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{{TWS2 Building|image=[[Image:Military Academy FOTS.png]] | {{TWS2 Building|image=[[Image:Military Academy FOTS.png]] | ||
|Chain=[[:Category:FOTS_Buildings#Modern_Military_Chain|Modern Military Type]] | |Chain=[[:Category:FOTS_Buildings#Modern_Military_Chain|Modern Military Type]] | ||
| − | |Requires='''Buildings''':<li>[[Barracks (FOTS)|Barracks]]</li>'''Arts''':<li>[[Modern Rifles (FOTS)|Modern Rifles]] | + | |Requires='''Buildings''':<li>[[Barracks (FOTS)|Barracks]]</li> |
| − | |Enables='''Buildings''':<li>[[Army War College (FOTS)|Army War College]]</li>'''Units''':<li>[[Line Infantry (FOTS Unit)|Line Infantry]]</li><li>[[ | + | '''Arts''':<li>[[Modern Rifles (FOTS Art)|Modern Rifles]]</li> |
| + | |Enables='''Buildings''':<li>[[Army War College (FOTS)|Army War College]]</li> | ||
| + | '''Units''':<li>[[Line Infantry (FOTS Unit)|Line Infantry]]</li> | ||
| + | <li>[[Sharpshooters (FOTS Unit)|Sharpshooters]]</li> | ||
| + | <li>[[Black Tortoise Force (FOTS Unit)|Black Tortoise Force]]</li> | ||
| + | <li>[[Azure Dragon Force (FOTS Unit)|Azure Dragon Force]]</li> | ||
| + | <li>[[Kihetai (FOTS Unit)|Kihetai]]</li> | ||
| + | <li>[[Red Bear Infantry (FOTS Unit)|Red Bear Infantry]]</li> | ||
| + | <li>[[Tosa Riflemen (FOTS Unit)|Tosa Riflemen]]</li> | ||
| + | <li>[[Vermilion Bird Force (FOTS Unit)|Vermilion Bird Force]]</li> | ||
| + | <li>[[Black Bear Infantry (FOTS Unit)|Black Bear Infantry]]</li> | ||
| + | <li>[[White Bear Infantry (FOTS Unit)|White Bear Infantry]]</li> | ||
| + | <li>[[Yugekitai (FOTS Unit)|Yugekitai]]</li> | ||
| + | <li>[[Imperial Infantry (FOTS Unit)|Imperial Infantry]]</li> | ||
| + | <li>[[Shogunate Infantry (FOTS Unit)|Shogunate Infantry]]</li> | ||
| + | <li>[[Republican Infantry (FOTS Unit)|Republican Infantry]]</li> | ||
| + | <li>[[Sabre Cavalry (FOTS Unit)|Sabre Cavalry]]</li> | ||
| + | <li>[[Revolver Cavalry (FOTS Unit)|Revolver Cavalry]]</li> | ||
| + | <li>[[Carbine Cavalry (FOTS Unit)|Carbine Cavalry]]</li> | ||
|Spawned Defence Forces=<li>[[Garrison Infantry (FOTS Unit)|Garrison Infantry]]</li> | |Spawned Defence Forces=<li>[[Garrison Infantry (FOTS Unit)|Garrison Infantry]]</li> | ||
| − | |Basic Building Statistics=<li>Cost: 6500</li><li>Recruitment capacity (units in training): +1</li><li>-2 to happiness from modernisation</li> | + | |Basic Building Statistics=<li>Cost: 6500</li> |
| + | <li>Recruitment capacity (units in training): +1</li> | ||
| + | <li>-2 to happiness from modernisation</li> | ||
|Clan Effects=+3 to modernisation (clan development)}} | |Clan Effects=+3 to modernisation (clan development)}} | ||
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'''Good breeding is a start, but thought is also useful.''' | '''Good breeding is a start, but thought is also useful.''' | ||
| − | A military academy | + | A military academy allows the recruitment of modern units in a province. Modern warfare is a highly technical business, and an officer needs far more than good breeding and a samurai ancestry to get the best from his men, although those do help of course. |
Western armies were, haltingly, in the process of making their officer classes into professionals rather than the sons of gentry and the aristocracy. Not all great generals appreciated the benefits of military academy education: Robert E. Lee, the greatest general of the American Civil War, is reported to have said his military education was the worst mistake of his life. It was also possible to send the sons of titled gentry to an academy and leave them utterly immune to any intellectual process. Indeed, the British staff college at Camberley was so poorly regarded that it had only a handful of pupils in the 1850s. Certainly, the backgrounds (and mixed performances) of British commanders during the latter years of Victoria's reign suggest that social class and connections were far more use in a successful career than an excess of thinking. Academies were nice to have, but that didn't mean commanders had to attend them. | Western armies were, haltingly, in the process of making their officer classes into professionals rather than the sons of gentry and the aristocracy. Not all great generals appreciated the benefits of military academy education: Robert E. Lee, the greatest general of the American Civil War, is reported to have said his military education was the worst mistake of his life. It was also possible to send the sons of titled gentry to an academy and leave them utterly immune to any intellectual process. Indeed, the British staff college at Camberley was so poorly regarded that it had only a handful of pupils in the 1850s. Certainly, the backgrounds (and mixed performances) of British commanders during the latter years of Victoria's reign suggest that social class and connections were far more use in a successful career than an excess of thinking. Academies were nice to have, but that didn't mean commanders had to attend them. | ||
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| + | ==Summary== | ||
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| + | The Military Academy is the Third building in the Modern Recruitment chain. It requires the Modern Rifles technology to be researched, which as the Arms Deals technology as a prerequisite and is only available to Clans in the Third Level of Development. This means only considerably modernized clans will be building a Military Academy. | ||
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| + | The Military Academy is a very important building. It allows the recruitment of the Shogunate/Imperial/Republican Infantry. These units are the best overall Line Infantry type unit in the whole game, barring limited elite units, and should be the backbone of any late game Army. The Academy additionally allows the recruitment of Carbine Cavalry for all clans, if the Carbine Cavalry technology has been researched, an excellent missile cavalry with respectable melee stats. For the Aizu the Academy provides the Vermillion Bird Force as well, another excellent Line Infantry unit that competes with the aforementioned SIR Infantry. Finally for the Jozai, it provides Yugekitai, one of the best skirmisher units in the game. The Academy Provides every unit a Modern army would ever need except for Guards, Foreign Marines, and Artillery. | ||
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| + | The Academy also increases Modernization by 1, increases Unhappiness due to Modernization by 1, and provides a Third free Line Infantry Garrison unit. The Encyclopedia description says that a Military Academy can only be built in Kyoto, but that is not true. | ||
[[Category:FOTS Buildings]] | [[Category:FOTS Buildings]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:50, 20 May 2024
| Military Academy (FOTS) | |
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| File:Military Academy FOTS.png | |
| Chain | Modern Military Type |
| Requires | Buildings: |
| Enables | Buildings: |
| Spawned Defence Forces | |
| Basic Building Statistics | |
| Clan Effects | +3 to modernisation (clan development) |
| See main article; FotS Buildings | |
Description
Good breeding is a start, but thought is also useful.
A military academy allows the recruitment of modern units in a province. Modern warfare is a highly technical business, and an officer needs far more than good breeding and a samurai ancestry to get the best from his men, although those do help of course.
Western armies were, haltingly, in the process of making their officer classes into professionals rather than the sons of gentry and the aristocracy. Not all great generals appreciated the benefits of military academy education: Robert E. Lee, the greatest general of the American Civil War, is reported to have said his military education was the worst mistake of his life. It was also possible to send the sons of titled gentry to an academy and leave them utterly immune to any intellectual process. Indeed, the British staff college at Camberley was so poorly regarded that it had only a handful of pupils in the 1850s. Certainly, the backgrounds (and mixed performances) of British commanders during the latter years of Victoria's reign suggest that social class and connections were far more use in a successful career than an excess of thinking. Academies were nice to have, but that didn't mean commanders had to attend them.
Summary
The Military Academy is the Third building in the Modern Recruitment chain. It requires the Modern Rifles technology to be researched, which as the Arms Deals technology as a prerequisite and is only available to Clans in the Third Level of Development. This means only considerably modernized clans will be building a Military Academy.
The Military Academy is a very important building. It allows the recruitment of the Shogunate/Imperial/Republican Infantry. These units are the best overall Line Infantry type unit in the whole game, barring limited elite units, and should be the backbone of any late game Army. The Academy additionally allows the recruitment of Carbine Cavalry for all clans, if the Carbine Cavalry technology has been researched, an excellent missile cavalry with respectable melee stats. For the Aizu the Academy provides the Vermillion Bird Force as well, another excellent Line Infantry unit that competes with the aforementioned SIR Infantry. Finally for the Jozai, it provides Yugekitai, one of the best skirmisher units in the game. The Academy Provides every unit a Modern army would ever need except for Guards, Foreign Marines, and Artillery.
The Academy also increases Modernization by 1, increases Unhappiness due to Modernization by 1, and provides a Third free Line Infantry Garrison unit. The Encyclopedia description says that a Military Academy can only be built in Kyoto, but that is not true.
