Jesuit Mission

"" A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends. ""

- Baltasar Gracián

The Jesuit Missions are a native settlements featured in the Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties expansion.

Overview
A religious order of Roman Catholic followers who strove to spread the church's teachings throughout the world during the Age of Exploration, the Jesuits were actively engaged in missionary efforts and made contributions to the fields of education and scholarship. Some would argue that they were also responsible for the destruction of pre-existing cultural belief structures, and that they forced their views on some tribes or were indirectly responsible for their destruction or enslavement.

Units
Upon constructing a Trading Post at Jesuit mission, players can train Conquistadors. Similar to Dragoons, these mounted units are effective against cavalry and artillery.

Upgrades
Jesuit technologies focus on Settler training time reductions, gunpowder units damage against buildings, conquistador improvements as well as building hitpoints.

Smokeless Powder: +30% siege damage for all gunpowder units.

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Christian School: Settlers train 15% faster.

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Flying Buttress: +20% building hitpoints.

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Disciplined Conquistador: +20% hitpoints and damage.

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Honored Conquistador: +30% hitpoints and damage.

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Usefulness

 * Stacking Medicine or TEAM Medicine with christian schools will reduce the training time for new settlers by 30%. The cards are available in the Colonial Age for most civilizations, while the upgrade is only available in the Fortress Age from the Jesuit Mission. This translates to 5 settlers trained for every 3 Coureur des Bois trained by the French (reducing their economic advantage until maximum settler limit is reached).
 * All native tribes can only be upgraded to Legendary/Exalted status at the town center or Capitol, they can be upgraded to Elite/Disciplined or Champion/Honored for free through some home city shipments.
 * Civilizations can remove the upgrade gold costs, or cut the upgrade costs in half depending on their home city cards.

Trivia

 * Despite being called native Asian, Jesuits are of European origin.