FreeCiv Units

 

Armor

History:

The first fully armored car was acquired in 1915 by the United States Army, at a time when considerable experimentation had been done by Britain, France and Russia. In 1928 the first armored car unit of the U.S. Army was organized at Fort Myer, Virginia. Wide experience with all types of armor in World War II confirmed the superiority of the full-tracked over the wheeled fighting vehicle. The result indicates the assignment to the light tank of the role formerly held by the armored car. The armored car is still in use as a training vehicle, well adapted to occupation and internal security uses. Its position in the combat picture is fading.

Hint:

Great unit for conducting ground campaigns.

Specifications:

Advance Attack: Defence Move Resource cost
Automobile 10 5 3 80

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Artillery

History:

Artilery was first used in 1346 in the famous battle of Crecy, France, but the recognizion came approx. 400 years later; after the Seven Years' War (1756-1763) the Austrians recognized the importance of artillery in modern warfare, and the Prince Lichtenstein was commissioned to reorganize it. Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval,a Frenchman serving with the Austrian artillery, was stuck with the improvements in effected in Austria. On his return to France he came up with the idea of creating a complete system, in both personnel and materiel, making a seperate provision for field, siege, garrison and coast artillery. This system was later on used with brilliant tactical success by Napoleon. Even in World War I the term "Napoleonic artillery" went by the strategy board but one major difference in the tactics were the use of chemical warfare. In World War II the main difference was the use of rockets and guided missiles, notably the German V-2 missile. Modern artillery is usually referred to as mobile or fixed. Mobile Artillery includes: Field pieces transported by own wheels, railway artillery, and the heaviest of siege guns. Fixed artillery is designed for permanent emplacement, such as seacoast armament mounted in harbor defences and certain fixed anti-aircraft establishments. Notably is the antitank weapons used to destroy armored motor vehicle and the Pack artillery designed for use in mountainous or jungle countries. Artillery is usually transported by the following means: Towed by tractors or trucks; hauled in the body of a truck but unloaded and emplaced for firing; self propelled (mounted directly on vihicle) or airborne (transported by aircraft or gliders).

Hint:

Great unit for attacking City Walls.

Specifications:

Advance Attack Defence Move Resource cost
Robotics 12 2 2 60

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Battleship

History:

The capital ship of the navies of the world from about 1860 until 1943. Battleships were designed to combine large size, the most powerful guns, the best armor and underwater protection, fairly high speed and great cruising radius with general seaworthiness. Before the advent of aircraft carriers they were the largest fighting ships afload. the type was superseded as the capital ship by the Carrier because the carrier's planes could discharge their bombs against an enemy at a distance of about 300 nautical miles, as it was done with considerable effect in the Pacific during World War II. For a better part of the century Great Britain was pre-eminent in this field. It completed its first battleship, the "Warrior", in 1861. Although the "Warrior" was not at the time discovered as the first battleship, Great Britain completed a sister ship called "Black Prince" and these two ships with the French "Glorie" and "Couronne" were the first battleships in the world. "Dreadnought" was the first all-big-gun battleship, this ship was also build by Great Britain. After World War II no nation built or planned to build any new battleships, but the type had played such an important role in world history for nearly a century that interest in it continued. In FreeCiv battleships cannot carry units.

Hint:

Large visibility range.

Specifications:

Advance Attack Defence Move Resource cost
Steel 12 12 4 160

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Bomber

 

History:

When the World War I broke out, Zeppelins carried out most of the German bombing attacks against En gland during the early years of the war. The contending air forces had been trained and equipped primarily for observation, but it quickly became apparent that the airplane had other military uses. Bombers were of many types and ranged in size from observation planes to giants designed especially to carry heavy loads over great distance. Bombers were generally slower than fighters, but some such as the German "Gothas" and the British "Handley Pages", often operat ed at night. Bombloads varied with the distance of the target from the aircraft's base. By 1917 the German "Gothas" were able to bomb London in daylight; at the very end of the war the British were just beginning to produce the "Handley Page V-1500" intended for bombing Berlin.

Hint:

Large visibility range, Ignore City Walls, only attacked by Fighters, No other unit can occupy the same square, Airborne for two turns

Specifications:

Advance Attack: Defence Move Resource cost
Advanced Flight 12 1 8 120

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Cannon

History:

Gunpowder was not used in Europe to discharge projectiles until the beginning of the 14th century. Cannons was first used by England in 1339 at the siege of Cambrai. All early cannon were breechloaders. In the oldest form the breech consisted of wedges of wood or metal and this form was succeeded by cannons with movable breechpiece. The projectiles first used for cannons were made of stone.

Hint:

A great weapon for offensive war, especially accompanied by Riflemen for defence.

Specifications:

Advance Attack: Defence Move Resource cost
Metallurgy 8 1 1 40

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Caravan

History:

A group of merchants, pilgrims or travelers journeying together, usually for mutual protection. In India oxen were employed for transport; in mountainous areas mules, donkeys and horses were used and in the deserts of Asia and in north Africa the commonly used animal was the camel.

Specifications:

Advance Attack: Defence Move Resource cost
Trade 0 0 1 50

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Carrier

History:

As early as 1910 a U.S. civilian pilot, Eugene Ely, flew a plane off a specially built platform on the deck of a cruiser "Birmingham" at Hampton Roads, Virginia. In 1911 Ely landed on a platform built on the quarterdeck of the cruiser "Pennesylvania", using wires attached to sandbags on the platform as primitive arresting gear, and then took off the same ship. Lt. T.G. Ellyson of the U.S. navy experimented with a catapult launching device in 1912. Prior to the start of World War I in 1914, naval opinion had looked to seaplanes, i.e. planes that could alight and take off from water, as the type of aircraft best suited to accompany the fleet to sea. Before World War II, prevailing opinion held that the battleship wo uld continue to dominate naval warfare. Although the increasing power of aircraft tended to enlarge the role of aviation, carriers were still belived to have a supporting rather than a principal function in naval tactics. Carrier aircrafts were used for stressed enemy air defence, control of the air over enemy fleet, scouting and to conduct surprice raids on enemy bases. Carrier aircrafts were developed in three principal types: Fighters, torpedo planes and dive bombers. In fact, by the end of World War II the carrier had succeeded the battleship as the dominant type of combatant vessel in the principal na vies of the world.

Hint:

Large visibility range, can carry up to eight units of type: Fighter, Bomber and Nuclear.

Specifications:

Advance Attack: Defence Move Resource cost
Advanced Flight 1 12 5 160

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Catapult

History:

The catapult were one of the most important weapon of the ancient worlds. During the middle ages three principles were in use: Torsion, tension and counterpoise. Torsion, is the twisting of heavy cords, generating the force to hurl spears, arrows or stones. Tension is the bending of a bow and counterpoise is the simple use of heavy weights attached to the short end of a spar, where the long end is being pulled back by winch-drawn cords until parallel to earth. The usual missile was a stone held in a sling at the long end of the arm.

Hint:

Great for attack and defence of cities but needs protection by other units

Specifications:

Advance Attack: Defence Move Resource cost
Mathematics 6 1 1 40

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Cavalry

History:

Formerly an importent element in the armies of all major powers. When employed as part of a combined military formation its main duties included observing and reporting information about the enemy. They were used for screening movements of its own force, pursuing and demoralizing a defeated army and maintaining a constant threat to an enemy's rear area. During the latter part of the 19th century, largely as a result of the

introduction of repeating rifles and machine guns, cavalry lost much of its former value. By the time of World War I a cavalry charge against a line of entrenched troops armed with repid- firing small arms was simply suicidal. Cavalry organizations soon abandoned horses for armored fighting vehicles and became known as Mechanized Infantory.

Hint:

Great as raiders and scouts.

Specifications:

Advance Attack: Defence Move Resource cost
Horseback Riding 2 1 2 20

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Chariot

History:

The two-wheeled chariot is first attested in Mesopotamia in the early 3th millennium B.C. The earliest Mesopotamian chariots were mounted by both spearman and charioteer, although it is doubtful if fighting took place from the vehicle itself. Sometimes a single person was mounted, for it was probably primarily for speed of personal transport in battle that the chariot originated. In the Roman circus games chariot racing took foremost place, and chariotry became socially important. Racing vehicles in use were drawn by two, three and four horses, although as many as ten horses were harnessed on spectacular occasions and drawn by dogs and even ostriches are instanced.

Hint:

Great for attacks and scouts.

Specifications:

Advance Attack: Defence Move Resource cost
The Wheel 4 1 2 40

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Cruiser

History:

A cruiser is a warship built for high speed and great cruising radius, its smaller than a battleship or Carrier but larger than a destroyer. In 1881 Great Britain began to build cruisers and U.S. authorized three cruisers in 1883 along with several monitors. Shipbuilders were making increasing use of steel when the cruisers of the 1880s were begun. An early development was the armored deck that used steel and was intended to protect machinery spaces and magazines against pluging fire. They were named "protected cruisers". They were followed by the "armored cruiser" that had armor belts on both sides, and one or two armored decks. "Scout cruisers" were usually smaler and had no armor of any kind. Before 1900 these three types of cruisers were used to prey on enemy merchant ships, to defend friendly shipping, or to fight enemy cruisers. The advent of the torpedo boat destroyer brought need for higher speeds and greater volume of gunfire if cruisers were to defend themselves against torpedo attacks. Another type, the "battle cruiser", appeared during the early 20th century. It had big guns of a "dreadnought" battleship but carried less armor and was capable of higher speeds.

Hint:

Large visibility

Specifications:

Advance Attack: Defence Move Resource cost
Combustion 6 6 6 80

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Diplomat

History:

The Italians were the first to establish permanent missions, in the 15th century. It is not known when the first embassy came to existence. It was Venice which had vast connections in the eastern Mediterranean and was threatened by the rising power of the Turk after the fall of Constantinople in 1453. When its effort to lead an alliance of Christian states against the infidel failed, Venice used diplomatic methods at Constantinople, with great success. Meanwhile Venice had begun to establish permanent missions in western Europe.New types of monarchies were then arising as the power of the pope and of the emperor decliened and new methods of organizing the central power of the state came into existence. These monarchies naturally began to negotiate with one another in the new way. For some time they regarded it with great suspicion. Henry VII of England, Ferdinand of Spain and Louis XI of France considered foreign agents as little better than spies. The language of diplomacy was originally latin. In the 17th century latin was superseeded by French, which remained the principal diplomatic language until the 19th century.English was accepted as the diplomatic language in 1919 at a conference in Paris, largely because of the influence of the United States.

Hint:

Can be used as spy, ambassador, tradepartner, envoy and saboteur.

Specifications:

Advance Attack: Defence Move Resource cost
Writing 0 0 2 40

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Fighter

History:

The primary mission of Fighter airplanes is to secure the control of essential spaces by attacking and destroying all types of enemy aircraft opera ting in their area. In the so-called dogfighting aerial combat of World War I and World War II, pilots could recognize enemy aircrafts and maneuver themselves into positions for combat by visual means. They controlled their machines manually and operated their guns by pressing the triggers whe n they were in proper firing position. Today a point has been reached where the performance capabilities of the machine far exceed the capabilities of a human pilot to control it. In supersonic aircraft at extremely high altitudes the human eyes and human reaction time are neither acute enough nor quick enough to bring the aircraft within combat range. The modern fighter airplane therefore have an almost completely automatic weapon syst em that will detect, identify and open fire at enemy aircrafts with very little help from the pilot in the cockpit. The pilot must rely upon electr onic devices and his main job is to monitor the electronic devices, take offs, landings and perhaps break off combat and return to safe base.

Hint:

Great as scout and fighting Bombers, need to return to a safe base at end of turn.

Specifications:

Advance Attack: Defence Move Resource cost
Flight 4 2 10 60

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Frigate

History:

In ancient times it was a small, swift, undecked vessel propelled by oars or sail. The French first applied the term to a particular type of warship during the second quarter of the 18th century. The Seven Year' War (1756-63) marked the definite adoption of the "frigate" as a standard class of vessel, comming next to ship in line and were used for cruising and scouting purposes. They were three-masted, fully rigged and fast with the main armament carried on a single deck and additional guns on the poop and forecastle. "Frigate" continued in used throughout the period of transition from sail to Steam but gradually gave way to the Cruiser In the modern navy it is a light armored ship used for patrol- and surveillance duties suchs as fighting and prevention of submarine attacks.

Hint:

Can carry up to four units.

Specifications:

Advance Attack: Defence Move Resource cost
Magnetism 2 2 3 40

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Ironclad

History:

By early 1857 the French experiments with rifled guns led them to conclude that armor was necessary for their warships and they stopped building wooden ships. The naval architect, Stanislas Dupuy de Lome, was in charge of the ship design for the French navy. He had devised a method which both England and France had used in converting sailing ships to streamers, and he began the first armored warship in 1858. His first ironclad was named "Gloire". Her hull was plated from stem to stern with iron, backed by wood. She was the first seagoing armor-clad. The british ironclad "warrior." (see Battleship for further info) Although "Glorie" was the first ironclad, more attention have been payed to the two American ironclads: "Monitor" and "C.S.S Virginia" (Merrimack). The battle between these two warships attracted world-wide attention as the first duel between ironclads. The spectacular success of the "Merrimack" on the previous day, when she rammed and sank the "Cumberland" and then destroyed another sailing vessel, the "Congress", by gunfire, served to convince the general public that the day of the wooden man-of war was ended.

Hint:

Great for offensive navy war, cannot carry units.

Specifications:

Advance Attack: Defence Move Resource cost
Steam Engine 4 4 4 60

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Knights

History:

In feudal times it was a servent of the king or superior lord. The origin of the knightly status go back as far as the foundation of Rome. Romulus (750 bc) is said to have made the three patricians tribes: Ramnes, Taties and Luceres who later on formed the basis of the special order - the "ordo equester" adapted for cavalry.
During the Saxon heptarchy, in England, the order of knighthood was conferred by a priest at the altar, Athelstan (900 ad) being the first king to create a knight.
The crusades increased the number and ranks of hired knights and altered and advanced the status of chivalry. The ritual of knighthood included oaths of fidelity and honor as well as the gallantry and protection of women. The act of crusading for the capture of Jerusalem and the Holy Land introduced a religious feature that did not before enter the realm of knighthood's services. Chivalry had become a religious institution and the crusading knight of the 12th century was the militant bearer of the cross and protector of the church.(Knights of the Holy Sepulchre)
The high moral plane of action in the knights's life code did not prevent abuse of power from entering the valorous rank. The knights Templar, a religious and military order for the protection of Christians in the Holy Land, became very wealthy and corrupt. The efficiency of gunpowder in rendering armor useless is generally accepted as the chief cause of the extinction of the order of knighthood.
In modern England the title of knights is not hereditary; it ranks below the lowest hereditary title, that of the baronet. It is given by the king for a distinguest service, often in politics, science or literature.

Hint:

Great as raiders and scouts.

Specifications:

Advance Attack: Defence Move Resource cost
Chivalry 4 2 2 40

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Legion

History:

First appered in ancient Roman armies. Its a body of infantry consisting of different numbers of men. (3000-6000 men depending on period of time) The legion was often complemented by cavalry and was commanded by six tribunes until the time of Caesar, who concentrated the command in a legate.

Hint:

Specifications:

Advance Attack: Defence Move Resource cost
Iron Working 2 1 1 20

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Mechanized Infantry

History:

During an advance, Artillery is pushed forward to support the infantry and to assist them in pressing the enemy. But to obtain decisive results in a pursuit it is necessary to launch against the enemy a special pursuiting force, composed of mobile troops. Mechanized Infantry is of special value with such force, and it should be handled with the greatest boldness, risk being accepted which would not be justifiable at other times.

Hint:

Great at defence of cities.

Hint:

Specifications:

Advance Attack: Defence Move Resource cost
Labour Union 6 6 3 50

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Militia

History:

The basic concept of the militia is that every free man has the right and duty to bear arms in defence of national freedom. In the city-states of Greece and in early Rome, youths were admitted to manhood by qualifying as fighting men.

Operations against distant enemies kept the citizen-soldier absent from his farm or trade for a ruinously long period - and these operations demanded a higher level of military competance and specialization than the acient citizen-soldier could offer - which resulted in the replacement by long-service professional soldiers.

Hint:

You should at least leave one militia in each city for protection

Specifications:

Advance Attack: Defence Move Resource cost
None 1 1 1 10

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Musketeers

History:

Musketeers and pikemen of the 16th century were drawn up in a phalangial formation, many ranks in depth, for the purpose of mutual protection. Reloading was such a slow process that musketeers of the front rank retired to the rear for that function and gradually moved forward until their turn came to fire again.
The original musket(arquebus) evolved during the third quarter of the 16th century in the Spanish army, then the foremost military system in Europe. Infantry tactics led to demand for heavier firearms than the arquebus. The solution was an enlarged arquebus name Musket. The Musket, like the arquebus, was loaded by pouring coarse powder down the barrel, then ramming home a lead ball and a wad of rag. A pull of the trigger brought the serpentine, with its length of burning slow mactch, into contact with the fine powder in a pan that the musketeer uncovered by hand. The resulting flash of the powder in the pan passed through the touchhole and discharged the piece. Not much accuracy could be expected of the musket. Reloading was such a complicated process that two soldiers were assigned to the clumsy weapon.

Hint:

Great at defending phalanx.

Specifications:

Advance Attack: Defence Move Resource cost
Gunpowder 2 3 1 30

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Nuclear

History:

The development of guided missiles, especially of the long-range ballistic variety, of which the German V-2 in World War II was the prototype, made the prospect for succesful active defence appear hopeless. Because a small load of weapons can be so devastating, distance to the target no longer has the significance that it had in World War II, when every extra pound of fuel meant one less pound of bombs. With thermonuclear weapons, one of which can effectively destroy an entire city with all its industry, the problem of selection of target systems and of aiming points presents none of the special difficulties that it did in World War II. There can be no doubt that the coming of nuclear and especially of themonuclear weapons established the dominance of strategic bombardment in any unrestricted war of the future.

Hint:

Is lost if not in safe carrier or city at end of turn.

Specifications:

Advance:  Attack Defence Move: Resource cost
Rocketry & Nuclear Fission 99 0 16 160

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Phalanx

History:

Three Greek states are known for their use of phalanx: Sparta, Thebes and Macedon. Phalanx was perfected by Philip of Macedon. He increased the length of the spears from 18 feetto 24 feet and the number of ranks from 12 to 16; and the lines were arranged at such intervals that the spears of the fifth rank projected three feet in front of the first, so that the fron was protected by a solid array of five lines of spears. The men was also armed with large shields which nearly covered the body. The rush of the phalanx was wellnight irresistible, but it was unwideldy, and was abandoned because it could not be maneuvered quickly and failed altogether when fighting became hand to hand. Because of Philip of Macedon's dependence on the phalanx, Perseus, (the last king of Macedon) was defeated at Pydna by the Romans in 168 B.C.

Hint:

Great for defence.

Specifications:

Advance Attack: Defence Move Resource cost
Bronze Working 1 2 1 20

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Riflemen

(Marauders from RDA)

History:

With the advent during the 19th century of breechloading repeating rifles using metallic cartridges the picture changes completely; riflemen replaced musketeers. The repeating rifle held sway during World War I and was succeeded during and after World War II by the semi-automatic rifle, notable the U.S. army's Garand rifle. In the 1950 full automatic rifles came into common use.

Hint:

Great at defence.

Specifications:

Advance Attack: Defence Move Resource cost
Conscription 3 5 1 30

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Sail

(Quiver)

History:

Sheet made of hemp yarn, cotton or nylon which pieced together with double hem. Used to catch the wind and move a boat or ship forward. The edge of large sails is often strengthened by a rig. The top edge of square sails (used by ocean-going-ships) is secured by a yard arm and the front edge of the staysail is placed in the middle of the ship. The studding sail is used in calm weather by setting the studding sail in front of the staysail and thereby increasing the area of the sail. See upgrade to frigate for further informations.

Hint:

Great scout and explore of the ocean.

Specifications:

Advance Attack: Defence Move Resource cost
Navigation 1 1 3 40

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Settlers

History: Settlers simply represent the demographic transactions among people round the world.

Hint:

Specifications:

Advance Attack: Defence Move Resource cost
None 0 0 1 40

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Submarine

History:

Between 1620 and 1624 Cornelius Van Drebel, a Dutch investor, built the first submarine. He successfully maneuvered his craft during repeated trials in the Thames at depth from 12 to 15 ft. beneath the surface. It was during the American War of Independence that a submarine was first used as an offencive weapon in naval warfare. In 1776 the "Turtle", a one-man submarine, built of wood in the shape of a pear and handoperated by a screw propeller, tryed to sink a British man-of-war in New York Harbor. The plan was to have the "Turtle" make its approach to the ship underwarter, attach a charge of gunpowder to the ship's bottom with a screw, and quickly leave the scene before the charge was exploded by a time fuze. After repeated failures to force the screw through the copper sheathing on the hull of "Eagle", the submarine gave up, released the charge, and withdrew. The powder exploded without result, except that the "Eagle" at once decided to shift to a berth farther out to sea. Significant progress in this area had to await two inventions: The internal combustion engine for surface propulsion and the electric motor for underwater propulusion. The all-electric submarine, the "Nautilus", was invented by the two Englishmen; Andrew Campbell and James Ash in 1886. Great interest in submarine warfare was obtained after World War I, mostly because of the great success of the German U-Boats and the lessons of World War II brought great changes in submarine constructions. Torpedoes came to be fired by hydraulic pressure instead of compressed air, eliminating any chance of telltale air bubbles escaping to the surface and betraying the submarine's location. Hulls were given greater strength fir deeper diving and radar and sonar equipments were installed. During World War II, the Germans had conducted extensive experiments on the type XXVI U-boat, named the "Walther boat", driven by a closed system of combustion that could be operated underwarter by employing liquid hydroge peroxide rather than air to supply the oxygen for fuel combustion. The system would permit greater submerged speed by allowing the use of more powerful diesel engines while the submarine was completely submerged. Technical difficulties prevented this type of submarine from becoming operational during the war. After the war the German design was revised and adapted by several navies, culminating in the development of the British "Explore" accepted into service in 1956. In 1955 the USS "Nautilus" made history by getting underway on nuclear power. Here at last was a true submarine. The USS "Nautilus" could maintain submerged speed in excess of 20 knots almost indefinitely, limited only by the endurance of her crew and her supply provisions. During the periode from Aug. 1-5, 1958, the USS "Nautilus" made the first submerged polar transit from Point Barrow, Alaska, to the Greenland Sea, traveling 1,830 miles under the polar ice cap. Submarines are still in use and a new aspect, antisubmarine operations, has been developed.(by Russia)

Hint:

Large visibility.

Specifications:

Advance Attack: Defence Move Resource cost
Mass Production 8 2 3 50

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Transportation

History:

Transportation has had a profound influence on the currents of history. No nation has become great that did not give major attention to the development of transportation. The famous conquerors of history, such as Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan, succeeded because they effected superior mobility for their followers and troops, by sea or land, as cpmpared with the countries that they subdued. After the destruction of the Roman Empire, in the 5th century, more than 10 centuries were to pass before there would be another empire, the Spanish! Spanish conquests were extended thoughout South America and the Caribbean area, parts of North America, and even into the pacific in the 16th and 17th century. The development of shipping made these exploration possible. And trade communication between the mother country and the colonies was established. The empire was destined to disintegrate, however, perhaps largely because of the failure of Spain to consolidate her colonies into an effective empire economy and to extend the benefits of the mother country's civilization to them. -This remained for Britain to establish. During the 17th and 18th centuries, an empire that not only equaled but even exceeded that extend and position of the Romans was established by Britain. Britain emulated the example of Rome. The British developed and maintained, during 1600 and 1900, the greatest merchant marine that had ever been known, and supported this merchant marine with the world's greatest navy, just as Rome had done many centuries before.

Hint:

Great for invasions.

Specifications:

Advance Attack: Defence Move Resource cost
Industrialization 0 3 4 50

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Trireme

(Roer Ege)

History:

A large warship used by the Greeks and other peoples of the ancient world. The Athenian trireme of the 4th century B.C. carried about 200 men, and moved 4-5 knots with the aid of a sail. The trireme, introduced in the 6th century, fought chiefly by ramming. In Hellenistic times, the trireme was superseded by the quinquireme.

Hint:

Have a 50/50 lost rate when not adjacent to land at end of turn.

Specifications:

Advance Attack: Defence Move Resource cost
Map Making 1 0 3 40

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