Forts

Fortifications in Veritas et Fortitudo are of two kinds. There are traditional fort buildings like in vanilla EU and there are local fortifications that appear in many provinces until the 16th century.

Local Fortifications
These buildings represent fortified towns and smaller castles that, until the advent of strong artillery, required the investment of siege or assault to secure. They are found in most provinces in Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, north-east India, China, and Japan. Local Fortifications count as a level 1 fort (Castles are level 2), but do not exert a zone of control. They exist in every province that does not have another type of fortification until they disappear in the early 16th century (Military Technology 28) as artillery becomes more advanced and their usefulness evaporates. Local fortifications can be destroyed during a siege; when destroyed the owner can pay to rebuild them or wait until the local inhabitants (through some level of Noble Ownership or a Civil Charter) do it themselves, though this option may take several years.