Norse Irish as allied

[RogerW]

Looking at using the Norse Irish as allies and was surprised the levies are compulsory.

Fine with a native force but I would presume as an allied warrior mercenary force this wouldn't count?

The local militia defending their homeland compared to a mercenary force in foreign service seems a little wierd..

Perhaps  note that compulsory levies are not compulsory in an allied contigent???

[lionheartrjc]

I think you make a good case.  There are other army lists where levied troops are compulsory which I intend to review.

Richard

[nikgaukroger]

I would think that it would rather depend on what the ally was representing.

Allies are not just an "allied warrior mercenary force" which may well be a more picked force, but can also be an normal army of the relevant "nation". Whilst the former may well not include levy type troops the latter would. I doubt you can apply a blanket approach.

[lionheartrjc]

Indeed, which is why I want to review them.

[RogerW]

Thanks RJC.

Norse Irish allied continental is an interesting case.

Limit was the ships as much as anything else and with the allies on average on between 6 and 20 ships not likely to take the local dregs when space is at a premium onboard

[nikgaukroger]

Number of ship does not per se tell you anything about composition of forces only about the size the force could be - composition would be influenced by who was available for example, and that may well include a significant proportion of lesser troops. Basically, you need more info to come to any meaningful conclusion.