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Lugoae (Celtic Levy Spearmen)

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Defence
Mental
Primary Secondary Armour: 1 Morale: 9
Type: spear none Shield: 3 Discipline: impetuous
Attack: 13 0 Skill: 11 Training: trained
Charge: 4 0 Recruitment Other
Lethality: 0.13 0.1 Soldiers: 60 Hit Points: 1
Range: 0 0 Cost: 859 Mass: 1.1
Ammo: 0 0 Upkeep: 215
Turns: 1
Primary Weapon Attributes: Light spear
Attributes: Can board ships, Improved hiding in forest, Hardy
Formation: Square Side/Back spacing: 1 / 1.2
Mount effects: elephant -3
Ownership: Aedui, Arche Seleukeia, Arverni, As'Sab'yn wal'Jau, Baktria, Casse, Epeiros, Getai, Hayasdan, Iberia, Koinon Hellenon, Makedonia, Pahlav, Pontos, Ptolemaioi, Safot Softim biKarthadast, Saka, Sauromatae, Senatvs Popvlvsqve Romanvs, Eleutheroi
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Lugoae are farmers, craftsmen and fishermen called to brief military service in periods of crisis and can only be trusted to do so much.

Impetuous
Expert at Hiding in Forests

During periods of strife and war, it is necessary sometimes to call upon ordinary citizens to organize as militia. Militia in Celtic societies, called Lugoae (Lug-oo-ay; "Levy Troops"), are farmers, craftsmen, fishermen, and so on, called to brief military service in periods of crisis. They may train a few times a year to fight, and games and sports encourage a decent level of physicality, but they're still only militia, and can only be trusted to do so much.

Historically, the Celts, being a warrior culture, encouraged their people to engage in sports and games that would increase their physical strength and preparedness for war. This doesn't mean everyone was a warrior though. Those not in the warrior class would be levied into warbands at times, or form their own militias in their towns to defend themselves from outsiders and act as a type of early police force. Their weapons and equipment would be whatever they could afford personally, usually simple hunting implements, such as a hunter's spear, and a shield.