Explorer Act

ExA

Authors: CaptainMinion

Whereas, Beyond the known lands lie civilizations, wonders, and opportunities;

Whereas, Explorers are recon units which are fast, especially on water, and ideal for exploration of distant lands;

Whereas, Galleons are naval melee units which can cross ocean tiles, allowing them to explore uncharted paths and remain safely outside the reach of earlier units;

Therefore, be it resolved:

Section 1: Exploration

1. The President or Streamer shall research Exploration before any other technologies, with the exception of:

1. Technologies authorized by other laws,
2. Technologies unlocked by effects which are not directly controllable, such as exploring Ancient Ruins,
3. Technologies which are prerequisites to this technology,
4. Up to two (2) technologies chosen by the President.

Section 2: Unit Acquisitions

2. The President or Streamer shall acquire at least three (3) Explorer units within thirty (30) turns after researching Exploration.

1. The President or Streamer is authorized to purchase these units using Gold.
2. The President or Streamer is authorized to upgrade less advanced units into these units using Gold. This shall not be factored against the ordinary unit upgrade budget established in the Budget Act (Law #5).

Section 3: Exploratory Units

1. The designation of Exploratory Unit is hereby established.

1. All Explorers and Surveyors are automatically designated as Exploratory Units.
2. The President shall have the authority to designate any Celtic naval unit capable of traversing Ocean tiles as an Exploratory Unit.

1. The President may not do this if four (4) or more Exploratory Units are already in service.
2. Such a unit shall be renamed using the naval prefix ‘CEV’ (Celtic Exploratory Vessel) in place of the prefix ordinarily mandated by the Registry of Naval Vessels (Law #70).

2. Exploratory Units shall not be factored into the maintenance limits of military units as stated in the Budget Act (Law #5) and their maintenance costs shall be automatically approved.
3. Exploratory Units shall be used to explore undiscovered areas of the world.

1. These units may be temporarily brought back to known lands or kept within them only for the following reasons:

1. To avoid direct danger
2. To heal,
3. To navigate to other unmapped areas,
4. To be upgraded into a more advanced unit
5. To serve defensively within Celtic territory in response to a direct military threat during a war.

4. Once any expiration condition is met, the designation of Exploratory Unit shall remain active until the start of the next Democraciv gameplay stream, at which point the designation of Exploratory Unit shall be dissolved.

1. All Exploratory Units shall lose that designation with its dissolution and no longer be subject to the rules established by this law
2. The expiration conditions are as follows:

1. All tiles on the map have been explored or all unexplored tiles are located in small (no larger than 10 tiles) areas entirely surrounded by Ice tiles.
2. The Celtic nation has entered the Information Era.