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BUILD FARM
Planting market gardens and other high-yield farmland is the post-industrial farmer’s task.
Once your civilization has discovered the Refrigeration advance, Settlers or Engineer units
can intensify the food output of irrigated land by another 50 percent in cities that build the
Supermarket improvement. When your Settlers or Engineer unit is positioned in the
appropriate terrain square, choose the IMPROVE FARMLAND option on the ORDERS menu or
press the
I
key.
BUILD FORTRESS
Building Fortresses can be essential for defense of terrain that is not a city site. Fortresses
provide a defensive bonus to rural or frontier units in the same way the City Walls
improvement benefits urban defensive units (see Combat for the full details). In addition,
representative governments can station troops in Fortresses that are within three squares
of a friendly city without incurring a field service penalty (see Happiness & Civil Disorder
for complete details). Once your tribe has discovered the Construction advance, this
option becomes available in the ORDERS menu. When your Settlers or Engineer unit is
positioned in the appropriate terrain square, choose the BUILD FORTRESS option or press the
F
key.
MINE
Mining terrain allows full utilization of the natural resources present. It is especially useful
in special terrain like Coal and Gold. When your Settlers or Engineer unit is positioned in
the appropriate terrain square, choose the BUILD MINE option on the ORDERS menu or press
the
M
key.
REFOREST
Reforestation improves the shield production of most terrain (though it increases the
movement point cost of open terrain if there is no road or railroad through the square).
Reforesting Plains and Grassland squares also improves their defensive bonus. When your
Settlers or Engineer unit is positioned in the appropriate terrain square, choose the CHANGE
TO
FOREST option on the ORDERS menu or press the
M
key.
CLEAN UP POLLUTION
Detoxifying squares by cleaning up the pollution there restores the full (pre-pollution)
production capacity to the affected squares. A long-term benefit of clean-up is the reduced
chance of global warming, which might otherwise occur (see Terrain & Movement for
details). Both industrial pollution and nuclear contamination can be eliminated by clean-up
efforts. When your Settlers or Engineer unit is positioned in the appropriate terrain square,
choose the CLEAN UP POLLUTION option on the ORDERS menu or press the
P
key.
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