Elite Pikemen

Legend of the Five Rings card from Gold Edition, Honor Bound, Heaven & Earth

Card Type: Follower
Force: 2
Chi: 0
Honor Requirement: 2
Gold Cost: 3
Personal Honor: -
Keywords: Elite
Card Text: Repeatable Battle, w: Destroy a target enemy Cavalry Follower or Cavalry Personality without Followers.
Focus Value: 3
Legality: Four Winds (Gold), Hidden Emperor (Jade)
Deck: Fate

Printings

Rarity: Common
Flavor Text: "I am not samurai, but my ancestors have held faith with our lord for forty generations."
Artist: Eric David Anderson
Card Number: 111
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast

Rarity: Common
Flavor Text: "I do not trust Denyaku. H eights not from loyalty, but out of a deep hatred for the Phoenix - a hatred born on the night his parents died. Such a man will follow his heart before he hears my commands. He is of no use to me." - Yoritomo
Artist: Sharon M. Guest
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast

Rarity: Starter
Flavor Text: "I am not a samurai, but my ancestors have held faith with our lord for forty generations."
Artist: Eric David Anderson
Publisher: Alderac Entertainment Group

Q: A friend and I were playing L5R today and I used the battle action on Elite Pikemen. The card says: Battle: Bow Elite Pikemen to destroy an opposing Cavalry Follower or Opposing Cavalry Personality without Followers.
The question is is can this card target a personality without any followers and have a higher force than it does. For example I used the battle action of this card to destroy Force nine, 5 Chi, Moto Chagatai who's is Cavalry and does not have any followers. He would then be destroyed due to that battle action? Or would the pikemen only be able to destroy something equal to their force?
Sub notes** Elite pikemen have 2 force and 0 Chi.
A: Yes, Elite Pikemen does not have a force comparison as part of its ability. It can destroy Chagatai if he lacks followers. Jon Palmer, "Elite Pikemen Battle Action Question.", 1 May 2015