Guard Tower
Overview
The Guard Tower is a building within the yard. It is a massive, dark age construction protecting the gate to the compound, with an armory, a lunch room, and the appointed Captain's sleeping quarters.
The high Walls around the yard connect with the Guard Tower and include small, open-topped towers on each of the four yard corners. They start off in a dilapidated state, providing minimal barrier to entry to or exit from the Yard.
Upgrading the Guard Tower and the Walls
The Guard Tower and the walls can be separately upgraded, but accessed through the same interface.
Upgrade Captain's Room
Upgrades to the Guard tower mostly affect the Captain's quarters, boosting the Captain's Happiness:
- Dilapidated (starting): The captain is forced to huddle in a damp and barely furnished apartment that gives them a noticeable daily Happiness penalty.
- Adequate (+$1,000): The captain enjoys a decent chamber with a large bed, a desk, and enough wall-hangings to keep the cold damp of the night away.
- Imperial (+$7,500): The captain enjoys a luxurious apartment with a double bed, electricity, a private bathroom, and expensive decorations. The feeling of appreciation from their commander provides a daily +3 Happiness boost.
Upgrade the Walls Defences
Upgrades to the Walls boost the Guard Pool value (defence strength) of the household, which reduces the chances of bandit raids succeeding, reduces the chances of slaves escaping from the household, helps prevent thieves from burgling you, and reduces Chaos in your Tavern if you build one nearbyd Pool more than 20 reduces Chaos by 1 point.
- Level I (starting): None
- Level II (+$900): reinforced parapet (decreases escape chance and increase raider defence strength by +5).
- Level III (+$10,000): to the above, added gothic wall spikes (decrease escape chance and increase raider defence strength by a further +10, for a total of +15).
- Level IV (+$70,000): to the above, add motion detectors (decrease escape chance and increase raider defence strength by +10, for total of +25).
Patrols
Here you can instruct your Captain to send out patrols, to exert your power over the surrounding area. This will increase the daily chance that your guard force will increase Ikaanos' Control value (cap: 50). 25% of your force will be sent out, and the tool tip will show you the daily % chance this force will provide. This will however reduce the guard force available to defend your compound against raids, increasing the chance of being raided, and reducing your chance of successfully defending against a raid.
Other Actions
Aside from the actions listed above, you can also do the following at the Guard Tower:
- Rename it