Garrisons

Olympia: The Age of Gods PBEM (Oct 4 2000)

#### 6.2.2.1: Garrisons

Garrisons are groups of men who are stationed in provinces to protect them, control the borders, and collect taxes in the name of a castle. Garrisons must be created with the `garrison` order, and must be bound to a castle located in the same region.

For example, suppose that the region Lesser Atnos had 20 provinces. One of these provinces contains Amber Keep [cy09]. A garrison bound to Amber Keep could be stationed in each of the 20 provinces (including the province containing the castle itself).

Continuing the example, garrison units not in the Lesser Atnos region could not be bound to Amber Keep. The castle a garrison is bound to must be in the same region.

Garrisons can be bound to any castle in the region. If Lesser Atnos had two castles, some of the garrisons could be bound to one, and the rest to the second castle.

Ten soldiers are required to create a garrison. The `garrison` order must be issue at the outer level of a province; one can't establish a garrison while inside a city, building or other sublocation.

Example:

      > garrison cy09
      Installed Garrison [780], garrison, on guard, with ten soldiers

Visitors to this province would see:

      Province controlled by Amber Keep [cy09], castle, in Forest [cj12]
      Ruled by Erekosse [5210], baron

The garrison pays the maintenance cost of its men from the gold in its inventory. Taxes collected from the province are placed into the garrison's inventory, and so can be used to pay the garrison's maintenance costs. For example, a garrison of ten soldiers would require 20 gold per month to support.

Since a garrison helps keep a province civilized and lawful, grateful peasants in the province contribute goods and services toward supporting the garrison. For every 20 peasants in a province, the cost of maintenance for the province garrison is reduced by 1 gold piece. The maximum reduction is 50 gold pieces. A garrison of ten soldiers in an empty province would require 20 gold per month in support; a garrison of ten soldiers in a province of 227 peasants would require only 9 gold per month in support.

Stacks can defend a garrison just as any other stack.

- Garrison reports
- Referring to garrisons