Polynesians

Isolated from the rest of the world for centuries, the Polynesians have spearheaded the last great expansion of humankind, colonizing the last uninhabited regions on the planet. Advancements in ship and navigation technologies have helped them reach the far corners of the earth, but with great opportunity has come great risk. Contact with the outside world puts them on a collision course with other strong maritime empires, even as European encroachment appears on the horizon. Will you expand your lands and preserve the heritage of your people forever? Or will your empire be forgotten? 

Spoken Language: Samoan

Architecture/Ship design: Polynesian

Wonder:  Hoa Hakananai’a

Civilisation Bonuses

• Start the game with an Eagle Scout

• Lumberjacks generate food (1/8)

• Fishing ships don't need docks to drop off food

  • Fishing ships gather wood equal to food from shore fish (if the above cant be coded)

• Outposts grant +5 population space, no longer cost stone, but can no longer build houses

• Galley line has +2/4/8 attack vs buildings in Feudal/Castle/Imperial age

• Eagle warrior upgrades are half price

• Team bonus: Infantry take -20% population space

Unique Techs

Castle age: Stick Chart - Galley line and Dromons +20% hp, Cost: 400 wood + 250 gold

Imperial age: Haka - Infantry attack 50% faster, Cost: 600 food + 400 gold

Unique Unit 

Maori Warrior, fast anti-economy infantry 

Costs: 50 food + 30 gold, elite 700 food + 350 gold

Combat stats: 60(80) hp, 6(8) melee, 0/2(4) armour, 2 rof

Attack bonuses:  +10(12) vs villagers and trade units, +10(12) vs buildings

Classification: infantry, unique unit

Other statistics: 1.2 movement speed, creates in 14 seconds, 5 LOS

Tech Tree

Archery Range

Hand Cannoneer, Cavalry Archer, Parthian Tactics, Elephant archer

Barracks

Halberdier, Champion

Stable

All

Siege Workshop

Bombard Cannon, Armoured Elephant

Blacksmith

Scale barding armour

Dock

Cannon Galleon

University

Bombard Tower, Siege engineers, Architecture, Fortified wall

Castle

None

Monastery

Theocracy, Illumination, Atonement

Eco

Crop rotation, Gold shaft mining