French Brigade
French Brigade is an Imperial Age Consulate technology for the Chinese and Indians that delivers 15 Gendarmes through the French Alliance. Gendarmes are the Consulate’s Cuirassier cavalry, making this a substantial mounted reinforcement.
Technology profile
- Civilizations & Age
- Chinese · Indians · Imperial Age
- Cost & time
- 2,300 Export · 90 seconds
- Effect
- Delivers 15 Gendarmes
- Unit role
- Cuirassier cavalry
Effect and role
The technology costs 2,300 Export and takes 90 seconds to research at the Consulate. The units arrive as a single group; they are not produced from a normal Consulate queue. Reserve population for fifteen cavalry and plan a rally point where they can assemble safely.
Research condition
Chinese and Indians · Imperial Age · Consulate · French Alliance · 2,300 Export · 90 seconds · delivers 15 Gendarmes.
Access and delivery
Start the research well before a planned late-game push, because the 90-second delay makes it a poor emergency response. Gendarmes need protection from anti-cavalry units, so prepare supporting infantry or artillery and move the group with the main army. Compare the Export cost and delay with other French Alliance choices.