This chapter provides a listing of all the technology advances. Under each advance, you'll find several statistics, including the type of advance (each advance is divided into one of four categories: build, conquer, discover, explore), the faction that begins with the advance, the items provided by the advance, and the technologies that lead to and from the advance. Also, you'll find helpful items such as the shortest route to the advance as well as various benefits and gameplay suggestions.

Advanced Ecological Engineering
An excellent technology, advanced ecological engineering rewards the player with super former abilities and leads to Centauri psi, which provides a psi attack. Gaia's Stepdaughters have a quick route to this technology.

* Type: Build 7
* Abilities: Super former
* Comes from: Fusion power, environmental economics
* Leads to: Centauri psi

Advanced Military Algorithms
Being the advance that permits the use of power values, advanced military algorithms should be high on your list - especially if you are planning a military force.

* Type: Conquer 4
* Abilities: Deep radar, AAA tracking
* Base facilities: Punishment sphere
* Socio-economic model: Power
* Comes from: Doctrine Flexibility, optical computers
* Leads to: Presentient algorithms, retroviral engineering

Advanced Spaceflight
Leading to two beefy technologies (super tensile solids and self-aware machines), advanced spaceflight also provides two excellent improvements, especially for those interested in massing an inexpensive military force.

* Type: Discover 8
* Weapons: Plasma shard (13)
* Base facilities: Orbital power transmitter
* Secret projects: The Living Refinery
* Comes from: Orbital spaceflight, organic superlubricant
* Leads to: Super tensile solids, self-aware machines

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