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- "There never was a good knife made of bad steel."
– Benjamin Franklin
Game info
The next step in the development of metal working delivers a new level of sophistication to Renaissance weaponry and prepares its entrance into the Modern age.
This excerpt is from the Civ 5 Guide:
Lancers are a harder-hitting version of Knights . They are faster to get around the map, and it helps that they have several more points of Combat Strength. However, these mounted units have a penalty during defense, making them brittle if they aren't defended.
Sipahi are unique Ottoman Lancers that are even faster than regular Lancers. They can pillage in an enemy territory without breaking stride, making them the single best sabotage unit in the game.
Hakkapeliitta are unique Swedish Lancers that are interact with Great Generals and has a 15% combat bonus.
Winged hussars are unique Polish Lancers that can give extra strength, and two promotions (Formation I and Shock I). It can using a combat penalty defend.
Historical Info:
Metallurgy is the science of metals and metallic alloys. In Civilization V the "metallurgy" technology covers the advancements in this field since the 19th century AD. In the 19th and 20th centuries, great strides have been made in all facets of metallurgy, from extraction, to the creation of new alloys, to the production of cheap, high-quality metals.
Metal remains at the heart of modern civilization. Much of the world is built of steel, and what isn't is made of aluminum or titanium. Our communications networks are made of metal, and so are our vehicles, weapons, satellites and spacecraft. Without modern metallurgy 90% of the Earth's population would starve within a year.