Shintai Society

**Dev. Status** | Conceptual

*"Angels and demons circle above my head*

*cleaving through thorns and Milky Ways*

*He who does not perceive his calling,*

*does not know true happiness..."*

The **Shintai Society**, or **Society** is a fan-faction turned Annihilation faction created by OneWingedHussar, now mixed with the axed Uchiwa Shogunate (well, culturally since there was nothing else). It is a Japanese splinter faction that rises as a militarist conspiracy as much as a millenarian cult, a phenomenon only possible in the crucible of total war, technological revolution and changing paradigms that is Japan in *Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3*. The Shintai Society provides an answer to future shock. By unshackling sciences that have been held back by craven conservatives to joining them to traditions that have been abandoned by the equally craven political establishment, it seeks to reforge the nation and its people into something worthy of its illustrious name. Fighting using the tradional way updated by technology. Actual swordsmen samurai warriors, mechas replacing vehicles that uses melee/short range weapons, aircraft modeled more like animals, etc.

## At a Glance

 **Basic Look** | ‘Classical’ Japanese architecture rendered in modern nano-materials, favoring sleek naturalistic function and concealed mechanics. Infantry are outfitted in stylish Taisho romance.

## Background

**Stand-Alone Complex**

**The Second Sun**

## Unique Faction Mechanics

### Deployment and Transformation

The Shintai Society erects new buildings by constructing Nanocores from the Temple Yard and deploying them at their intended location, much like the Japanese Empire with which it shares a common technology base. However, several of the Society’s regular units are also capable of deploying into buildings at a cost, and some are even vital to the faction’s battlefield presence!

Almost all of the Society’s vehicles, aircraft, and naval vessels also have the ability to upgrade into a different unit at a surcharge, radically altering their tactical function. They can downgrade themselves back to their original form if needed, but note that you’re not getting the upgrade cost back!

### Tiering and Prototypes

The Shintai Society advances technology tiers through example. Each unit production structure has the ability to produce a Nanoegg at cost, which can be deployed at further cost to create a Prototype unit. The Prototype is a unit of the next tier, which unlocks all units of that tier as soon as it enters the battlefield. Note that Society field commanders must still construct a Gate of Ascension as a pre-requisite for producing Tier 3 Prototypes.

Only one of each Prototype can be built at a time, but each Prototype fulfills potent tactical functions and enjoys double the normal veterancy ranks, including an extra heroic rank, and effects in comparison to conventional units. Use them well and they will be worth more than their cost.

### Zeal

Whenever a Shintai unit use their ability and/or kill and enemy they produce Zeal. An exclusive resource used to power their protocols, while fast to earth in battle it will rapidly drain if their forces doesn't fight for a few seconds. In turn their protocols are more powerful and have no cooldowns.

## Units and Structures

### Watercraft

 File:IconShintai.png | Stealth Destroyer
 File:IconShintai.png | Ryujin Buster Frigate

### Aircraft

 File:IconShintai.png | Dragonfly Scout
 File:IconShintai.png | Sea Falcon/Stone Falcon
 File:IconShintai.png | Raiden Fighter/Raiden Strider
 File:IconShintai.png | Tenma Stealth Bomber

### Prototypes

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