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The Slovak Sappers
The deep-mining culture of the Slovak Ore Mountains has produced the most skilled subterranean engineers in Europe. The state has begun drafting these Slovak Miners (Banskí Chlapi) into specialized 'Sapper and Miner' regiments. Their cultural familiarity with black powder, tunneling, and structural bracing in the dark will make them terrifyingly effective in siege warfare. They can collapse enemy bastions from below or build fortified trenches in half the time of standard laborers. This 'Miner-Soldier' identity will turn the Slovak workforce into a strategic military asset, making the capture of Slovak mining towns a high priority for any empire seeking to master the art of 17th-century siegecraft.
Siege ArtilleryAdvancerequiresSlovakCulturepotentialAdvance tree
Modifiers
Siege Ability+15%
Definitionin_game/common/advances/culture_slovak.txt:92
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