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− | The '''Fortress Guard''' | + | The '''Fortress Guard''' are a squad of military dwarves who take care of {{l|justice}} within a fort. Headed by the {{l|Captain of the guard}}, they are otherwise identical to your standard military {{l|squad}}s, and can be treated as such. |
== Selecting Guards == | == Selecting Guards == | ||
− | As this squad will be used to enforce justice and deliver beatings, it is good idea to | + | As this squad will be used to enforce justice and deliver beatings, it is good idea to selected dwarves that are weak and unskilled in offensive combat. Basically, exact opposite of good candidate for proper military squad. |
== Equipping guards == | == Equipping guards == | ||
− | It is important to equip dwarves with weapons as | + | It is important to equip dwarves with weapons as unarmed guarddwarf can easily kill peasant by suffocating him. |
− | Training weapons or adamantine hammers along with | + | Training weapons or adamantine hammers along with no-quality wooden shields from light material like feather tree wood solver this, but also make guards mere meatshields that can't deliver killing blow when attempting to use them to fight-off invaders. |
− | + | Compromise is to give guards {{L|Feather tree}} wood (or {{L|cedar}} as seccond best) {{L|crossbow}}s as they will use them to deliver justice beating in melee but pincushion invaders with masterwork steel bolts. | |
== Guardhouse == | == Guardhouse == | ||
− | Guards will train in | + | Guards will train in {{L|barracks}} as any other squad, so it might be wise not to assign barracks to this squad. |
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