Skirmishers

A skirmisher is a class of fighter, either infantry or crafts, that are deployed as vanguard, flankguard or rearguard units. Unlike scouts, whose role is terrain intelligence with limited combat, guerrilla or sabotage roles, skirmishers have an active combat role to screen enemy positions, harass or slow an enemy advance. 
== Skirmishers ==
A Skirmisher is a Sharpshooter, who stays away from the main battle, fighting in skirmishes. They usually attack the main enemy force, supporting the line Infantry from far away. They usually pick up important targets, such as Officers. Skirmishers typically carry bows, javelins, slings, and sometimes light chemical ballistic weapons. Acting as light infantry with their light arms and minimal armor, they run ahead of the main battle line, release a volley of arrows, slingshots or javelins, and retreat behind their main battle line before the clash of the opposing main forces. 
The aim of skirmishing is to disrupt enemy formations by causing casualties before the main battle, and to tempt the opposing infantry into attacking prematurely, throwing their organization into disarray. Skirmishers could also be effectively used to surround opposing soldiers in the absence of friendly cavalry.
Skirmishing is a role given to a unit, along with corresponding equipment to perform specific missions. Light infantry and crafts are used due to greater mobility over the enemies. Skirmishers are trained to take advantage of terrain and push their strengths against the enemy, and retreat when necessary. 
While useful, skirmishers are primarily mobile combat oriented units, they are not good at taking or defending key positions from better equipped, heavier enemy units. 
== Skirmish ==
A skirmish is generally a short period of combat with no clear decision on who won, whether only skirmishers were involved or not. A Skirmish is a firearm fight between two factions. They are usually small fights. 
== Inter Dalmer combat ==
In inter-damer combat, following the obsolescence of most troop classes, all infantry has become indistinguishable from skirmishers, and the term has effectively lost its use as a distinct class of soldier, although skirmishing as a combat role is commonplace.
Once preliminary skirmishing was over, skirmishers participate in the main battle by shooting into the enemy formation, or joined in melee combat with daggers or short swords. Alternatively, they act as ammunition bearers or stretcher-bearers. Due to their mobility, skirmishers are also valuable for reconnaissance, especially in wooded or urban areas.
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