# New European Consulate **URL:** \ **Category:** III - Discussion\ **Created:** [April 9, 2023, 11:35pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/new-european-consulate/228350 "2023-04-09T23:35:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
**Author:** ![UpmostRook9474](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/upmostrook9474/32/47514_2.png) [@UpmostRook9474](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/UpmostRook9474)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 1:23pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/new-european-consulate/228350/9 "2023-04-11T13:23:33Z")
Why not. Maybe just a simple card of 9 Gurkhas (mercenary) shipment, or a card allowing Gurkhas to be trained at Tavern. If Gurkhas become mercenaries, there will be a new unit to play the role of Indian riflemen at Barracks. Maybe it can be based on Banduqchis, cheap riflemen like Strelets or State Militias. > **[Army of the Mughal Empire | Banduqchis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_of_the_Mughal_Empire#Banduqchis)** > > The Banduqchis were the musketmen in the infantry. They formed the bulk of the Mughal infantry. Locally recruited and equipped with matchlocks, bows and spears, the infantry were despised so much that they were virtually equated with litter bearers, woodworkers, cotton carders in the army payrolls. Their matchlocks were thrice as slow as the mounted archers. Chronicles hardly mention them in battle accounts. Indian Muslims usually enlisted in the cavalry and seldom recruited in the infant --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/new-european-consulate/228350)._