Fortress of Redemption

Fortress of Redemption
Type	Stationary
Faction	Space Marines
Produced by	Great Hall
Tier	0
Prod. time	3
Cost	5 Cooldown 10 (Per existing Fortress of Redemption)
Upkeep	2
Attributes
Armour	10
Hitpoints	32
Morale	10
Cargo Slots	6

Fortress of Redemption is a Space Marine fortification that automatically gathers resources from adjacent special resource features.

Description

A Fortress of Redemption is a towering bulwark against the ravages of planetary invasion. Each is virtually impervious to conventional firepower and the lower levels, bunker annexes and sub-crypts can house entire platoons of battle-ready warriors. First used by the Dark Angels Legion during the days of the Great Crusade, they have since been used by every military force in the Imperium and proven invaluable to its defence.

Weapons

Twin-Linked Lascannon Heavy: Reduces the accuracy after moving. Twin-Linked: Increases the accuracy. Upgrade: Hotshot Power Packs Increases the armour penetration of las weapons.

Researchable

Krakstorm Missile Silo Barrage: Does not require line of sight, but cannot overwatch. Large Blast: Hits multiple group members of the target unit. Ordnance: Increases the armour penetration against vehicles and fortifications. Not usable by infantry after moving. Upgrade: Improved Frag Casings Increases the armour penetration of flamer, grenade, missile and blast weapons.

2x Heavy Bolter Bolt Weapon: The boltgun, or bolter, fires small missiles known as 'bolts'. Each self-propelled bolt explodes with devastating effect once it has penetrated its target. There are many variations of boltguns, from the short-barreled bolt pistol to the Vulcan mega-bolter often mounted on Titans and other super-heavy vehicles. Heavy: Reduces the accuracy after moving. Upgrade: Kraken Bolts Increases the armour penetration of bolt weapons.

Traits

And They Shall Know No Fear: Reduces the morale loss and grants immunity to fear.

Fortification: Stationary and fortified unit. If armed, it exerts control over adjacent outposts.

Harvest Resource Tiles: Harvests resources from adjacent special resource features.

Transport: Allows transportation of infantry units.

Researchable

Last Stand (Faction quest only): Increases the morale. Requires: Last Stand

Stronghold Shielding: Increases the invulnerable damage reduction. Requires: Stronghold Shielding

Strategy

The Fortress of Redemption is essential for Space Marine economy. If placed next to a resource tile, it will not only claim it, but also add the resource modifier to your city. For example, if you claim the resource in the screenshot with a Fortress of Redemption, it will boost loyalty production building output in your city by 20%.

This gives the Space marines a lot of flexibility. For instance, you can claim multiple growth tiles and grow your city faster than any faction. Alternatively, you can claim multiple electricity points and spam aircraft, and so forth.

In the early game the Fortress will also help you dispose of neutral units, that might otherwise be too difficult. For the midgame the Fortress can certainly hold its own too. The shield upgrade reduces damage by 50%, effectively doubling the hit points and hit point regeneration. The bolter upgrade gives it a huge damage buff versus infantry and the missile gives it even more firepower and range.

In the very late game, they can die really fast to high tier units. Together with the fact space marines only have 1 city, which can get sniped by super heavy or hard-hitting units, this makes Space Marines quite vulnerable in the late game.