Machinery

Technology of the Medieval era
Quick - Regular - Epic - MarathonQuick - Regular - Epic - MarathonQuick - Regular - Epic - MarathonQuick - Regular - Epic - Marathon
Cost	294440660 1320
Required techs	Engineering
Leads to	Printing press
Units enabled	Crossbowman Longbowman Cho-ko-nu
Buildings enabled	Ironworks
Notes
Faster road movement. The cost in movement points per hex of road movement drops from one-half to to one-third.

"The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him as a rational, moral and social being."

–Thomas Jefferson

Historical Info:Edit

A machine is a device with moving parts (this is true during the pre-Electronics Age, anyway) that uses energy to perform tasks. A printing press is a machine, as is a loom, a clock and a watermill. Mastery of machinery requires design and engineering skill, of course, but also the ability to manufacture machine parts to precise measurements. A steam engine will leak if it's constructed poorly - that is, if it doesn't explode. The early Machine Age was a hugely dangerous time to work around the devices - if the fumes didn't kill you then you stood a fair chance of getting scalded, sucked into the works or blown to pieces.

On the other hand, once a civilization began to master complex machinery, it gave them unrivaled wealth and power. England went early into the Industrial Revolution, and by so doing the small island nation dominated world trade for nearly three centuries.