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The Military
The Actual Numbers: Military Capabilities
| Unit # 1 Basic Soldier |
Unit # 2 Offensive |
Unit # 3 Devensive |
Unit # 4 Elite Force |
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| Offensive Battle Strength | 2 | 4 | 0 | * |
| Defensive Battle Strength | 2 | 0 | 4 | * |
| Cost | gc 75 | gc 350 | gc 350 | Human, Elf, Halfling gc 3500 Dwarf, Orc: gc 4000 Faery: gc 3250 Avian,Undead: gc 2750 |
Elves military cost: -30%
Elite costs also rise as a province grows - after 500 acres, prices
will rise by gc 1 for every 3 acres the province controls.
during war -20% Specialist Costs / +50% Elite costs
The Actual Numbers: Your Elite Unit
| Humans | Elves | Dwarves | Orcs | Faeries | Halflings | Avians | Undead | |
| Offensive Strength | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Defensive Strength | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
In addition to your own troops, you will have the opportunity to hire mercenaries to help invade neighboring lands. These mercenaries serve under you for only a single attack, and they expect their reward in gold. While Mercenaries can give you military might you couldn't otherwise achieve, be warned that you will pay a steep price in doing so.
Mercenaries have 2 offense points, but cost gc 400, and you have them for only one attack!
Military Expenses
After your military is drafted, you still must spend money to keep your
troops in top condiction. Each day, you will automatically pay gc 2 for
every 3 Troops, in the form of wages and training expenses. Elite troops,
because of their more intense training, require gc 2 / troop. These costs
are used to keep your military in top condition and are only charged for
military units available for use. Troops out on missions do not require
this training. These costs will automatically be paid daily from tax revenues.
A lack of funds will prevent your army from making attacks on other provinces.
The key to survival in Utopia is a strong and sustainable military. Almost everything else you do will likely be focused on being able to develop this area of your province.
Your military consists of four (4) basic military units, as well as several generals to lead them in combat. I will take this opportunity to explain how your military structure works. Your Generals Each province maintains a military leadership of five generals, with slight variations for certain races. One of these generals remains at home at all time to lead your defense. The remaining generals may be sent to combat at any time, and they remain with your army during battle. Without a general at home, you will not be able to send additional forces to combat, so you have the ability to maintain five separate attack brigades at any given time. In any attack, you may send additional generals, giving you more strategic options and resulting in 5% additional effectiveness for each general sent.
Your Military Units Depending on your race, you will have available to you a different set of troops for battle. While your primary three units -- a basic soldier, an offensive specialist, and a defensive specialist -- will all have the same relative strengths, each race has a fourth elite unit with both offensive and defensive capabilities that vary. In addition, different races may have different training costs for each unit.
Training the Military
Acquiring basic Soldiers is based on the draft of your peasant population. Drafting an individual requires time and money, and no more than 1% of your peasant population can be drafted each Utopian Day. You may set a Draft Rate to determine what portion of your total populace will be drafted into the military. For example, a 30% Draft Rate will train 3 of every 10 peasants in your kingdom into your army.
Drafting a soldier costs gc 50 and will automatically be taken out of your coffers. If you do not have available funds for the draft, only those soldiers which you can afford will be drafted.
Once your peasant has been trained into a soldier, you can spend more time and money to train them into any of the more advanced combat forces. This allows to you to build a stronger army without consuming a larger portion of your peasant population. Elite Forces, because of their extensive training, suffer fewer losses than regular troops or specialist troops. They are the most space-efficient unit in your military, although you will pay a steep price to train them. Elite Troops can also be acquired through combat. During tough battles, a portion of your Offensive Specialists may be upgraded to Elite status.
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