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[Rex Somnorum]

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That's a bit strange. I expected some turbans. Is that just a fluke or has the unit's armour been upgraded? (Or maybe it's a reformed unit?)

And the unit cards seem reflected over the y axis.

They will lack factional cavalry or camelry. But obviously they will be able to recruit those from their nomadic neighbours.

Do you mean as mercenaries? From what I've read, the Sabeans were heavily dependent on tribal levies. If the only light, desert troops available are mercenaries, the cost may prohibit heavy recruitment.

[Maeran]

Presumably you can recruit from the MIC building of provinces which have a nomadic populace rather than the settled Sabaeans.

[Moros]

That's a bit strange. I expected some turbans. Is that just a fluke or has the unit's armour been upgraded? (Or maybe it's a reformed unit?)

And the unit cards seem reflected over the y axis.



Do you mean as mercenaries? From what I've read, the Sabeans were heavily dependent on tribal levies. If the only light, desert troops available are mercenaries, the cost may prohibit heavy recruitment.

Tribal levies were a part of Sabaean armies, certainly. But most of these tribes (which is technically not the correct term) were not nomadic. People forget that the Sayhad cultures, were not nomadic but sedentary and agricultural. Not at all "desert people".