to protect your infantry and medium/heavy cavalry. They can also provide supportive fire for your musketeers at point blank range as well as in melee. 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. Volunteer - Default Stats and Equipment Attributes Stat Points Level 10 Strength 9 Agility 9 Intelligence 0 Charisma 0 Health 46 Armor Head Fur Cap Body Rich Kuntush, Good Kuntush Hand ? Foot Old Cavalry Boots, Cavalry Boots Skills Skill Points Ironflesh 1 Power Strike 1 Grenade Throwing 0 Power Draw ? Weapon Master 3 Shield ? Athletics ? Riding 5 Shooting from Horseback 4 Looting ? Trainer ? Tracking ? Tactics ? Path-finding ? Spotting ? Inventory Management 2 Wound Treatment ? Surgery ? First Aid ? Engineer ? Persuasion ? Prisoner Management 1 Leadership 1 Trade 1 Proficiencies Weapon Type Points One Handed Weapons 140 Two Handed Weapons 120 Polearms 130 Archery 0 Firearms 95 Throwing 0 Weapons Melee Saber Ranged Old Pistol, Pistol, Light Bullets, Bullets Shield ? Mount Saddle Horse 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)