Risorgimento
Risorgimento is an Italians technology in Knights of the Mediterranean that turns earlier Settler losses into a larger Revolutionary shipment. In the current rules it requires the Industrial Age and the Statuto Albertino Home City Card; older versions made it available in the Commerce Age.
Research profile
- Age
- Industrial Age*
- Civilization
- Italians
- Research location
- Basilica
- Home City Card
- Statuto Albertino
- Research time
- 15 seconds
- Food cost
- 750
- Wood cost
- 750
- Coin cost
- 750
- Effect
- Delivers 15 Redshirts (Revolutionaries); Delivers 1 additional Redshirt for each Settler lost so far this game (up to 35); Revolutionary ranged and hand attack [[multiplier
Effect & research conditions
Research it at the Basilica for 750 Food, 750 Wood and 750 Coin over 15 seconds. Completion sends 15 Redshirts, the Italian Revolutionary type, to the Home City shipment point and adds one for every Settler lost earlier in the game, up to 35 additional units. Thus the shipment ranges from 15 to a maximum of 50 Redshirts. Since update 15.30007, Redshirts also have a 2.0 bonus-damage multiplier with both ranged and hand attacks against Heroes.
Research condition
Italians; Knights of the Mediterranean; Industrial Age in current rules (Commerce Age before update 14.43676); Basilica; requires Statuto Albertino; 750 Food · 750 Wood · 750 Coin; 15 seconds.
When to research
Treat Risorgimento as a costly reinforcement option whose size depends on events that have already happened. It can turn unavoidable Settler losses into military value, but intentionally losing workers sacrifices the economy and does not make the 2,250-resource research cheaper. Check the Settler-loss count and whether the army can use up to 50 population before starting it. The 15-second research is short, yet the three-resource cost can delay production or an age-up.
Redshirt delivery scales with Settler losses
Risorgimento is an Industrial Age Italian Basilica technology requiring the Statuto Albertino Home City Card. It costs 750 Food, 750 Wood and 750 Coin and takes 15 seconds. It delivers at least 15 Redshirts, plus one more for each Settler lost so far, up to 35 additional units. Since update 15.30007, it also gives Revolutionaries +1 ranged and hand attack bonus damage against Heroes.
Use the loss-scaled reinforcement
The shipment grows with earlier Settler losses, so its value depends on match history rather than current worker count alone. The cost is substantial; research when the force can use the Redshirts and the economy can recover from the spend. The anti-Hero bonus is a separate effect and matters when the opponent relies on Heroes.