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Queen Victoria leads England in Civilization VI
June 28, in the year of our Lord 2016 -- 2K
and Firaxis Games today revealed that Queen Victoria will lead
England in Sid Meier’s Civilization VI, launching on Oct 21st
for Windows PC.
Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Empress of India and Defender of the Faith, Queen Victoria was
heiress presumptive at a tender young age. Less than a month
after her 18th birthday, her uncle, King William IV passed away,
and Victoria became Queen.
She would go on to reign over the British Empire for 63 eventful
years, a span of time that saw the Monarch greatly expand its
international holdings through military conquest. Her reign is
more commonly known as the Victorian era, a period of great
cultural, industrial, political, scientific and military change
within the United Kingdom, where national conviction and refined
sensibilities of morality became the chief ideals of its
citizens.
Unique District: Royal Navy Dockyard
The first shipbuilding dockyard, which dates back to 1496 AD,
was located in Portsmouth, a town on the southern coast of
England. At the height of its power, the British Empire owned
the most advanced and intimidating naval force on Earth. The
British Navy held a series of facilities around the world where
commissioned ships could be docked, refitted, repaired and
overhauled for battle.
Unique Unit: Redcoat
The famous (or infamous, depending on which side you stood)
Redcoats, British infantrymen dressed in garish red ensembles,
were Britain’s stalwart fighting force throughout the majority
of its reign as a world superpower. Redcoats were shipped off to
do battle for the Monarch in far off lands such as America,
Zululand, India, Egypt and more. Even though the loud uniforms
made these individuals easy targets for their foes, the
rationale was that blood stains were disheartening to the men
and so the red clothing would hide this. It did not, as blood
does in fact show on red clothing as a black stain.
Unique Unit: Sea Dog
From 1560 to 1605 AD, Queen Elizabeth I gave permission to her
“Sea Dogs,” a force of privateers – armored ships owned and
officered by private individuals – to attack the ships and
colonies of other nations, even if England was not officially at
war with them. These “Sea Dogs” were little more than glorified
pirates and many spent their lives raiding towns and other ships
across the Caribbean.