Militia Officer

Militia Officer
Character information
Full name	Militia Officer
Gender	Male
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation(s)	General
Affiliation	Canada
Game information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
First appearance	Battle of Queenston Heights

The Militia Officer is a Canadian military officer in the Historical Battle Battle of Queenston Heights in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition. He commands the Canadian forces following the death of General Isaac Brock.

The unit is presumably Roger Hale Sheaffe, who historically took over for Brock and defeated the invading American troops.

In-game unit

Militia Officer
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Type	Hero Infantry Ranged infantry Gunpowder infantry
Civilization(s)	Canadians Canada
Statistics
Hit points	500
Resistance	10% Ranged
Speed	4.5
Line of Sight	20
Ability	Claims treasures Builds Trading Posts and Native Embassies Reveals stealth enemies Regeneration
Special ability	See Special abilities
XP kill bounty	45
Hand attack
Damage	6 Hand
Bonus damage	×3.0 vs. Treasure guardian ×0.25 vs. Villager
Rate of Fire	1.5
Ranged attack
Damage	15 Ranged
Bonus damage	Same as melee
Range	16
Rate of Fire	3.0
Siege attack
Damage	15 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0
Notes
The Militia Officer will collapse instead of dying when his hit points reaches 0 and can be revived by having a friendly unit or building around him once he regenerates at least 100 hit points

The Militia Officer is available in standard games to the British and French after they revolt to Canada.

Special abilities

• Sharpshooter Attack: The Militia Officer fires a single shot that does 750 ranged damage to the target Treasure guardian from a range of 16. 60 seconds cooldown.
• Inspiring Flag: The Militia Officer plants an Inspiring Flag at the target location which increases the attack of allied units by 10% and makes them build buildings 50% faster, and makes military buildings around it train units 25% faster. The Inspiring Flag has an Area of Effect and Line of Sight of 14 which increases by 10 in every Age. The Inspiring Flag will be destroyed when an enemy is in a radius of 12 to it, cannot be placed in a radius of 65 to a Town Center and a radius of 3 to a building or other Inspiring Flags, and only one may be present at a time. 160 seconds cooldown.
• Carbine Attack (automatically activated when attacking with a cooldown of 45 seconds): The Militia Officer fires a single shot from his carbine rifle which does 60 damage (×3.0 against Treasure guardian, ×0.25 against Villager) from a range of 20.

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Treasure guardians
Weak vs.	Villagers, cavalry, MercType2
Improvements
Hit points	Sikh Gurus (+50%) Flint Lock (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack	Paper Cartridge (+10%) Smokeless Powder (+10% attack) Yoga (+5%) Clenched Fist (+25% hand attack)
Resistance	Somali Oryx Hide Shields (+5% ranged resistance)
Line of Sight	Town Watch (+3)
Speed	Military Drummers (+10%) Quechuan Mountaineering (+10%) Akan Fontomfrom (+5%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Other	Carib Ambush Party (train Carib Ambushers) Loyal Nootka War Chief (train Nootka War Chief) Tupi Animal Lore (train Buttercup the Pet Cougars)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Militia Officer

Some cards are highlighted with:
Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

All

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Senegalese Riflemen	Ranged infantry get +10% attack; French and Hausa-only ranged infantry get +15% attack instead

• "TEAM Senegalese Riflemen" is available to the French and Hausa.

British

Card	Description	Age
Captain	Ships 1 Explorer Dog; heroes get +50% hit points and attack; the Explorer can use Swashbuckler Attack

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Yongle Infrastructure	Ships 1 Mongol Scout; infantry, land villagers, healing units, Envoys, and Disciples get +5% speed

• "TEAM Yongle Infrastructure" does not stack with the Inca "TEAM Inca Bridges" card.

Dutch

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Infantry Hitpoints	Infantry get +10% hit points; Dutch-only infantry get +15% hit points instead

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Coffee Consumption	Ranged infantry get +5% speed

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Militia Officer	Ships 1 Militia Officer; Militia Officer can train Militiamen

• "Militia Officer" is available to the British and French upon revolting to Canada.

French

Card	Description	Age
Voyageur	Ships 1 Explorer Dog; heroes get +50% hit points and attack; the Explorer can use Heal

Haudenosaunee

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Scout Infantry	Ships 1 Native Scout; infantry get +8 Line of Sight

Inca

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Inca Bridges	Ships 1 Chasqui; infantry, land villagers, healing units, and Envoys get +5% speed

• "TEAM Inca Bridges" does not stack with the Chinese "TEAM Yongle Infrastructure" card.

Indians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	All units get +5% hit points and attack

Maltese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Knights of the Round Table	Ships 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center owned by the player; all units get +2% hit points

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military buildings work 400% faster and units get +10% speed

Portuguese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Gunpowder Infantry Hitpoints	Gunpowder infantry get +15% hit points

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Fencing Instructor	Heroes get +20% hit points and attack (except Shaolin Masters' Roundhouse Kick attack and Sohei Archers' Sabotage attack)
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	Ships 1 Inquisitor; all units get +10 Line of Sight

In-game dialogue

The Militia Officer reuses the British Explorer's dialogue files.

Gallery

An in-game Militia Officer