Colonial Warfare Infantry
Catagories of Experience:
Conscripts: Taken from the lower classes of society, consrcipts ussually constitute more than half of the infantry in an army. They recieve little to no training, just handed a musket and thier in the army, sometimes not even recieving a proper uniform. These troops can't be relied on  and should be expected to rout when under sustaned fire. Trusting key positions to conscripts is asking for disaster.

Veterans: These are the troops who have seen limited action. They are still made up of mostly peasants with some city dweller mixed in as well. These troops have recieved the basic training of thier nation and have fought in a couple small to medium engagements. They can be relied on but shouldn't hold key positions unless absolutly necessary.

Crack: These are the battle hardened veterans of the army. They've seen the worst of war and know what to do when in the thick of it. They've recieved both basic training and the experience of real battle, making them able to operate under fire without breaking, for a certain while. These troops can be relied on but not thought of as invincbile. You can give these troops a key posistion to hold and they'll do thier best to do so. Sadly, crack regiments are often the smallest, reflecting thier prolonged use and amount of action.

Imperial Guard/Royal Guard, and other Elite units: These troops are usually hand picked from the regulars of an army and assembled into some sort of Elite Guard unit. There is often a height requirement, such as being 5'7 for the French Imperial Guard or a towering 6 foot for the Prussian Royal Guard. These units show the utmost of loyalty to thier commander and king, willing to give their life for the cause, whatever it may be. These units are usually kept in reserve and serve more as a moral booster when sent into battle. However, they are as good as any Crack regiment and will do anything to uphold the honor of thier nation. The nations that do have such units have them in small amounts, no more than a few hundred, but thier pressence on the battlefield lifts the spirits of the regulars.

 
Reserve: These military units are put on hold, able to go home and spend time with families and help out one the farm. The benifit of having units in reserve is that they are not being paid while they are in reserve. The drawback is that they loose some of thier training if they are in reserve for more than the amount of time it took to train them the first time. Reserve units are not able to respond to imediate threats either. It takes time to call them up and get them to the front.

   
Amount of time it takes to get reserve infantry back to front.
Veterans 1.5 months
Regulars 1 month
Conscripts 3 weeks
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