Ports in Civ VI

[homan1983]

Chris: So that gives the builder less influence. You’ve just mentioned military engineers, what will they be focused on?

Sarah: The military engineers build the ports as well as the roads.

http://wccftech.com/civilization-vi-interview-with-sarah-darney-and-brian-busatti/#ixzz4IMgg6grW

This article came up today, it seems military engineers can build ports. What do you think this will be?

Perhaps an improvement on a coastal water tile that lets units embark without spending their entire turn?

Maybe it is related to the canals Ed Beach has been referring to?

 

[Kouvb593kdnuewnd]

You may need them to heal your ships and they could provide zone of control and defence bonus to ships inside the port. And yes used for embarkation.

 

[CaptainUnknown]

We know from tool tips they make airports and we have an image of such a airport outside of friendly borders. Perhaps that is what she meant?

For more clarification, the airports I am talking about are military style air fields, not commercial airports. The image was with the release of the America first look I believe.

 

[Siptah]

Bismark [sic!]? Extra city slots? Argh!
Do native English speakers use 'port' when they are talking of airports? In German the word Flughafen also contains the word Hafen, but I would never use it to refer to a Flughafen.
I believe what Denkt already said.

 

[shyPiano]

This interview doesn't seem very correct... Could they mean Forts instead?

 

[BenZL43]

This is the latest tooltip we have so far. I have yet to see the tooltip in the newest ill-fated build so things might change in the moment.

MILITARY ENGINEER
Unit
Medieval Era support unit. Requires an Armory to produce. 
Can construct Roads, [B]Forts[/B] and Airstrip Improvements.

 ▶ Movement: 2

Read more here: https://goo.gl/GJqtQe

 

[Abraxis]

Forts makes about seven billion times more sense

 

[kaspergm]

This interview doesn't seem very correct... Could they mean Forts instead?

That was my instinctive guess also.

 

[JimmyBanks]

If it is ports that it's awesome.

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[homan1983]

I have a feeling it's simply a typo now :/

 

[Silverdawn]

I have a feeling it's simply a typo now :/

Ya, they meant "phorts".