Central Americans

## Music theme

> "*Villagers yield more resources from natural sources. Can choose between six different unit rosters.National Guards: Auxilio Cívico Machetero, Perico Escopetero, Conscripto Ladino, Lancero Sabanero, Escolta Legitimista and Dragon Jalapa. Immigrants: Confederates, Poles and Scandinavians.*"
> ― In-game description.
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## Overview

The **Central Americans** are a Latin American civilization in *Age of Empires III: Wars of Liberty.* They were introduced in "The Latin American" update (1.0.15) in January of 2022.
The Central Americans are based on the Federal Republic of Central America (1823-1841) and then the Greater Republic of Central America (1896-1898). Their military roster can be chosen from one of the Central American nations.
The Personality of the Central Americans is Francisco Morazán. Honored in Honduras and in many modern Central American countries as a martyr and a Symbol of the Republic of Central America, Morazán had spent his life fighting for a united Central America. He is regard by many historians as a man with visionary and a great thinker. The Central Americans´s Home City is the city of Guatemala, the capital city of Guatemala.
## Features

* Access to six different unit rosters. Can use the ability *Disband the United Provinces!* to choose a different roster. Each roster has their own National Guard upgrades.
* Unique villager that gather more resources from natural sources.
* Can build the **Beneficio Cafetalero** that spawns Coffee Plants natural resource over time.

## Units

### Rosters

* Costa Rica
* El Salvador
* Honduras
* Guatemala
* Nicaragua
* Los Altos

*Balanced unit roster.*

* Pardo: Early Latin American halberdier, good against cavalry and buildings.
* Conscript: Heavy ranged infantry. Good against cavalry in melee.
* Vivandera: Female skirmisher with low hitpoints, but a long-ranged attack and a healing ability. Good against heavy infantry and light cavalry.
* Lancer: Hand cavalry good against archers, skirmishers, and artillery. (Royal Guard: Sabanero)
* Jinete: Ranged Latin American cavalry. Good against cavalry.

*Unit roster focused on melee attack.*

* Pardo: Early Latin American halberdier, good against cavalry and buildings.
* Machetero: Fast-moving hand infantry with area damage. Good against infantry. (Royal Guard: Auxilio Civicos)
* Vivandera: Female skirmisher with low hitpoints, but a long-ranged attack and a healing ability. Good against heavy infantry and light cavalry.
* Lancer: Hand cavalry good against archers, skirmishers, and artillery.
* Escolta: Heavy melee cavalry. Good against heavy infantry in melee.

*Unit roster focused on counters.*

* Escopetero: Latin American ranged infantry with splash damage at range. Good against infantry. (Royal Guard: Pericos)
* Vivandera: Female skirmisher with low hitpoints, but a long-ranged attack and a healing ability. Good against heavy infantry and light cavalry.
* Machetero: Fast-moving hand infantry with area damage. Good against infantry.
* Jinete: Ranged Latin American cavalry. Good against cavalry.
* Dragón Rojo: Ranged cavalry. Good against cavalry.

*Unit roster focused on tough units*

* Escopetero: Latin American ranged infantry with splash damage at range. Good against infantry.
* Conscript: Heavy ranged infantry. Good against cavalry in melee.
* Dragón Rojo: Ranged cavalry. Good against cavalry. (Royal Guard: Jalapa)
* Machetero: Fast-moving hand infantry with area damage. Good against infantry.
* Escolta: Heavy melee cavalry. Good against heavy infantry in melee.

*Unit roster focused on cavalry*

* Conscript: Heavy ranged infantry. Good against cavalry in melee.
* Lancer: Hand cavalry good against archers, skirmishers, and artillery.
* Jinete: Ranged Latin American cavalry. Good against cavalry.
* Escolta: Heavy melee cavalry. Good against heavy infantry in melee. (Royal Guard: Legitimista)
* Dragón Rojo: Ranged cavalry. Good against cavalry.

*Unit roster focused on infantry*

* Pardo: Early Latin American halberdier, good against cavalry and buildings.
* Conscript: Heavy ranged infantry. Good against cavalry in melee. (Royal Guard: Ladino)
* Machetero: Fast-moving hand infantry with area damage. Good against infantry.
* Escopetero: Latin American ranged infantry with splash damage at range. Good against infantry.
* Vivandera: Female skirmisher with low hitpoints, but a long-ranged attack and a healing ability. Good against heavy infantry and light cavalry

### Shared Latin American Units

* Artisanal Cannon: Cheap artillery that can be repositioned quickly. Good against infantry.
* Volante: Quick-moving cannon with high rate of fire. Good against other artillery.
* Pedrero: Latin American mortar. Good against buildings.
* Exploding Cart: Siege wagon that dies when it attacks buildings but does lots of damage.

### Unique Units

* Alguacil: Central American explorer that gains different bonus depending on the chosen roster.
* Jornalero: Central American Villager that extracts more resources in total from natural sources.
* Carretero: Civilian unit that boosts the gathering rate of nearby villagers and can prospect natural resources.
* Dragón Rojo: Manoeuvre cavalry good against Scout Units.
* Catracho: Central American ultimate unit available from the Politecnica. Ranged Heavy Infantry that is good against Mercenaries, Heros, Spy-like units, and Native Warriors.

## Unique Buildings

* Politecnica: Central American unique building which functions as a combination Barracks, Stable, and Outpost. Allows you to train from among six different unit rosters and has a powerful ranged attack. Trains units faster than standard military buildings.
* Beneficio: Unique building. Automatically spawns Coffee Plant natural resource over time.

## Immigrants

* Confederate Immigrants
* Polish Immigrants
* Scandinavian Immigrants

## Gallery

The Politecnica offers multiple rosters of units, including the Dragón RojoCentral America's ultimate building, the Beneficio

## Portals

* Civilizations
* Minor Allies
* Religions