The general designs of mercenaries are one of these:
I’m not listing all of them exhaustively because they are well documented here:
Now I’m thinking of what unit types or traits are missing if we want to add new mercenaries. Here are some that I come up with. Some cards or church techs can be changed accordingly
Genoese/Pavise crossbowman (III): mercenary crossbowman. Speaks Italian. (iron troop feels more like an archer than a crossbowman)
The Genoese crossbowmen (Italian: Balestrieri genovesi) was a famous military corps of the Middle Ages, which acted both in defence of the Republic of Genoa and as a mercenary force for other Italian or European powers.
Armed with crossbows, it fought both on land and in naval battles; notable cases of the latter are the battles of Meloria and Curzola.
The members of the Genoese crossbowmen were trained and organized in Genoa, but also came from other parts of Liguria. They also came from other...
Armatolos (III): mercenary janissary. Speaks Greek.
Armatoloi (Greek plural Αρματολοί; singular Armatolos, Αρματολός; also called Armatoles in English) were Christian Greek irregular soldiers, or militia, commissioned by the Ottomans to enforce the Sultan's authority within an administrative district called an Armatoliki (Greek singular Αρματολίκι; plural Armatolikia, Αρματολίκια). Armatolikia were created in areas of Greece that had high levels of brigandage (i.e. klephts), or in regions that were difficult for Ottoman authorities to govern du Du...
Walloon Guard (III): mercenary grenadier with grenade launcher. Speaks Dutch or Flemish. (it should be a generic musketeer but that role is taken)
The Walloon Guards (Gardes Wallonnes; in Spanish, Guardia Valona) were an infantry corps recruited for the Spanish Army in the region now known as Belgium, mainly from Catholic Wallonia. As foreign troops without direct ties amongst the Spanish population, the Walloons were often tasked with the maintenance of public order, eventually being incorporated as a regiment of the Spanish Royal Guard.
The Walloon Guards were first raised in 1704, at a time when the Low Countries were under the Spani...
Foreign Legion (III): mercenary musketeer with higher melee damage but relatively lower ranged damage. Speaks French.
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Haute-Corse:
French Guiana:
Mayotte:
Chevau-leger (III): mercenary uhlan. Speaks French or Polish. (now that the mercenary version of hakkapeliitta is gone, this position is open)
The Chevau-légers (from French cheval—horse—and léger—light) was a generic French name for several units of light and medium cavalry.
Their history began in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, when the heavy cavalry forces of the French Compagnies d'Ordonnance were undergoing a massive structural reorganization. Initially, the companies combined the gendarmes (fully armoured men-at-arms) along with lighter coutiliers and "archers" in the same mounted formation, with the better armoured men f...
Rifleman or Ranger (IV): mercenary sharpshooter (longer range than regular skirmishers). Speaks English.
A rifleman is an infantry soldier armed with a rifled long gun. Although the rifleman role had its origin with 16th century hand cannoneers and 17th century musketeers, the term originated in the 18th century with the introduction of the rifled musket. By the mid-19th century, entire regiments of riflemen were formed and became the mainstay of all standard infantry, and rifleman became a generic term for any common infantryman.
Units of musketeers were originally developed to support units ...
Mitrailleuse (IV): mercenary Gatling gun. Speaks Dutch, Flemish or French.
A mitrailleuse (French pronunciation: [mitʁajøz]; from French mitraille, "grapeshot") is a type of volley gun with barrels of rifle calibre that can fire either all rounds at once or in rapid succession. The earliest true mitrailleuse was invented in 1851 by Belgian Army captain Fafschamps, ten years before the advent of the Gatling gun. It was followed by the Belgian Montigny mitrailleuse in 1863. Then the French 25 barrel "Canon à Balles", better known as the Reffye mitrailleuse, was adopted i...
The mercenary version of cuirassier is also missing (mamelukes do not have splash damage), but I can’t find a good historical unit to model after.
What ideas do people have?