|Age Available||Imperial Age|
|Cost|| 150 Food,|
|Stats||Barracks, Archery Range, Stable and Castle units train 33% faster|
Conscription is an Imperial Age technology in Age of Empires II. With Conscription researched, units at the Barracks, Archery Range, Stable and Castle are trained 33% faster. This technology is considered essential to research as it greatly benefits when it comes towards repleneshing armies or amassing large ones.
Lords of the Middle Ages had the ability to call up their vassals and the peasant militia for limited service. Conscription was the next evolution in acquiring men for military service. It allowed a lord to put men into military service for an extended period, not just a few months of campaigning each year. In some parts of the world, a man might be conscripted for many years of service.
|Economic Technologies (Age of Empires II)|
Town Center: I: Loom II: Wheelbarrow III: Hand Cart