Commander (Civ7)

The Commander is a unit in Civilization VII.
== Mechanics ==
Commanders are used to support a player's military. There are four types of Commanders which can be trained throughout the game, each with its own specialty and promotion table:
* : Available from the start of the game, specializing in commanding land forces.
* : Available from the Exploration Age, specializing in commanding naval forces.
* : Available from the Modern Age, specializing in commanding air forces. Able to create a land base for airplanes. 
* : Available from the Modern Age, specializing in commanding air forces. Able to carry airplanes to cross bodies of waters. 
Technically, there is an unofficial fifth type of Commander called the Aerodrome Commander, which is immediately available upon the completion of an Aerodrome. An Aerodrome Commander can gain experience like other Commanders when its planes engage in combat, and its promotion table is similar to that of a Squadron Commander save for the absence of the Airlift Operations tree. This is to encourage players to build Squadron Commanders and deploy them and the planes away from Aerodromes. 
Commanders are the only units in Civilization VII that can gain experience and earn promotions, which they do by having units under their command engage in combat. The promotion tables of all types of Commanders (except for Aerodrome Commanders) have four promotion trees, each with promotions of different tiers. Upon earning a top-tier promotion in a tree, a Commander receives a Commendation Point. Commendation Points can be spent to unlock special types of promotions called Commendations, and each promotion tree can award only 1 Commendation Point, even if that tree has multiple top-tier promotions.
Category:Game concepts (Civ7)