Scottish Swordsman (veteran)

For other uses, see Swordsman (disambiguation).

Scottish Swordsman (veteran)
Troop Information
Culture	Mercenaries
Wages	18 thalers/week
Acquired from...	Scottish Swordsman
Upgrades to...	None
Upgrade Cost	None
XP for Kill	? experience
Ransom Value	? thalers

Scottish Swordsmen (veterans) are veteran national mercenary infantry of the Kingdom of Sweden and the Polish Commonwealth.

Tactics

They wear a breastplate and wield a - slightly better than regular Scottish Swordsmen's - giant sword with enough Power Strike to make it hurt, which makes them hands down the best Scottish troops and best used at defending fortresses. Skills-wise identical to veteran Swedish Swordsmen but with higher Power Strike yet less armored, using either or both comes down to player choice.

Mostly fielded by the Swedes, Scottish Mercenaries as a whole are somewhat redundant on their side but much more useful when occasionaly fielded by the Poles, offering a good melee soldier, a good pikeman, and a strong musketman - compared to standard Polish troops, they hit harder in melee and generally have more hitpoints, although at the expense of some skill values.

Stats and Equipment

Note: Troops have a set of default stats; at the beginning of a new game, these stats are randomly adjusted for each type of troop. The following is the default set for this troop as seen within the game code and may not reflect the specific stats you will see during actual gameplay. For more information, see Troop stats.

Scottish Swordsman - Default Stats and Equipment

Attributes Stat Points Level ? Strength ? Agility ? Intelligence ? Charisma ? Health ? Armor Head ? Body Scottish Uniform Hand None Foot ? Skills Skill Points Ironflesh ? Power Strike ? Grenade Throwing 0 Power Draw ? Weapon Master ? Shield ? Athletics ? Riding ? Shooting from Horseback 0 Looting ? Trainer ? Tracking ? Tactics ? Path-finding ? Spotting ? Inventory Management ? Wound Treatment ? Surgery ? First Aid ? Engineer ? Persuasion ? Prisoner Management ? Leadership ? Trade ? Proficiencies Weapon Type Points One Handed Weapons ? Two Handed Weapons ? Polearms ? Archery 0 Firearms 0 Throwing 0 Weapons Melee ? Ranged None Shield None Mount None

Trivia

• Scotland became heavily embroiled in the Thirty Years' War in continental Europe for mainly religious reasons, sending soldiers to Germany, Denmark-Norway, and Sweden in an effort to aid its fellow Protestant nations - some Scottish soldiers, believing in the Catholic counter-reformation rather than Protestantism, also (independently) traveled to Catholic countries, which may explain why the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth sometimes fields Scottish troops in-game.

Troops of the Poles
Village Recruits	Scythe Wielder
Garrison Militia	Polish Militia Pikeman (veteran)	Musket Militiaman (veteran)
Regular Infantry	Scythe Wielder Polish Pikeman (veteran) Zolnier (veteran)
Guard Infantry	German Infantry Pikeman (veteran) German Infantry Musketeer (veteran)
Regular Cavalry	Polish Dragoon (veteran) Volunteer (veteran)
Heavy Cavalry	Polish Reiter (veteran) Armored Cossack (veteran)
Personal Guard Cavalry	Winged Hussar (veteran)
Camp Mercenaries (directly south of Krakov)	Polish Mercenary Infantryman (recruit) • (experienced) • (veteran) • (elite) Polish Mercenary Rifleman (recruit) • (experienced) • (veteran) • (elite) Polish Mercenary Cavalryman (recruit) • (experienced) • (veteran) • (elite)
Regional Mercenaries (Warsaw • Polotsk • Kovno Fortress)	Lithuanian Musketeer (veteran) Lithuanian Tatar (veteran)
Regional Mercenaries (Lviv • Krakov • Minsk • Slutsk)	Town Cossack (veteran) Rank Cossack (veteran)
National Mercenaries	Scottish Swordsman (veteran) Scottish Pikeman (veteran) Scottish Musketeer (veteran)
Prisoners	Lisowczyk (veteran)