Settler Wagon

The Settler Wagon is a German civilian unit that is featured in Age of Empires III.

Overview
Settler Wagons are German Settlers who augment the German economy alongside regular Settlers. Unlike the French Coureur des Bois, they do not replace regular Settlers and cannot be built from the Town Center. German players begin each game with three Settler Wagons.

Initially, Settler Wagons can only be sent from the Home City. However, once the player has unlocked the "Germantown Farmers" card, they can be trained from the Mill, which usually negates the need to send Settler Wagons from the Home City.

The Settler Wagon is equal to two Settlers in terms of resource-gathering, cost and population requirements.

Tasks
Settler Wagons can be assigned with the same tasks as Settlers.

History
"Prairie Schooners and Conestoga Wagons were two types of covered wagons used by settlers and pioneers to cross the early frontiers of North America. Prairie Schooners were lighter and needed two or four horses or oxen to pull them. Conestoga Wagons were big, heavy wagons that needed teams of six or eight to pull them along. Before railroad tracks crisscrossed the Great Plains, Conestoga Wagons hauled most of the freight that went back and forth between the east and west coasts. Conestoga Wagons originated in a German area of Pennsylvania."

Trivia

 * The Settler Wagon is an elderly man dressed in traditional Bavarian clothing. His wagon is being pulled by a mule or a donkey, and comments in Standard German with a gentle and kind voice.
 * The Settler Wagon resembles the Atlantean Citizen in Age of Mythology.
 * Just like the Citizen in Age of Mythology: The Titans, the content Settler Wagons carry changes depend on the resources they are collecting. The content at Plantations is the same as Mills and Berry Bushes, however.