SS Engine (Civ5)

SS Engine
Project unit of the Information Era
Introduced in Civilization V
Cost
Production	750
Production	750
Stats
Moves	2
Moves	2
Required
Technology	Particle Physics
Resource	Aluminum
Notes
One of the Spaceship parts required for the Science Victory

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Game Info

A Spaceship part. Requires Apollo Program and 1 Aluminum.

• Actions:
  • Add to Spaceship (Must be in capital, unit is consumed)

Strategy

The SS Engine is part of the Spaceship, which must be constructed to win a science victory. It becomes available late in the game, so you want to start building it right away! See the section on Victory for more details.

Civilopedia entry

The engine for the spaceship is a modified ion drive. Once the boosters have propelled the ship into Earth's orbit, the engines will kick in, driving the ship into deep space. The vessel will accelerate slowly but steadily for the first eight years of its journey, then coast for most of the trip. As it approaches Alpha Centauri, the ship will rotate 180 degrees and the engines will fire in the opposite direction for the last eight years, slowing the ship until it is in orbit around the target planet.