Steam Motors is a construction material and also an intermediate product. By default, it can be produced only in the Old World.
Usage[]
Construction Material[]
Steam Motors are used as a construction material to construct steam ships, such as 
Battle Cruiser, 
Cargo Ship etc.
Intermediate Product[]
Steam Motors are used as an intermediate product in the production of 
Steam Carriages and 
Elevators
Expeditions[]
Steam motors can be used during expeditions, they grant 30 bonus points to navigation skill and 30 bonus morale per 50 tons.
Trade[]
Steam motors can be passively sold for 7028
or purchased for 17570 per ton. They can be actively bought from Old Nate for 17570 coins. No neutral trader buys steam motors for a special price.
Regular Production[]
Steam Motors are produced in a Motor Assembly Line from 
Steel and 
Brass. All regular production chains involving Steam Motors are listed below.
Steam Motors[]
Steam Motors
-7700
-500
-750
-80
315400
128
230
168
140
140
★ The 
Coal Mine may be replaced with two 
Charcoal Kilns
for +10 +30 -10 -400 -4 +5
Steam Carriages[]
Steam Carriages
-23410
-5 -500 -2950
-40 -100
995500 280 470 360 320 320
★ The Coal Mine may be replaced with two Charcoal Kilns
for +10 +30 -10 -400 -4 +5
Supplies:
• 600 Investor Residences (up to 30000 
Investors)
Elevators[]
Elevators
-11610 -5 -1300 -1350 -95
454900 234 360 252 220 225
Production with Items[]
When particular items are equipped in a 
Trade Union, Steam Motors can be obtained as an extra good alongside the production of other goods.
Extra Steam Motors with Bruno Ironbright[]
 Bruno Ironbright, Engineering GiantLegendary | ||
|---|---|---|
| Only Ironbright's contributions to modern engineering can be said to have been utterly groundbreaking. | ||
 Equipped in Trade UnionAffects  Bicycle Factory Cab Assembly Line Fan Factory Motor Assembly Plant Scooter Factory Sewing Machine Factory |
Effects Productivity: +50% Extra Goods Occasionally produces extra  Advanced Weapons every 3rd cycleOccasionally produces extra  Steam Motors every 3rd cycle |
Expedition Bonus Crafting: +55 Diplomacy: +25 |
| Affected Building | Productivity | Production Rate | Steam Motors Production Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
 Bicycle Factory ( )
|
250% ( )
|
5 /min
|
1.67 /min
|
 Sewing Machine Factory
|
150% ()
|
3 /min
|
1 /min
|
| Cab Assembly Line ()
|
250% ()
|
2.5 /min
|
0.83 /min
|
History and Trivia[]
Steam power, to simplify, involves the generation of steam being used to drive machinery via steam's properties of heat and expansion. Water, when heated to boiling, transforms into steam, occupying a much greater area; this change creates pressure, which can be used to push pistons or spin turbines, which are the fundamental mechanics behind steam motors to this day. While this principle had been vaguely known and understood all the way back to the days of the Roman Empire, it was not until the 1800s that technology, metallurgy, and mechanics had advanced enough to produce effective, efficient, useful, and mostly safe steam power.
The first commercial steam engines were developed in the 1700s by Thomas Newcomen and James Watt; the device was not used extensively until the 1800s, however, when high-pressure steam engines -- ones capable of generating and using steam pressure well above ambient -- were developed. Stationary steam engines would be absolutely essential to the Industrial Revolution, driving factory equipment and generating electricity using levels of force and power unmatched by any method before them.
Steam engines on ships were actually not popular immediately, for some very good reasons. Steam generation requires fire, which is generally a bad thing to have on board a ship made out of wood, covered in flammable substances such as tar and draped in hemp ropes and canvas sails. This only becomes worse on warships, when gunpowder is involved. In addition, early steam engines were slow and inefficient (thus taking up a lot of space and consuming a lot of fuel), and a high-pressure steam system tends to react badly when a hole is punched in it by, say, a cannonball. While moving against the wind was undeniably useful, early steam produced more tradeoffs than was considered worthwhile for this benefit. As such, ships and especially warships were slow to adopt steam power, and only when engines began to become more efficient and metal-hulled ships began to become prominent and widely built did steam power start pushing out sails for good.
