Saka Rauka Unit Roster

Infantry Units

Halstehveyyau (Saka Spearmen) These Saka spearmen wear no armour, and carry a shield and spear to battle. They are passable infantry and can hold their own against other low-quality infantry of a similar nature. However, due to their lack of armour, they should not be employed against the heavier infantry of settled peoples. Class: 3 Size: 200
Charge	Attack	Defense	Armor	Morale	Melee Dmg/AP	Shield/Missile Block	Missile Dmg/AP	Range	Ammo
18	7	10	1	39	22/4	6/50	-/-	–	0

 

Saka Tapabara (Saka Axemen) In addition to their iron sagaris axes, these warriors carry fire-hardened javelins. For protection, they carry square reed shields reinforced with leather, which, though light, are very resistant to missiles. They are best used for flanking already engaged foes or as lightly armoured shock troops, but if tied up in a lengthy melee against more organised or professional enemy warriors, they will soon break and flee. Class: 3 Size: 200
Charge	Attack	Defense	Armor	Morale	Melee Dmg/AP	Shield/Missile Block	Missile Dmg/AP	Range	Ammo
28	9	4	1	39	19/14	4/75	13/2	85	1

 

Ysaninu (Saka Assault Infantry) As Scythian tribes become more settled, infantry is becoming more prominent. While not able to keep up with most heavy infantry, these soldiers are still great shock troops. Class: 1 Size: 200
Charge	Attack	Defense	Armor	Morale	Melee Dmg/AP	Shield/Missile Block	Missile Dmg/AP	Range	Ammo
22	10	16	41	50	28/4	2/30	-/-	–	0

 

Missile Units

Payai Dunai (Saka Foot Archers) They carry are a fairly large recurved composite bow which, with its relatively longer siyahs and body, shows a deviation from the traditional Scythian recurved composite bow and a transition to the later “Sassanian” and Hun types of more eastern steppe nomads, enabling them to outrange, outshoot, and out-power steppe nomad horse archers. Class: 3 Size: 200
Charge	Attack	Defense	Armor	Morale	Melee Dmg/AP	Shield/Missile Block	Missile Dmg/AP	Range	Ammo
18	7	10	15	35	22/4	4/40	12/3	165	15

 

Cavalry Units

Assa Barai (Saka Riders) These Saka riders are armed with a recurved composite bow as their primary weapon and a spear as a secondary weapon. In addition, they carry leather armour and wickerwork shields, being slightly better armed than the majority of the tribesmen. Class: 3 Size: 120
Charge	Attack	Defense	Armor	Morale	Melee Dmg/AP	Shield/Missile Block	Missile Dmg/AP	Range	Ammo
47	8	7	18	39	26/5	2/35	11/5	150	15

 

Duna Asya (Saka Horse Archers) Living a tough life, Saka nomads learn to ride as soon as they can walk, and they are masterful horsemen. Their primary weapon is the composite bow and the steppe pony they ride is a hardy beast, though small and shaggy. Class: 3 Size: 120
Charge	Attack	Defense	Armor	Morale	Melee Dmg/AP	Shield/Missile Block	Missile Dmg/AP	Range	Ammo
30	7	2	4	33	27/1	0/15	11/5	150	15

 

Spatahaura Hadabara (Saka Armoured Nobles) Their armour is made of relatively large square plaques, rather than smaller scales or lamellae, and the protection for the rider’s legs takes the shape of wide armoured chaps that, thanks to their size, also defend the horse’s flanks. Those designs may be ancient, but their very survival attests to their efficiency. In contrast, their offensive equipment is much more recent. They already carry composite bows and add long, stout kontos lances that allow them to mount a fearful charge after they have weakened their foes with archery. Class: 1 Size: 120
Charge	Attack	Defense	Armor	Morale	Melee Dmg/AP	Shield/Missile Block	Missile Dmg/AP	Range	Ammo
56	11	10	51	52	19/12	0/15	11/5	150	15

 

Ysaninu Aysna (Saka Noble Horse Archers) Protected with helmets and good quality scale armour, riding horses with frontal barding, and wielding stout spears, these Saka nobles can give a good account of themselves in hand to hand combat. Also, they are no less adept with the strong, composite bows they carry than poorer, more lightly-equipped horse archers and only slightly less agile. This combination makes them suitable for a variety of tasks. Class: 1 Size: 120
Charge	Attack	Defense	Armor	Morale	Melee Dmg/AP	Shield/Missile Block	Missile Dmg/AP	Range	Ammo
56	11	10	47	52	19/12	0/15	12/5	160	15

 

Shivatir (Parni Horse Archers) Parni make heavy use of their horse archers, which are the most numreous troops. These steppe warrios bring death upon their enemies from afar. Class: 3 Size: 120
Charge	Attack	Defense	Armor	Morale	Melee Dmg/AP	Shield/Missile Block	Missile Dmg/AP	Range	Ammo
30	7	2	4	36	27/1	0/15	11/5	150	15

 

Asya Badarai (Saka Lancers) Wielding a two-handed kontos and riding fast and strong horses, Saka lancers are capable of mounting a powerful charge. Their secondary weapon is a sagaris battleaxe, which can inflict substantial damage in close hand-to-hand combat, even against well-protected armoured enemies. However, they do not wear much armour themselves, only a helmet and a leather jacket. Class: 3 Size: 120
Charge	Attack	Defense	Armor	Morale	Melee Dmg/AP	Shield/Missile Block	Missile Dmg/AP	Range	Ammo
56	9	6	11	43	17/12	0/15	-/-	–	0

 

Jamsya Yukhuna Duna Purma (Yuezhi Cavalry) These mounted nobles are lightly armoured medium cavalry, able to skirmish with their bows and mount a desperate charge with their lances. They wield their bows with skill, and handle their lances well. Class: 2 Size: 120
Charge	Attack	Defense	Armor	Morale	Melee Dmg/AP	Shield/Missile Block	Missile Dmg/AP	Range	Ammo
47	8	7	13	45	26/5	0/15	12/5	160	15

 

Ysaninu Aysiramja (Saka Cataphracts) These fearsome warriors wear an armoured jacket fitted at the waist and made of large metal plates. Their horses are protected by an armoured cloth. They carry a long kontos lance for the shock action during the initial charge and a deadly sagaris battle-axe that can cut through the heaviest of armour in melee combat. Class: 1 Size: 120
Charge	Attack	Defense	Armor	Morale	Melee Dmg/AP	Shield/Missile Block	Missile Dmg/AP	Range	Ammo
62	11	10	53	52	19/12	0/15	-/-	–	0

 

Reform Units

Yukhuna Duna Purma (Yuezhi Infantry) The Yuezhi horde is full of hardened warriors that do not shy away from fighting even when dismounted. Not numerous, these heavy archers will soften the enemy up before closing in for proper melee. Class: 2 Size: 175
Charge	Attack	Defense	Armor	Morale	Melee Dmg/AP	Shield/Missile Block	Missile Dmg/AP	Range	Ammo
19	13	4	38	46	28/2	0/15	15/3	185	15

 

Indohellenikoi Eugeneis Hoplitai (Indo-Hellenic Noble Hoplites) The Saka know a good thing when they see it, so not only do they keep hoplites as a fighting force, but they have also enhanced them with their own people and fighting elements, and use this elite force to further cement their Indian state. They wear an evolved Boeotian helmet, bronze cuirasses decorated with Indian motifs, pteryges, perikneimides (full greaves) and of course a heavy bronze hoplon shield to complete their armour. An iron-tipped spear is their primary weapon, but should the need arise they are also armed with an evolved kopis, or khukhri as the Indians call it, a medium sized slashing sword made of Indian steel. Class: 1 Size: 200
Charge	Attack	Defense	Armor	Morale	Melee Dmg/AP	Shield/Missile Block	Missile Dmg/AP	Range	Ammo
19	8	12	35	49	24/4	4/40	-/-	–	0

 

Hoplitai Hellenikon (Saka Heavy Hoplites) The Hoplitai Hellenikon are an extraordinarily heavily armoured evolution of the ancient hoplites of Hellas, combining the traditional Hellenic phalanx with the superb defense afforded by the preferred scale armour of the steppes. They are among the most disciplined of infantry forces, lumbering forward under the cover of their extended spears, thick helmets, bronze greaves, and massive hoplons, while each man’s torso is encased in a heavy suit of scale. Class: 2 Size: 200
Charge	Attack	Defense	Armor	Morale	Melee Dmg/AP	Shield/Missile Block	Missile Dmg/AP	Range	Ammo
18	7	10	38	46	22/4	4/65	-/-	–	0

 

Yukhuna Ysaninu Purma (Yuezhi Heavy Cavalry) The skilled horse archers of the Yuezhi tribes are fearsome enemies. Their steppe horses are not meant for devastating charges, but they are fast and agile on the field, while their heavy armour and deadly skills with bows put fear into their foes. Class: 1 Size: 120
Charge	Attack	Defense	Armor	Morale	Melee Dmg/AP	Shield/Missile Block	Missile Dmg/AP	Range	Ammo
48	9	9	45	46	26/5	0/15	12/6	170	15

 

Agema Hippeon Hellenikon (Indo-Hellenic Heavy Cavalry) Some time after the Saka began assimilating the territories of Hellenic dynasties, they initiated a practice of political accommodation with the old government, calling on them to raise up levies of their countrymen for service in the army of the King of Kings. They are equipped as heavy cavalry, in a mix of Hellenic and eastern equipment, protected by a heavy bronze muscle cuirass, bronze helmets, trousers, and greaves. Class: 2 Size: 120
Charge	Attack	Defense	Armor	Morale	Melee Dmg/AP	Shield/Missile Block	Missile Dmg/AP	Range	Ammo
48	9	9	38	46	26/5	6/55	-/-	–	0

 

Sahiya Hadabara (Late Saka Cataphracts) These men represent the champions of Indo-Saka society that have distinguished themselves as a feared force of crack cavalry. Armoured with a lamellar cuirass and helmet along with laminated trousers and laminated arm defences, and with their chargers armoured in a complete lamellar barding, these cataphracts boast defences as formidable as their Parthian rivals to the west. Class: 1 Size: 120
Charge	Attack	Defense	Armor	Morale	Melee Dmg/AP	Shield/Missile Block	Missile Dmg/AP	Range	Ammo
62	11	10	56	52	19/12	0/15	-/-	–	0