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Chapter 13: Technology
Advances
Mind-Machine Interface
Another important advance crossroads and one step up from air power, mind-machine
interface produces 'copters, drop pods, and the military morale boosting
Cyborg Factory secret project.
* Type: Conquer 6
* Chassis types: 'Copter (8)
* Abilities: Drop pods
* Secret projects: The Cyborg Factory
* Citizens: Thinker
* Comes from: Doctrine Air Power, neural grafting
* Leads to: Graviton theory, digital sentience, biomachinery
Alpha Centauri Tech Tree Path: Missiles
When molding some military muscle, every player will want to seek out new and powerful weapons. One with a punch, especially early in the game, is a missile. Follow this path to discover missile weapons (and in turn, discover the devastating planet buster):
1. Doctrine Mobility
2. Doctrine Flexibility
3. Doctrine Air Power
4. Orbital spaceflight
For the Human Hive player, reaching missiles takes a few more steps, especially when sticking to the Hive's technology line. Here's another path to missile technology, starting with the Hive's default advance:
1. Doctrine Loyalty
2. Intellectual integrity
3. Cyberethics
4. Presentient algorithms
5. Orbital spaceflight
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Monopole Magnets
Move up through nanominiaturization to discover the hovertank chassis. Moving into unified field theory will discover a new weapon, the tachyon bolt.
* Type: Build 6
* Comes from: Superstring theory, silksteel alloys
* Leads to: Unified field theory, nanominiaturization
Nanometallurgy
With some unique abilities, particularly for sea-based and transport units, nanometallurgy becomes a vital advance when beginning a military force.
* Type: Explore 8
* Abilities: Deep pressure hull, carrier deck, repair bay
* Comes from: Probability mechanics, Doctrine Initiative
* Leads to: Matter compression, quantum machinery
Next
- Nanominiaturization, Neural Grafting, Nonlinear Mathematics, and more
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