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Ships 8 Middle Guards (powerful Grenadiers) and researches Incendiary Grenades. Any remaining Young Guard are upgraded to Middle Guard.
—In-game description

Middle Guard is a technology in Age of Empires III that is unique to the French and can be researched at the Church once the Industrial Age is reached, the Edict of Nantes Home City Card has been sent, and Young Guard is researched. Once researched, 8 Middle Guards will appear in the Home City shipment point, the previous Young Guards (if they still remain) are renamed to Middle Guards, and also researches Incendiary Grenades.

Middle Guards are consulate units, start with +10% hit points and attack, and are automatically upgraded in every Age up starting from the Fortress Age.

Changelog[]

Age of Empires III[]

  • The technology is named Garde Imperial 2, is researchable in the Fortress Age, ships regular Grenadiers, grants the Guard Grenadiers upgrade, and the in-game description is "Ships 8 Middle Guard Grenadiers from the motherland. Any remaining Young Guard are upgraded to Middle Guard."

Definitive Edition[]

  • The technology is renamed to Imperial Middle Guard.
  • The technology is made researchable from the Industrial Age. With update 23511, this change is reverted, and the technology grants +10% hit points and attack for Grenadiers.

Knights of the Mediterranean[]

  • With update 13.27885, the technology is renamed to Middle Guard, ships Consulate Grenadiers, researches Incendiary Grenades instead of granting additional hit points and damage, and the in-game description is "Ships 8 Middle Guards (powerful Grenadiers) and researches Incendiary Grenades. Any remaining Young Guard are upgraded to Middle Guard."

Trivia[]

Unique religious technologies in Age of Empires III
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Flag BritishDE BritishThin Red Line · The Black Watch · Roger's Rangers · Queen's Rangers
Flag DutchDE DutchCoffee Trade · Red Lancers · Blue Guards
Flag FrenchDE FrenchCode Napoleon · Young Guard · Middle Guard · Old Guard
Flag GermanDE GermansTilly's Discipline · Wallenstein's Contracts · Zweihänder
Flag John Black's Mercenaries DE John Black's MercenariesIndian Friendship · Customized Merc Weapons
Flag Maltese Cross Knights of St. JohnCorselet · Tax Burden · High Crusade
Flag OttomanDE OttomansNew Order Infantry · Topçu Corps · Kapikulu Corps · Tufanci Corps*
Flag PortugueseDE PortugueseEncomienda Manor · Ordenança · Order of the Tower and the Sword · Besteiros*
Flag RussianDE RussiansWesternization · St. Petersburg Dragoons · Petrine Reforms · Lifeguard Jaegers
Flag SpanishDE SpanishCorselet · Royal Alabarderos · Wild Geese · Walloon Guards
Flag American act3 aoe3de United States (campaign)Grand Encampment · American Patriots
Age3DE Icon Definitive Edition
Flag SwedishDE SwedesPush of Pike · Savolax Jaegers · Gustavian Guards
Flag American act3 aoe3de United StatesPennsylvania Pound · 1st Pennsylvania Rifles · Pennsylvania Cavalry
Flag MexicanDE MexicansFirst Guarantee · Second Guarantee · Third Guarantee
Knights of the Mediterranean
Flag ItalianDE ItaliansCarabinieri · Risorgimento · Papacy
Flag MalteseDE MalteseTeutonic Knights · Crusader Knights · Knights of the Hospital
United States requires the "Philadelphia Convention" Federal Card to unlock unique religious technologies
* Before the Definitive Edition
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