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Ability
|
Description
|
Effect
|
Limits - Cost
|
Domain
|
Prerequisite
|
|
Super former
|
Smartsettler
|
Terraform rate doubled
|
Terraformer unit only - 1
|
All
|
Advanced ecological engineering
|
|
Deep radar
|
Mk. 45 sensor array upgrade
|
Sees two spaces
|
None - 0
|
All
|
Advanced military algorithms
|
|
Cloaking device
|
Type IV diffusion shield
|
Invisible; ignores zones of control
|
Not for use in probe teams - 1
|
Land
|
Frictionless surfaces
|
|
Amphibious pods
|
Hoverpod LCs
|
Attack from ships
|
Combat units only - 1
|
Land
|
Doctrine Initiative
|
|
Drop pods
|
Aircushion LCs
|
Can make airdrops (within eight squares)
|
None - 2
|
Land
|
Mind-machine interface
|
|
Air superiority
|
Mk. 66 fire control sensor
|
Attacks air units (+100 percent vs.
air units, -50 percent vs. ground or naval units)
|
Combat units only - 1
|
All
|
Doctrine Air Power
|
|
Deep pressure hull
|
Reinforced silksteel chassis
|
Operates underwater
|
Combat units only - 1
|
Sea
|
Nanometallurgy
|
|
Carrier deck
|
Bonded alloy flight deck
|
Mobile airbase
|
Not for use in probe teams - 1
|
Sea
|
Nanometallurgy
|
|
Comm jammer
|
Type IX ECTS EMP pulse generator
|
+50 percent vs. fast units (speeders
and hovertanks)
|
Combat, nonpsi units only - Attack
divided by defense
|
Land
|
Advanced subatomic theory
|
|
Antigrav struts
|
Gravitron repulsor pylons
|
+1 movement rate (two times reactor
for air units)
|
None - 1
|
Land, air
|
Graviton theory
|
|
Empath song
|
Psi lock
|
+50 percent attack vs. psi
|
Nonpsi combat units only - 2
|
All
|
Centauri empathy
|
|
Fungicide tanks
|
Boron defoilant system
|
Clear fungus at double speed
|
Terraformer unit only - 1
|
All
|
Synthetic fossil fuels
|
|
High morale
|
Advanced warfare training
|
Gains +1 morale upgrade
|
Combat units only - 1
|
All
|
Intellectual integrity
|
|
Heavy artillery
|
Reactor chamber upgrade
|
Bombards; -50 percent armor and move
|
Nonpsi units only -Defense plus speed
minus 2
|
Land
|
Polymorphic software
|
|
Clean reactor
|
Reactor emission containment system
|
Requires no support
|
None - 2
|
All
|
Bio-engineering
|
|
Blink displacer
|
Temporal distortion field
|
Bypass base defenses
|
Combat units only - 1
|
All
|
Matter transmission
|
|
Hypnotic trance
|
Psychic amplification module
|
+50 percent defense vs. psi
|
Nonpsi combat units only - Attack divided
by defense
|
All
|
Secrets of the Human Brain
|
|
Nerve gas pods
|
Mk. 1 VX delivery system
|
+50 percent offense (atrocity)
|
Nonpsi combat units only - 1
|
Land, air
|
High-energy chemistry
|
|
AAA tracking
|
Mk. 190 FUBR fire control system
|
+100 percent against air and missile
attack
|
Not for use with psi or air units -
1
|
Land, Sea
|
Advanced military algorithms
|
|
Nonlethal methods
|
N/A
|
+100 percent police powers (each unit
eliminates two drones rather than one)
|
None - 1
|
Land
|
Intellectual integrity
|
|
Polymorphic encryption
|
Doubles a unit's resistance to probe
team subversion
|
Two times cost to subvert
|
None - 1
|
Land
|
Presentient algorithms
|
|
Repair bay
|
Modified supply transport module
|
Repairs ground units on board
|
Transport units only - 1
|
Air, sea
|
Nanometallurgy
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