Barracks (FOTS)

Barracks (FOTS)
File:Barracks FOTS.png
Chain	Modern Military Type
Requires	Buildings: Cadet School Arts: Arms Deals
Enables	Buildings: Military Academy Units: Line Infantry Sabre Cavalry Azure Dragon Force Sharpshooters Kihetai Red Bear Infantry Revolver Cavalry Black Tortoise Force Tosa Riflemen
Spawned Defence Forces	Garrison Infantry
Basic Building Statistics	Cost: 3800 Recruitment capacity (units in training): +1 -1 to happiness from modernisation
Clan Effects	+2 to modernisation (clan development)
See main article; FotS Buildings

Description

A roof. Regular food. Regular pay. Glory and honour!

A barracks allows the recruitment of modern units in a province. A roof over one's head and regular food are powerful incentives to join the army.

Permanent barracks allow a standing army to be maintained in isolation from the civilian population, and any funny ideas that they may have about free speech or democracy. Even revolutionary armies quickly abandon one-man-one-vote as a way of creating discipline and deciding tactics when the bullets start flying. A permanent home for military units allows for a sense of identity, and for professionalism in the ranks, to develop.