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Magnate Familia squad: household janissaries in turquoise livery, a household haiduk and a Cossack

VII. Opponent only

Magnate Familia

Magnate militias in the Tsarina’s pay

Rebel Coalition magnates who side with the Diktat. Neither you nor the second player in two-player mode can command them: the Familia can only be fought. Its household militias are cheaper and weaker than regular troops, and for their superweapon the magnates call in Diktat Reinforcements.

Treasury
15% more gold: pay from the Tsarina
Music
A polonaise by Kozłowski and a mazurka played by a janissary band

The Familia’s troops

7 unit types

  • Household Infantry in turquoise coats with a turquoise-and-white flag

    Infantry

    Household Infantry

    A militia in the house livery, organised on the German model: cheaper and weaker than regular troops.

  • Household Dragoons in turquoise coats, carrying a flag

    Anti-cavalry

    Household Dragoons

    Like the Crown dragoons: their bayonets work against cavalry at once, with nothing to set up.

  • Household Cossacks on horseback, with lances and turquoise-and-white pennons

    Cavalry

    Household Cossacks

    Cheap and fast, armed with lances, but less hardy than regular cavalry.

  • A castle cannon and a gunner in a turquoise coat

    Artillery

    Castle Cannon

    Guns of assorted calibres from magnates’ castles. They reload more slowly.

  • A powder wagon with a turquoise stripe, drawn by a horse

    Supply

    Powder Wagon

    Hauls Red Saltpetre to the Familia’s Headquarters.

  • Household Janissaries in turquoise dolamas and tall caps, carrying a flag

    Infantry

    Holds formation

    Household Janissaries

    A magnate’s guard in Turkish dress that holds formation when struck in the flank.

  • Household Haiduks in red jackets, with sabres and a flag

    Infantry

    Household Haiduks

    Haiduks in red jackets who attack with sabre and war axe.

  • Superweapon

    charges in 3 min 10 s

    Diktat Reinforcements

    Two units of Diktat Musketeers and one of Diktat Cuirassiers march out from the Familia’s Headquarters, usually towards wherever most of your troops stand within their reach. After a minute of fighting they return to their own side. The Familia cannot train these soldiers itself.

    In early 1764 Andrzej Zamoyski and August Aleksander Czartoryski asked Catherine II for troops to use against the hetmans.