Technology.mp2

Quick Jump:
List of Technologies
= Technologies =
During the game all nations will race to discover more powerful technologies. A few advances provide immediate benefits, such as making new actions available to your units. Many introduce new units or buildings you can construct. Most are gateways to further technology. Beware that some advances also make things obsolete. While obsolete units merely become impossible to make, obsolete buildings are immediately sold, and obsolete wonders lose their effect.
There are a few ways to gain advances from other civilizations: you will sometimes discover enemy technology when you capture a city; you can steal advances with Diplomats and Spies; and another player might grant technology in the terms of a pact.
By default, each player starts with no technology (this can be changed with a server option). You direct your research toward one advance at a time. Research progress is measured in research points (bulbs), which can be generated both through trade and by scientists. The cost for each technology is fixed and depends on the number of its 'parent techs'. See below the total cost (including parents' cost) for each technology.
Instead of selecting each new advance manually, you can establish a long-term goal that is several technologies away, and your scientists will work through all the prerequisite advances automatically.You can open the research window to view science progress and select new goals. The online help system displays a very helpful technology tree for every item and technology in the game, allowing you to explore the advances they require.
= The Space Race =
If the server option is enabled, the game may be won peacefully by building a spacecraft and becoming the first civilization to reach Alpha Centauri. To enter the "space race" you must complete the Apollo Program. This allows every you with the necessary technology to begin building spacecraft components:
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	Space Module
cost:2000 upkeep:0
requires:Superconductors
The skeleton of your spacecraft consists of structural components, each of which can hold in place either a component or module. Components provide fuel and propulsion systems, and decrease the amount of time your craft will require to reach Alpha Centauri; you can install up to sixteen, though they must be installed in pairs. Modules themselves come in three flavors: a habitation module provides living space for ten thousand colonists; a life support module can keep ten thousand colonists alive; and a solar panel provides the power required by any two other modules.
Use the spaceship window to observe your progress as you build your spacecraft. You may manufacture spacecraft elements anywhere with a factory; they will automatically be assembled in your capital city. As you add components you improve the craft's probability of success and travel time; you may launch as soon as you find these satisfactory. If several civilizations are building spacecraft, they are faced with the decision of whether to launch quickly and start their craft on its way, or continue building in the hopes of launching a faster spacecraft later, or one with a higher probability of success.
During construction and after launch, the spaceship is considered a building of your capital city. It will be lost if your capital is taken or destroyed.
= List of Technologies =
Techrequirements 	Description	Allows (Units, Buildings, Techs) /Obsoletes (Units, Buildings)
Advanced Flight
Radio,
Machine Tools	 	
* Medium Bomber
* Carrier
* Combined Arms (with Mobile Warfare)
* Radar (with Electronics)
Alphabet 	
* Disables Well-Diggers	
* Trireme
* Code of Laws
* Map Making
* Mathematics (with Masonry)
* Writing
Alphabet 	
* Disables Well-Diggers	
*  Boat
Amphibious Warfare
Navigation,
Tactics	 	
* Marines
* Port Facility
Astronomy
Mysticism,
Mathematics	 	
* War Galley
* Copernicus' Observatory (W)
* Navigation (with Seafaring)
* Theory of Gravity (with University)
Atomic Theory
Theory of Gravity,
Physics	 	
* Nuclear Fission (with Mass Production)
Automobile
Combustion,
Steel	
* Increases population pollution 25%	
* Submarine
* Super Highways
* Mass Production (with The Corporation)
* Mobile Warfare (with Tactics)
Automobile
Combustion,
Steel	
* Increases population pollution 25%	
* Leonardo's Workshop (W)
Avionics
Rocketry,
Computers	 	
* Jet Fighter
*  Ground Strike Fighter
* Stealth (with Superconductors)
Avionics
Rocketry,
Computers	 	
* Fighter
* Escort Fighter
*  Dive Bomber
Banking
Trade,
The Republic	
*Prevents Philosophy from awarding bonus tech	
* Bank
* Democracy (with Invention)
* Economics (with University)
* Industrialization (with Railroad)
Bridge Building
Iron Working,
Construction	
* Allows roads on rivers.
* Upgrades all roads in cities to Bridges	
* Railroad (with Steam Engine)
Bronze Working 	 	
* Phalanx
* Colossus (W)
* Agōgē of Sparta (W)
* Currency
* Iron Working (with Warrior Code)
Ceremonial Burial	 	
* Temple
*  Mausoleum of Mausolos
* Monarchy (with Code of Laws)
* Mysticism
* Polytheism (with Horseback Riding)
Chemistry
University,
Medicine	 	
* Balloon
* Explosives (with Gunpowder)
* Refining (with Steel)
Chivalry
Feudalism,
Horseback Riding	 	
* Knights
* Leadership (with Gunpowder)
Chivalry
Feudalism,
Horseback Riding	 	
* Horsemen
* Chariot
Code of Laws
Alphabet	 	
* Courthouse
* Literacy (with Writing)
* Monarchy (with Ceremonial Burial)
* The Republic (with Literacy)
* Trade (with Currency)
Combined Arms
Mobile Warfare,
Advanced Flight	 	
* Paratroopers
* Helicopter
* Transport Helicopter
Combustion
Refining,
Explosives	
*+1 move for Trains	
* Automobile (with Steel)
* Flight (with Theory of Gravity)
Communism
Philosophy,
Industrialization	
* Allows government Communism.
* pre-req for spawning Partisans	
* Proletarians
* Police Station
* United Nations (W)
* Espionage (with Democracy)
* Guerilla Warfare (with Tactics)
Communism
Philosophy,
Industrialization	
* Allows government Communism.
* pre-req for spawning Partisans	
Computers
Mass Production,
Miniaturization	 	
* Research Lab
* The Internet (W)
* Robotics (with Mobile Warfare)
* Space Flight (with Rocketry)
Computers
Mass Production,
Miniaturization	 	
* Temple of Artemis (W)
Conscription
Democracy,
Metallurgy	Allows cities to produce multiple units per turn
if the additional units are infantry types and 
the city has the required buildings and output
* Allows upgrading all pre-Gunpowder foot units for free.	
* Riflemen
* Tactics (with Leadership)
Conscription
Democracy,
Metallurgy	Allows cities to produce multiple units per turn
if the additional units are infantry types and 
the city has the required buildings and output
* Allows upgrading all pre-Gunpowder foot units for free.	
* Musketeers
Construction
Masonry,
Currency	
* Allows building Fortresses
* Allows mining deserts	
* Aqueduct
* Amphitheater
* Bridge Building (with Iron Working)
* Engineering (with The Wheel)
Currency
Bronze Working	 	
* Marketplace
* Construction (with Masonry)
* Trade (with Code of Laws)
Democracy
Banking,
Invention	
* Allows Democracy government	
* Statue of Liberty (W)
* Conscription (with Metallurgy)
* Espionage (with Communism)
* Recycling (with Mass Production)
Economics
Banking,
University	 	
* Stock Exchange
* A.Smith's Trading Co. (W)
* The Corporation (with Industrialization)
Electricity
Metallurgy,
Magnetism	
* Increases Amphitheater effect +1
* +1 move point for Trains
* Reveals all tiles within one's borders	
* Destroyer
* Tesla's Laboratory (W)
* Electronics (with The Corporation)
* Refrigeration (with Sanitation)
* Steel (with Industrialization)
Electricity
Metallurgy,
Magnetism	
* Increases Amphitheater effect +1
* +1 move point for Trains
* Reveals all tiles within one's borders	
* Ironclad
Electronics
The Corporation,
Electricity	 	
* Hydro Plant
* Hoover Dam (W)
* Miniaturization (with Machine Tools)
* Nuclear Power (with Nuclear Fission)
* Radar (with Advanced Flight)
Engineering
The Wheel,
Construction	
* Allows building Canals
* Allows building Naval Base	
* Ram Ship
* King Richard's Crusade (W)
* Invention (with Literacy)
* Sanitation (with Medicine)
Environmentalism
Recycling,
Space Flight	
* Reduces production pollution by 50%	
* Solar Plant
Espionage
Communism,
Democracy	 	
* Spy
Espionage
Communism,
Democracy	 	
* Diplomat
Explosives
Gunpowder,
Chemistry	 	
* Engineers
* Combustion (with Refining)
Explosives
Gunpowder,
Chemistry	 	
* Workers
Feudalism
Warrior Code,
Monarchy	 	
* Pikemen
* Sun Tzu's War Academy (W)
* Chivalry (with Horseback Riding)
* Theology (with Monotheism)
Feudalism
Warrior Code,
Monarchy	 	
* Warriors
* Phalanx
Flight
Combustion,
Theory of Gravity	 	
* Fighter
* Anti-Aircraft Artillery
* Radio
Flight
Combustion,
Theory of Gravity	 	
* Colossus (W)
Fundamentalism
Conscription,
Theology	 	
* Pilgrims
* Fanatics
Fusion Power
Nuclear Power,
Superconductors	 	
* Hydrogen Bomb
* Doomsday Bomb
* Tactical Nuke
* Enrichment Facility
* Fusion Reactor
Genetic Engineering
Medicine,
The Corporation	 	
* Cure For Cancer (W)
Guerilla Warfare
Communism,
Tactics	
* Globally sets ability to spawn Partisans	
* Partisan
* Labor Union (with Mass Production)
Guerilla Warfare
Communism,
Tactics	
* Globally sets ability to spawn Partisans	
* Explorer
Gunpowder
Invention,
Iron Working	
* pre-req for spawning Partisans	
* Musketeers
* Barracks II
* Coastal Defense
* Explosives (with Chemistry)
* Leadership (with Chivalry)
* Metallurgy (with University)
Gunpowder
Invention,
Iron Working	
* pre-req for spawning Partisans	
* Archers
* Legion
* Pikemen
* Barracks
* Agōgē of Sparta
Horseback Riding 	
Creates traveler's tales if discovered before 2500 BC	
* Horsemen
* Genghis Khan's Equestrian School
* Chivalry (with Feudalism)
* Polytheism (with Ceremonial Burial)
* The Wheel
Industrialization
Railroad,
Banking	
* Increases population pollution 25%	
* Transport
* Cargo Ship
* Factory
* Women's Suffrage (W)
* Communism (with Philosophy)
* Steel (with Electricity)
* The Corporation (with Economics)
Industrialization
Railroad,
Banking	
* Increases population pollution 25%	
* Galleon
Invention
Engineering,
Literacy	
* Increases units' vision when in Fortresses
* Prevents Philosophy from awarding bonus tech	
* Leonardo's Workshop (W)
* Democracy (with Banking)
* Gunpowder (with Iron Working)
* Steam Engine (with Physics)
Iron Working
Bronze Working,
Warrior Code	 	
* Legion
* Bridge Building (with Construction)
* Gunpowder (with Invention)
* Magnetism (with Physics)
Labor Union
Mass Production,
Guerilla Warfare	
* Changes upkeep on Infantry from shields to gold	
* Mech. Inf.
Laser
Mass Production,
Nuclear Power	 	
* SDI Defense
* Superconductors (with Nuclear Power)
Leadership
Chivalry,
Gunpowder	 	
* Dragoons
* Tactics (with Conscription)
Leadership
Chivalry,
Gunpowder	 	
* Knights
* Crusaders
Literacy
Writing,
Code of Laws	 	
* Supreme Court (W)
* Invention (with Engineering)
* Philosophy (with Mysticism)
* Physics (with Navigation)
* The Republic (with Code of Laws)
Machine Tools
Steel,
Tactics	
* Globally obsoletes Great Wall when discovered	
* Artillery
* Advanced Flight (with Radio)
* Miniaturization (with Electronics)
Machine Tools
Steel,
Tactics	
* Globally obsoletes Great Wall when discovered	
* Cannon
* Great Wall (W)
Magnetism
Navigation,
Invention	 	
* Galleon
* Frigate
* Electricity (with Metallurgy)
Magnetism
Navigation,
Invention	 	
* Caravel
Map Making
Alphabet	 	
* Longboat
* Explorer
* Lighthouse (W)
* Seafaring (with Pottery)
Masonry 	
* Allows building Forts	
* City Walls
* Palace
* Great Wall (W)
* Pyramids (W)
* Construction (with Currency)
* Mathematics (with Alphabet)
Mass Production
Automobile,
The Corporation	
* Increases population pollution 25%	
* Mass Transit
* Computers (with Miniaturization)
* Labor Union (with Guerilla Warfare)
* Laser (with Nuclear Power)
* Nuclear Fission (with Atomic Theory)
* Recycling (with Democracy)
Mathematics
Alphabet,
Masonry	 	
* Catapult
* Astronomy (with Mysticism)
* University (with Philosophy)
Medicine
Philosophy,
Trade	 	
* Shakespeare's Theatre (W)
* Chemistry (with University)
* Genetic Engineering (with The Corporation)
* Sanitation (with Engineering)
Metallurgy
Gunpowder,
University	 	
* Cannon
* Gibraltar Fortress (W)
* Conscription (with Democracy)
* Electricity (with Magnetism)
Metallurgy
Gunpowder,
University	 	
* Catapult
Miniaturization
Machine Tools,
Electronics	 	
* Offshore Platform
* Computers (with Mass Production)
* Rocketry (with Radar)
Miniaturization
Machine Tools,
Electronics	 	
* Lighthouse (W)
Mobile Warfare
Automobile,
Tactics	 	
* Armor
* Barracks III
* Combined Arms (with Advanced Flight)
* Robotics (with Computers)
Mobile Warfare
Automobile,
Tactics	 	
* Cavalry
* Barracks II
* Sun Tzu's War Academy (W)
* Genghis Khan's Equestrian School (W)
Monarchy
Ceremonial Burial,
Code of Laws	
* Allows Monarchy government	
* Feudalism (with Warrior Code)
Monotheism
Philosophy,
Polytheism	 	
* Crusaders
* Cathedral
* Michelangelo's Chapel (W)
* Theology (with Feudalism)
Mysticism
Ceremonial Burial	
* Doubles the effect of Temples	
* Ecclesiastical Palace
* Temple of Artemis (W)
* Oracle (W)
* Astronomy (with Mathematics)
* Philosophy (with Literacy)
Navigation
Seafaring,
Astronomy	 	
* Caravel
* Magellan's Expedition (W)
* Amphibious Warfare (with Tactics)
* Physics (with Literacy)
Navigation
Seafaring,
Astronomy	 	
* Longboat
* Galley
* War Galley
* Ram Ship
Nuclear Fission
Mass Production,
Atomic Theory	 	
*  Atom Bomb
* Manhattan Project (W)
* Nuclear Power (with Electronics)
Nuclear Power
Nuclear Fission,
Electronics	
* Gives sea units +2 moves	
* Nuclear Plant
* Fusion Power (with Superconductors)
* Laser (with Mass Production)
* Superconductors (with Laser)
Philosophy
Mysticism,
Literacy	Gives a free tech before T85 (1600AD)
if the nation does not already have
Banking, Invention, or Physics.	
* Communism (with Industrialization)
* Medicine (with Trade)
* Monotheism (with Polytheism)
* University (with Mathematics)
Physics
Literacy,
Navigation	
* Increases unit vision to full 2x
* Prevents Philosophy from awarding bonus tech	
* Atomic Theory (with Theory of Gravity)
* Magnetism (with Iron Working)
* Steam Engine (with Invention)
Plastics
Robotics
Space Flight	
* Increases population pollution 25%	
* Space Component
Polytheism
Horseback Riding,
Ceremonial Burial	 	
* Statue of Zeus (W)
* Elephants
* Monotheism
Pottery 	
*Allows Quays
*Disables Well-Diggers	
* Workers
* Granary
* Hanging Gardens (W)
* Seafaring (with Map Making)
Radar
Advanced Flight
Electronics	
*Allows building Radar Tower	
* Heavy Bomber
* AWACS
* Radar Tower
* Rocketry (with Miniaturization)
Radio
Flight 	
* Allows building Airbase
* Allows building Buoy	
* Escort Fighter
* Dive Bomber
* Airport
* Advanced Flight (with Machine Tools)
Radio
Flight 	
* Allows building Airbase
* Allows building Buoy	
*  Mausoleum of Mausolos (W)
Railroad
Steam Engine,
Bridge Building	
* Allows upgrading Roads to Railroads
* Less first-time revenue for Trade Routes	
* Darwin's Voyage (W)
* Industrialization (with Banking)
Railroad
Steam Engine,
Bridge Building	
* Allows upgrading Roads to Railroads
* Less first-time revenue for Trade Routes	
* Hanging Gardens (W)
Recycling
Mass Production,
Democracy	 	
* Recycling Center
* Environmentalism (with Space Flight)
Refining
Chemistry,
Steel	
*Allows Oil Wells on Glaciers	
* Battleship
* Power Plant
* Combustion (with Explosives)
* Plastics (with Space Flight)
Refrigeration
Sanitation,
Electricity	
* Allows upgrading Irrigation to Farmland	
* Supermarket
Robotics
Mobile Warfare,
Computers	 	
* Howitzer
* Mfg. Plant
* Plastics (with Space Flight )
Robotics
Mobile Warfare,
Computers	 	
* Artillery
* King Richard's Crusade (W)
Rocketry
Radar
Miniaturization	 	
* File:U.missile_cruiserMissile Destroyer
* AEGIS Cruiser
*  Srategic Bomber
* Cruise Missile
* SAM Battery
* Space Flight (with Computers)
* Avionics (with Computers)
Rocketry
Radar
Miniaturization	 	
* Cruiser
* Destroyer
Sanitation
Engineering,
Medicine	 	
* Sewer System
* Refrigeration (with Electricity)
Seafaring
Pottery,
Map Making	 	
* Galley
* Harbor
* Navigation (with Astronomy)
Seafaring
Pottery,
Map Making	 	
* Trireme
Space Flight
Computers,
Rocketry	
* Increases unit vision
* Increases city radius vision	
* Jet Bomber
* Mobile SAM
* Nuclear
* Space Structural
* Apollo Program (W)
* Environmentalism (with Recycling)
* Plastics (with Robotics)
* Stealth (with Superconductors)
Space Flight
Computers,
Rocketry	
* Increases unit vision
* Increases city radius vision	
* Strategic Bomber
* Heavy Bomber
* Medium Bomber
Stealth
Superconductors,
Space Flight	 	
* Stealth Fighter
* Stealth Bomber
Stealth
Superconductors,
Space Flight	 	
Stealth does not obsolete older aircraft.
Steam Engine
Physics,
University	 	
* Ironclad
* Eiffel Tower (W)
* Railroad (with Bridge Building)
Steam Engine
Physics,
University	 	
* Frigate
Steel
Electricity,
Industrialization	
* Allows building Sea Bridge	
* Cruiser
* Automobile (with Combustion)
* Machine Tools (with Tactics)
* Refining (with Chemistry)
Superconductors
Nuclear Power,
Laser	
* Allows building MagLev super-rails	
* Space Module
* Fusion Power (with Nuclear Power)
* Stealth (with Advanced Flight)
Tactics
Conscription,
Leadership	 	
* Alpine Troops
* Cavalry
* Amphibious Warfare (with Navigation)
* Guerilla Warfare (with Communism)
* Machine Tools (with Steel)
* Mobile Warfare (with Automobile)
Tactics
Conscription,
Leadership	 	
* Dragoons
* Statue of Zeus (W)
The Corporation
Economics,
Industrialization	 	
* Freight
* Electronics (with Electricity)
* Genetic Engineering (with Medicine)
* Mass Production (with Automobile)
The Corporation
Economics,
Industrialization	 	
* Caravan
The Republic
Code of Laws,
Literacy	
* Allows Republic government	
* Banking (with Trade)
The Wheel
Horseback Riding	 	
* Chariot
* Engineering (with Construction)
Theology
Feudalism,
Monotheism	
* Improves Cathedral effect +1	
* J.S. Bach's Cathedral (W)
Theology
Feudalism,
Monotheism	
* Improves Cathedral effect +1	
* Oracle (W)
Theory of Gravity
Astronomy,
University	 	
* Isaac Newton's College (W)
* Atomic Theory (with Physics)
* Flight (with Combustion)
Trade
Currency,
Code of Laws	
*Allows Establishing Trade Routes
*Allows Enter Marketplace	
* Caravan
* Marco Polo's Embassy (W)
* Banking (with The Republic)
* Medicine (with Philosophy)
University
Mathematics,
Philosophy	 	
* University
* Chemistry (with Medicine)
* Economics (with Banking)
* Metallurgy (with Gunpowder)
* Theory of Gravity (with Astronomy)
Warrior Code 	
*Allows Hideouts	
* Archers
* Feudalism (with Monarchy)
* Iron Working (with Bronze Working)
Writing
Alphabet	 	
* Diplomat
* Library
* Literacy (with Code of Laws)