* Slow And Steady. *

You are aware of something that the mayor is not, it is exactly these sorts of low-level iconoclastic individuals who typically give rise to great philosophers, industrialists, politicians, and scientists.

"No, leave them be. Encourage them to channel their energy in more constructive directions, but don't harass them unless they actually breach the peace of my realm. Our city will take a number of years to train a new band of Jaguar Warriors until then we will need the current Jaguar Warriors here to defend against Barbarian attacks anyway." You state and the mayor bows his head.

Next, your Science Adviser, Malinalxochitl, speaks up: "Excellency, myself and the other seekers of knowledge need direction, if you would follow me to the Caves of Wisdom you can set a goal for our research..."

You Currently Have Available:

Units:

Jaguar Warriors: (COST: 10 Shields. Upkeep: 1 Gold.)
(The Aztec Civilization "Special" Unit: Takes the place of "Warriors": Aztecs First "Skirmishing" Class Unit, Aztecs First "Scout" Class Unit.)
(Active: 0 Fortified: 1 (Tenochtitlan: 1) Under Construction: 1 (Tenochtitlan: 0 Shields.))
Statistics:
Unit Type: Land
Melee Attack: 1
Melee Defense: 1
Ranged Attack: 0.2
Ranged Defense: 1
Special Attack: 0
Special Defense: 0
Magic Attack: 0
Magic Defense: 0
Movement: 2
Fuel: -/-
Special Rules: If this unit wins a combat against a rival civilization* or conquers any City it has a chance** to trigger a Golden Age.
*(Not Barbarians.)
**(Percentage Chance Equals: 10% Base: +0.01 Per Point of your Civilization's total Culture, +10% if part of Victorious Army, +25% If Defeating Rival Army, +10% if capturing Barbarian Leader, +5% If conquering a City, (Additional +5% if it was a Barbarian City.), (Additional +10% if it was a Rival Civilization's City.), (+25% Per Wonder the City Contains.), (+1% Per Building taken intact.), (+1% Per unit of Population gained in the conquest. (X2 if Liberating the city from Barbarians.)), (+25% if Conquered City was an enemy Capitol.), (+5% if you Steal Technology in the conquest.), -20% Per previous Golden Age: Set to 0% if currently experiencing a Golden Age.)

Workers: (COST: 25 Shields. Upkeep: 1 Food)
(The First "Worker" Class Unit.)
(Active: 1 Fortified: 0 Under Construction: 0)
Statistics:
Unit Type: Land
Melee Attack: 0
Melee Defense: 0
Ranged Attack: 0
Ranged Defense: 0
Special Attack: 0
Special Defense: 0
Magic Attack: 0
Magic Defense: 0
Movement: 1
Fuel: X/25*
*(May Refuel any time they end their turn in a square with a Road or Railroad Improvement connected to one of your cities.)
Special Rules: May build Terrain Improvements. May Form an Outpost to exploit Special Resources outside your Borders. In the event that a civilization's Borders expand to cover an outpost thus formed there is a chance* the Outpost reverts to a Workers unit, becomes a newly founded City, or simply is Lost.
*(50% Chance for Outpost to revert to Workers: 15% Chance to become a new city per open square between it and the nearest existing city if any civilization border expands to cover it: Additional +5% if your own civilization's border expands in this way and there are two or more open squares between the outpost and your nearest city: Remainder is the percentage chance that the Outpost is simply lost. (In no case will multiple effects take place.))
Once a Worker unit forms an Outpost that unit can only be recovered by someone expanding their borders over the outpost. In the Event the Outpost is attacked by a rival civilization or barbarians it is automatically destroyed unless there is one or more military unit(s) present to defend it. Like a City, an area with an outpost can only have Road, Railroad, and Airbase area improvements and these are built automatically when the Outpost is founded if you have researched the appropriate tech.

Settlers: (COST: 50 Shields, + 1 Population. Upkeep: 2 Food.)
(The First "Settlers" Class Unit.)
Statistics:
Unit Type: Land
Melee Attack: 0
Melee Defense: 0
Ranged Attack: 0
Ranged Defense: 0
Special Attack: 0
Special Defense: 0
Magic Attack: 0
Magic Defense: 1
Movement: 1
Fuel: X/50*
*(May Refuel any time they end their turn in a square with a Road or Railroad Improvement connected to one of your cities.)
Special Rules: May build Terrain Improvements. May Found New Cities. If Captured by a rival civilization becomes two **** Workers instead. To seize control as a Settler the unit must be Subverted by a Diplomat or Spy.

Buildings:

Barracks: (COST: 40 Shields. Upkeep: 1 Gold, 1 Shield.)
(Built In: (None). Under Construction In: (None).)
Benefits:
Heal LAND type units twice as fast.
New LAND type units produced here have +1 Veteran Level.

You now must choose your first tech to research:
(your options are:)

Bronze Working: Enter The Bronze Age!
(Pick this to get: Unit: Phalanx, (The First "Defensive Line" Class Unit) Wonder: The Colossus, (Trade Bonus, Culture Points,) and advance towards Currency, and Iron Working.)

Ceremonial Burial: the very beginning of religion...
(Pick this to get: Building: Temple (Happiness Increase in City, Culture Points.), and advance towards Monarchy, Mysticism, and Polytheism.)

Code of Laws: The Rule of Law, not naked ****...
(Pick this to get: Building: Courthouse, (Reduction in corruption,) and advance towards Monarchy, Literacy, The Republic, and Trade.)

Map Making: You may have an eidetic memory but your troops and mayors don't. Make maps to show where your civilization has been and where you still need to go...
(Pick this to get: Unit: Triremes, (The First "Sea" Type Unit & First "Transport" Class Unit,) Wonder: The Great Lighthouse (Triremes can leave the sight of land without the risk of sinking, all "Sea" Units gain +1 Movement, Culture Points,) advance towards Seafaring (Explorers, Harbor)...)

Masonry: building with stone...
(Pick this to get: Buildings: Palace (Relocate Your Capitol City, eliminating 'Corruption' in that city and re-centering your command radius, Culture Points), City Walls (Double the strength of defending units.), Wonders: Pyramids (Counts as Granaries in all your cities: increases Trade in the host city: culture points.), The Great Wall (Counts as City Walls in all your cities, doubles defense vs barbarians (x4 total defending cities), and forces rival empires to offer a peace during negotiations: culture points.), and advance towards Mathematics and Construction.)

Pottery: Ceramics for fun and profit.
(Pick this to get: Building: Granary (Population Growth and Famine resistance,) and Wonder: The Hanging Gardens. (Civilization wide happiness boost, Culture Points.) advance towards Seafaring (Explorers, Harbor)...)

The Wheel: Chariots, Wheelbarrows, and Carts.
(Pick this to get: Unit: Chariots, (The First "Cavalry" Class Unit: may only enter/fight in certain areas unless they have a Road.), and advance towards Horseback Riding (Horsemen).)

Warrior Code: the very beginning of Aristocracy.
(Pick this to get: Unit: Archers, (The First "Ranged Attack" Class Unit) and advance towards Feudalism and Iron Working.)

Writing: Knowledge Is Power.
(Pick this to get: Unit: Diplomats, (The First "Diplomacy" Class Unit: Establish Embassies, Incite Uprisings, Hire Mercenaries, Steal Technology, Convert Infidels.), Building: Library (Research Points, Culture Points,) and advance towards Literacy.)

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