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There are 45 units in Civilization II. Most of these units existed in the original Civilization, but there are a few new ones (like Paratroopers and Marines), and a few have been renamed. (For example, Militia are now called Warriors and Cavalry are now called Horsemen.) In addition, a few of the 'old' units have had their properties changed.

Each unit has a certain technological prerequisite. That is, in order to be able to construct that unit, your civilization must have the appropriate civiliziation advance. Most of these make very much sense. For example, The Wheel is a prequisite for Chariot. However there are a few that don't, such as the Automobile being a prerequisite for building a Battleship.)

All units have a shield (resource) cost. This cost is always in increments of 10. Rushing production on a military unit costs 2.5 gold per remaining shield, rounded up if necessary.

Civ II units have 5 stats: Attack, Defense, Movement (speed), Firepower and Hitpoints. The first three are collectively referred to as ADM. All units are listed below by type, with their tech prerequisite, ADM stats and 'shield' cost. (An asterisk means that the unit has a special ability.)

=Modification= Attack and defense factors can be modified by several factors.

First off, Veteran units have their attack and defense increased by 50%. (This figure is rounded down.) Land units are Veterans if they were built in a city with a Barracks. Port Facility does the same thing for naval units, and Airport does the same thing for air units. In addition, if a nonveteran unit survives combat, there is a chance that it will gain veteran status.

Certain types of terrain give a bonus to the defending unit. With Hills and Forests, that bonus is 50%. With Swamps and Jungles, it's 100%, and Mountains have the biggest defense bonus, at 200%.

If a unit is inside a city that has built the City Walls improvement, its defense is doubled. (Note: The Howitzer and all aitr units ignore this bonus)

Fortifiying a unit (with the F command) will give it a 50% defense bonus.

Fortresses: If a Settler or Engineer built a fortess in a certain square, all units in that square get a substatial defense bonus, and the can only be destroyed one at a time. (Note: Your units can use fortresses built by another civilization, and vice versa)

=Land units=

Warriors - (none), 1/1/1, 10 shields
Horsemen - Horseback Riding, 2/1/2, 20 shields
Phalanx - Bronze Working, 1/2/1, 20 shields
Archers - Warrior Code, 3/1/1, 30 shields
Legion - Iron Working, 4/2/1, 40 shields
Pikemen - Feudalism, 1/2/1, 20 shields *
Musketeers - Gunpowder, 3/3/1, 30 shields
Riflemen - Conscription, 5/4/1, 40 shields
Partisans - Guerilla Warfare, 4/4/1, 50 shields *
Marines - Amphibious Warfare, 8/5/1, 60 shields *
Paratrooper - Combined Arms, 6/4/1 *
Knights - Chivalry, 4/2/2, 40 shields
Crusaders - Monotheism, 5/1/1
Dragoons - Leadership, 5/2/2
Cavalry - Tactics, 8/2/2, 60 shields
Armor (Tanks) - Mobile Warfare, 10/5/3, 80 shields
Alpine Troops - Tactics, 5/5/1 *
Mechanized infantry - Labor Union, 6/6/3
Chariot - The Wheel, 3/1/1, 30 shields
Elephant - Polytheism, 4/1/2, 40 shields
Catapult - Mathematics, 6/1/1, 40 shields
Cannon - Metallurgy, 8/1/1, 40 shields
Artillery - Machine Tools, 10/1/1, 50 shields
Howitzer - Robotics, 12/2/2 *
Settler - (none), 0/1/1, 40 shields *
Engineer - Explosives, 0/2/2, 40 shields *
Diplomat - Writing, 0/0/2, 30 shields *
Spy - Espionage, 0/0/3, 30 shields *

Special abilities

Pikemen- Defense doubled against mounted units (Horsemen, Cavalry, Elephant, Chariot, Knights)
Partisans- Ignore enemy 'zones of control'.
Partisans and Alpine Troops- Movement only costs them 1/3 of a movement point, whether that terrain square has roads or not.
Marines- Can attack directly from a transport vessel.
Howitzer- Ignores City Walls defense bonus.
Paratroopers- Can do paradrops. (Paradrop: move to any land square within 10 squares of the starting location, except for those containing enemy units.)
Settlers/Engineers- Can improve terrain and build new cities.
Diplomat/Spy- Can undertake covert operations on enemy cities/units.

=Naval units=

Trireme - Mapmaking, 1/1/3 (Transport capacity 2)
Caravel - Navigation, 2/1/3 (Transport capacity 3)
Galleon - Magnetism, 0/2/4 (Transport capacity 4)
Frigate -Magnetism, 4/3/4 (Transport capacity 2)
Transport - Industrialization, 0/3/5 (Transport capacity 8)

AEGIS Cruiser - Rocketry, 8/8/5
Cruiser - 6/6/5
Battleship - 12/8/4
Destroyer - 4/4/6
Carrier - 1/12/4
Submarine- Combustion, 10/2/3 *
Ironclad- Steam Engine, 4/4/4

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