Engineers (Civ2)

Engineers are an -era in Civilization II, available with the . They succeed , performing all tasks at double speed, and have unique access to the command.
== Overview ==
Engineers can perform all standard at twice the efficiency of Settlers. They are also able to .
A city a worker unit loses 1 upon completion; if this would disband the city, completion is postponed and will stockpile until the city grows.
=== Upkeep ===
Workers incur a upkeep in addition to any other costs, the exact amount depending on the player's : , and require 1 , while , , and require 2. A city facing famine will disband workers before sacrificing population.
== Strategy ==
Engineers have the same production and upkeep cost as Settlers, while being faster and more efficient workers with unique access to the Transform order. It is therefore optimal to replace supported settlers with engineers once they become available. One possible exception is settlers with no home city, as such units do not require food upkeep. If the player controls , these settlers can upgrade to engineers, providing the with an enhanced "free" labor force.
All worker units cost twice the to . This is generally inefficient compared to the player building their own; however, engineers bribed closer to rival cities than the player's will not have a home city, and therefore incur no Food upkeep.
While worker units cannot in the field, they can be assigned the Fortify order when selected in the , offering a functional, if precarious, emergency garrison.
== Civilopedia entry ==
As technology progressed through the centuries, people began to specialize in a single skill or field of knowledge. The early pioneers who acted in the multiple roles of farmers, builders, and just about any other occupation required by their situation, were replaced by engineers specifically trained in a single discipline. Specialized training provided engineers the time and the skill necessary to accomplish feats of construction and environmental manipulation never before experienced in history.
== Modding ==
Engineers are defined in the second line of the section of . Food upkeep is defined in the section at lines 6 and 7 for "early" and "late" governments, respectively.
In original versions of Civilization II through to MGE, only the unit in the Engineers slot benefits from advanced worker functions. In Test of Time, any unit can be flagged as an engineer in the section of , providing double work speed and access to the Transform order.
Engineer abilities are innate to the unit: they do not require specific s to unlock, and are not disabled even if the unit is later rendered obsolete. However, the Transform order only appears in the after acquiring the prerequisite to the Slot 2 unit; a greys out the order for all other units regardless if they are transform-capable, but the order can always be issued via the hotkey ().
The popup advising of the Transform order is defined at in . It is issued once the unit in the Engineers slot becomes available, even if the unit itself does not have a worker role.
== Footnotes ==
== References ==
== See also ==
* Engineer(s) in other games