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  {{TWS2 Building|image=[[Image:Star Fort FOTS.png]]
 
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  |Chain=[[:Category:FOTS_Buildings#Castle_Chain|Castle Type]]
 
  |Chain=[[:Category:FOTS_Buildings#Castle_Chain|Castle Type]]
  |Requires='''Buildings''':<li>[[Citadel (FOTS)|Citadel]]</li>'''Arts''':<li>[[Militarised Society (FOTS Art)|Militarised Society]]</li>
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  |Requires='''Buildings''':<li>[[Citadel (FOTS)|Citadel]]</li>
  |Enables='''Units''':<li>[[Spear Levy (FOTS Unit)|Spear Levy]]</li><li>[[Levy Infantry (FOTS Unit)|Levy Infantry]]</li><li>[[Kyoto Police (FOTS Unit)|Kyoto Police]]</li><li>[[White Tiger Force (FOTS Unit)|White Tiger Force]]</li>
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'''Arts''':<li>[[Militarised Society (FOTS Art)|Militarised Society]]</li>
  |Spawned Defence Forces='''Units''':<li>[[Levy Garrison Infantry (FOTS Unit)|Levy Garrison Infantry]]</li>
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  |Enables='''Units''':<li>[[Spear Levy (FOTS Unit)|Spear Levy]]</li>
  |Basic Building Statistics=<li>Cost: 18000</li><li>+30% increase in resistance to naval bombardment</li><li>Recruitment capacity (units in training): +1</li><li>+10 to repression in this province</li><li>-1 happiness due to moderisation</li>
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<li>[[Levy Infantry (FOTS Unit)|Levy Infantry]]</li>
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<li>[[Kyoto Police (FOTS Unit)|Kyoto Police]]</li>
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<li>[[White Tiger Force (FOTS Unit)|White Tiger Force]]</li>
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  |Spawned Defence Forces='''Units''':<li>[[Levy Garrison Infantry (FOTS Unit)|Levy Garrison Infantry]] (4)</li>
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  |Basic Building Statistics=<li>Cost: 18000</li>
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<li>+30% increase in resistance to naval bombardment</li>
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<li>Recruitment capacity (units in training): +1</li>
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<li>+10 to repression in this province</li>
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<li>-1 happiness due to moderisation</li>
 
  |Clan Effects=-}}
 
  |Clan Effects=-}}
  

Latest revision as of 03:58, 6 January 2018

Star Fort (FOTS)
File:Star Fort FOTS.png
Chain Castle Type
Requires Buildings:
  • Citadel
  • Arts:
  • Militarised Society
  • Enables Units:
  • Spear Levy
  • Levy Infantry
  • Kyoto Police
  • White Tiger Force
  • Spawned Defence Forces Units:
  • Levy Garrison Infantry (4)
  • Basic Building Statistics
  • Cost: 18000
  • +30% increase in resistance to naval bombardment
  • Recruitment capacity (units in training): +1
  • +10 to repression in this province
  • -1 happiness due to moderisation
  • Clan Effects -
    See main article; FotS Buildings


    Description

    Buried in the earth, and surrounded by death.

    A modern star fort does not look all that intimidating to civilian eyes, but on closer inspection its firepower is enough to induce fear and a healthy respect for authority. Given such a concrete example of government power, the people of a province with one are right to feel more than a little repressed. A star fort also acts as a recruiting centre for the army.

    Star forts were a European design intended to counter increasingly powerful siege artillery. Seen from above, they really are star-shaped. Essentially, the design was a fortress was sunk into the ground, presenting a low silhouette, with a surrounding glacis, or slope, to deflect shots over the top of the fortifications. The slope might seem an easy approach for attacking infantry, but a ring of projecting points allowed the defenders to fire along the length of the walls. Any defenders who reached the top of the glacis then had to cross a deep dry moat, all the while under heavy fire. A star fort was intended as a killing ground, pure and simple.