For other uses of the term, see Barracks.
The Barracks is a type of modern military chain building in Fall of the Samurai.
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.
General Information[]
Requires 3800 gold, 4 turns, Arms Deals art, Cadet School. Can be upgraded to Military Academy.
- Recruitment capacity (units in training): +1
- -1 to happiness from modernisation
- Enables: Azure Dragon Force, Red Bear Infantry, Sharpshooters, Tosa Riflemen, Kihetai, Revolver Cavalry
- Spawns Garrison Infantry (2) in defense of province capital
Clan Effects
- +2 to modernisation (clan development)
Barracks are an upgrade over cadet schools. They unlock superior line infantry for the Aizu, Choshu, and Tosa, though better line infantry options exist for all three factions if they further upgrade their barracks.
Despite being only the second tier of military building, barracks unlock sharpshooters, which are the only modern skirmishing unit for most factions, and Tosa Riflemen, superior skirmishers for the Tosa.
Finally, barracks unlock the powerful revolver cavalry, though these units also have requisite technologies that need to be researched before they're fully unlocked. Barracks are considered military buildings, and therefore benefit from events that reduce the construction times and costs of upgrading them.