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Mercenary Squad

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Mercenary Squad

Cm fe12 6x.png

Location

Grust

New units

Caesar, Radd

Boss(es)

Legion

Previous chapter(s)

The Nest of Evil

Next chapter(s)

The Scarlet Sword

Mercenary Squad is the second sidequest in Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem. In order to reach this chapter, the player must either complete the previous chapter in a certain number of turns or have Rickard recruited and alive.

Plot

Main articles: Mercenary Squad/Script and Mercenary Squad/Conversations

En route to the Fane of Raman, Marth and his companions are attacked by a mercenary squad led by his old allies Caesar and Radd, as well as the assassin Legion. Marth and co. beat back the mercenaries and capture Caesar and Radd, who accept defeat. Marth, unwilling to kill people he considers precious comrades, hires the two back into his service. Meanwhile, it is revealed that the Legion Marth defeated is nothing but a clone, and the assassins continue to plot against Marth.

Chapter data

Chapter Data
Conditions
Unit Data
Victory: Seize Player Partner Other Enemy
Defeat: Marth or Kris dies 7 {{{partner}}} {{{other}}} 12
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Character data

Characters
New units
Caesar
Portrait caesar fe12.png
Mercenary
HP
26
Inventory
Steel Sword
Level
7
Automatically at the end of the chapter if he survived
Radd
Portrait radd fe12.png
Myrmidon
HP
22
Inventory
Steel Sword
Level
5
Automatically at the end of the chapter if he survived
Available characters
Default male player's unit ​Ryan ​Luke ​Roderick ​Gordin ​Cecil ​Draug ​Marth ​Arran ​Marisha ​Catria ​Warren ​Cord ​Linde ​Palla ​Bord ​Julian ​Matthis ​Wrys ​Ogma ​Yuliya ​Jubelo ​Sirius ​Castor ​Caeda ​Barst ​Rickard ​Frey ​Norne ​Samuel ​Wendell ​

Item data

Items
Name Obtainment Method
Is ds vulnerary.png Vulnerary Dropped by the Knight
Is ds vulnerary.png Vulnerary Dropped by a Fighter
Is ds vulnerary.png Vulnerary Dropped by a Fighter

Enemy data

Stats with a decimal can vary randomly; the decimal represents the chance for the stat to increase to the nearest integer, or otherwise be truncated.

Normal Hard Maniac Lunatic

Enemy Units
Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills
Ma ds02 fighter enemy.gif Assassin Fighter 5 2 23.6 8 0 6.2 7.8 0 5 0.2 6 Steel Axe VulneraryThis item is dropped upon this unit's defeat.
--
Ma ds02 fighter enemy.gif Assassin Fighter 5 2 23.6 8 0 6.2 7.8 0 5 0.2 6 Steel Axe
--
Ma ds02 mercenary enemy.gif Caesar Mercenary 7 1 26 8 0 11 11 6 8 0 7 Steel Sword
--
Ma ds02 myrmidon enemy.gif Radd Myrmidon 5 1 22 5 0 10 13 1 5 0 7 Steel Sword
--
Ma ds02 knight enemy.gif Assassin Knight 5 1 22.6 8.2 0 6.2 1.8 0 9.8 0.4 5 Steel Lance VulneraryThis item is dropped upon this unit's defeat.
--
Ma ds02 fighter enemy.gif Assassin Fighter 5 2 23.6 8 0 6.2 7.8 0 5 0.2 6 Hand Axe
--
Ma ds02 archer enemy.gif Assassin Archer 5 2 19.2 6.8 0 4.2 5.2 0 5.8 0.4 5 Steel Bow
--
Ma ds02 berserker enemy.gif Legion Berserker 1 1 32 10 0 7 9 0 6 0 -- Hand Axe
Stands on a gate, the chapter's seize point.

Boss data

Stats with a decimal can vary randomly; the decimal represents the chance for the stat to increase to the nearest integer, or otherwise be truncated.
Main article: Legion

Normal Hard Maniac Lunatic

Portrait legion fe12.png
Ma ds02 berserker enemy.gif Berserker
Level 1
Movement --
Stats
Max HP 32 Speed 9
Strength 10 Luck 0
Magic 0 Defense 6
Skill 7 Resistance 0
Inventory
Hand Axe
Weapon Levels
Swords -- Lances -- Axes C
Bows -- Tomes -- Staves --

Strategy

This section details unofficial strategies that may help with completion of the chapter. This may not work for everybody.

In order to access this sidequest, the player must have recruited Rickard and kept him alive, or cleared Chapter 6 in a certain number of turns. The turn count of the latter requirement varies by difficulty, as follows:

Difficulty Turn count
Normal 20
Hard 24
Maniac 28
Lunatic 32
Lunatic′ 36

You start off in an extremely cramped area with powerful assassins coming down hard on you from all sides. Caesar and Radd are also present, and must survive the chapter in order to join you. Unfortunately, anyone capable of going head to head with the assassins are also going to make the two of them into thin gruel. The most reliable method of clearing this chapter and recruiting Caesar and Radd is to send your most powerful fliers to overwhelm Legion, kill the Knight, use a Rescue charge to move Marth to the north end of the map, and seize on turn 1 before the enemies can get a word in. It may feel rather cheap, but all's fair in love and war (and this isn't love).

Alternatively, if you're not feeling using a Rescue charge, you can take advantage of the map's chokepoints to control the enemy horde. At this point in the game, you can reclass up to 2 units into Knight/General, the latter of which has an extremely high class base DEF and uses bows, preventing them from accidentally killing Caesar or Radd. You will need both Generals, so reclass two of your units into them, and arm then with bows and vulneraries. To choke the middle point, reclass a third unit into Dracoknight, which has the next best DEF, and give them both Taurus and Cancer for +3 DEF, vulneraries and no weapons. You should also bring a healer, and at least one unit competent in 2-range attacks.

To start, have the two Generals move to block the left and right bridges and shoot the fighters with their bows. The Dracoknight should block the center pathway, but one south of the bridge, to minimize enemy exposure. The rest of the party should get into the safe area. Thereafter, simply hold the three chokepoints, healing as necessary, and use your 2-range attacks to slowly clean up the enemies. Caesar and Radd will eventually attack, but they will be unable to kill your bulky units, and won't get countered by bow-using Generals or the weaponless Dracoknight. Once the Fighters and Knight are dead, use your three tanks to block chokepoints to isolate Caesar and Radd to keep them away from the rest of the party as they move north to fight and kill Legion and the archers.


Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language Name Definition, etymology, and notes
English
(unofficial)

Mercenary Squad

Gallery

References

← The Nest of Evil • Mercenary Squad • The Scarlet Sword →
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