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Civilization V

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Civilization V Modern Era technologies like Radar, Computers, and Rocketry. Learn science costs, prerequisites, and unlocks.

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Civilization V Modern Era technologies like Radar, Computers, and Rocketry. Learn science costs, prerequisites, and unlocks.

Flight

Science Cost - 2200

Prerequisite Techs - Replaceable Parts

Leads to - Radar

Unlocks - Fighter, Zero, Carrier (Unit)

Radio

Science Cost - 2200

Prerequisite Techs - Electricity

Leads to - Mass Media, Radar

Unlocks - Anti-Aircraft Gun (Unit), Broadcast Tower (Building), The Eiffel Tower (Wonder)

Railroad

Science Cost - 1900

Prerequisite Techs - Steam Power

Leads to - Combustion

Unlocks - Arsenal (Building), Railroad (Tile Improvement)

Refrigeration

Science Cost - 2200

Prerequisite Techs - Electricity

Leads to - Penicillin, Plastics

Unlocks - Submarine (Unit), Offshore Platform (Tile Improvement)

Replaceable Parts

Science Cost - 1900

Prerequisite Techs - Steam Power

Leads to - Combustion, Flight

Unlocks - Anti-Tank Gun, Infantry, Foreign Legion (Unit), Statue of Liberty (Wonder)

Steam Power

Science Cost - 1680

Prerequisite Techs - Military Science, Scientific Theory

Leads to - Electricity, Railroad, Replaceable Parts

Unlocks - Ironclad (Unit), Factory (Building), +1 Production in Lumbermills (Ability), Faster Embarked Movement (Ability)

Telegraph

Science Cost - 2200

Prerequisite Techs - Electricity

Leads to - Electronics

Unlocks - Battleship (Unit), Military Base (Building), Cristo Redeemer (Wonder)

Advanced Ballistics

Science Cost - 3350

Prerequisite Techs - Lasers, Nuclear Fission

Leads to - Nuclear Fusion

Unlocks - Nuclear Missile (Unit)

Atomic Theory

Science Cost - 2600

Prerequisite Techs - Combustion

Leads to - Nuclear Fission

Unlocks - Manhattan Project (Project), Reveals Uranium (Resource)

Computers

Science Cost - 3000

Prerequisite Techs - Electronics, Mass Media

Leads to - Robotics

Unlocks - Mobile SAM, Nuclear Submarine (Unit)

Ecology

Science Cost - 3000

Prerequisite Techs - Penicillin, Plastics

Leads to - Globalization

Unlocks - Solar Power Plant (Building)

Electronics

Science Cost - 2600

Prerequisite Techs - Telegraph

Leads to - Computers

Unlocks - Mechanized Infantry (Unit)

Globalization

Science Cost - 3350

Prerequisite Techs - Ecology

Leads to - Particle Physics

Unlocks - United Nations, Sydney Opera House (Wonders)

Lasers

Science Cost - 3000

Prerequisite Techs - Combustion, Radar

Leads to - Advanced Ballistics, Stealth

Unlocks - Jet Fighter, Modern Armour (Unit)

Mass Media

Science Cost - 2600

Prerequisite Techs - Radio

Leads to - Computers

Unlocks - Stadium (Building)

Nuclear Fission

Science Cost - 3000

Prerequisite Techs - Atomic Theory

Leads to - Advanced Ballistics

Unlocks - Atomic Bomb (Unit), Nuclear Plant (Building)

Penicillin

Science Cost - 2600

Prerequisite Techs - Refrigeration

Leads to - Ecology

Unlocks - Medical Lab (Building)

Plastics

Science Cost - 2600

Prerequisite Techs - Refrigeration

Leads to - Ecology

Unlocks - Hydro Plant, Research Lab (Building)

Radar

Science Cost - 2600

Prerequisite Techs - Flight, Radio

Leads to - Lasers, Rocketry

Unlocks - B17 Bomber, Bomber, Paratrooper (Unit), The Pentagon (Wonder)

Robotics

Science Cost - 3350

Prerequisite Techs - Computers

Leads to - Particle Physics

Unlocks - Spaceship Factory (Building), Missile Cruiser (Unit), SS Booster (Project)

Rocketry

Science Cost - 3000

Prerequisite Techs - Radar

Leads to - Satellites

Unlocks - Rocket Artillery, Helicopter Gunship (Unit), Apollo Program (Project)

Satellites

Science Cost - 3350

Prerequisite Techs - Rocketry

Leads to - Nuclear F

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