* Type: Discover 2
* Abilities: Heavy artillery
* Comes from: Industrial base, information networks
* Leads to: Advanced subatomic theory, optical computers

Presentient Algorithms
An important advance for the University of Planet, Presentient algorithms provides the Hunter-Seeker Algorithm secret project, the project that immunizes your bases from probe infiltration.

* Type: Discover 5
* Abilities: Polymorphic encryption
* Secret projects: The Hunter-Seeker Algorithm
* Comes from: Advanced military algorithms, cyberethics
* Leads to: Fusion power, probability mechanics, orbital spaceflight

Probability Mechanics
One in a line of important defensive advances, probability mechanics leads to nanometallurgy, which provides several unique abilities to sea and transport units.

* Type: Build 7
* Defenses: Probability sheath (6)
* Base facilities: Tachyon field
* Comes from: Photon/wave mechanics, presentient algorithms
* Leads to: Nanometallurgy

Quantum Machinery
With a powerful weapon and a mineral boosting facility, this high-level advance can begin a productive, and successful, end of game.

* Type: Build 12
* Weapons: Quantum laser (16)
* Base facilities: Quantum converter
* Comes from: Quantum power, nanometallurgy
* Leads to: Graviton theory

Quantum Power
Reaching the quantum level can be an important milestone to any faction. With the lab bonus gained from the quantum lab and the reduction in unit costs through the new reactor, quantum power is an important step for any player.

* Type: Discover 11
* Reactors: Quantum chamber
* Base facilities: Quantum lab
* Comes from: Frictionless surfaces, planetary economics
* Leads to: Quantum machinery