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Often units do make it to the far rear, but not always. I'm not sure why, but it seems reasonable and interesting if they don't always find the same type of rear, so to speak.

As for what the rear units do... Last night my prophet (Hypaspist commander) was sitting in the rear yelling surmons of courage when eight mounter Marignon royal guards made it to the far rear where he was, and charged right up next to him and started hacking at him. For several turns, my prophet basically just parried and dodged, and continued to yell surmons of courage at the front-line troops. None of the archers or other rear fighter-commanders reacted to the attack for several turns. The first to do so were actually a couple of brigands I'd hired as quick archers, though the slinger militia corps did hurl stones at them after a while. The ironic thing is I think the surmons may have nearly won me the battle. In the end, my prophet only took 8 of 24 points of damage, and the royal guards ran away. My main infantry killed or routed most but not all of their archers, and then we all ran away while a couple of grail knights and a few archers held the field for Marignon. Anyway, my point is - the flankers seem interestingly varied in whom they end up attacking, which I actually like, so far - but it seems like commanders in the rear might more be more reasonable to fight back when attacked at sword range.

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