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[@ClocktowerEchos], I'm thinking of a former member of the Continental Army who survived the defeat of the Deputy General; what's the age of conscription/recruitment?


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Recruitment started at 18 and I want to say its been about half a year since the Deputy General fell in combat. With more desperate times of course you'll start seeing the recruitment age become lower and the recruitment perhaps become less voluntary. For a more veteran soldier though, I'd put them around at least early to mid 20's. 

If they're a bit older and have been in the army for longer, they might even remember the golden years of the Continental Army when the Governor General was still around and led them in person against raider gangs and even the Unity Crusade. The war against the Unity Crusade is more popularly known as the Valley Forge Defiance where Philadelphia had become so stable, that the GG was comfortable taking the bulk of his army out of the city and to Valley Forge to fight the Unity Crusade in a proper battle with logistics, formations, and strategies not seen since the old world and a far cry from the wasteland raids and caravan ambushes that were more common.