Units Catalogue

Units both offer mobility to your civilization and supply the violence with which it will survive and expand. The available units may be classified as military units, whose talents are those of defense and aggression, and a few noncombatants which support expansion (explorers, settlers, workers, and engineers), diplomacy (the diplomat and spy), and trade (caravans and freights).
The support of your units will be one of your major expenses. Each unit requires one production point per turn, settlers — the units derived from citizens — also require one or two food points per turn depending on your form of government. Note that autocratic governments force cities to support several units for free, which can save production points for other uses.
Under representative governments, aggressive units each cause one or two workers to become unhappy. This makes war quite expensive under representative government, since production points are required to support each unit and luxury points must be produced to mollify the citizenry.
==Movement==
Units begin every turn with one or more movement points, depending upon their natural mobility — shown for each unit in the catalogue below — reduced, for damaged land and sea units, in proportion to the extent of their damage. Movement points not consumed by the end of the turn are lost and cannot be stored or transfered. Sea units gain extra movement points if their civilization possesses the Lighthouse, Magellan's expedition, or nuclear power.
Every action undertaken by a unit consumes movement points. This manual describes each action in the section where it is most relevant; see the index for the full list of actions. Actions require one movement point unless otherwise noted.
The most basic action is movement. Units can move into any of the eight surrounding squares under fairly obvious constraints: land units are confined to land and transport vessels; ships are confined to ocean squares and port cities (which are thus the only cities that can build them); and aircraft ignore terrain, though they must often end their turn where they can refuel — see the description of each unit for specific restrictions. Moving one square usually consumes one movement point, and units can always move one square regardless of their wounds. Rough terrain, however, can be more costly for land units as detailed in the terrain catalogue.
Note that military units, settlers, and engineers cannot move between squares adjacent to enemy units — they must retreat into unthreatened territory before again coming into range of an enemy unit — unless the square they enter already holds a friendly city or unit. Note also that land units can embark and disembark from transports whenever the transport is adjacent to land or another transport — this does not require ports or other facilities.
Land units can move instantly between airports in friendly cities with the airlift action. An airport can participate in only one airlift per turn.
==Unit Catalogue==
About a half-dozen attributes define each unit in the following table. The Cost specifies how many production points a city must invest to build one unit. Next comes M the number of movement points the unit is granted each turn, followed by C the number of other units that the unit can carry (called its capacity). The combat statistics A attack strength, D defense strength, HP hit points, and FP firepower are all explained in the section describing combat.
===AEGIS Cruiser===
 Sea unit - Required tech: Technology#Rocketry - Obsoleted by: None
	Cost: 
100 shields
attack: 8defence: 8
hitpoints: 30firepower: 2
moves: 5vision range: 2	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
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===Alpine Troops===
 Land unit - Required tech: Technology#Tactics - Obsoleted by: None
	Cost: 
50 shields
attack: 5defence: 5
hitpoints: 20firepower: 1
moves: 1vision range: 1	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
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===Archers===
 Land unit - Required tech: Technology#Warrior_Code - Obsoleted by: #Musketeers
	Cost: 
30 shields
attack: 3defence: 2
hitpoints: 10firepower: 1
moves: 1vision range: 1	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
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===Armor===
 Land unit - Required tech: Technology#Mobile_Warfare - Obsoleted by: None
	Cost: 
80 shields
attack: 10defence: 5
hitpoints: 30firepower: 1
moves: 3vision range: 1	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
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===Artillery===
 Land unit - Required tech: Technology#Machine_Tools - Obsoleted by: #Howitzer
	Cost: 
50 shields
attack: 10defence: 1
hitpoints: 20firepower: 2
moves: 1vision range: 1	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
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===AWACS===
 Air unit - Required tech: Technology#Advanced_Flight - Obsoleted by: None
	Cost: 
140 shields
attack: 0defence: 1
hitpoints: 20firepower: 1
moves: 16vision range: 5
needs to refuel each 2 turns	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
The AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) is an airplane with an advanced radar that can determine the location of enemy units over a wide area.
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===Barbarian Leader===
 Land unit - Required tech: None - Obsoleted by: None
	Cost: 
not buildable
When barbarian leader is killed on a tile without any defending units, the 100 gold ransom is paid, but only to land units and helicopters.
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===Battleship===
 Sea unit - Required tech: Technology#Automobile - Obsoleted by: None
	Cost: 
160 shields
attack: 12defence: 12
hitpoints: 40firepower: 2
moves: 4vision range: 2	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
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===Bomber===
 Air unit - Required tech: Technology#Advanced_Flight - Obsoleted by: #Stealth Bomber
	Cost: 
120 shields
attack: 12defence: 1
hitpoints: 20firepower: 2
moves: 8vision range: 2
needs to refuel each 2 turns	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
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===Cannon===
 Land unit - Required tech: Technology#Metallurgy - Obsoleted by: #Artillery
	Cost: 
40 shields
attack: 8defence: 1
hitpoints: 20firepower: 1
moves: 1vision range: 1	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
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===Caravan===
 Land unit - Required tech: Technology#Trade - Obsoleted by: #Freight
	Cost: 
50 shields
attack: 0defence: 1
hitpoints: 10firepower: 1
moves: 1vision range: 1	Upkeep: 
none
Every Caravan that is used to build a wonder will add 50 shields towards the production of the wonder. 
TIP: You can stockpile a stack of Caravans in advance and bring them all into a city where you have started to build a wonder, and finish it in only one turn!
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===Caravel===
 Sea unit - Required tech: Technology#Navigation - Obsoleted by: #Galleon
	Cost: 
40 shields
attack: 2defence: 1
hitpoints: 10firepower: 1
moves: 3vision range: 1
can transport 3 units	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
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===Carrier===
 Sea unit - Required tech: Technology#Advanced_Flight - Obsoleted by: None
	Cost: 
160 shields
attack: 1defence: 9
hitpoints: 40firepower: 2
moves: 5vision range: 2
can transport 8 units	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
TIP: Guard Carriers with a handful of fast-moving ships and a battleship, as losing a fully-equipped Carrier is VERY painful and expensive.
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===Catapult===
 Land unit - Required tech: Technology#Mathematics - Obsoleted by: #Cannon
	Cost: 
40 shields
attack: 6defence: 1
hitpoints: 10firepower: 1
moves: 1vision range: 1	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
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===Cavalry===
 Land unit - Required tech: Technology#Tactics - Obsoleted by: #Armor
	Cost: 
60 shields
attack: 8defence: 3
hitpoints: 20firepower: 1
moves: 2vision range: 1	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
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===Chariot===
 Land unit - Required tech: Technology#The_Wheel - Obsoleted by: #Knights
	Cost: 
30 shields
attack: 3defence: 1
hitpoints: 10firepower: 1
moves: 2vision range: 1	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
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===Cruise Missile===
 Air unit - Required tech: Technology#Rocketry - Obsoleted by: None
	Cost: 
60 shields
attack: 18defence: 0
hitpoints: 10firepower: 3
moves: 12vision range: 1
needs to refuel each 1 turns	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
TIP: A handful of these can successfully keep the waters around your treasured homeland free of enemy ships.
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===Cruiser===
 Sea unit - Required tech: Technology#Steel - Obsoleted by: #AEGIS Cruiser
	Cost: 
80 shields
attack: 6defence: 6
hitpoints: 30firepower: 2
moves: 5vision range: 2	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
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===Destroyer===
 Sea unit - Required tech: Technology#Electricity - Obsoleted by: None
	Cost: 
60 shields
attack: 4defence: 4
hitpoints: 30firepower: 1
moves: 6vision range: 2	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
TIP: A very fast unit, which is very useful for hunting down enemy Transports.
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===Diplomat===
 Land unit - Required tech: Technology#Writing - Obsoleted by: #Spy
	Cost: 
30 shields
attack: 0defence: 0
hitpoints: 10firepower: 1
moves: 2vision range: 1	Upkeep: 
none
*A Diplomat can establish embassies with other civilizations by moving into another player's city. 
*Diplomats can also try to sabotage enemy production, or steal an advance from an enemy city. (An advance can only be stolen once per city). 
*A Diplomat can also bribe an enemy unit, if that unit is the only unit on its square. 
*Diplomats can even start a revolution in an enemy city and turn it into your own, if you have the money! 
*In some game strategies, hordes of Diplomats can be used to wreak havoc on the enemy. Little wonder that Diplomats are often viewed with suspicion and fear!
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===Dragoons===
 Land unit - Required tech: Technology#Leadership - Obsoleted by: #Cavalry
	Cost: 
50 shields
attack: 5defence: 2
hitpoints: 20firepower: 1
moves: 2vision range: 1	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
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===Engineers===
 Land unit - Required tech: Technology#Explosives - Obsoleted by: None
	Cost: 
40 shields
attack: 0defence: 2
hitpoints: 20firepower: 1
moves: 2vision range: 1	Upkeep: 
1 shield
Engineers are similar to Workers, but they work twice as fast and move twice as fast. Engineers may also perform major terrain transformations (for example, converting Tundra into Desert) which are beyond the capabilities of Workers. 
TIP 1: Upgrade Workers to Engineers when possible, as Engineers require the same resources as ordinary Workers. 
TIP 2: If you manage to build Leonardo's Workshop, research Explosives before the Workshop becomes obsolete. This way, your Workers units will be upgraded for free.
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===Explorer===
 Land unit - Required tech: Technology#Seafaring - Obsoleted by: #Partisan
	Cost: 
30 shields
attack: 0defence: 1
hitpoints: 10firepower: 1
moves: 1vision range: 1	Upkeep: 
none
Explorers are very useful for mapping unknown territory.
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===Fighter===
 Air unit - Required tech: Flight - Obsoleted by: #Stealth Fighter
	Cost: 
60 shields
attack: 4defence: 3
hitpoints: 20firepower: 2
moves: 10vision range: 2
needs to refuel each 1 turns	Upkeep: 
1 shield
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===Freight===
 Land unit - Required tech: The_Corporation - Obsoleted by: None
	Cost: 
50 shields
attack: 0defence: 1
hitpoints: 10firepower: 1
moves: 2vision range: 1	Upkeep: 
none
The Freight unit replaces the Caravan, and moves at twice the speed.
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===Frigate===
 Sea unit - Required tech: Technology#Magnetism - Obsoleted by: #Ironclad
	Cost: 
50 shields
attack: 4defence: 2
hitpoints: 20firepower: 1
moves: 4vision range: 1
can transport 2 units	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
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===Galleon===
 Sea unit - Required tech: Technology#Magnetism - Obsoleted by: #Transport
	Cost: 
40 shields
attack: 0defence: 2
hitpoints: 20firepower: 1
moves: 4vision range: 1
can transport 4 units	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
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===Helicopter===
 Heli unit - Required tech: Technology#Combined_Arms - Obsoleted by: None
	Cost: 
100 shields
attack: 10defence: 3
hitpoints: 20firepower: 2
moves: 6vision range: 2	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
The Helicopter is a very powerful unit, as it can both fly and conquer cities. Care must be exercised, because Helicopters lose a small amount of health for every turn not spent in a city, unless you have the United Nations wonder.
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===Horsemen===
 Land unit - Required tech: Technology#Horseback_Riding - Obsoleted by: #Knights
	Cost: 
20 shields
attack: 2defence: 1
hitpoints: 10firepower: 1
moves: 2vision range: 1	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
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===Howitzer===
 Land unit - Required tech: Technology#Robotics - Obsoleted by: None
	Cost: 
70 shields
attack: 12defence: 2
hitpoints: 30firepower: 2
moves: 2vision range: 1	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
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===Ironclad===
 Sea unit - Required tech: Technology#Steam_Engine - Obsoleted by: #Destroyer
	Cost: 
60 shields
attack: 4defence: 4
hitpoints: 30firepower: 1
moves: 4vision range: 1	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
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===Knights===
 Land unit - Required tech: Technology#Chivalry - Obsoleted by: #Dragoons
	Cost: 
40 shields
attack: 4defence: 2
hitpoints: 10firepower: 1
moves: 2vision range: 1	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
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===Legion===
 Land unit - Required tech: Technology#Iron_Working - Obsoleted by: #Musketeers
	Cost: 
40 shields
attack: 4defence: 2
hitpoints: 10firepower: 1
moves: 1vision range: 1	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
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===Marines===
 Land unit - Required tech: Technology#Amphibious_Warfare - Obsoleted by: None
	Cost: 
60 shields
attack: 8defence: 5
hitpoints: 20firepower: 1
moves: 1vision range: 1	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
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===Mech. Inf.===
 Land unit - Required tech: Technology#Labor_Union - Obsoleted by: None
	Cost: 
50 shields
attack: 6defence: 6
hitpoints: 30firepower: 1
moves: 3vision range: 1	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
Mechanized Infantry; this unit has the strongest defence strength of any land unit, but is only available near the end of the technology tree.
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===Musketeers===
 Land unit - Required tech: Technology#Gunpowder - Obsoleted by: #Riflemen
	Cost: 
30 shields
attack: 3defence: 3
hitpoints: 20firepower: 1
moves: 1vision range: 1	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
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===Nuclear===
 Air unit - Required tech: Technology#Rocketry - Obsoleted by: None
	Cost: 
160 shields
attack: 99defence: 0
hitpoints: 10firepower: 1
moves: 16vision range: 1
needs to refuel each 1 turns	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
You can build Nuclear units when you have the required advance, and the Manhattan Project wonder has been built by any player. 
On impact, the blast will destroy any unit in a 3x3-square area, including friendly units. When striking a city, the city size is halved, and the surrounding squares are subject to nuclear fallout. 
TIP 1: Nuking the ocean will not generate fallout, and is a most effective (but expensive!!) way of getting rid of enemy ships. 
TIP 2: You may be involved in a situation where you've invaded an enemy country en masse, but the enemy cities are too strong. Before using a Nuclear unit, assemble a gang of Settlers and/or Engineers next to the city and have them ready to fix the fallout on the same turn it occurs! This minimizes the chance of nuclear winter. Eco-friendly nukes!
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===Paratroopers===
 Land unit - Required tech: Technology#Combined_Arms - Obsoleted by: None
	Cost: 
60 shields
attack: 6defence: 4
hitpoints: 20firepower: 1
moves: 1vision range: 1	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
paratroopers_range = 10
paratroopers_mr_req = 1
paratroopers_mr_sub = 0
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===Partisan===
 Land unit - Required tech: Technology#Guerilla_Warfare - Obsoleted by: None
	Cost: 
50 shields
attack: 4defence: 4
hitpoints: 20firepower: 1
moves: 1vision range: 1	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
A number of Partisans are granted free when an enemy conquers your city, but only under these conditions: 
*Guerilla Warfare must be known by at least 1 player. 
*You must be the player who originally built the city. 
*You must know about Communism and Gunpowder. 
*You must run either a Democracy or a Communist government.
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===Phalanx===
 Land unit - Required tech: Technology#Bronze_Working - Obsoleted by: #Pikemen
	Cost: 
20 shields
attack: 1defence: 2
hitpoints: 10firepower: 1
moves: 1vision range: 1	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
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===Pikemen===
 Land unit - Required tech: Technology#Feudalism - Obsoleted by: #Musketeers
	Cost: 
20 shields
attack: 1defence: 2
hitpoints: 10firepower: 1
moves: 1vision range: 1	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
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===Riflemen===
 Land unit - Required tech: Technology#Conscription - Obsoleted by: None
	Cost: 
40 shields
attack: 5defence: 4
hitpoints: 20firepower: 1
moves: 1vision range: 1	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
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===Settlers===
 Land unit - Required tech: None - Obsoleted by: None
	Cost: 
40 shields
pop_cost = 1 population
attack: 0defence: 1
hitpoints: 20firepower: 1
moves: 1vision range: 1	Upkeep: 
1 shield
uk_food = 1 food
Settlers are one of the key units in the game. They can be used to found new cities, irrigate land, build roads, railroads, fortresses and mines, and clean up pollution and nuclear fallout. Upkeep for Settlers is in food as well as production, and a Settler can die if its supporting city runs out of food. 
Settlers, Workers and Engineers may work together to decrease the amount of time required for long projects. If two or more Settlers and/or Engineers are both working on the same task in the same square, their efforts will be added together each turn until the task is finished. Be careful not to dedicate too many workers to one task, though; excess effort can be wasted, and a group of Settlers, Workers and/or Engineers is highly vulnerable to enemy attacks.
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===Spy===
 Land unit - Required tech: Technology#Espionage - Obsoleted by: None
	Cost: 
30 shields
attack: 0defence: 0
hitpoints: 10firepower: 1
moves: 3vision range: 2	Upkeep: 
none
A Spy is a full time professional and as such is much more skilled in the arts of espionage than her Diplomat predecessor. 
The most inoffensive skills in a Spy's repertoire are her ability to investigate cities - revealing detailed information, and the establishment of embassies. However, if your Spy has gained herself a reputation for clandestine behaviour she will be executed if she tries to establish an embassy. 
She can also be used to: poison the water supply of an enemy city (reducing the population); steal specific technology; and sabotage predetermined city targets (note: sabotaging improvements in a capital or sabotaging City Walls increases the risks of capture). A Spy can also infiltrate a city and ferment a revolt. 
A Spy can also be of aid on the battlefield - sabotaging enemy units as well as bribing them to change allegiance.
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===Stealth Bomber===
 Air unit - Required tech: Technology#Stealth - Obsoleted by: None
	Cost: 
160 shields
attack: 18defence: 5
hitpoints: 20firepower: 2
moves: 12vision range: 2
needs to refuel each 2 turns	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
An improved Bomber, with improved attack and a higher movement radius.
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===Stealth Fighter===
 Air unit - Required tech: Technology#Stealth - Obsoleted by: None
	Cost: 
80 shields
attack: 8defence: 4
hitpoints: 20firepower: 2
moves: 14vision range: 2
needs to refuel each 1 turns	Upkeep: 
1 shield
An improved Fighter, with improved attack and a higher movement radius.
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===Submarine===
 Sea unit - Required tech: Technology#Combustion - Obsoleted by: None
	Cost: 
50 shields
attack: 12defence: 2hitpoints: 30firepower: 2
moves: 5vision range: 2
can transport 8 units	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
Submarines have a very high strategic value, but have a weak defence.
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===Transport===
 Sea unit - Required tech: Technology#Industrialization - Obsoleted by: None
	Cost: 
50 shields
attack: 0defence: 3
hitpoints: 30firepower: 1
moves: 5vision range: 2
can transport 8 units	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
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===Trireme===
 Sea unit - Required tech: Technology#Map_Making - Obsoleted by: #Caravel
	Cost: 
40 shields
attack: 1defence: 1
hitpoints: 10firepower: 1
moves: 3vision range: 1
can transport 2 units	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
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===Warriors===
 Land unit - Required tech: None - Obsoleted by: #Pikemen
	Cost: 
10 shields
attack: 1defence: 1
hitpoints: 10firepower: 1
moves: 1vision range: 1	Upkeep: 
1 content citizen
1 shield
This unit may be built from the start of the game. It is the weakest unit.
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===Workers===
 Land unit - Required tech: Pottery - Obsoleted by: Engineers
	Cost: 
30 shields
attack: 0defence: 1
hitpoints: 10firepower: 1
moves: 1vision range: 1	Upkeep: 
1 shield
Workers are one of the key units in the game. They can be used to irrigate land, build roads, railroads, fortresses, airbases and mines, and clean up pollution and nuclear fallout. 
Settlers, Workers and Engineers may work together to decrease the amount of time required for long projects. If two or more Workers and/or Engineers are both working on the same task in the same square, their efforts will be added together each turn until the task is finished. Be careful not to dedicate too many workers to one task, though; excess effort can be wasted, and a group of Workers, Settlers and/or Engineers is highly vulnerable to enemy attacks.
==Things to add==
*Units costing food points
*Unit costing one production point
*Units creating unhappiness
*Check if this is a dupe of Units
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