The Icareans
Author: ! Chicago - Old Days (2002)#3407
The Icareans are a proud race of people who mastered the art of flight long before even the Elyrions. Their almighty Airships use the advantage of being unable to be hit by most units to preserve their life, and their sweltering Phoenixes set ablaze everything they hit.
The Icareans start with the Aerowarfare tech.
Tech
Aerowarfare replaces Sailing
- allows building Landing Pads
Planemaker replaces Navigation but is locked behind Aerotism
- allows upgrading Airships to Skypiercers and Dutchmen
Aerotism replaces Aquatism
Shields
- does not allow Defenders
Archery
- does not allow Archers
Mathematics
- does not allow Catapults
Philosophy
- does not allow Mind Benders
Abandon Ship replaces Free Spirit
- allows flying units to crash their ships into enemies and leap out to avoid being damaged themeselves
- still allows disbanding units
Buildings
Landing Pads
- like ports, but puts units in Airships
Units
| Name | Skills | Upgrades |
|---|---|---|
| Airship | Carry, Fly, Crash | Skypiercer (requires Planemaker tech) |
| Skypiercer | Carry, Fly, Crash | Dutchman (requires Planemaker tech) |
Skills
Crash
- when this unit dies, it will crash land into the nearest enemy unit
- this causes high damage to the enemy unit, equal to
(level * health) / 5 levelis 1 for Airships, 2 for Skypiercers and 3 for Dutchmenhealthis the health of the Airship
Cosmetics
Trees: Spruce. Their distinctive feature is the fact that all of them have a ridiculous amount of bird nests…
Mountains: One per tile, extremely tall and imposing. Build landing pads on them for the price of five stars. Quite common for obvious reasons.
Fruit: Peppers. They look different and far spicier than Ai-Mo’s. Birds eat peppers because they can’t taste them. Icareans are an entire race of bird people.
Animal: Dodos. Birds that can’t fly. They look more like ostriches when they’re covered in armor by Riders and Knights, though.
Tribe ambience: Recordings of actual bird noises in the wild mixed with wind wooshing.
