Samurai Dojo (FOTS)

Samurai Dojo (FOTS)
File:Samurai Dojo FOTS.png
Chain	Traditional Military Type
Requires	Buildings: Traditional Dojo
Enables	Buildings: Master Dojo Units: Yari Kachi Matchlock Kachi Katana Kachi Bow Kachi Yari Ki
Spawned Defence Forces	Levy Garrison Infantry Spear Levy Garrison
Basic Building Statistics	Cost: 3400 Recruitment capacity (units in training): +1 Enables recruitment of Rank 1 shinobi
Clan Effects	-1 to modernisation (clan development)
See main article; FotS Buildings

Description

Sometimes the sword is more useful than the pen.

A samurai dojo trains young men in the traditional duties of their class. It enables the recruitment of units and agents of the traditional, Japanese kind.

Even after centuries of peace, samurai were the only class in Japanese society allowed to carry arms as a matter of duty. Indeed, they were required to wear a pair of swords precisely as a public declaration of their social class.

Despite the lack of warfare, and possibly because they had no genuine need to act like warriors, the samurai remained jealous of keeping their perquisites and privileges. There was a determination to keep their skills current, and to make sure that new generations learned them. The relentless march of the hob-nailed future that Europeans and Americans brought only made some more determined than ever to keep to the old ways.

Other Information

The Samurai Dojo enables recruitment of Katana Kachi who are excellent at destroying enemy Infantry and storming Castles, if they can get close enough in good condition. It also enables recruitment of Bow Kachi who can fire over hills and attack rifle units from a safe distance.