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+Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
+Windows XP/2000 Compatibility Update
+August, 2002
+
+************************************************************
+** Notes
+************************************************************
+
+-- This patch will attempt to locate your installation of 
+   Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, and defaults to that location, if found.
+   If the patch cannot locate Alpha Centauri, it will default to
+   C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri.
+
+   In this situation, you should ensure the patch installs to the
+   directory that you have installed Alpha Centauri into.
+
+
+-- This patch is a Windows 2000/XP compatibility update, to allow 
+   users of Windows 2000 or XP to run Alpha Centauri.   It is not required
+   for users of Windows 95, 98, or ME.  However, users with these 
+   operating systems may will need to install this patch if they wish to
+   play multiplayer games with other players who have installed this patch.
+
+
+-- There is a known issue with sounds skipping on Windows ME machines.  This
+   should not affect the game stability.
+

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+Monotype is a trademark of Monotype Typography Limited registered in
+U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and certain other jurisdictions.
+
+Arial is a trademark of The Monotype Corporation registered in U.S.
+Patent and Trademark Office and certain other jurisdictions.
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+SID MEIER'S ALPHA CENTAURI PLANETARY PACK
+(c) 1999-2000 Electronic Arts. All rights reserved.
+
+README.TXT
+1/29/00
+
+-----------------------------------------------
+CONTENTS OF README.TXT:
+-----------------------------------------------
+ 1.  CHANGES IN ALIEN CROSSFIRE VERSION 2.0
+	Fixes
+
+ 2.  CHANGES IN ALIEN CROSSFIRE VERSION 1.0
+	Additions\Enhancements
+	Fixes
+
+ 3.  CHANGES IN ALPHA CENTAURI VERSION 3.0
+	Additions\Enhancements
+	Fixes
+
+ 4.  CHANGES IN ALPHA CENTAURI VERSION 2.0
+	Additions\Enhancements
+	Fixes
+
+ 5.  UNINSTALL INFO
+
+ 6.  SINGLE PLAYER
+	Improving Performance
+	New features
+	Complete Install
+	Gamma Correction
+	Windows NT
+	CPU overclocking
+	Movie Performance
+	Additional Tweaks
+	Troubleshooting
+
+ 7.  MULTIPLAYER
+	New Features
+	Non-Simultaneous Multiplayer
+	Restarting Multiplayer
+	Voice over data Troubleshooting
+	Voice link tips
+	Known problems
+	Troubleshooting
+	Scenarios
+
+ 8.  ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+
+-----------------------------------------------
+-----------------------------------------------
+CHANGES IN ALIEN CROSSFIRE VERSION 2.0
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+FIXES:
+
+· You can now airdrop units into your own bases.
+· The correct voiceovers for Alien Crossfire base facilities now play the
+first time you build them.
+· Pirates can no longer capture units that are defending a base.
+· Alien probe teams now use the correct art.
+· The Cyborg faction now correctly has the Technology Steal ability.
+· It is now possible to rescue a captured faction leader.
+· Base facilities no longer cost less than they should at Thinker and
+Transcend difficulty levels.
+· In some instances a Golden Age would not produce a population boom. It now
+does.
+· AXStart.exe will now switch to a resolution it supports.
+· The Sid and Brian factions can now be loaded in the Faction Editor.
+· Occasionally refugees from a captured base would appear at coordinates
+0,0. This is fixed.
+· The Maritime Control Center now grants a defensive bonus against naval
+units for player controlled factions.
+· Psi Artillery combat strength is now calculated correctly.
+· Some special abilities were not reflected correctly in automatically
+designed units.
+· The Right-click menu's version of airdrop now correctly uses movement
+points.
+· You can no longer have a pact brother support one of your factions units.
+· The 'Aliens capture your base' interlude now correctly displays, even if
+the base captured was obliterated.
+· All satellites can now be added to the build queue, even if currently in
+production.
+· Miscellaneous text fixes.
+· Base population no longer 'rolls over' when it reaches 127.
+· Native artillery units no longer get a 'hasty' penalty when attacking.
+· Drone revolts no longer can select aliens as new masters.
+· The Faction Editor now correctly updates bonuses on the Faction page.
+· The Faction Editor now correctly loads free units and free abilities.
+· The Faction Editor now correctly saves bonus technologies.
+· The Drone faction now correctly includes the Base Revolt ability of 75%
+· During a random game, if an Alien faction is selected, and there is
+another random slot, there will be two Alien factions in the game.
+
+-----------------------------------------------
+CHANGES IN ALIEN CROSSFIRE VERSION 1.0
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+UNDOCUMENTED ADDITIONS:
+
+· Sea Borders: coastal bases now extend borders into the sea for all squares
+adjacent to the base. Nearby water bases do not affect these borders.
+· Detonating a fungal missile may now trigger native life forms from dormant
+spores. The higher the reactor level, the greater the number of spores.
+· Fungal Towers receive a 50% bonus when attacked, due to their ability to
+co-ordinate and direct native life forms in the vicinity.
+· A Progenitor faction controlling the Manifold Nexus receives +1 Research
+in addition to +1 Planet.
+· The Manifold Usurpers have a -1 Planet due to their intent to subvert the
+Transcendence process.
+· The Cybernetic Consciousness may steal technology when capturing a base,
+regardless of the rules preference set at the beginning.
+· The Data Angels now get any technology discovered by three other factions
+with whom they have an infiltrator.
+· Any units adjacent to a mind controlled base fall under the control of the
+probe teams faction.
+· The Dissociative Wave now works on offense.
+· The manual states that an alien may be in a submission pact and not affect
+a diplomatic victory; this is not true. For a human faction to win a
+diplomatic victory, both alien factions must be completely eliminated from
+the game, regardless of their Pact status.
+
+	NOTE: Alien Crossfire now contains all the additions/enhancements 
+	and fixes to Alpha Centauri 1.0 that were contained in the 
+	downloadable updates, V2.0 through 4.0.
+
+ADDITIONS\ENHANCEMENTS:
+
+· Check out the new landmark: the Manifold Nexus, a ruined remnant of an
+extensive alien complex with a mysterious relationship to the Planet itself.
+The faction possessing the Nexus inside its territory enjoys an improved
+relationship with Planet (+1 on the Social Engineering scale).
+· You can now see AI player's social engineering settings.
+· Wheelmouse support implemented for most listboxes and when picking
+production choices.
+
+FIXES:
+
+· Singularity reactors now have 40 HP, so they are balanced in psi combat.
+· The AI no longer can use missiles beyond their designated range.
+· You can no longer use long-range fire via right-click when out of range of
+the target.
+· Automated formers no longer build bunkers prior to having the required
+technology.
+· The Self-Aware Colony now correctly halves maintenance.
+· The Space Elevator now correctly doubles mineral production when building
+satellites.
+· Units should no longer switch their home bases automatically.
+· The game no longer locks up when all players choose factions in a MP
+scenario that aren't present and END OF TURN is selected.
+· Airdropped transports no longer leave cargo behind.
+· You can no longer switch the AI's governor settings from the F4 screen.
+· If you zoom to a base from the F4 Base Operations screen, when you return
+to the F4 screen you can now use the PgUp and PgDn hotkeys to scroll the
+window.
+· Loading a map in the scenario editor after generating one now updates the
+minimap.
+
+-----------------------------------------------
+CHANGES IN ALPHA CENTAURI VERSION 3.0
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+The v3.0 update to Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri includes several additions and
+enhancements, largely in response to customer feedback, as well as a more
+small fixes. A complete list of v3.0 changes is included below.
+
+ADDITIONS\ENHANCEMENTS:
+
+· Added a new landmark, the Borehole Cluster.
+· Overall game performance improved due to continuing code optimization.
+· Added your total Council votes to the bottom of the Comm menu.
+· Adjusted armor costs for air units.
+· Adjusted global warming algorithm to make "ecological death spiral" less
+likely. Added ALPHA.TXT controls for global warming.
+· ALPHA.TXT controls for maximum damage inflicted by artillery.
+· One of the cycling info displays now shows # of council votes.
+· New council proposals shown on datalinks for technologies which enable
+them.
+· Ctrl+Shift+W toggles fog-of-war preference.
+· Alpha Centauri.INI option to force preferences not to be reset whenever
+players start a new game at lowest difficulty level.
+"DontResetBeginnerPrefs=1"
+· A few new ALPHA.TXT options related to time limits & atrocities.
+· You can set "DisableOpeningMovie=1" to the alpha centauri.ini file to only
+disable the opening movie.
+· Added a right-click menu to base production screen so you can obsolete
+units, etc.
+· AI: The autodesigner no longer puts loads of armor on sea terraformers &
+sea colony pods.
+· AI: The Autodesigner will now put Deep Radar on artillery units.
+· AI: Governors won't build Genejack Factories or Punishment Spheres.
+· AI: Tweaked diplomatic AI to better understand certain situations and
+tricks. Among other things, AI will be more aware of situations where one of
+the parties has a significant advantage in weapons technology.
+· AI: Tweaked military AI to build somewhat less artillery.
+· AI: Improved AI understanding of global warming & solar shades.
+
+FIXES:
+
+· Planetary Governor now have packet sniffer access to all factions.
+· Dead factions no longer prevent a Planetary Governor veto.
+·  "O" w/ supply crawlers now let you add to production.
+· The menu option for Automate Mag-Tubes now un-greys.
+· Square detail readout is now always correct.
+· Rovers can no longer retreat from combat onto a unity pod.
+· You no longer get "unable to allocate draw buffer" error message when
+dragging a technician onto the map in the base screen.
+· You can no longer start building two boreholes next to each other.
+· You can no longer enter 0< numbers in the custom map size.
+· Transcendent Thought breakthroughs no longer continuously loop.
+· Scroll bars for the "Give City" menu.
+· You now can't blame eliminated factions with probe team actions.
+· The Current Production at a base is now the top slot of the queue.
+· Randomizing a faction's social agenda now changes the faction profile
+information.
+· Single click on radio buttons preference now works
+· Units no longer can teleport off north edge of screen.
+· Using certain missiles no longer cause periodic hangs.
+· Planet busters now destroy sensor arrays.
+· New methods of sorting the F4 base screen based on resources, population,
+etc.
+· You can now frame other factions for your own probe team actions.
+· Isle of the Deep can no longer destroy a pressure dome in a sea base.
+· Specialty cursors (go to, patrol, etc) now have correct hot spots.
+· Accelerated start no longer causes some bases to be partially drawn on 1st
+turn.
+· A foil is no longer visible during the landing sequence if the player
+starts with one.
+· You can no longer regenerate unity pods by keeping a air unit overhead.
+· You can no longer upgrade Locusts of Chiron to Psi Choppers.
+· Moved "Pressure Dome" to top of base facilities display for easy
+identification.
+· Multiple orbital improvements can now be inserted into the build queue.
+· CTRL-F4 and CTRL-SHIFT-F4 now work (show credits and show version)
+· Cornering the global energy market now displays the correct year.
+· The AI no longer can add special abilities missiles.
+· The AI no longer can add AAA to transports.
+· Air units now will always execute a goto command.
+· Removed the message telling you to use "Ctrl+Shift+U" to upgrade units.
+· Sea units will no longer be transferred to land bases.
+· Mixing "police units" with "non-police" units no longer gives extra police
+protection.
+· Planet busters used by the computer player are now restricted by range.
+· Auto roads and mag-tubes now work better.
+· Version checking for multiplayer games that an NT machine hosts now works
+correctly.
+· Planes relocated by end of Pact no longer run out of fuel for no reason on
+the next turn.
+· The first time you open the save window, clicking on the folder icon for
+the up directory no longer saves the game.
+
+-----------------------------------------------
+CHANGES IN ALPHA CENTAURI VERSION 2.0
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+The v2.0 Update to Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri includes several new features
+to enhance the Alpha Centauri gameplay experience as well as a host of small
+fixes. Most notably, v2.0 includes Hotseat and Play-by-email multiplayer
+modes.  A complete list of v2.0 changes is included below.
+
+ADDITIONS:
+
+· HOTSEAT multiplayer mode is now available!
+· Play-by-email multiplayer mode is now available!
+· To start a hotseat game, select Multiplayer from the main menu and then 
+Hotseat/PBEM. After setting up Planet, select a faction for each of the
+human players. Each player has an opportunity to select a password on their
+first turn to provide a level of privacy. Leave the field blank to bypass
+this feature. When a player ends their turn, a prompt will appear for the
+next player. If playing Hotseat, the next player should take over here. If
+playing PBEM, select Save and Exit. The game automatically exits, at which
+point you should email the resulting save game to the next player (as
+indicated on the last on-screen prompt). Most features of the game are
+identical to non-simultaneous multiplayer games. A notable difference
+however is Diplomacy, which can now takes place over several turns. After
+contacting another player, make your selections and hit End Transmission.
+When the other player's turn begins, the diplomacy window will appear with
+your proposal. Negotiations can take place over any number of turns.
+· You can now see the destination of a unit without selecting it. This
+option can be toggled under "Map" preferences.
+· You can now disable probe team "steal technology in the RULES section of
+ALPHA.TXT.
+· You can now release mind worms into wild using the "Turn Over Unit
+Control" option on the Action Menu.
+· You can now customize the map size when generating a random planet.
+· Probe teams are now "unflagged", meaning you cannot easily tell who
+controls the team.
+· Atrocities have been rebalanced to avoid abuse: (a) 12+ atrocities
+(depends on difficulty level) will cause all factions to declare vendetta
+(b) Nerve stapling becomes increasingly ineffective at particular bases the
+more you use it.
+· The Hive now has the "Immunity, EFFIC" ability; Hive never receives
+negative EFFICIENCY penalties.
+· Password security for multiplayer games.
+· Hardware 3D positional and EAX support added - Note: this can be disabled
+in alpha centauri.ini by entering  ds3d=0 or eax=0. This also provides 
+overall better performance and memory usage.
+
+ENHANCEMENTS:
+
+· You can now set waypoints for patrols using the spacebar. Press "p" key 
+as usual to start patrol, then click-and-drag mouse to first waypoint;
+while still holding mouse button, press SPACE to set waypoint; you can then
+drag line to next point, etc. When you reach final destination, release
+mouse button.
+· Datalinks now show cost/preq of Abilities and Terraforming
+· Combat report text is now larger in 1024x768 resolution
+· "People" icons are now smaller for cursor in base screen "drag and drop"
+· Design Workshop: dark blue letters on dark background are now more
+legible
+· You can no longer name/rename landmarks near other people's territory.
+· Pact Brothers no longer offer map in tech trade (already gives map for 
+free)
+· The world map now updates as new areas are explored, as opposed to 
+waiting until the end of a turn.
+· Up to a 40% speed increase in TCP/IP performance.
+· Improved Caviar unit display performance.
+· Autoexploring AI with natives improved.
+· You can now automatically build roads to any square.
+· voice over data link now louder on receiving end.
+
+FIXES:
+
+· Map now correctly displays solar/mine/etc details at "standard zoom out"
+level.
+· Air Units are no longer influenced by travel rate of fungus and so forth.
+· Dragging air unit move: distance is now shown correctly
+· F4 screen "turns to go" now accounts for prototype cost
+· Clicking "end of turn" when a unit is active (but has already moved) no 
+longer says, "all units have moved".
+· New unit changes are now correctly displayed when you go to Change Unit,
+then from there to unit design (where you Obsolete/Design/whatever) and 
+then come back the change menu again.
+· When "continue with current/change to new/add to beginning of queue"
+warning is displayed after changing build command and if you pick "add to
+queue" it now adds the selected unit correctly (instead of always adding a
+Colony Pod).
+· Typo corrected when you hit the "Reset" button in Social Engineering
+· Squelch mode now prevents commlink requests as well as chats.
+· The host being killed in MP no longer prevents the remaining players
+from continuing.
+· Economic victory now functions correctly in MP.
+· Submitted AI factions no longer send probe teams against their
+captor.
+· Entering Social Engineering on first turn no longer strands the player.
+· Units magically teleporting to the north pole.
+· AI doesn't offer a human controlled faction's comm frequency to other
+human players in MP.
+· "15 secs to end of turn" doesn't print numerous times in MP.
+· The energy readout in the info window isn't double it's actual value in
+some instances.
+· On Citizen and Specialist Level you now get free minerals when starting
+a new base.
+· Time bonuses now charged to the correct player.
+· Hitting the END key in the Production Picker now adjusts the scroll bar.
+· Save MP games now preserves the Simultaneous Moves option.
+· The datalinks now displays the proper amount of nutrients produced by
+kelp farms.
+· Formers in Multiplayer can no longer be used to produce terrain 
+enhancements in one turn.
+· Upgrading a unit under certain circumstances no longer creates free
+prototypes.
+· Attacking a mindworm on a Unity pod now explores that pod.
+· F4 screen's "turns to go" now accounts for prototype cost.
+· Drop-pod messages no longer broadcast to all players in MP.
+
+
+-----------------------------------------------
+UNINSTALL INFO
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+To uninstall Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri planetary pack, choose Add/Remove 
+Programs from the Windows Control Panel and select "Sid Meier's Planetary
+Pack".
+
+-----------------------------------------------
+SINGLE PLAYER
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+IMPROVING PERFORMANCE:
+
+If you are experiencing performance problems, try some of the following
+tips:
+
+*  Included in the Alternative Art folder on the CD-ROM is a Low Res Caviar
+folder. Copy the contents of this folder to the directory you installed the
+game to. The default is c:\program files\firaxis games\sid meier's alpha
+centauri. These files reduce the detail in the units, but can improve
+performance.
+*  Reduce your resolution to 800 x 600, rather than 1024 x 768. This can
+greatly improve all game performance.
+*  Disable the sound using the Audio/Visual Preferences menu.
+*  Disable map animations, sliding windows, and sliding scrollbars.
+*  Enable the following preferences: Move Friendly Pieces Quickly, Fast
+Battle Resolution, Move Units with orders quickly, Don't Center On Units
+With Orders
+*  Increase the amount of free hard drive space on the C: drive.
+*  Increase the amount of RAM in your system.
+
+NEW FEATURES:
+
+* Right click on a Pact Brother from commlink menu to end a pact.
+
+COMPLETE INSTALL:
+
+This install copies the entire contents of the CD-Rom to the hard drive. It
+requires 360 megabytes of hard drive space.
+
+GAMMA CORRECTION / "IF THE GRAPHICS SEEM TOO DARK":
+
+We've added a Gamma Correction feature to allow the customer to adjust the
+brightness of the palette without adjusting their monitor. It is accessible
+from any of the preference menus. The default value is 1.0.
+
+WINDOWS NT:
+
+Almost all features of SMAC should work under Windows NT 4.0. You'll need to
+obtain NT Service Pack 3 or higher from Microsoft and install it, which
+includes DirectX 3 or higher support. Note: Sound support under NT currently
+requires us to use emulated drivers; this can in some cases produce poor
+sound results, including static and sound breaking up.
+
+CPU OVERCLOCKING:
+
+If you experience random crashes and you are overclocking your CPU
+(especially with AMD K-5 and K-6 processors), try returning your CPU speed
+to it's original setting.
+
+MOVIE PERFORMANCE:
+
+If your computer has problems playing some of the in-game movies, verify
+that you are not using any 16-bit real mode drivers for the CD-ROM drive.
+You can check this by opening the Control Panel and choosing the System
+settings. Under the Performance tab, there is a line for File System. This
+should read 32-bit. If it has anything else in that line, contact the
+manufacturer of your CD-ROM drive for updated Windows 95/98 drivers. If you
+still experience problems playing movies, try adding 'DirectDraw=0' to the
+Alpha Centauri.ini file in the install directory.
+
+ADDITIONAL TWEAKS:
+
+Once the game is installed, a file is created called "Alpha Centauri.ini".
+This file contains various settings and preferences for the game, but can
+also be edited by the user. The following commands will allow you some
+control over the look of various parts of the game.
+
+WindowsFileBox=1
+Settings this to 1 allows you to use the traditional Win95/98 file
+navigation dialog.
+
+MainFontSize=16
+You can increase or decrease the size of the font used throughout the game.
+
+DirectDraw=0
+Settings this to 0 disables DirectDraw. This disables the automatic window
+resolution resizing during program launch.
+
+Video Mode=800 or Video Mode=1024
+This forces the screen resolution to either of these two sizes.
+
+8BitMovieSound=1
+This forces the sound quality to 8-bit from the original 16-bit. If your
+sound card has DirectX compatibility issues, this may improve movie
+performance.
+
+ForceOldVoxelAlgorithm=1
+If the game crashes intermittently, try adding this line.
+
+TROUBLESHOOTING - If your computer has problems playing the game (crashes,
+returning to desktop, etc.), please try the following:
+
+1. Reinstall DirectX 7. This can be found on the CD in the \DIRECTX7
+folder.
+
+2. Rename the SOUND.DLL to SOUND.DL_. While disabling the sound, it may
+correct your original problem.
+
+3. If you receive the message "CPU Not Supported", and you have a non-Intel
+processor such as an AMD K-5, try to run the game anyway. Many AMD
+processors show up as a 486 in verification tests, but if your machine is
+'Pentium Compatible', it shouldn't be a problem.
+
+4. Increase amount of free hard drive space on the C: drive, especially if
+you have 16 or 32 megs of memory. Defragmenting this drive will also often
+increase the amount of space available for Windows to use as Virtual Memory.
+Also keep in mind that larger maps require more memory. Try a smaller map.
+
+5. Let Windows handle your swap file size. This can be adjusted by running
+the System Control Panel, selecting the Performance menu tab, then the
+Virtual Memory button, and selecting "Let Windows manage my virtual memory
+settings".
+
+6. Update the Windows 95/98 drivers for your Video card, Sound card, and
+Monitor.
+
+7. When running the game you return directly to the desktop, you may not
+have your monitor setup correctly. Try to manually set your desktop to one
+of the resolutions the game supports (1024x768x8bit (256 colors) or
+800x600x8bit). If you cannot manually set the resolution, you will need to
+contact your computer's manufacturer for details on how to do so.
+
+8. If you are using an TNT2 based video card (Hercules TNT2, Diamond Viper
+v770, etc.) try setting your hardware acceleration to 0 in the system
+control panel.
+
+9. If the game's volume has changed since installing Alien Crossfire, try
+setting those values in the audio/visual preferences.
+
+10. Some Plextor CD-Rom drives have been reported to cause movies to stutter
+when played off the CD. Contact Plextor for a BIOS upgrade which solves this
+problem.
+
+11. If you're experiencing crashes in the sound.dll, perhaps your sound card
+is having difficulty supporting the Alien Crossfire's 3D Audio. Try setting
+the EAX and DS3D entries in the 'alpha centauri.ini' file to 0.
+
+12. Any 'Unable to allocate draw-buffer' errors most likely relate to
+DirectX not being installed. Try reinstalling DirectX 7 from the \DIRECTX7
+folder on the Alien Crossfire CD.
+
+-----------------------------------------------
+MULTIPLAYER
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+	NOTE: Encrypted MP saved game files from Alpha Centauri won't work 
+	with Alien Crossfire.
+
+NEW FEATURES:
+
+* Change symbol next to faction name in 'commlink' menu to 'null' (zero with
+a slash through it) by clicking on it to ignore all messages from a player.
+
+NON-SIMULTANEOUS MULTIPLAYER:
+
+A feature we added is non-simultaneous movement in multiplayer games.
+Benefits of this mode include significantly less packet transmission (to
+improve performance), the ability to execute diplomacy without your turn
+clock running out, and the luxury to fine tune your bases while other
+players complete their moves.  Disable the Simultaneous Move option on the
+Multiplayer Setup screen to use this feature.  The game plays essentially
+the same as the simultaneous move game, except when other players are making
+their moves, you maintain control. Except for actually moving units, you can
+access any base, any report screen, initiate or participate in diplomacy,
+and many other actions.
+
+RESTARTING MULTIPLAYER SAVES:
+
+Alpha Centauri and Alien Crossfire both support the saving of multiplayer
+games in order to play later. Have the host of the game save as in a solo
+game. In order to restart, have that player host the game. On the main
+Multiplayer Setup screen, under Type of Game, select load. Load that save,
+have the other players select their factions and begin play.
+
+VOICE OVER DATA TROUBLESHOOTING:
+
+One of the features of Alpha Centauri is the ability to use a microphone
+connected to your sound card for real-time voice communication during
+multiplay games. Below are some troubleshooting techniques you may try if
+you're experiencing difficulty using this feature.
+
+VOICE LINK TIPS:
+
+1. Before attempting to use the voice link feature in Alpha Centauri we
+recommend testing the recording functionality of your sound card with the
+Sound Recorder the comes with Win '98 / '95.  If you can get that working
+then the voice link will most likely work.
+
+2. Keep in mind this feature is designed to work using as little bandwidth
+as possible so quality will be marginal. However you should be able to
+understand the person who is talking. If not, try experimenting with
+microphone volume , mic placement, and speech volume. It may not be pretty
+but it sure beats typing messages.
+
+3. If you're unfamiliar with the Windows record settings here is how to
+access them: First open up the "advanced mixer" by double clicking on the
+volume control icon located on the Windows task bar (looks like a speaker).
+If this icon is not present you need to enable it by opening the control
+panel, multimedia properties and checking the "show volume control on
+taskbar" checkbox. By having the volume control on the taskbar you can
+adjust the settings while you're in the game.
+Once the "advanced volume control" is showing - it looks like a mixer with a
+number of sliders - look for a microphone slider. If you don't see it pull
+down the options menu, look for a microphone check box and check it and hit
+ok. This will add a microphone slider to your playback volume control. Make
+sure that slider is muted, this will prevent feedback. Now pull down the
+options menu and select recording and hit OK. From there you can adjust your
+volume. Once again if you don't see the microphone slider for the record
+volume control pull down the options and check the microphone check box.
+
+4. Many sound cards come with a mic boost feature. While in the record mixer
+pull down the menu and select "Advanced." Look at the mic slider.  If
+there's an "Advanced" button, hit it and look for a mic boost check box.
+Experiment with it to get the best sound.
+
+5. Use the voice link like a walkie-talkie. Press down and hold the '\' key,
+talk and when finished let it up.  Only talk in turns because the system is
+half-duplex (It can't transmit and receive at the same time).  Avoid using
+it during the upkeep phase in multiplayer since during that time it's
+possible to let up on the key and not stop the recording. You know it's
+working when the games sounds stop. If the games sounds don't return after
+letting up (during upkeep) then wait till upkeep is finished and press and
+let up on the key again - the sound should return.
+
+KNOWN PROBLEMS:
+
+1. During the upkeep phase in multiplayer recording may get stuck causing
+game sounds to stop. just press the '\' key till the sound returns.
+
+2. General poor sound quality of voice over data.
+
+3. We decided to leave game sounds on during voice link reception and
+incoming messages can sometimes get garbled with voice stuff in the game.
+
+TROUBLESHOOTING:
+
+1. Some users may experience problems when playing Alpha Centauri using
+America Online (AOL) as their connection to the internet. Please consult the
+web page (www.firaxis.com) for updated information concerning this issue.
+
+2. Modem TCP/IP games with more than 2 players may degrade game performance
+on some networks.  We will keep updated information on TCP/IP game
+performance on our web page.
+
+SCENARIOS:
+
+There are a number of pre-generated scenarios provided with the game in the
+'\scenarios' directory.
+
+*The first three, labeled "1Explore", "2Build", and "3Conquer", are
+tutorials designed to get beginners up and running with the game. *The
+"Faction v Faction" folder contains three scenarios pitting a faction
+against its archenemy; these may be played as single-player or multiplayer
+scenarios.
+
+*The three folders beginning with "MP..." are designed as balanced
+multiplayer scenarios with defined goals and short time limits. Try them out
+for a shorter, sharp, fun multiplayer experience!
+
+*The last scenario, "SP--7 PlayerA" puts the factions arrayed around a
+central continent in a struggle for territory.
+
+Enjoy,
+
+The Firaxis Games Team
+
+-----------------------------------------------
+ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+I had a conversation some months back with Jason Coleman, Firaxis' Senior
+Programmer, where he talked about the overwhelming importance of an entire
+team's contribution to a game. At the time I agreed with him, but I only
+fully realized what he meant once we were deep into Alien Crossfire. I had
+an amazing experience working with everyone on this project, and it also
+brought home how fortunate we are to have the kind of collaborative,
+friendly, and open team environment here at Firaxis.
+
+The lead programmer and lynchpin of the whole Crossfire effort, Chris Pine,
+was the newest addition to the Firaxis programming team. Chris was full of
+exceptional talent and promise, but there was some question as to whether we
+had overextended ourselves (and him) by throwing him headlong into Brian's
+code with little guidance and with his only professional experience
+consisting of Alpha Centauri's report screens. Chris's schedule required him
+to complete tasks at twice the estimated rate in order to have a prayer of
+making our September ship date. The first month I watched, amazed, as he not
+only met his goals, but exceeded them, allowing us to commit a team to the
+expansion with full confidence of success.
+
+Throughout this process, Greg Foertsch and Jerome Atherholt anchored the art
+for all the additions: portraits, bases, icons, and all the other stuff
+needed to fit the expansion into the game. Over time, Greg's exceptional
+leadership and vision made him the natural choice as Art Lead on Alien
+Crossfire. In addition to his organizational duties and oversight of all
+things art, Greg lovingly crafted the new bases in the game. Greg also came
+up with a ton of great game ideas during the design phase, many of which
+were adopted wholesale for the final version. His partner in crime, Jerome
+Atherholt, conceived and designed all the faction leader portraits, with the
+same high quality and attention to detail he used on the original SMAC 7.
+Jerome also found time from his new duties as Firaxis Art Manager to handle
+many of the cool new map icons, including the Unity wreckage, the Spore
+Launchers, and the Battle Ogres. He showed astounding patience in the face
+of several 'group feedback sessions' on his initial designs, and the final
+portraits are a testament to his exceptional painting skills.
+
+Much of Alien Crossfire's detail and play balance came courtesy of Doug
+Kaufman, a recent Firaxis hire but a 16-year game industry veteran. His
+sagacious advice, support,  and encyclopedic knowledge of all things
+game-related proved invaluable, and Crossfire is a much richer product as a
+result. Doug was part of the original team on Alpha Centauri, as well as Sid
+Meier's Civilization II, Sid Meier's Colonization, and far too many other
+games to list here. Doug was instrumental in keeping the vision of Crossfire
+focused. Not only did he offer outstanding ideas, but he always had the
+wisdom to ask "What are we trying to accomplish with this feature?" And when
+I would wander into his office and say something like "Uh...do you mind
+rewriting all of script.txt to reflect an alien viewpoint," he was up for
+the challenge. When those thankless writing chores were done, he also
+hammered out the manual in record time.
+
+Several other Firaxians made their mark felt on Crossfire by lending their
+art skills in between other projects. Rising art star Brent Alleyne came up
+with the great alien character design, and then implemented it in 3D. He
+also worked out quite a few of the animations and other necessary art, and
+has been one of the fastest learners I've worked with. Rarely has a new hire
+fit so well into an existing team as Brent. Mike Bazzell, animator of the
+units in the original Alpha Centauri, graciously lent many of his evenings
+and weekends to the new unit components. And when Brent's final alien design
+was just too darn cool to keep the human 'look and feel' of the original
+units, Mike uncomplainingly went about redesigning most of the old chassis
+and modules. And last, but certainly not least, Steven Chao upheld the
+glorious Firaxis intern tradition of producing outstanding work over the
+summer, and was rewarded with a permanent staff position. Steve undertook
+all the new icons in the game, handled many interface chores, and designed
+the alien scout ships seen in the opening.
+
+Jeff Morris, our office champion of just about every game he tries, designed
+and programmed the faction editor. After mastering the intricacies of the
+JACKAL library, Jeff also co-ordinated our testing effort with the skill and
+experience of his five years in the game industry. As if those tasks weren't
+enough, he also handled quite a bit of miscellaneous programming, including
+the install and autorun,  managed all disc duplication and distribution, and
+kept our internal network running. He also kept track of our beta test team,
+who provided some of the most valuable feedback of the whole process.
+
+On the multimedia front, Producer Michael Ely, longtime friend and sounding
+board, once again directed all the new movies and voiceovers in the game
+with his cinematic eye and ear. Mike is an outstanding example of an
+industry renaissance man, providing not only the movies, but also backstory,
+blurbs, plot advice, and suggestions for avoiding cliché. He also penned the
+new chapters in the web story seen at www.aliencrossfire.com. Somehow he
+wedged all this in between his leadership duties on Sid Meier's Antietam and
+the new, top-secret Sid project.
+
+Dave Evans, the best all-around sound man in the industry, designed and
+programmed all the sounds you hear in Crossfire, along with the ambient
+music, movie effects, game sounds, and voice processing. Dave squeezed all
+this in on a very tight schedule, even taking time to tutor me in the finer
+points of field recording prior to a couple of Moxy Fròvous shows. Also
+handling music chores for the movies was Jeff Briggs, our ever-versatile
+CEO, President, and composer.
+
+Last but not least on the development side were a pair of lifesavers: Brian
+Reynolds and Senior Programmer Jason Coleman. Brian, of course, created the
+original Alpha Centauri world and consented to let us play with it for a
+while. Then, when time was at a premium, he stopped work on his OTHER
+project to add in all the new missiles, the alien victory condition, and
+some spruced-up AI. Jason helped out on several multiplayer and
+library-related issues, also taking time away from his other projects. Many
+thanks to both for their time and effort!
+
+On the Electronic Arts side, we had outstanding support from the marketing,
+production, and QA departments. Producer Hunter Smith kept us on the
+semblance of a schedule, while Jonathan Harris and Chris Plummer whipped a
+marketing program into shape. These three individuals possess an exceptional
+grasp of games and the marketplace, and we were very lucky to be able to
+work with them. Translations were headed up by two veterans from Alpha
+Centauri, Christina Vollmer and Jean-Luc Chabrier. This pair stands head and
+shoulders above all other translation teams I've ever worked with, for their
+professionalism, commitment to quality, and technical aptitude. David
+McCormick did an excellent job as QA Lead, ferreting out quite a few bugs
+that were in the original product. He made the often arduous process of
+playtesting from 3000 miles away go as smoothly as I could have imagined.
+And of course we owe a huge debt to Bing Gordon, EA co-founder, Firaxis
+booster, and Alpha Centauri fan, for his suggestions and support throughout
+the entire design process.
+
+Several other people at Firaxis supported or contributed directly to this
+expansion, including Susan Meier, Master of Miscellaneous, Lindsay Riehl,
+Director of Marketing and PR, Jennifer Bass, Director of Finance, Dan
+Magaha, Webmaster, and Stephen Lee, web intern. And of course, to Sid Meier,
+for teaching all of us how to make these god games in the first place!
+
+In short, Alien Crossfire is a proud reflection of each team member's unique
+talents and perspectives. Thanks to all of them for their time, creativity,
+and good-natured personalities. By now this is a cliché for the gaming
+industry, but I sincerely hope you have as much fun playing the game as we
+had making it!
+
+Tim Train
+Hunt Valley, MD
+August 25, 1999

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+SID MEIER'S ALIEN CROSSFIRE
+V2.0
+README.TXT
+12/13/99
+
+CHANGES IN ALIEN CROSSFIRE VERSION 2.0
+
+FIXES
+
+· You can now airdrop units into your own bases.
+· The correct voiceovers for Alien Crossfire base facilities now play the
+first time you build them.
+· Pirates can no longer capture units that are defending a base.
+· Alien probe teams now use the correct art.
+· The Cyborg faction now correctly has the Technology Steal ability.
+· It is now possible to rescue a captured faction leader.
+· Base facilities no longer cost less than they should at Thinker and
+Transcend difficulty levels.
+· In some instances a Golden Age would not produce a population boom. It now
+does.
+· AXStart.exe will now switch to a resolution it supports.
+· The Sid and Brian factions can now be loaded in the Faction Editor.
+· Occasionally refugees from a captured base would appear at coordinates
+0,0. This is fixed.
+· The Maritime Control Center now grants a defensive bonus against naval
+units for player controlled factions.
+· Psi Artillery combat strength is now calculated correctly.
+· Some special abilities were not reflected correctly in automatically
+designed units.
+· The Right-click menu's version of airdrop now correctly uses movement
+points.
+· You can no longer have a pact brother support one of your factions units.
+· The 'Aliens capture your base' interlude now correctly displays, even if
+the base captured was obliterated.
+· All satellites can now be added to the build queue, even if currently in
+production.
+· Miscellaneous text fixes.
+· Base population no longer 'rolls over' when it reaches 127.
+· Native artillery units no longer get a 'hasty' penalty when attacking.
+· Drone revolts no longer can select aliens as new masters.
+· The Faction Editor now correctly updates bonuses on the Faction page.
+· The Faction Editor now correctly loads free units and free abilities.
+· The Faction Editor now correctly saves bonus technologies.
+· The Drone faction now correctly includes the Base Revolt ability of 75%
+· During a random game, if an Alien faction is selected, and there is
+another random slot, there will be two Alien factions in the game.
+
+ALIEN CROSSFIRE VERSION 1.0
+
+Undocumented Additions:
+
+*Sea Borders: coastal bases now extend borders into the sea for all squares
+adjacent to the base. Nearby water bases do not affect these borders.
+*Detonating a fungal missile may now trigger native life forms from dormant
+spores. The higher the reactor level, the greater the number of spores.
+*Fungal Towers receive a 50% bonus when attacked, due to their ability to
+co-ordinate and direct native life forms in the vicinity.
+*A Progenitor faction controlling the Manifold Nexus receives +1 Research in
+addition to +1 Planet.
+*The Manifold Usurpers have a -1 Planet due to their intent to subvert the
+Transcendence process.
+*The Cybernetic Consciousness may steal technology when capturing a base,
+regardless of the rules preference set at the beginning.
+*The Data Angels now get any technology discovered by three other factions
+with whom they have an infiltrator.
+*Any units adjacent to a mind controlled base fall under the control of the
+probe teams faction.
+*The Dissociative Wave now works on offense.
+*The manual states that an alien may be in a submission pact and not affect
+a diplomatic victory; this is not true. For a human faction to win a
+diplomatic victory, both alien factions must be completely eliminated from
+the game, regardless of their Pact status.
+
+NOTE: Alien Crossfire now contains all the additions/enhancements and fixes
+to Alpha Centauri 1.0 that were contained in the downloadable updates, V2.0
+through 4.0.
+
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+ADDITIONS\ENHANCEMENTS
+· Check out the new landmark: the Manifold Nexus, a ruined remnant of an
+extensive alien complex with a mysterious relationship to the Planet itself.
+The faction possessing the Nexus inside its territory enjoys an improved
+relationship with Planet (+1 on the Social Engineering scale).
+· You can now see AI player's social engineering settings.
+· Wheelmouse support implemented for most listboxes and when picking
+production choices.
+
+FIXES
+· Singularity reactors now have 40 HP, so they are balanced in psi combat.
+· The AI no longer can use missiles beyond their designated range.
+· You can no longer use long-range fire via right-click when out of range of
+the target.
+· Automated formers no longer build bunkers prior to having the required
+technology.
+· The Self-Aware Colony now correctly halves maintenance.
+· The Space Elevator now correctly doubles mineral production when building
+satellites.
+· Units should no longer switch their home bases automatically.
+· The game no longer locks up when all players choose factions in a MP
+scenario that aren't present and END OF TURN is selected.
+· Airdropped transports no longer leave cargo behind.
+· You can no longer switch the AI's governor settings from the F4 screen.
+· If you zoom to a base from the F4 Base Operations screen, when you return
+to the F4 screen you can now use the PgUp and PgDn hotkeys to scroll the
+window.
+· Loading a map in the scenario editor after generating one now updates the
+minimap.
+
+CHANGES IN ALPHA CENTAURI VERSION 3.0
+
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+The v3.0 update to Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri includes several additions and
+enhancements, largely in response to customer feedback, as well as a more
+small fixes. A complete list of v3.0 changes is included below.
+
+ADDITIONS\ENHANCEMENTS
+· Added a new landmark, the Borehole Cluster.
+· Overall game performance improved due to continuing code optimization.
+· Added your total Council votes to the bottom of the Comm menu.
+· Adjusted armor costs for air units.
+· Adjusted global warming algorithm to make "ecological death spiral" less
+likely. Added ALPHA.TXT controls for global warming.
+· ALPHA.TXT controls for maximum damage inflicted by artillery.
+· One of the cycling info displays now shows # of council votes.
+· New council proposals shown on datalinks for technologies which enable
+them.
+· Ctrl+Shift+W toggles fog-of-war preference.
+· Alpha Centauri.INI option to force preferences not to be reset whenever
+players start a new game at lowest difficulty level.
+"DontResetBeginnerPrefs=1"
+· A few new ALPHA.TXT options related to time limits & atrocities.
+· You can set "DisableOpeningMovie=1" to the alpha centauri.ini file to only
+disable the opening movie.
+· Added a right-click menu to base production screen so you can obsolete
+units, etc.
+· AI: The autodesigner no longer puts loads of armor on sea terraformers &
+sea colony pods.
+· AI: The Autodesigner will now put Deep Radar on artillery units.
+· AI: Governors won't build Genejack Factories or Punishment Spheres.
+· AI: Tweaked diplomatic AI to better understand certain situations and
+tricks. Among other things, AI will be more aware of situations where one of
+the parties has a significant advantage in weapons technology.
+· AI: Tweaked military AI to build somewhat less artillery.
+· AI: Improved AI understanding of global warming & solar shades.
+
+FIXES
+· Planetary Governor now have packet sniffer access to all factions.
+· Dead factions no longer prevent a Planetary Governor veto.
+·  "O" w/ supply crawlers now let you add to production.
+· The menu option for Automate Mag-Tubes now un-greys.
+· Square detail readout is now always correct.
+· Rovers can no longer retreat from combat onto a unity pod.
+· You no longer get "unable to allocate draw buffer" error message when
+dragging a technician onto the map in the base screen.
+· You can no longer start building two boreholes next to each other.
+· You can no longer enter 0< numbers in the custom map size.
+· Transcendent Thought breakthroughs no longer continuously loop.
+· Scroll bars for the "Give City" menu.
+· You now can't blame eliminated factions with probe team actions.
+· The Current Production at a base is now the top slot of the queue.
+· Randomizing a faction's social agenda now changes the faction profile
+information.
+· Single click on radio buttons preference now works
+· Units no longer can teleport off north edge of screen.
+· Using certain missiles no longer cause periodic hangs.
+· Planet busters now destroy sensor arrays.
+· New methods of sorting the F4 base screen based on resources, population,
+etc.
+· You can now frame other factions for your own probe team actions.
+· Isle of the Deep can no longer destroy a pressure dome in a sea base.
+· Specialty cursors (go to, patrol, etc) now have correct hot spots.
+· Accelerated start no longer causes some bases to be partially drawn on 1st
+turn.
+· A foil is no longer visible during the landing sequence if the player
+starts with one.
+· You can no longer regenerate unity pods by keeping a air unit overhead.
+· You can no longer upgrade Locusts of Chiron to Psi Choppers.
+· Moved "Pressure Dome" to top of base facilities display for easy
+identification.
+· Multiple orbital improvements can now be inserted into the build queue.
+· CTRL-F4 and CTRL-SHIFT-F4 now work (show credits and show version)
+· Cornering the global energy market now displays the correct year.
+· The AI no longer can add special abilities missiles.
+· The AI no longer can add AAA to transports.
+· Air units now will always execute a goto command.
+· Removed the message telling you to use "Ctrl+Shift+U" to upgrade units.
+· Sea units will no longer be transferred to land bases.
+· Mixing "police units" with "non-police" units no longer gives extra police
+protection.
+· Planet busters used by the computer player are now restricted by range.
+· Auto roads and mag-tubes now work better.
+· Version checking for multiplayer games that an NT machine hosts now works
+correctly.
+· Planes relocated by end of Pact no longer run out of fuel for no reason on
+the next turn.
+· The first time you open the save window, clicking on the folder icon for
+the up directory no longer saves the game.
+
+CHANGES IN ALPHA CENTAURI VERSION 2.0
+
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+The v2.0 Update to Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri includes several new features
+to enhance the Alpha Centauri gameplay experience as well as a host of small
+fixes. Most notably, v2.0 includes Hotseat and Play-by-email multiplayer
+modes.  A complete list of v2.0 changes is included below.
+
+ADDITIONS
+*       HOTSEAT multiplayer mode is now available!
+*       Play-by-email multiplayer mode is now available!
+*       To start a hotseat game, select Multiplayer from the main menu and
+then Hotseat/PBEM. After setting up Planet, select a faction for each of the
+human players. Each player has an opportunity to select a password on their
+first turn to provide a level of privacy. Leave the field blank to bypass
+this feature. When a player ends their turn, a prompt will appear for the
+next player. If playing Hotseat, the next player should take over here. If
+playing PBEM, select Save and Exit. The game automatically exits, at which
+point you should email the resulting save game to the next player (as
+indicated on the last on-screen prompt). Most features of the game are
+identical to non-simultaneous multiplayer games. A notable difference
+however is Diplomacy, which can now takes place over several turns. After
+contacting another player, make your selections and hit End Transmission.
+When the other player's turn begins, the diplomacy window will appear with
+your proposal. Negotiations can take place over any number of turns.
+*       You can now see the destination of a unit without selecting it. This
+option can be toggled under "Map" preferences.
+*       You can now disable probe team "steal technology in the RULES
+section of ALPHA.TXT.
+*       You can now release mind worms into wild using the "Turn Over Unit
+Control" option on the Action Menu.
+*       You can now customize the map size when generating a random planet.
+*       Probe teams are now "unflagged", meaning you cannot easily tell who
+controls the team.
+*       Atrocities have been rebalanced to avoid abuse: (a) 12+ atrocities
+(depends on difficulty level) will cause all factions to declare vendetta
+(b) Nerve stapling becomes increasingly ineffective at particular bases the
+more you use it.
+*       The Hive now has the "Immunity, EFFIC" ability; Hive never receives
+negative EFFICIENCY penalties.
+*       Password security for multiplayer games.
+*       Hardware 3D positional and EAX support added - Note: this can be
+disabled in alpha centauri.ini by entering  ds3d=0 or eax=0. This also
+provides overall better performance and memory usage.
+
+ENHANCEMENTS
+*       You can now set waypoints for patrols using the spacebar. Press "p"
+key as usual to start patrol, then click-and-drag mouse to first waypoint;
+while still holding mouse button, press SPACE to set waypoint; you can then
+drag line to next point, etc. When you reach final destination, release
+mouse button.
+*       Datalinks now show cost/preq of Abilities and Terraforming
+*       Combat report text is now larger in 1024x768 resolution
+*       "People" icons are now smaller for cursor in base screen "drag and
+drop"
+*       Design Workshop: dark blue letters on dark background are now more
+legible
+*       You can no longer name/rename landmarks near other people's
+territory.
+*       Pact Brothers no longer offer map in tech trade (already gives map
+for free)
+*       The world map now updates as new areas are explored, as opposed to
+waiting until the end of a turn.
+*       Up to a 40% speed increase in TCP/IP performance.
+*       Improved Caviar unit display performance.
+*       Autoexploring AI with natives improved.
+*       You can now automatically build roads to any square.
+*       voice over data link now louder on receiving end.
+
+FIXES
+*       Map now correctly displays solar/mine/etc details at "standard zoom
+out" level.
+*       Air Units are no longer influenced by travel rate of fungus and so
+forth.
+*       Dragging air unit move: distance is now shown correctly
+*       F4 screen "turns to go" now accounts for prototype cost
+*       Clicking "end of turn" when a unit is active (but has already moved)
+no longer says, "all units have moved".
+*       New unit changes are now correctly displayed when you go to Change
+Unit, then from there to unit design (where you Obsolete/Design/whatever)
+and then come back the change menu again.
+*       When "continue with current/change to new/add to beginning of queue"
+warning is displayed after changing build command and if you pick "add to
+queue" it now adds the selected unit correctly (instead of always adding a
+Colony Pod).
+*       Typo corrected when you hit the "Reset" button in Social Engineering
+*       Squelch mode now prevents commlink requests as well as chats.
+*       The host being killed in MP no longer prevents the remaining players
+from continuing.
+*       Economic victory now functions correctly in MP.
+*       Submitted AI factions no longer send probe teams against their
+captor.
+*       Entering Social Engineering on first turn no longer strands the
+player.
+*       Units magically teleporting to the north pole.
+*       AI doesn't offer a human controlled faction's comm frequency to
+other human players in MP.
+*       "15 secs to end of turn" doesn't print numerous times in MP.
+*       The energy readout in the info window isn't double it's actual value
+in some instances.
+*       On Citizen and Specialist Level you now get free minerals when
+starting a new base.
+*       Time bonuses now charged to the correct player.
+*       Hitting the END key in the Production Picker now adjusts the scroll
+bar.
+*        Save MP games now preserves the Simultaneous Moves option.
+*       The datalinks now displays the proper amount of nutrients produced
+by kelp farms.
+*       Formers in Multiplayer can no longer be used to produce terrain
+enhancements in one turn.
+*       Upgrading a unit under certain circumstances no longer creates free
+prototypes.
+*       Attacking a mindworm on a Unity pod now explores that pod.
+*       F4 screen's "turns to go" now accounts for prototype cost.
+*       Drop-pod messages no longer broadcast to all players in MP.
+
+SINGLE PLAYER
+
+IMPROVING PERFORMANCE
+
+If you are experiencing performance problems, try some of the following
+tips:
+
+*  Included in the Alternative Art folder on the CD-ROM is a Low Res Caviar
+folder. Copy the contents of this folder to the directory you installed the
+game to. The default is c:\program files\firaxis games\sid meier's alpha
+centauri. These files reduce the detail in the units, but can improve
+performance.
+*  Reduce your resolution to 800 x 600, rather than 1024 x 768. This can
+greatly improve all game performance.
+*  Disable the sound using the Audio/Visual Preferences menu.
+*  Disable map animations, sliding windows, and sliding scrollbars.
+*  Enable the following preferences: Move Friendly Pieces Quickly, Fast
+Battle Resolution, Move Units with orders quickly, Don't Center On Units
+With Orders
+*  Increase the amount of free hard drive space on the C: drive.
+*  Increase the amount of RAM in your system.
+
+NEW FEATURES
+
+* Right click on a Pact Brother from commlink menu to end a pact.
+
+LAPTOP INSTALL
+
+This install size copies the very minimum files to the hard that are
+required by the game to operate. It also alters the default game preferences
+to improve over performance.
+
+COMPLETE INSTALL
+
+This install copies the entire contents of the CD-Rom to the hard drive. It
+requires 360 megabytes of hard drive space.
+
+GAMMA CORRECTION / "IF THE GRAPHICS SEEM TOO DARK"
+
+We've added a Gamma Correction feature to allow the customer to adjust the
+brightness of the palette without adjusting their monitor. It is accessible
+from any of the preference menus. The default value is 1.0.
+
+WINDOWS NT
+
+Almost all features of SMAC should work under Windows NT 4.0. You'll need to
+obtain NT Service Pack 3 or higher from Microsoft and install it, which
+includes DirectX 3 or higher support. Note: Sound support under NT currently
+requires us to use emulated drivers; this can in some cases produce poor
+sound results, including static and sound breaking up.
+
+CPU OVERCLOCKING
+
+If you experience random crashes and you are overclocking your CPU
+(especially with AMD K-5 and K-6 processors), try returning your CPU speed
+to it's original setting.
+
+MOVIE PERFORMANCE
+
+If your computer has problems playing some of the in-game movies, verify
+that you are not using any 16-bit real mode drivers for the CD-ROM drive.
+You can check this by opening the Control Panel and choosing the System
+settings. Under the Performance tab, there is a line for File System. This
+should read 32-bit. If it has anything else in that line, contact the
+manufacturer of your CD-ROM drive for updated Windows 95/98 drivers. If you
+still experience problems playing movies, try adding 'DirectDraw=0' to the
+Alpha Centauri.ini file in the install directory.
+
+ADDITIONAL TWEAKS
+
+Once the game is installed, a file is created called "Alpha Centauri.ini".
+This file contains various settings and preferences for the game, but can
+also be edited by the user. The following commands will allow you some
+control over the look of various parts of the game.
+
+WindowsFileBox=1
+Settings this to 1 allows you to use the traditional Win95/98 file
+navigation dialog.
+
+MainFontSize=16
+You can increase or decrease the size of the font used throughout the game.
+
+DirectDraw=0
+Settings this to 0 disables DirectDraw. This disables the automatic window
+resolution resizing during program launch.
+
+Video Mode=800 or Video Mode=1024
+This forces the screen resolution to either of these two sizes.
+
+8BitMovieSound=1
+This forces the sound quality to 8-bit from the original 16-bit. If your
+sound card has DirectX compatibility issues, this may improve movie
+performance.
+
+ForceOldVoxelAlgorithm=1
+If the game crashes intermittently, try adding this line.
+
+TROUBLESHOOTING - If your computer has problems playing the game (crashes,
+returning to desktop, etc.), please try the following:
+
+1. Reinstall DirectX 6.1. This can be found on the CD in the \DIRECTX
+folder.
+
+2. Rename the SOUND.DLL to SOUND.DL_. While disabling the sound, it may
+correct your original problem.
+
+3. If you receive the message "CPU Not Supported", and you have a non-Intel
+processor such as an AMD K-5, try to run the game anyway. Many AMD
+processors show up as a 486 in verification tests, but if your machine is
+'Pentium Compatible', it shouldn't be a problem.
+
+4. Increase amount of free hard drive space on the C: drive, especially if
+you have 16 or 32 megs of memory. Defragmenting this drive will also often
+increase the amount of space available for Windows to use as Virtual Memory.
+Also keep in mind that larger maps require more memory. Try a smaller map.
+
+5. Let Windows handle your swap file size. This can be adjusted by running
+the System Control Panel, selecting the Performance menu tab, then the
+Virtual Memory button, and selecting "Let Windows manage my virtual memory
+settings".
+
+6. Update the Windows 95/98 drivers for your Video card, Sound card, and
+Monitor.
+
+7. When running the game you return directly to the desktop, you may not
+have your monitor setup correctly. Try to manually set your desktop to one
+of the resolutions the game supports (1024x768x8bit (256 colors) or
+800x600x8bit). If you cannot manually set the resolution, you will need to
+contact your computer's manufacturer for details on how to do so.
+
+8. If you are using an TNT2 based video card (Hercules TNT2, Diamond Viper
+v770, etc.) try setting your hardware acceleration to 0 in the system
+control panel.
+
+9. If the game's volume has changed since installing Alien Crossfire, try
+setting those values in the audio/visual preferences.
+
+10. Some Plextor CD-Rom drives have been reported to cause movies to stutter
+when played off the CD. Contact Plextor for a BIOS upgrade which solves this
+problem.
+
+11. If you're experiencing crashes in the sound.dll, perhaps your sound card
+is having difficulty supporting the Alien Crossfire's 3D Audio. Try setting
+the EAX and DS3D entries in the 'alpha centauri.ini' file to 0.
+
+12. Any 'Unable to allocate draw-buffer' errors most likely relate to
+DirectX not being installed. Try reinstalling DirectX 6.1 from the \DIRECTX
+folder on the Alien Crossfire CD.
+
+MULTIPLAYER
+
+NOTE: Encrypted MP saved game files from Alpha Centauri won't work with
+Alien Crossfire.
+
+New Features:
+
+* Change symbol next to faction name in 'commlink' menu to 'null' (zero with
+a slash through it) by clicking on it to ignore all messages from a player.
+
+NON-SIMULTANEOUS MULTIPLAYER:
+
+A feature we added is non-simultaneous movement in multiplayer games.
+Benefits of this mode include significantly less packet transmission (to
+improve performance), the ability to execute diplomacy without your turn
+clock running out, and the luxury to fine tune your bases while other
+players complete their moves.  Disable the Simultaneous Move option on the
+Multiplayer Setup screen to use this feature.  The game plays essentially
+the same as the simultaneous move game, except when other players are making
+their moves, you maintain control. Except for actually moving units, you can
+access any base, any report screen, initiate or participate in diplomacy,
+and many other actions.
+
+RESTARTING MULTIPLAYER SAVES:
+
+Alpha Centauri and Alien Crossfire both support the saving of multiplayer
+games in order to play later. Have the host of the game save as in a solo
+game. In order to restart, have that player host the game. On the main
+Multiplayer Setup screen, under Type of Game, select load. Load that save,
+have the other players select their factions and begin play.
+
+VOICE OVER DATA TROUBLESHOOTING:
+
+One of the features of Alpha Centauri is the ability to use a microphone
+connected to your sound card for real-time voice communication during
+multiplay games. Below are some troubleshooting techniques you may try if
+you're experiencing difficulty using this feature.
+
+VOICE LINK TIPS:
+
+1. Before attempting to use the voice link feature in Alpha Centauri we
+recommend testing the recording functionality of your sound card with the
+Sound Recorder the comes with Win '98 / '95.  If you can get that working
+then the voice link will most likely work.
+
+2. Keep in mind this feature is designed to work using as little bandwidth
+as possible so quality will be marginal. However you should be able to
+understand the person who is talking. If not, try experimenting with
+microphone volume , mic placement, and speech volume. It may not be pretty
+but it sure beats typing messages.
+
+3. If you're unfamiliar with the Windows record settings here is how to
+access them: First open up the "advanced mixer" by double clicking on the
+volume control icon located on the Windows task bar (looks like a speaker).
+If this icon is not present you need to enable it by opening the control
+panel, multimedia properties and checking the "show volume control on
+taskbar" checkbox. By having the volume control on the taskbar you can
+adjust the settings while you're in the game.
+Once the "advanced volume control" is showing - it looks like a mixer with a
+number of sliders - look for a microphone slider. If you don't see it pull
+down the options menu, look for a microphone check box and check it and hit
+ok. This will add a microphone slider to your playback volume control. Make
+sure that slider is muted, this will prevent feedback. Now pull down the
+options menu and select recording and hit OK. From there you can adjust your
+volume. Once again if you don't see the microphone slider for the record
+volume control pull down the options and check the microphone check box.
+
+4. Many sound cards come with a mic boost feature. While in the record mixer
+pull down the menu and select "Advanced." Look at the mic slider.  If
+there's an "Advanced" button, hit it and look for a mic boost check box.
+Experiment with it to get the best sound.
+
+5. Use the voice link like a walkie-talkie. Press down and hold the '\' key,
+talk and when finished let it up.  Only talk in turns because the system is
+half-duplex (It can't transmit and receive at the same time).  Avoid using
+it during the upkeep phase in multiplayer since during that time it's
+possible to let up on the key and not stop the recording. You know it's
+working when the games sounds stop. If the games sounds don't return after
+letting up (during upkeep) then wait till upkeep is finished and press and
+let up on the key again - the sound should return.
+
+KNOWN PROBLEMS:
+
+1. During the upkeep phase in multiplayer recording may get stuck causing
+game sounds to stop. just press the '\' key till the sound returns.
+
+2. General poor sound quality of voice over data.
+
+3. We decided to leave game sounds on during voice link reception and
+incoming messages can sometimes get garbled with voice stuff in the game.
+
+TROUBLESHOOTING:
+
+1. Some users may experience problems when playing Alpha Centauri using
+America Online (AOL) as their connection to the internet. Please consult the
+web page (www.firaxis.com) for updated information concerning this issue.
+
+2. Modem TCP/IP games with more than 2 players may degrade game performance
+on some networks.  We will keep updated information on TCP/IP game
+performance on our web page.
+
+SCENARIOS:
+
+There are a number of pre-generated scenarios provided with the game in the
+'\scenarios' directory.
+
+*The first three, labeled "1Explore", "2Build", and "3Conquer", are
+tutorials designed to get beginners up and running with the game. *The
+"Faction v Faction" folder contains three scenarios pitting a faction
+against its archenemy; these may be played as single-player or multiplayer
+scenarios.
+
+*The three folders beginning with "MP..." are designed as balanced
+multiplayer scenarios with defined goals and short time limits. Try them out
+for a shorter, sharp, fun multiplayer experience!
+
+*The last scenario, "SP--7 PlayerA" puts the factions arrayed around a
+central continent in a struggle for territory.
+
+Enjoy,
+
+The Firaxis Games Team
+
+ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+
+I had a conversation some months back with Jason Coleman, Firaxis' Senior
+Programmer, where he talked about the overwhelming importance of an entire
+team's contribution to a game. At the time I agreed with him, but I only
+fully realized what he meant once we were deep into Alien Crossfire. I had
+an amazing experience working with everyone on this project, and it also
+brought home how fortunate we are to have the kind of collaborative,
+friendly, and open team environment here at Firaxis.
+
+The lead programmer and lynchpin of the whole Crossfire effort, Chris Pine,
+was the newest addition to the Firaxis programming team. Chris was full of
+exceptional talent and promise, but there was some question as to whether we
+had overextended ourselves (and him) by throwing him headlong into Brian's
+code with little guidance and with his only professional experience
+consisting of Alpha Centauri's report screens. Chris's schedule required him
+to complete tasks at twice the estimated rate in order to have a prayer of
+making our September ship date. The first month I watched, amazed, as he not
+only met his goals, but exceeded them, allowing us to commit a team to the
+expansion with full confidence of success.
+
+Throughout this process, Greg Foertsch and Jerome Atherholt anchored the art
+for all the additions: portraits, bases, icons, and all the other stuff
+needed to fit the expansion into the game. Over time, Greg's exceptional
+leadership and vision made him the natural choice as Art Lead on Alien
+Crossfire. In addition to his organizational duties and oversight of all
+things art, Greg lovingly crafted the new bases in the game. Greg also came
+up with a ton of great game ideas during the design phase, many of which
+were adopted wholesale for the final version. His partner in crime, Jerome
+Atherholt, conceived and designed all the faction leader portraits, with the
+same high quality and attention to detail he used on the original SMAC 7.
+Jerome also found time from his new duties as Firaxis Art Manager to handle
+many of the cool new map icons, including the Unity wreckage, the Spore
+Launchers, and the Battle Ogres. He showed astounding patience in the face
+of several 'group feedback sessions' on his initial designs, and the final
+portraits are a testament to his exceptional painting skills.
+
+Much of Alien Crossfire's detail and play balance came courtesy of Doug
+Kaufman, a recent Firaxis hire but a 16-year game industry veteran. His
+sagacious advice, support,  and encyclopedic knowledge of all things
+game-related proved invaluable, and Crossfire is a much richer product as a
+result. Doug was part of the original team on Alpha Centauri, as well as Sid
+Meier's Civilization II, Sid Meier's Colonization, and far too many other
+games to list here. Doug was instrumental in keeping the vision of Crossfire
+focused. Not only did he offer outstanding ideas, but he always had the
+wisdom to ask "What are we trying to accomplish with this feature?" And when
+I would wander into his office and say something like "Uh...do you mind
+rewriting all of script.txt to reflect an alien viewpoint," he was up for
+the challenge. When those thankless writing chores were done, he also
+hammered out the manual in record time.
+
+Several other Firaxians made their mark felt on Crossfire by lending their
+art skills in between other projects. Rising art star Brent Alleyne came up
+with the great alien character design, and then implemented it in 3D. He
+also worked out quite a few of the animations and other necessary art, and
+has been one of the fastest learners I've worked with. Rarely has a new hire
+fit so well into an existing team as Brent. Mike Bazzell, animator of the
+units in the original Alpha Centauri, graciously lent many of his evenings
+and weekends to the new unit components. And when Brent's final alien design
+was just too darn cool to keep the human 'look and feel' of the original
+units, Mike uncomplainingly went about redesigning most of the old chassis
+and modules. And last, but certainly not least, Steven Chao upheld the
+glorious Firaxis intern tradition of producing outstanding work over the
+summer, and was rewarded with a permanent staff position. Steve undertook
+all the new icons in the game, handled many interface chores, and designed
+the alien scout ships seen in the opening.
+
+Jeff Morris, our office champion of just about every game he tries, designed
+and programmed the faction editor. After mastering the intricacies of the
+JACKAL library, Jeff also co-ordinated our testing effort with the skill and
+experience of his five years in the game industry. As if those tasks weren't
+enough, he also handled quite a bit of miscellaneous programming, including
+the install and autorun,  managed all disc duplication and distribution, and
+kept our internal network running. He also kept track of our beta test team,
+who provided some of the most valuable feedback of the whole process.
+
+On the multimedia front, Producer Michael Ely, longtime friend and sounding
+board, once again directed all the new movies and voiceovers in the game
+with his cinematic eye and ear. Mike is an outstanding example of an
+industry renaissance man, providing not only the movies, but also backstory,
+blurbs, plot advice, and suggestions for avoiding cliché. He also penned the
+new chapters in the web story seen at www.aliencrossfire.com. Somehow he
+wedged all this in between his leadership duties on Sid Meier's Antietam and
+the new, top-secret Sid project.
+
+Dave Evans, the best all-around sound man in the industry, designed and
+programmed all the sounds you hear in Crossfire, along with the ambient
+music, movie effects, game sounds, and voice processing. Dave squeezed all
+this in on a very tight schedule, even taking time to tutor me in the finer
+points of field recording prior to a couple of Moxy Fròvous shows. Also
+handling music chores for the movies was Jeff Briggs, our ever-versatile
+CEO, President, and composer.
+
+Last but not least on the development side were a pair of lifesavers: Brian
+Reynolds and Senior Programmer Jason Coleman. Brian, of course, created the
+original Alpha Centauri world and consented to let us play with it for a
+while. Then, when time was at a premium, he stopped work on his OTHER
+project to add in all the new missiles, the alien victory condition, and
+some spruced-up AI. Jason helped out on several multiplayer and
+library-related issues, also taking time away from his other projects. Many
+thanks to both for their time and effort!
+
+On the Electronic Arts side, we had outstanding support from the marketing,
+production, and QA departments. Producer Hunter Smith kept us on the
+semblance of a schedule, while Jonathan Harris and Chris Plummer whipped a
+marketing program into shape. These three individuals possess an exceptional
+grasp of games and the marketplace, and we were very lucky to be able to
+work with them. Translations were headed up by two veterans from Alpha
+Centauri, Christina Vollmer and Jean-Luc Chabrier. This pair stands head and
+shoulders above all other translation teams I've ever worked with, for their
+professionalism, commitment to quality, and technical aptitude. David
+McCormick did an excellent job as QA Lead, ferreting out quite a few bugs
+that were in the original product. He made the often arduous process of
+playtesting from 3000 miles away go as smoothly as I could have imagined.
+And of course we owe a huge debt to Bing Gordon, EA co-founder, Firaxis
+booster, and Alpha Centauri fan, for his suggestions and support throughout
+the entire design process.
+
+Several other people at Firaxis supported or contributed directly to this
+expansion, including Susan Meier, Master of Miscellaneous, Lindsay Riehl,
+Director of Marketing and PR, Jennifer Bass, Director of Finance, Dan
+Magaha, Webmaster, and Stephen Lee, web intern. And of course, to Sid Meier,
+for teaching all of us how to make these god games in the first place!
+
+In short, Alien Crossfire is a proud reflection of each team member's unique
+talents and perspectives. Thanks to all of them for their time, creativity,
+and good-natured personalities. By now this is a cliché for the gaming
+industry, but I sincerely hope you have as much fun playing the game as we
+had making it!
+
+Tim Train
+Hunt Valley, MD
+August 25, 1999

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+;
+; Sid Meier's ALPHA CENTAURI
+;
+; Nachschlagedatei für Videos
+;
+; Copyright (c) 1997, 1998 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
+;
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+
+#PROJECTS
+humanGenome, 0
+commandNexus, 1
+weatherParadigm, 2
+merchantExchange, 3
+empathGuild, 4
+citizensDefense, 5
+virtualWorld, 6
+planetaryTransit, 7
+xenoempathyDome, 8
+neuralAmplifier, 9
+maritimeControl, 10
+planetaryDatalinks, 11
+superCollider, 12
+asceticVirtues, 13
+longevityVaccine, 14
+hunterSeeker, 15
+pholusMutagen, 16
+cyborgFactory, 17
+theoryOfEverything, 18
+dreamTwister, 19
+universalTranslator, 20
+networkBackbone, 21
+nanofactory, 22
+livingRefinery, 23
+cloningVats, 24
+SelfAwareColony, 25
+clinical_Immortality, 26
+spaceElevator, 27
+singularityInductor, 28
+bulkMatter, 29
+telepathicMatrix, 30
+voiceOfPlanet, 31
+transcend, 32
+smacxmanifold, 33
+smacxnethack, 34
+smacxcloudbase, 35
+smacxgrid, 36
+theyTranscend, 37
+
+
+#HUMANGENOME
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1, 
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+180, 140, 280, 200,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[Das Human-Genom-Projekt]
+^
+^
+^^Ein zusätzliches $LINK<Talent=37> auf jeder Basis.
+
+
+#COMMANDNEXUS
+Arial, 0, 10,
+55, 56, 1, 1, 
+Arial, 1, 14,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[Das Kommandozentrum]
+^
+^
+^^Zählt als $LINK<Kommandozentrum=100027> auf jeder Ihrer Basen.
+
+#WEATHERPARADIGM
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1, 
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+180, 140, 280, 200,
+10, 7000,
+
+^^[Das Wetterparadigma]
+^
+^Erhöht die $LINK<Terraforming=90008>-Geschwindigkeit um 50% für alle
+Aufgaben außer für $LINK<Fungus entfernen=90010>. Ihre Former dürfen
+$LINK<Kondensatoren=90012> und $LINK<Bohrlöcher=90014> erstellen und
+können $LINK<Berge aufbauen=90016>/$LINK<einebnen=90017>, selbst wenn
+Sie die entsprechenden Technologien noch nicht entdeckt haben.
+
+#MERCHANTEXCHANGE
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1, 
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[Die Handelsbörse]
+^
+^
+^^$LINK<+1 Energie=43>-Einheit für jedes Feld auf dieser Basis.
+
+
+#EMPATHGUILD
+Arial, 0, 10,
+55, 56, 1, 1, 
+Arial, 1, 14,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 6000,
+
+^^[Die Gilde der Empathen]
+^
+^Gestattet es Ihnen, jeden Anführer zu kontaktieren, und bringt Ihnen
+in jeder Gruppe einen Spion. Sie erhalten +50% Stimmen in Wahlen
+zum $LINK<Planeten-Gouverneur=28> und $LINK<Oberbefehlshaber=10005>.
+
+
+#CITIZENSDEFENSE
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1, 
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[Die Bürgerwehr]
+^
+^
+^^Zählt auf jeder Basis als $LINK<Abwehrzone=100004>.
+
+
+#VIRTUALWORLD
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1, 
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 6000,
+
+^^[Die virtuelle Welt]
+^
+^Neben ihrer normalen Wirkung zählen die $LINK<Netzwerkknoten=100008> auf
+jeder Ihrer Basen als $LINK<Holo-Theater=100011>: sie reduzieren die
+Anzahl der $LINK<Drohnen=36> um zwei und steigern 
+$LINK<PSYCHO=38> der Basis um 50%.
+
+
+#PLANETARYTRANSIT
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1, 
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 5000,
+
+^^[Das Planeten-Verkehrssystem]
+^
+^Alle neue Basen, die Sie gründen, fangen mit einer Bevölkerung von 3 an.
+Eine $LINK<Drohne=36> weniger auf allen Basen mit einer Bevölkerung
+von 3 und weniger.
+
+#XENOEMPATHYDOME
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1, 
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 6000,
+
+^^[Die Xenoempathie-Dom]
+^
+^Alle $LINK<Xenofungus=14>-Felder werden wie $LINK<Straßen=90005> behandelt,
+und die Rate, in der Ihre $LINK<Former=30001> $LINK<Fungus anpflanzen=90011>
+und/oder $LINK<entfernen=90010> können, verdoppelt sich. Alle von Ihnen
+gezüchteten außerirdischen Lebensformen erhalten einen
+$LINK<Lebenszyklus=11>-Bonus von +1.
+
+
+#NEURALAMPLIFIER
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1, 
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[Der Neural-Verstärker]
+^
+^
+^^+50% zur $LINK<PSI-Abwehr=15>.
+
+#MARITIMECONTROL
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1, 
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 5000,
+
+^^[Das Meeres-Kontrollzentrum]
+^
+^Steigert die Bewegungsrate aller nicht-einheimischen Marine-Einheiten
+um zwei und zählt auf jeder Ihrer Basen als $LINK<Schiffswerft=100028>.
+
+#PLANETARYDATALINKS
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1, 
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[Die Planeten-Datenübertragung]
+^
+^Sie entdecken automatisch jede $LINK<Technologie=140062>, die von drei
+beliebigen anderen $LINK<Gruppierungen=150001> entdeckt wurde.
+
+
+
+#SUPERCOLLIDER
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1, 
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[Das Synchrotron]
+^
+^
+^^Die Zahl der $LINK<Forschungsergebnisse=45> auf dieser Basis wird verdoppelt.
+
+
+
+#ASCETICVIRTUES
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1, 
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 5000,
+
+^^[Die asketischen Tugenden]
+^
+^Steigert das Bevölkerungslimit auf Ihren Basen um zwei und erhöht die
+Toleranz Ihrer Gesellschaft gegenüber dem Einsatz von Polizei- und
+Militäreinheiten ($LINK<+1 POLIZEI=130005>).
+
+
+#LONGEVITYVACCINE
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1, 
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 7000,
+
+^^[Das Langlebigkeits-Serum]
+^
+^Zwei $LINK<Drohnen=36> weniger auf jeder Basis, wenn Ihre
+$LINK<Gesellschaft=120005> eine $LINK<Planwirtschaft=120008> hat.
+Eine Drohne weniger auf jeder Basis, wenn Sie eine $LINK<einfache=120006>
+oder eine $LINK<grüne=120009> Wirtschaftsform haben.
+$LINK<WIRTSCHAFT=44> auf dieser Basis für die
+$LINK<freie Marktwirtschaft=120007> um 50% gesteigert.
+
+
+#HUNTERSEEKER
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1, 
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[Der Jagdalgorithmus]
+^
+^Macht Ihre Einheiten und Basen vollkommen immun gegen jegliche
+Angriffe seitens Sondierteams, es sein denn, ein solches Team hat 
+die Spezialfähigkeit Algorithmische Verbesserung.
+
+#PHOLUSMUTAGEN
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1, 
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 6000,
+
+^^[Das Pholus-Mutagen]
+^
+^Reduziert die Wirkung der Industrie auf die Umwelt des Planeten auf allen
+Ihren Basen. Zusätzlich verleiht der $LINK<Fungus=14> allen Ihren Einheiten
+dieselben Kampfvorteile, die normalerweise außerirdischen Lebensformen
+vorbehalten sind. Alle von Ihnen gezüchteten Lebensformen erhalten einen
+$LINK<+1 Lebenszyklus=11>-Bonus.
+
+
+#CYBORGFACTORY
+Arial, 0, 10,
+55, 56, 1, 1, 
+Arial, 1, 14,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+180, 140, 280, 200,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[Die Cyborg-Fabrik]
+^
+^^Zählt auf jeder Basis als $LINK<Bio-Optimierungszentrum=100030>.
+
+
+
+#THEORYOFEVERYTHING
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1, 
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[Die Universaltheorie]
+^
+^
+^^Doppelt so viele $LINK<LABORS=45> auf dieser Basis.
+
+
+#DREAMTWISTER
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1, 
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[Der Traum-Manipulator]
+^
+^
+^^+50% bei einem $LINK<PSI-Angriff=15>.
+
+
+#UNIVERSALTRANSLATOR
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1, 
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 5000,
+
+^^[Der Übersetzungscomputer]
+^
+^Bei Fertigstellung zwei kostenlose $LINK<technische Fortschritte=140062>.
+$LINK<Außerirdische Artefakte=30007> in beliebiger Anzahl können auf dieser
+Basis umgetauscht werden. 
+
+
+#NETWORKBACKBONE
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 64, 1, 1, 
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 64, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 64, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 6000,
+
+^^[Das Rückgrat des Netzwerks]
+^
+^$LINK<+1 Forschungseinheit=45> auf dieser Basis für jeden
+$LINK<Handelsertrag=29>-Punkt, den diese Basis erhält, und +1 Forschungseinheit
+für jeden auf Alpha Centauri befindlichen $LINK<Netzwerkknoten=100008>,
+unabhängig davon, ob der Spieler den Netzwerkknoten besitzt oder nicht.
+Eliminiert die negativen Auswirkungen der
+$LINK<Kybernetischen Gesellschaft=120017>.
+
+
+#NANOFACTORY
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1, 
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 6000,
+
+^^[Die Nanofabrik]
+^
+^Einheiten können schnell und vollständig repariert werden,
+selbst wenn sie sich nicht in Basis-Feldern befinden. Die Kosten für
+das Nachrüsten von Einheiten werden um 50% reduziert.
+
+
+#LIVINGREFINERY
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1, 
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[Die lebende Raffinerie]
+^
+^Dezimiert die Anzahl der Mineralien, die gebraucht werden, um Militär-
+einheiten zu unterstützen: $LINK<+2 UNTERSTÜTZUNG=130002> in der
+Sozialtechnik-Tabelle.
+
+
+#CLONINGVATS
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1, 
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 6000,
+
+^^[Die Klon-Behälter]
+^
+^Alle Ihre Basen beginnen ein ständiges Bevölkerungswachstum und werden
+in jeder Runde weiter wachsen, wenn die $LINK<NAHRUNGS-Produktion=41> ausreicht
+und die $LINK<Wohneinrichtungen=100024> angemessen sind. Die Nachteile der
+sozialtechnischen Entscheidungen $LINK<Macht=120012> und
+$LINK<Gedankenkontrolle=120019> werden eliminiert.
+
+#SElFAWARECOLONY
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1, 
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 6000,
+
+^^[Die integrierte Kolonie]
+^
+^Die Energie-Wartungskosten für Einrichtungen werden auf allen Ihren Basen
+halbiert. Wenn nach dem gegenwärtigen Gesellschaftsmodell ein Einsatz der
+$LINK<Polizei=130005> gestattet ist, besitzen nun alle Ihre Basen zusätzliche
+Polizei-Einheiten.
+
+
+#CLINICAL_IMMORTALITY
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1, 
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4500,
+
+^^[Klinische Unsterblichkeit]
+^
+^Ein zusätzliches $LINK<Talent=37> für jede Basis. Verdoppelt Ihre Stimmen
+bei den Wahlen des $LINK<Planeten-Gouverneurs=28> oder
+$LINK<Oberbefehlshabers=10005>.
+
+
+#SPACEELEVATOR
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1, 
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 6000,
+
+^^[Der Raumlift]
+^
+^Verdoppelt die Produktion der $LINK<WIRTSCHAFT=44> auf dieser
+Basis und verdoppelt die $LINK<MINERALIEN=42>-Produktionsrate auf allen
+Ihren Basen, wenn Sie orbitale Verbesserungen vornehmen. Ihre mit
+$LINK<Abwurfmodulen=80004> ausgestatteten Einheiten dürfen nun überall auf
+dem Planeten orbitale Landeunternehmen vornehmen. Alle
+$LINK<Aerospace-Komplex=100029>-Beschränkungen in bezug auf orbitale
+Verbesserungen werden aufgehoben.
+
+#SINGULARITYINDUCTOR
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1, 
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[Das Singularitätsgerät]
+^
+^Zählt auf jeder Basis als $LINK<Quanten-Konverter=100021> und reduziert die
+$LINK<Auswirkungen=26> der Mineralien-Produktion auf die Umwelt.
+
+
+#BULKMATTER
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1, 
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[Der Massen-Teleporter]
+^
+^
+^^$LINK<+2 MINERALIEN=42> pro Basis.
+
+#TELEPATHICMATRIX
+Arial, 0, 10,
+55, 56, 1, 1, 
+Arial, 1, 14,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 5000,
+
+^^[Die Telepathie-Matrix]
+^
+^$LINK<Drohnen=36> werden auf Ihrer Basis nie $LINK<Aufstände=9> organisieren.
+Alle Ihrer $LINK<Sondierteams=30006> erhalten einen $LINK<+2 Moral=11>-Faktor.
+
+
+
+#VOICEOFPLANET
+Arial, 0, 10,
+55, 56, 1, 1, 
+Arial, 1, 14,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+180, 140, 280, 200,
+10, 5000,
+
+^^[Die Stimme des Planeten]
+^
+^Beginnt den Zyklus des $LINK<Aufstieg zur Transzendenz=110071>. Alle Gruppen
+können nun den Aufstieg zur Transzendenz beginnen. Alle von Ihnen gezüchteten
+außerirdischen Lebensformen erhalten einen $LINK<+1 Lebenszyklus=11>-Bonus.
+
+#SMACXGRID
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1, 
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[Das Planeten-Energieraster]
+^
+^
+^^Kostenloses $LINK<Energielager=100007> in jeder Basis. Die
+^^$LINK<Stapelenergie=100069> bringt einen um 25% erhöhten Umsatz.
+
+#SMACXNETHACK
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1, 
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 5000,
+
+^^[Der Netzhacker-Terminus]
+^
+^
+^^Bonus von +1 für den $LINK<Moral-=11>Wert aller existierenden Sondierteams.
+^^Reduzierung der Kosten für Sondierteamaktionen um 25%.
+^^Alle Sondierteams mit einem Fusionsreaktor oder besser, haben eine entsprechende 
+^^algorithmische Verbesserung.
+
+#SMACXManifold
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1, 
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 6000,
+
+^^[Die Manifold-Harmonie]
+^
+^
+^^Erhöht die auf Monolithen- und Fungusfeldern gewonnenen Ressourcen
+^^je nach Gesamt-Einstufung für PLANET wie folgt:
+^
+^^0 Planet:   +1 Energieeinheit
+^^+1 Planet:  +1 Nahrungseinheit, +1 Energieeinheit
+^^+2 Planet:  +1 Nahrungseinheit, +1 Energieeinheit, +1 Mineralieneinheit
+^^+3 Planet:  +1 Nahrungseinheit, +2 Energieeinheit, +1 Mineralieneinheit
+
+#SMACXCLOUDBASE
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1, 
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[Die Wolken-Akademie]
+^
+^
+^^Kostenloser Aerospace-Komplex in jeder Basis.
+
+# ; Diese Zeile muß am Dateiende stehen.
+

##current patch files/EN/SMAC/basename.txt

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+;
+; Sid Meier’s ALPHA CENTAURI
+;
+; Alpha Centauri Base Names
+;
+; Copyright © 1997, 1998 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
+;
+
+#INVERTLIST
+6
+Garden
+Gaia’s
+The
+Morgan
+Lab
+U.N.
+
+#GENERIC
+Alpha Sector
+Arxa Sector
+Baix Sector
+Beta Sector
+Chi Sector
+Czechn Sector
+Delta Sector
+Deew Sector
+Epsilon Sector
+Eta Sector
+Eth Sector
+Fein Sector
+Fint Sector
+Gamma Sector
+Gine Sector
+Har Sector
+Hixe Sector
+Iota Sector
+Inxu Sector
+Jinn Sector
+Jeuw Sector
+Kappa Sector
+Kerr Sector
+Lambda Sector
+Larx Sector
+Mu Sector
+Meur Sector
+Nu Sector
+Nil Sector
+Omega Sector
+Omicron Sector
+Phi Sector
+Pi Sector
+Psi Sector
+Qad Sector
+Quin Sector
+Rho Sector
+Rixt Sector
+Sigma Sector
+Sine Sector
+Tau Sector
+Theta Sector
+Upsilon Sector
+Ura Sector
+Vait Sector
+Vuq Sector
+Wenx Sector
+Wark Sector
+Xarn Sector
+Xi Sector
+Yan Sector
+Yen Sector
+Yin Sector
+Yon Sector
+Yun Sector
+Zint Sector
+Zeta Sector
+Antre Sector
+Ayun Sector
+Belax Sector
+Bygre Sector
+Cüy Sector
+Clix Sector
+Dray Sector
+Dolae Sector
+Est Sector
+Enta Sector
+Fal Sector
+Frus Sector
+Grün Sector
+Gajen Sector
+Hoth Sector
+Heyst Sector
+Ibn Sector
+Imal Sector
+Jah Sector
+Jellux Sector
+Küt Sector
+Knät Sector
+Litre Sector
+Lum Sector
+Murx Sector
+Melet Sector
+Nugh Sector
+Ninev Sector
+Ogren Sector
+Onesci Sector
+Pürget Sector
+Penra Sector
+Quert Sector
+Qwäst Sector
+Rigmu Sector
+Rogat Sector
+Säha Sector
+Shamt Sector
+Trex Sector
+Tilte Sector
+Ustbüs Sector
+Veldt Sector
+Volem Sector
+Yigem Sector
+Yüva Sector
+Zäay Sector
+Zetro Sector
+Arlia Sector
+Agnon Sector
+Bugelx Sector
+Bruv Sector
+Cunni Sector
+Cälet Sector
+Diax Sector
+Duap Sector
+Elgo Sector
+Eld Sector
+Firt Sector
+Fwirl Sector
+Gyro Sector
+Ghast Sector
+Helle Sector
+Hjor Sector
+Ipno Sector
+Ixab Sector
+Jalah Sector
+Jurx Sector
+Kilt Sector
+Kulee Sector
+Luress Sector
+Litro Sector
+Meaj Sector
+Mojab Sector
+Nyl Sector
+Nïnt Sector
+Ottay Sector
+Ort Sector
+Pan Sector
+Proy Sector
+Quaq Sector
+Q Sector
+Rast Sector
+Rhayt Sector
+Sizz Sector
+Sahl Sector
+Tirn Sector
+Thau Sector
+Ute Sector
+Uthnay Sector
+Valt Sector
+Vlab Sector
+Wod Sector
+Weuel Sector
+Wixe Sector
+Whayl Sector
+Xel Sector
+Xaph Sector
+Yuko Sector
+Yey Sector
+Zela Sector
+Zooe Sector
+#END
+
+
+# ; This line must remain at end

##current patch files/EN/SMAC/believe.txt

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+;
+; Sid Meier’s ALPHA CENTAURI
+;
+; FACTION FILE: The Lord’s Believers
+;
+; Copyright © 1997, 1998 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
+;
+; ALPHA CENTAURI reads the rules of the game from this file at
+; startup. Feel free, at your own risk, to experiment with editing
+; this file. We recommend you make a backup copy of the original.
+;
+
+#BELIEVE
+The Lord’s Believers, The Fundamentalist, Believers, M, 2, Miriam, F, 1,  1, 0, 0, 1,
+  TECH, Psych, SOCIAL, --RESEARCH, SOCIAL, +PROBE, SOCIAL, ++SUPPORT, SOCIAL, -PLANET, FANATIC, 0
+  Politics, Fundamentalist, PROBE
+  Values, Knowledge, nil
+  Believing, Belv.,
+  Jessica, Westcott, Jessica’s Faith
+  Sister, pious, fanatic, devout, bible thumping,
+  Religious Freak
+  embrace the truth of the Lord’s Scripture
+  to embrace the truth of the good Lord’s Scripture
+  imposing her extremist moral code on everyone else
+  imposing your extremist moral code on everyone else
+  shove your religious extremism down my throat
+  pounding her cherished bible
+  pounding your cherished bible
+  bible thumping extremism
+  bible thumping extremism, M1
+  life of worship, M1
+  bizarre religious practices, M2
+  tithe, M1
+  upholding standards of decency and morality
+  my Angels of Justice
+  Conclave Oral Law
+
+#BASES
+New Jerusalem
+Great Conclave
+Great Zion
+Far Jericho
+Redemption Base
+Children of God
+Noah’s Rainbow
+The Voice of God
+Judgement Seat
+Valley of the Faithful
+Blessed Redeemer
+The Glory of God
+New Eden
+Terrible Swift Sword
+Time of Salvation
+Eternal Reward
+The Lord’s Mercy
+Righteous Sentence
+Throne of God
+The Rapture
+The Lord’s Wrath
+The Lord’s Grace
+The Hand of God
+The Coming of the Lord
+Sanctity Base
+The Lord’s Chosen
+Hallowed Ground
+The Lord’s Gift
+Divinity Base
+The Word of God
+Revelation Base
+The Holy Fire
+The Lord’s Truth
+Blessed Saviour
+From On High
+Godwinson’s Hope
+House of Martyrs
+#END
+
+#WATERBASES
+He Walked on Water
+Loaves and Fishes
+Belly of the Whale
+Fisher of Men
+Port Grace
+Water to Wine
+Consecrated Waters
+#END
+
+#BLURB
+The righteous need not cower before the drumbeat of human progress.
+Though the song of yesterday fades into the challenge of tomorrow,
+God still watches and judges us. Evil lurks in the datalinks as it
+lurked in the streets of yesteryear. But it was never the streets
+that were evil.
+^
+^       —Sister Miriam Godwinson,
+^       “The Blessed Struggle”
+
+#DATALINKS1
+^LEADER: {Sister Miriam Godwinson}
+^BACKGROUND: {Christian States of America, Unity Psych Chaplain}
+^AGENDA: {Life of Religious Worship}
+^TECH: {Social Psych}
+^
+
+#DATALINKS2
+^+25% Bonus when attacking enemies, from strength of convictions.
+^+1 PROBE:  {Devout believers difficult to brainwash}
+^+2 SUPPORT: {Citizens eager to defend faith}
+^-2 RESEARCH:  {Suspicious of secular science}
+^-1 PLANET:  {Believe Planet is their promised land}
+^Accumulates {no} research points until MY 2110.
+^{May not use Knowledge value in Social Engineering.}
+
+#FACTIONTRUCE
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“$NAME1, it is the Lord’s Will that we end this immoral conflict.
+Pledge Blood Truce with me and I shall pray for your
+soul’s redemption.”
+
+“As you wish. Truce pledged.”
+“I’ll see you in hell first, $NAME3.”
+
+#FACTIONTREATY
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“I have been praying for you lately, $TITLE0 $NAME1. The Lord
+wishes us to live side by side as brothers and sisters; we must
+sign a Treaty of Friendship and worship together in peace.”
+
+“Amen, $NAME3. Lasting peace is a great gift indeed.”
+“No. Your fanaticism makes me shiver, $NAME3.”
+
+#ALIENFACTIONTRUCE
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“$NAME1, it is the Lord’s Will that we end this immoral conflict.
+Pledge Blood Truce with me and I shall pray for your alien
+soul’s redemption.”
+
+“All living things: soul. Truce: agreed.”
+“$NAME3: not understand concept: ‘alien.’ Defiance: your Lord. Answer: no.”
+
+#ALIENFACTIONTREATY
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“I have been praying for you lately, $TITLE0 $NAME1. The Lord
+wishes us to live side by side as brothers and sisters; we must
+sign a Treaty of Friendship and worship together in peace.”
+
+“Greater power: brings peace. Treaty: agreement.”
+“Progenitor: not bow: your Lord’s will. Rejection.”
+
+# ; This line must remain at end of file

##current patch files/EN/SMAC/concepts.txt

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+;
+; Sid Meier’s ALPHA CENTAURI
+;
+; BASIC CONCEPTS HELP
+;
+; Copyright © 1997, 1998 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
+;
+; ALPHA CENTAURI explains various game concepts with this file
+; Feel free, at your own risk, to experiment with editing
+; this file. We recommend you make a backup copy of the original.
+;
+
+#TITLES
+Rainfall
+Rockiness
+Altitude
+Pact of Brotherhood
+Treaty of Friendship
+Blood Truce
+Vendetta
+Integrity
+Atrocities
+Drone Riots
+Golden Age
+Morale
+Monoliths
+Artifacts
+Fungus/Xenofungus
+Psi Combat
+Waypoints
+Patrol
+Explore (Governor)
+Discover (Governor)
+Build (Governor)
+Conquer (Governor)
+Damage and Repair
+Prototypes
+Unit Cost (Basic)
+Inefficiency (Basic)
+Ecology (Basic)
+Planetary Council
+Planetary Governor
+Commerce (Basic)
+Victory and Defeat
+Territory/Borders
+Might
+Disengage
+Zone of Control
+Bombardment
+Drones
+Talents
+Psych
+Landmarks, Volcanos, etc.
+Council Proposals
+Nutrients
+Minerals
+Energy
+Economy
+Labs
+Energy Reserves
+
+#ADVTITLES
+Unit Cost (Advanced)
+Inefficiency (Advanced)
+Ecology (Advanced)
+Commerce (Advanced)
+Scoring
+Victory (Diplomatic)
+Victory (Conquest)
+Victory (Transcendence)
+Victory (Economic)
+Victory (Scenario)
+Retirement
+Might Formula
+Drones (Advanced)
+Bureaucracy
+
+#CONCEPT0
+The {Rainfall} level of a region determines the amount of $LINK<Nutrients=41> which
+can be produced. A region can be arid, moderate or rainy, producing 0, 1, or 2
+nutrients respectively. A $LINK<farm=90000> increases the nutrient production by 1.
+^
+In addition to coastal and tropical regions, the western (upwind) slopes of mountain ranges
+tend to be quite rainy, since warm moisture-laden air cools as it rises, and sheds
+its moisture as rainfall. You can take advantage of this phenomenon by raising
+hills to the east of your important bases. Conversely, areas east, or downwind of
+mountain ranges tend to be quite arid.
+^
+Ocean squares produce 1 nutrient unless you cultivate a $LINK<kelp farm=90020>,
+in which case they produce 3.
+^
+Special {Nutrient Resource} squares produce two extra nutrients, and
+$LINK<Monsoon Jungle=39> squares produce a single extra nutrient.
+
+#CONCEPT1
+The {Rockiness} of an area determines that region’s $LINK<Mineral=42> production potential.
+Regions can be flat, rolling, or rocky. {Flat} regions produce no minerals unless
+a $LINK<mine=90002> is build there, in which case they can produce one. {Rolling} regions
+produce a single mineral, which can be increased to two with a mine. Unimproved {Rocky}
+regions also produce 1, but can produce 4 with a mine and road.
+^
+Rocky areas inhibit movement, costing twice the normal number of moves to enter. They
+also provide a modest defensive benefit in combat.
+^
+Ocean squares produce minerals only if you build a $LINK<mining platform=90022>, in which
+case they produce 2.
+^
+Special {Mineral Resource} squares produce two additional minerals per turn, and
+can be increased to three extra with a mine. $LINK<Crater=39> squares also produce one extra
+mineral.
+
+#CONCEPT2
+The {Altitude} of a region affects the amount of $LINK<Energy=43> which can be collected
+there. To collect this energy, you must build a $LINK<Solar Collector=90003>. Areas below
+1000m above sea level produce 1 unit of energy. From 1000m to 2000m, areas
+produce 2 energy; 2000m-3000m areas produce 3 energy, and areas more than 3000m
+above sea level produce 4 energy.
+^
+Ocean squares do not produce energy unless you build a $LINK<tidal harness=90023>, in which
+case they produce 3.
+^
+Special {Energy Resource} squares produce two additional units of energy per turn. Squares
+in the $LINK<Uranium Flats=39> and $LINK<Geothermal Shallows=39> produce one additional unit.
+
+
+#CONCEPT3
+A {Pact of Brotherhood} (or {Pact of Sisterhood}) is the closest form of diplomatic
+relationship you can form with another faction. Pact Brothers may enter each other’s
+territory freely, may stack with each other’s units, and may enter each other’s
+bases (and receive repairs there).
+^
+Pact Brothers are expected to defend one another from enemy attack. They receive
+{double} $LINK<commerce=29> between their bases, and are often willing to share technological
+research.
+^
+A Pact can be terminated at any time (the right-click menu on the {Commlink} menu
+is one way to do it), but at the moment of termination all of your units will
+automatically be shipped home from your former Pact Brother’s territory, and vice
+versa.
+
+#CONCEPT4
+A {Treaty of Friendship} is intended to secure a permanent and lasting friendship
+between two factions. Once you have signed a Treaty, you will receive $LINK<commerce=29>
+benefits with your new friends. You may not, without diplomatic repercussions,
+enter the territory of a faction you have a Treaty with.
+^
+A Treaty of Friendship terminates only if one faction attacks another or
+refuses a valid demand for withdrawal.
+
+#CONCEPT5
+{Blood Truce} marks an end to Vendetta between two factions. It a promise not to
+attack one another for a limited period of time. After about 15-20 years, a Blood
+Truce will expire and the two factions will continue as Neutrals unless they again
+attack one another.
+^
+Technically, Blood Truce does not restrict you from entering another faction’s
+territory, but other faction leaders may not see things that way.
+
+#CONCEPT6
+{Vendetta} is a state of war between two factions. If you have pronounced Vendetta
+on a faction (or another faction has pronounced it against you), expect to be
+attacked.
+
+#CONCEPT7
+{Integrity} measures the current value of your word-of-honor as a faction leader.
+If you keep your promises and do not betray your friends, your integrity will remain
+high. Attacking factions you have pledged $LINK<Blood Truce=5> or signed
+$LINK<Treaties=4> with will
+rapidly lower your integrity rating, and other faction leaders will no longer be
+eager to make such agreements with you.
+^
+Note that there is no dishonor in attacking a sworn enemy with whom you have not
+pledged Blood Truce; only breaking an agreement can lower your Integrity.
+
+#CONCEPT8
+{Atrocities} comprise a set of particularly heinous acts forbidden under the
+Unity mission’s U.N. Charter. Simple Atrocities include use of nerve gas or
+genetic warfare, nerve stapling of civilians, and attacks against civilian
+populations (e.g. intentional obliteration of a base). Use of quasi-nuclear
+devices such as Planet Busters is considered a Major Atrocity.
+^
+If you commit a Simple Atrocity, the other factions will likely impose
+commerce sanctions for ten or more years, depriving you of all trade with your
+Treaty and Pact partners. The faction against whom you committed the atrocity
+will probably remain your sworn enemy forever.
+^
+If you commit a Major Atrocity, you will be expelled from the
+$LINK<Planetary Council=27> and
+all factions will pronounce $LINK<Vendetta=6> against you.
+
+#CONCEPT9
+{Drone Riots} occur when the number of $LINK<Drones=36> at a base exceeds the number of
+$LINK<Talents=37>. During Riots, citizens will continue to feed themselves, but no production
+will take place and no surplus energy will be produced. To end the Drone Riots, you
+will have to restore the balance of Drones and Talents.
+^
+Drone Riots can be prevented (or ended) by one of several methods: (a) building
+{psych-related facilities} such as $LINK<Recreation Commons=100006> will reduce the number of
+Drones at a base (b) if your social engineering $LINK<POLICE=130005> rating is high enough, you
+can place military units in your base to serve as “police” and impose order
+(c) Converting some workers to {Doctors} will increase the number of Talents, balancing
+out the drones.
+(d) if your base produces enough energy, increasing your energy allocation to {Psych} will
+increase the number of
+Talents at your base (one talent for every two points of Psych produced), thereby
+restoring balance.
+
+#CONCEPT10
+A {Golden Age} occurs when a base has no $LINK<Drones=36>, and
+the number of $LINK<Talents=37> at least
+equals the number of regular Workers and Specialists.
+^
+A Golden Age significantly increases a base’s {growth} rate and {energy} production—
+equivalent of +1 $LINK<ECONOMY=130000> and +2 $LINK<GROWTH=130006> on the social
+engineering table.
+
+#CONCEPT11
+{Morale} reflects the training and experience of your military units. Morale levels
+range from Very Green to Green to Disciplined to Hardened, Veteran, Commando, and
+Elite. A unit receives a {+12.5% combat bonus} for each morale level. Morale plays
+a particularly important role in psi combat, and in combat between probe teams,
+since no weapon and armor values are considered in those cases.
+^
+New units typically begin with {Green} morale, though this may be higher or lower
+depending on your social engineering $LINK<MORALE=130004> setting. A new unit’s morale can also
+be increased if a base has a $LINK<Command Center=100027> or other related {facility}.
+^
+Alien units such as Mind Worms have {life cycles} which correspond to morale
+levels. Alien units are not affected by Command Centers and military facilities,
+but their life cycle levels can be improved by building $LINK<Biology Labs=100009> and other
+similar facilities. The {transport} capacity of an $LINK<Isle of the Deep=30009> is determined
+by its life cycle level: one unit for each level.
+^
+A unit victorious in combat will often receive a morale upgrade (the lower its
+morale level, the more likely an upgrade).
+^
+{Elite} units receive a special bonus—an additional move each turn.
+
+#CONCEPT12
+{Monoliths} are mysterious and unexplained alien devices discovered on Planet.
+A monolith will increase a unit’s $LINK<morale=11> (or life cycle) one level, but an individual
+unit can receive only one monolith upgrade (hint: consider saving your upgrade for
+those hard-to-get promotions from Commando to Elite).
+^
+A monolith will also completely repair any damaged unit; this can be done any
+number of times, even if a unit has already received a morale upgrade from a
+monolith.
+^
+Monolith squares can also be tapped for resources, and will produce
+$LINK<2 Nutrients=41>, $LINK<2 Minerals=42>, and $LINK<2 Energy=43> each turn.
+
+#CONCEPT13
+{Artifacts} are mysterious and unexplained alien devices sometimes discovered
+on Planet. If you can find an artifact and return it to one of your bases, you
+will have several options: (a) you can link it to a $LINK<Network Node=100008> if you have
+one, and receive a free technology breakthrough; (b) you can use it to speed the
+production of a $LINK<Secret Project=110065> or Unit Prototype; (c) you can save it to use
+later.
+^
+Artifacts can be captured from other players. A lone artifact can be captured by
+any player without diplomatic penalty.
+
+#CONCEPT14
+{Xenofungus} or {Fungus} is a form of plant life native to Alpha Centauri. It
+has a number of unusual properties which you may discover in the course of play.
+Some of the more obvious properties include:
+^
+(1) Fungus impedes {movement}. Units may have difficulty entering Fungus squares.
+Increasing your $LINK<PLANET=130007> social engineering rating will alleviate this problem. Building
+the Xenoempathy Dome improves Fungus movement considerably.
+^
+(2) Fungus has some {defensive} value when defending against other human factions.
+Against alien $LINK<Mind Worms=30008>, however, Fungus has negative value.
+^
+(3) Fungus squares can be tapped for {resources}; the resource level provided by a
+fungus square is determined by the number of $LINK<Centauri technologies=140006> you have
+discovered.
+
+#CONCEPT15
+Some units (usually alien creatures such as $LINK<Mind Worms=30008>) can engage in
+{PSI COMBAT}. In Psi Combat, weapon and armor strengths are ignored, and
+the attacker is given a 3 to 2 advantage on land (1 to 1 for sea combat).
+$LINK<MORALE=130004> level becomes quite important in Psi Combat.
+
+#CONCEPT16
+{Waypoints} can be set when giving a unit “go to” orders. One way to give a unit
+“go to” orders is to click on it to activate it, then
+hold down the {left mouse button and drag} a “movement arrow”
+to where you want the unit to go. You can set waypoints by pressing the {SPACE BAR}
+while the arrow is over a particular square. The unit will move to each of its
+waypoints on its way to its final destination. You can also set waypoints while
+giving a unit Patrol orders, in similar fashion.
+
+#CONCEPT17
+A unit can be told to {Patrol} by clicking on the unit to activate it, then selecting
+the Patrol option from the Action menu. When the Patrol cursor appears, hold down the
+left mouse button and drag a “patrol arrow” to the area you wish the unit to patrol.
+The unit will commence patrolling back and forth between its current location and the
+location you have specified. It will “wake up” and request orders if it encounters
+an enemy unit. You may set {waypoints} in a patrol by pressing the {SPACE BAR} while
+you drag the patrol arrow.
+
+#CONCEPT18
+The Explore, Discover, Build, and Conquer buttons on the Base
+Control Screen activate the {Governor} for that base. When the
+Governor is activated, he will make decisions automatically
+based on his general instructions. This function is useful
+for beginners and for players who do not wish to micromanage
+their bases.
+^
+The {EXPLORE} button tells the Governor of a base to concentrate on
+finding and occupying new territory. Bases set to explore
+will typically concentrate on building $LINK<Scouts=30002>, $LINK<Colony Pods=30000>,
+$LINK<Transports=60016>, and occasional $LINK<Naval Units=40003> for scouting oceans.
+This button is especially useful early in the game, when
+you need to expand quickly.
+
+#CONCEPT19
+The Explore, Discover, Build, and Conquer buttons on the Base
+Control Screen activate the {Governor} for that base. When the
+Governor is activated, he will make decisions automatically
+based on his general instructions. This function is useful
+for beginners and for players who do not wish to micromanage
+their bases.
+^
+The {DISCOVER} button on the Base Control Screen emphasizes scientific discovery and
+technological breakthroughs. The Base Governor will concentrate on
+building {Science Facilities} (such as $LINK<Network Nodes=100008>), $LINK<Secret
+Projects=110065>, $LINK<Probe Teams=30006>, and $LINK<Prototype Units=23>. This button
+is especially effective with large, well-protected bases deep
+in your interior.
+
+#CONCEPT20
+The Explore, Discover, Build, and Conquer buttons on the Base
+Control Screen activate the {Governor} for that base. When the
+Governor is activated, he will make decisions automatically
+based on his general instructions. This function is useful
+for beginners and for players who do not wish to micromanage
+their bases.
+^
+The {BUILD} button on the Base Control Screen mandates infrastructure and growth.
+The Base Governor will tend to build {Facilities} and $LINK<Formers=30001>.
+Use this button at
+any time to have your base concentrate on peaceful growth.
+
+#CONCEPT21
+The Explore, Discover, Build, and Conquer buttons on the Base
+Control Screen activate the {Governor} for that base. When the
+Governor is activated, he will make decisions automatically
+based on his general instructions. This function is useful
+for beginners and for players who do not wish to micromanage
+their bases.
+^
+Use the {CONQUER} button on the Base Control Screen to build up your military.
+In this mode
+your base will produce {military units} of all varieties,
+and their associated facilities, such as $LINK<Command Centers=100027>.
+Use this button whenever you need to attack or defend.
+
+#CONCEPT22
+Units which engage in combat may become damaged. Damage is indicated by
+a colored bar along the left side of a unit’s status icon: Green represents
+light (or no) damage; Yellow and Red show increasing damage.
+^
+Damage can be repaired if a unit skips its entire turn (SPACE BAR) at
+a friendly base. A severely damaged unit may have to repeat this
+operation for several turns. NOTE: Damage will not be repaired on any
+turn in which the unit is attacked or bombarded.
+^
+Units can also conduct “field repair” (i.e. not at a base), but this
+process is much slower and is only effective if the unit has sustained
+more than 10% damage.
+
+#CONCEPT23
+You may use the Design Workshop screen to create new unit types.
+Whenever you create a unit using a $LINK<weapon=60005>, $LINK<armor=70007>,
+or $LINK<chassis=40006>
+type which you have never used before, you must {prototype} the
+unit.
+^
+A prototype unit requires an extra {+50% Minerals} to build, though
+it receives a bonus $LINK<+1 Morale=11> upgrade in compensation since
+experimental weapons are often given to crack, well-trained troops.
+^
+Once you have prototyped a new unit, you may build that unit in the
+future at no additional cost.
+
+#CONCEPT24
+When designing new units, bear in mind that units strong in
+three areas ($LINK<weapon=60005>, $LINK<armor=70007>, $LINK<chassis=40006>)
+will be vastly more
+expensive than units strong in only two areas (or one).
+^
+For example, a 4-3-2 unit normally costs 70 minerals to build,
+whereas a 4-1-2 unit costs only 30 and a 4-3-1 unit costs 40.
+So you can have two units for the price of one, not to mention
+the +25% base-attack bonus which the 4-3-1 $LINK<infantry=40000> unit will
+receive.
+
+#CONCEPT25
+As your colony grows and you claim more territory and build more
+bases, this growth will put a strain on your economy. This strain
+shows up as {inefficiency}, which can cause you to lose some of your
+$LINK<energy=43> production each turn.
+^
+The farther a base is away from your $LINK<Headquarters=100001> base, the more
+inefficiency it will experience.
+^
+Inefficiency can be mitigated at all of your bases by making
+social engineering choices which increase your $LINK<EFFICIENCY=130001> value.
+$LINK<Democratic=120003> politics and $LINK<Green=120009> economics each increase efficiency.
+^
+Inefficiency can be mitigated at a particular base by building a
+$LINK<Children’s Creche=100002> there.
+
+#CONCEPT26
+As humans expand and build colonies on Planet, they inevitably begin
+to cause ecological damage. Ecological damage can provoke the native
+life forms and cause other unexpected effects.
+^
+The more $LINK<mines=90002>, $LINK<solar collectors=90003>, $LINK<roads=90005>,
+and $LINK<farms=90000> (but not $LINK<forests=90004>,
+which actually help the ecology) you build, the more the potential
+damage. $LINK<Boreholes,=90014> $LINK<Mirrors,=90013> and $LINK<Condensers=90012> cause even greater damage. You can
+reduce or eliminate this type of damage by building $LINK<Tree Farm=100013>
+and $LINK<Hybrid Forest=100014> facilities.
+^
+As your industrial output (minerals) increases, ecological damage
+will also take place. This effect can be reduced by building the
+$LINK<Centauri Preserve=100031>, $LINK<Temple of Planet=100032>,
+and $LINK<Nanoreplicator=100020>
+facilities.
+
+#CONCEPT27
+Once you have obtained commlink frequencies for all factions, you can
+convene the {Planetary Council} to vote on planetary policies, including
+election of a $LINK<Planetary Governor=28>.
+^
+In elections for Planetary Governor (and $LINK<Supreme Leader=10005>), each faction
+casts votes equal to the total size of all its bases. This total may
+be modified by faction powers and secret projects. Only the leader of
+one of the two factions with the highest vote totals may stand for
+election as Governor or Supreme Leader.
+^
+On votes to set planetary policies, each faction receives one vote.
+In these votes, the current Planetary Governor has veto power, which
+can be overridden only by unanimous vote of all remaining factions.
+
+#CONCEPT28
+The {Planetary Governor} holds an Executive Veto in all votes on Planetary
+Policy. The Governor also receives {+1 Energy} in $LINK<commerce=29> transactions
+with other friendly factions at each base, from the
+increased commerce created by global agencies. The planetary bureaucracy
+provides the Governor with an infiltrator in every other faction.
+
+#CONCEPT29
+{Commerce} is bonus energy generated from trade between two friendly
+factions. Whenever you sign a $LINK<Treaty=4> or $LINK<Pact=3> with another faction,
+your bases will automatically begin to accrue commerce (and this
+benefit extends to your partner faction as well).
+^
+Commerce is interrupted whenever a $LINK<Vendetta=6> occurs between two
+factions, or when sanctions are applied against a faction which has
+committed an $LINK<atrocity=8>. Think of Commerce as a reward for peaceful
+behavior.
+^
+Between two factions, commerce is more beneficial to the faction
+which has discovered the most $LINK<Economic technologies=140045>. $LINK<CEO Morgan=150004>
+gains additional bonuses here as part of his faction power. Commerce
+also tends to benefit the current $LINK<Planetary Governor=28>.
+^
+^You can increase your commerce rates by doing the following:
+^* Sign more Treaties.
+^* Sign more Pacts (Pacts receive double commerce).
+^* Increase the size and economy of your bases (“it takes energy to make energy”).
+^* Discover more economic-related technologies
+^
+Economic related technologies include $LINK<Industrial Economics=140045>, $LINK<Industrial
+Automation=140046>, $LINK<Planetary Economics=140061>, $LINK<Industrial Nanorobotics=140073>,
+$LINK<Sentient Econometrics=140075>, and $LINK<Environmental Economics=140059>.
+
+#CONCEPT30
+There are five principal ways to win the game:
+^
+^$LINK<Transcendence Victory=10007>
+^$LINK<Conquest Victory=10006>
+^$LINK<Diplomatic Victory=10005>
+^$LINK<Economic Victory=10008>
+^$LINK<Scenario Victory=10009>
+^
+For detailed scoring information, see $LINK<Scoring=10004>.
+^
+For information on retirement and mandatory retirement, see
+$LINK<Retirement=10010>.
+
+#CONCEPT31
+Your {territory} consists of all land nearer to one of your land bases
+on the same continent than to anyone else’s. Your territorial waters
+consist of all sea areas nearer to one of your sea bases (in the same
+ocean) than to anyone else’s. Territory may move and shift during
+the course of the game as bases are built, conquered, and destroyed.
+^
+Other faction leaders may take offense if you move units into their
+territory, particularly if you have signed a $LINK<Treaty of Friendship=4>.
+^
+Territory never extends more than 7 squares from a land base, or
+3 from a sea base.
+
+#CONCEPT32
+Your {might} is a measure of your overall standing in comparison to
+other factions. It ranges from “Unsurpassed” (first place), to
+“Feeble” (seventh place).
+^
+Might is based on a holistic evaluation of your faction, and includes
+population, technology, secret projects, and military strength.
+^
+The {Faction Dominance} graphs on the information display track
+might.
+
+#CONCEPT33
+Fast units, such as Speeders and Hovertanks, can sometimes
+{disengage} when surprised by slower enemy units. A unit disengages
+when the following conditions are met:
+^
+^* Unit incurs 50% damage, relative to what it started the combat with.
+^* Unit is faster than its attacker, taking damage into account.
+^* Unit is alone in its square.
+^* Unit did not attack on its last turn.
+^* Unit is a combat unit (non-combat units may never disengage).
+^* Neither attacker nor defender is an air unit.
+^* Attacker does not have the $LINK<Comm Jammer=80009> ability.
+^* Unit does not have the HOLD order, and is not in a $LINK<bunker=90007>
+or $LINK<airbase=90008>.
+^* A valid retreat square is available, which is not a $LINK<fungus=14> square (unless
+$LINK<Pholus Mutagen=110055>) and is not adjacent to an enemy unit.
+
+#CONCEPT34
+Every unit exerts a {Zone of Control} into every adjacent
+square (but units in sea squares do not exert zones of control into land
+squares, nor vice versa).
+^
+Land units may not normally move between two squares in an enemy
+zone of control, with the following exceptions:
+^* Units may freely move into and out of bases.
+^* Units may freely attack any adjacent unit.
+^* Units may freely enter squares already containing friendly units.
+^* $LINK<Probe teams=30006> and units with the $LINK<Cloaking ability=80002>
+may ignore this rule.
+^
+Air and Sea units exert zones of control, but are not affected by
+them.
+
+#CONCEPT35
+Naval units, and land units with the $LINK<Heavy Artillery=80015> ability may
+conduct {Bombardment} by selecting the Long Range Fire option from
+the Action menu.
+^
+Bombardment has the advantage of potentially damaging every enemy unit
+in a particular square and the disadvantage that land units can never
+be reduced below 50% damage by bombardment.
+^
+If bombardment is attempted against a square containing an enemy
+naval or artillery unit, the bombardment is cancelled and an
+{Artillery Duel} is initiated, with the attacking and defending
+artillery (or naval) units fighting attack-vs-attack strength. Armor
+values are ignored for Artillery Duels.
+
+#CONCEPT36
+{Drones} are discontented, undereducated citizens which
+appear as a result of population pressure and other social forces.
+Drones work like other citizens, but if a base has more Drones than
+$LINK<Talents=37>, a $LINK<Drone Riot=9> may result.
+
+#CONCEPT37
+{Talents} are prosperous, highly educated citizens, your intellectual
+elite. Talents are created as the result of favorable social conditions
+and the diversion of energy to $LINK<Psych=38>. As long as a base has at least
+as many Talents as $LINK<Drones=36>, no $LINK<Drone Riot=9> will occur.
+
+#CONCEPT38
+Energy diverted to {Psych} is used to improve the quality of life
+your citizens experience. Every two units of energy diverted to Psych
+will create an additional {Talent} in that base.
+
+#CONCEPT39
+Certain major {Landmarks} on Planet’s surface convey special bonuses:
+^
+^{Garland Crater} confers $LINK<+1 Mineral=42> in interior squares.
+^{Mount Planet} confers $LINK<+1 Mineral=42> and $LINK<+1 Energy=43> in each square around the mouth.
+^{Uranium Flats} confer $LINK<+1 Energy=43> in each square.
+^{Geothermal Shallows} confer $LINK<+1 Energy=43> in each square.
+^{Pholus Ridge} confers $LINK<+1 Energy=43> in each square.
+^{Monsoon Jungle} confers $LINK<+1 Nutrient=41> in each square.
+^{Freshwater Sea} confers $LINK<+1 Nutrient=41> in each square.
+^
+Other landmarks have no effect beyond the standard effects of
+the terrain which they represent.
+
+#CONCEPT40
+The following proposals can be brought before the Planetary Council, once
+appropriate technology is obtained:
+^
+^{Salvage Unity Fusion Core}: +500 energy for each faction
+^{Global Trade Pact}: Commerce rates doubled planet-wide.
+^{Repeal Trade Pact}: Commerce rates return to normal.
+^{Launch Solar Shade}: Global cooling; sea levels fall.
+^{Melt Polar Caps}: Global warming; sea levels rise.
+^{Repeal U.N. Charter}: Atrocity prohibitions lifted.
+^
+The Council also elects the $LINK<Planetary Governor=28> by a majority
+vote of population, and by a 3/4
+vote by population can elect a Supreme Leader, conferring a
+$LINK<Diplomatic Victory=10005>.
+
+#CONCEPT41
+{Nutrients} are produced in squares with sufficient $LINK<Rainfall=0>, sometimes
+supplemented by the addition of $LINK<Farms=90000> and similar enhancements.
+^
+Every citizen at a base must “eat” two Nutrients per turn to survive.
+^
+Surplus nutrients are stored. When sufficient surplus nutrients have
+been accumulated, a base will grow, producing a new citizen.
+
+#CONCEPT42
+{Minerals} are produced in squares with sufficient $LINK<Rockiness=1>, sometimes
+supplemented by the addition of $LINK<Mines=90002> and similar enhancements.
+^
+Once a base has exceeded its free $LINK<SUPPORT=130002> level, any additional
+units (military or non-combat) consume one Mineral per turn of support.
+^
+Surplus minerals are applied to production of $LINK<facilities=100029>,
+units, and $LINK<secret projects=110065> which a base
+is creating. When sufficient minerals are
+accumulated, the facility or unit is built.
+
+#CONCEPT43
+{Energy} is produced in squares with $LINK<Solar Collectors=90003>, particularly
+those at high $LINK<Altitudes=2>.
+^
+Depending on the Energy Allocation which you have made on the Social
+Engineering screen, all the energy you produce is divided among three
+priorities: $LINK<Economy=44>, $LINK<Labs=45>, and $LINK<Psych=38>.
+Some of the energy a base
+produces may also be lost to $LINK<Inefficiency=25>.
+
+#CONCEPT44
+$LINK<Energy=43> allocated to your {Economy} is added, as energy credits,
+to your $LINK<Energy Reserves=46>, which function as your treasury for monetary
+transactions.
+
+#CONCEPT45
+$LINK<Energy=43> allocated to {Labs} is used to conduct scientific research.
+The more energy you allocate to Labs, the quicker you will make technological
+breakthroughs.
+
+#CONCEPT46
+Your {Energy Reserves} represent stored energy. Your reserves function
+as your treasury for monetary transactions.
+^
+Your energy reserves increase depending on the amount of $LINK<Energy=43>
+you allocate to $LINK<Economy=44> on the Social Engineering screen.
+
+#ADVCONCEPT0
+When designing new units, bear in mind that units strong in
+three areas ($LINK<weapon=60005>, $LINK<armor=70007>, $LINK<chassis=40006>)
+will be vastly more
+expensive than units strong in only two areas (or one).
+The basic cost formula, to which there are several modifiers, is:
+^
+^Cost = Weapon * (Armor + Speed) * 10 / (2 ^ (Reactor + 1))
+^
+^* Weapon value never less than 1/2 Armor value.
+^* Non-combat units substitute “Equipment Cost” for Weapon value.
+^* Cost is halved for units with Speed 1.
+^* Cost is halved for sea units, and Armor is discounted 50%.
+^* Cost quartered for combat air units.
+^* Armor cost doubled for air units.
+^* Cost +25% for each unit of $LINK<Special Ability=80008> cost.
+^* Cost +10 minerals if both Weapon and Armor greater than 1.
+^* Cost +10 minerals if Land unit’s Weapon, Armor, Speed all greater than 1.
+^* Minimum cost (Reactor*2 - Reactor/2)*10 unless all values are 1.
+
+
+#ADVCONCEPT1
+The formula used to compute the energy lost to {Inefficiency} by
+a base is:
+^
+^Inefficiency = (Energy * Distance / (64 - ((4 - Efficiency) * 8))
+^
+^Energy | Amount of energy produced by base this turn.
+^Distance | Distance from $LINK<Headquarters=100001> base (16 if no HQ).
+^Efficiency | Social Engineering $LINK<EFFICIENCY=130001> (+2 if
+$LINK<Children’s Creche=100002>)
+^
+^* If denominator reaches zero, ALL energy is lost to inefficiency.
+
+#ADVCONCEPT2
+The ecological damage formula is complex:
+^(1) For each base total the number of $LINK<Mines=90002>, $LINK<Solar
+Collectors=90003>, $LINK<Farms=90000>,
+$LINK<Soil Enrichers=90001>, $LINK<Roads=90005>, $LINK<Mag Tubes=90006>,
+$LINK<Condensers,=90012> $LINK<Mirrors,=90013>
+and $LINK<Boreholes=90014>. Items
+in squares which are actually being worked count double.
+^(2) Add an extra +8 for each Borehole, +6 for each Mirror, and +4 for each Condenser.
+^(3) Subtract 1 for each $LINK<Forest=90004>.
+^(4) Halve if base has $LINK<Tree Farm=100013>, and Eliminate if also has
+$LINK<Hybrid Forest=100014>.
+^(5) Divide this value by 8, and reduce by up to 16 plus # of previous
+damages. Set this number aside.
+^(6) Take the number of minerals produced this turn (but not from Orbit)
+^(7) If result from 5 was reduced by less than 16+#, reduce result 6
+by remaining amount.
+^(8) Divide minerals by 1 plus # of $LINK<Centauri Preserve=100031>,
+$LINK<Temple of Planet=100032>,
+$LINK<Nanoreplicator=100020>.
+^(9) Sum the values of (5) and (8), and add +5 for each major $LINK<atrocity=8>.
+^(10) If Alpha Prime is at perihelion (20 years out of every 80), double
+your value.
+^
+^Ecology% = (ValueFromStep10) * Difficulty * Technologies * (3-PLANET) * LIFE / 300
+^
+^Difficulty = Normally 3, but 5 on two highest two difficulty levels.
+^Technologies = Number of $LINK<technologies=140062> discovered
+^PLANET = Social Engineering $LINK<PLANET=130007> value
+^LIFE = Native life level (1-3) from Custom Start
+
+#ADVCONCEPT3
+Commerce is computed base by base between factions with $LINK<Treaties=4> and
+$LINK<Pacts=3>, as follows:
+^
+^(1) First, all bases for each faction are ranked from top to bottom by Energy output.
+^(2) Bases are paired off from top to bottom. If one faction has extra bases, these are ignored.
+^(3) For each pair of bases, sum the combined economic output and divide by 8, rounding up.
+^(4) Double this value if a Global Trade Pact is in effect.
+^(5) Now, for each individual base, the commerce formula is as follows:
+^       (ValueFromStep4) * (CommerceTech+1) / (TotalCommerceTech+1)
+^(6) CommerceTech is the total # of economic technologies discovered, plus
+faction & social bonuses.
+^(7) TotalCommerceTech is the total # of economic technologies in the game.
+^(8) Now, using the value from step 5, divide by 2 if no Pact (e.g. only a Treaty)
+^(9) Add +1 if you are $LINK<Planetary Governor=28>.
+^(10) Reduce to zero if sanctions are in effect against either faction.
+
+#ADVCONCEPT4
+Your Alpha Centauri Score is computed as follows:
+^
+^(1) 1 point for each citizen of each base.
+^(2) If you have won a $LINK<Diplomatic=10005> or $LINK<Economic=10008> victory, score:
+^        (a) 1 point for each citizen of a $LINK<Pact Brother’s=3> base.
+^        (b) 1/2 point for each citizen of any other faction’s base.
+^(3) 1 point for each citizen of a surrendered base.
+^(4) 1 point for each unit of $LINK<commerce=29> your bases are receiving.
+^(5) 1 point for each $LINK<technology=140062> discovered.
+^(6) 10 points for each $LINK<Transcendent Thought=140088> advance.
+^(7) 25 points for each $LINK<Secret Project=110065>.
+^(8) A $LINK<Victory=30> bonus if you have won the game.
+
+#ADVCONCEPT5
+You may win the game diplomatically by convincing enough faction
+leaders to unite behind you as Supreme Leader of Planet. A 3/4 vote
+of the $LINK<Planetary Council=27> is required to secure such election.
+Only the leader of one of the two factions with the highest vote totals
+may stand for election as $LINK<Governor=28> or Supreme Leader.
+^
+When a Supreme Leader is elected, a faction leader may choose to defy the will
+of the Council and refuse to submit. In this case, the Supreme Leader
+must, with the help of loyal factions, conquer all defiant factions
+to achieve a Conquest victory. Because of the military power usually
+required to secure election as Supreme Leader, defying the will of the
+Council is generally fairly suicidal. Other factions will therefore
+usually only take this course if you have committed atrocities against
+them or grossly and repeatedly betrayed them.
+^
+If you win a Diplomatic Victory, you are awarded 1200 points minus
+2 for every game turn elapsed. If Cooperative Victory is enabled and
+your $LINK<Pact Brother or Sister=3> is elected Supreme Leader, you are awarded
+half this total.
+
+#ADVCONCEPT6
+You may win the game by conquest if you eliminate all remaining
+factions. Factions which surrender and “swear a pact to serve you”
+count as eliminated for this purpose. If Cooperative Victory is
+enabled, you need not eliminate any faction with whom you have signed a
+$LINK<Pact of Brotherhood=3>, though aside from surrendered AI factions
+no more than three factions may “win together” in this fashion.
+^
+For winning by Conquest, you are awarded 1000 points minus 2 for
+every game turn elapsed. If Cooperative Victory is enabled and more
+than one faction survives the game, the points are split between them
+based on relative population.
+
+#ADVCONCEPT7
+The highest form of victory is the Ascent to Transcendence, the next
+step in the evolution of humanity. In order to ascend, you must complete
+the secret project $LINK<Ascent to Transcendence=110071>, which can be started only
+after one faction has completed the $LINK<Voice of Planet=110070> project.
+^
+Players who ascend to transcendence are awarded 2000 points minus
+2 for every game turn elapsed. If cooperative victory is enabled,
+all $LINK<Pact Brothers and Sisters=3> participate in the win, and points
+are split between all winning factions based on relative population.
+
+#ADVCONCEPT8
+You may win an Economic Victory by cornering the Global Energy Market.
+You must have discovered $LINK<Planetary Economics=140061> in order to pursue such
+a plan.
+^
+Cornering the Global Energy Market will require a sum of energy credits
+roughly equal to the cost to “mind control” every remaining base on
+Planet. When you are ready to make such an attempt, select “Corner
+Global Energy Market” from the HQ Menu.
+^
+When a faction attempts to corner the Global Energy Market, all other
+factions will be given an allotted period of time in which they can
+capture or destroy the cornering faction’s $LINK<Headquarters=100001> and thereby
+foil the plan.
+^
+For Economic Victory, you are awarded 1200 points minus 2 for
+every game turn elapsed. If Cooperative Victory is enabled, $LINK<Pact Brothers
+and Sisters=3> of the winning faction receive half the bonus points.
+
+#ADVCONCEPT9
+You win a Scenario Victory if you successfully complete the goals
+of a Scenario. Your score will depend on the specific scenario rules.
+^
+You cannot win a Scenario Victory if you are playing a standard game.
+
+#ADVCONCEPT10
+You may retire as faction leader at any time by selecting “Retire”
+from the Game Menu. This ends the game and computes your $LINK<Alpha Centauri
+Score=10004>.
+^
+You must also retire if you reach the mandatory retirement year for
+your game or scenario. In standard games, the mandatory retirement
+year is M.Y. 2600 for Citizen, Specialist, and Talent levels, and
+M.Y. 2500 for Librarian, Thinker, and Transcend levels.
+^
+You will be warned 20 years before you reach mandatory retirement.
+
+#ADVCONCEPT11
+The formula used to compute a faction’s might is as follows:
+^
+^4  points for each point of population
+^4  points for each $LINK<Transcendent Thought=140088>
+^?? points for each $LINK<Tech=140062> (sum of Explore, Discover, Build, Conquer values)
+^10 points for each $LINK<Secret Project=110065>
+^
+^For each non-combat unit, add Cost/40 (technically MineralRows/4)
+^For each psi unit, add Cost/20 (MineralRows/2)
+^For each planet buster, add Cost/10 (MineralRows)
+^For combat units, add Cost/10 in ratio of weapon strength to best
+^  weapon of any unit currently in the game.
+^
+^So a 2-1-2 unit is only worth half value if “4” weapons are the best available.
+
+#ADVCONCEPT12
+Several factors contribute to the number of drones found at a base
+before police, facilities, psych, and secret projects are taken into
+account:
+^
+(1) Difficulty Level: at the lowest difficulty level, every citizen
+after the first six is a drone. For each increase in difficulty level,
+an additional drone is added, so at the highest level every citizen
+after the first one is a drone.
+^
+(2) Bureaucracy: depending on your $LINK<EFFICIENCY=130001> and your difficulty
+level, you will receive additional drones when your {number of bases}
+exceeds a certain number. See $LINK<BUREAUCRACY=10013>.
+^
+(3) Disloyal Citizenry: for approximately 50 turns after you capture
+an enemy base, you will receive extra drones while you assimilate the
+enemy citizens. The basic rate is 5 drones minus one for each 10
+turns elapsed, but the number may never exceed:
+^^(BaseSize + Difficulty - 2)/4
+^
+(4) Faction Power: Some factions receive additional drones or talents.
+For instance, the $LINK<University=150003> receives an extra drone for every 4 citizens
+(rounded down), while the $LINK<Peacekeepers=150007> receive an extra $LINK<Talent=37> for every
+4 citizens, rounded up.
+
+;Bureaucracy
+#ADVCONCEPT13
+{Bureaucracy} is the addition of extra Drones because a faction has
+exceeded a certain number of bases. The bureaucracy formula works
+as follows:
+^
+^^BaseLimit = (8 - Difficulty) * (4 + Efficiency) * MapRoot / 2
+^
+^Where:
+^Difficulty = Player’s difficulty level (0 - 5)
+^Efficiency = Social Engineering $LINK<Efficiency=130001> rating.
+^MapRoot    = Sq. Root of # Map Squares / Sq. Root of 3200.
+^
+For each base a faction builds in excess of this number, one additional
+drone will appear at some base somewhere in the colony.
+
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+;
+; Sid Meier’s ALPHA CENTAURI
+;
+; Credits
+;
+; Copyright © 1997, 1998 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
+;
+
+#CREDITS
+
+
+SID MEIER’S ALPHA CENTAURI DESIGNED BY
+Brian Reynolds
+
+
+WITH
+Sid Meier
+Timothy Train
+Douglas Kaufman
+Bing Gordon
+
+AND
+Members of FIRAXIS Games
+
+
+SID MEIER’S ALIEN CROSSFIRE DESIGNED BY
+Timothy Train
+
+
+WITH
+Douglas Kaufman
+Chris Pine
+Gregory Foertsch
+Michael Ely
+Bing Gordon
+Sid Meier
+
+AND
+Members of FIRAXIS Games
+
+
+FOR ALIEN CROSSFIRE
+
+
+EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
+Jeffery L. Briggs
+
+
+PRODUCER
+Timothy Train
+
+
+LEAD PROGRAMMER
+Chris Pine
+
+
+SOUND ENGINEERING AND PROGRAMMING
+David Evans
+
+
+FACTION EDITOR DESIGN AND PROGRAMMING
+Jeff Morris
+
+
+SYSTEM AND INTERFACE PROGRAMMING
+Jason Coleman
+
+
+ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING
+Jeff Morris
+David Evans
+Jason Coleman
+Brian Reynolds
+
+
+ART DIRECTOR
+Gregory Foertsch
+
+
+GRAPHIC ARTISTS
+Jerome Atherholt (Portraits, Terrain)
+Brent Alleyne (Progenitor design and animations)
+Steve Chao (Icons, Ship design, Dossier photos)
+Michael Bazzell (3D Units)
+
+
+MOVIES AND VOICES DIRECTED BY
+Michael Ely
+
+
+FEATURING THE VOICES OF
+James Leibman (as Captain Ulrik Svensgaard)
+Jeff Gordon (as Progenitors Lular H’minee and Judaa Marr)
+Frederick Serafin (as Foreman Domai)
+Allie Rivenbark (as Prime Function Aki Zeta-5)
+Christine Melton (as Datajack Sinder Roze)
+Stacy Spenser (as Prophet Cha Dawn)
+Robert Levy (Narrator)
+
+
+BACKGROUND MUSIC
+David Evans
+Jeffery L. Briggs
+
+
+MOVIE MUSIC
+Jeffery L. Briggs
+
+
+DIRECTOR OF MARKETING
+Lindsay Riehl
+
+
+MASTER OF MISCELLANEOUS
+Susan Meier
+
+
+WEBMASTER
+Dan Magaha
+
+
+INTERN
+Stephen Lee
+
+
+WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO
+Ann, Wendy, Jennifer, and all our families
+
+
+PUBLISHED BY
+Electronic Arts
+
+
+EA GODFATHER
+Bing Gordon
+
+
+EA PRODUCER
+Hunter Smith
+
+
+DIRECTOR OF MARKETING
+Chris Plummer
+
+
+PRODUCT MANAGER
+Jonathan Harris
+
+
+EUROPEAN PRODUCT MANAGER
+Audrey Meehan
+
+
+MEDIA RELATIONS MANAGER
+Patrick Buechner
+
+
+QUALITY ASSURANCE DIRECTOR
+Jeff Morris, FIRAXIS Games
+
+
+LEAD TESTER
+David “Killkwik” McCormick
+
+
+ASSISTANT LEAD TESTER
+Daryl “Red Evil” Humdy
+
+
+TESTERS
+Eduardo “Duff” Buenviaje, Jr.
+T.J. “DeadMeat” Cipri
+Justin “WWSD” Holst
+Mike “Hot Pants” Hong
+Matthew “Shocktart” Lewis
+Joe “Muh Pipe” Norris
+Ausias “Gimpy” Salmeron-Viver
+John “Belial” Trest
+
+
+EA CUSTOMER QUALITY CONTROL
+CQC Manager: Joel Knutson
+
+CQC Representatives:
+Benjamin Crick
+Shane Ferguson
+Jacob Fernandez
+Darryl Jenkins
+Dave Knudson
+Micah Pritchard
+Andrew Young
+
+
+BETA TESTERS
+Marty Bishop
+John Brown
+Michael Buccheri
+Ted Dennison
+Kevin Devine
+Michael Dorn
+Neil Fradkin
+Lonnie George
+Andrew Goldstein
+Dick Knisely
+Greg Lary
+Martin Leuschen
+Sam May
+Biju Mathai
+Jen MacLean
+Jean McGuire
+Vernon Michael
+Mark Norton
+George Politis
+Ronald Powell
+Alan Precourt
+Marc Ressig
+Jason Russ
+Thomas Stobie
+Peter Szymonik
+David Train
+Jeff Vitous
+Rita Waller
+
+
+MANUAL WRITER
+Douglas Kaufman
+
+
+DOCUMENTATION LAYOUT
+Deborah Maxwell
+
+
+MANUAL EDITOR
+Ede Clarke
+Timothy Train
+
+
+TECH TREE POSTER DESIGN
+Marco Garcia
+
+
+PACKAGING ART DIRECTION
+Nancy Waisanen
+
+
+LOCALIZATION DIRECTOR
+Atsuko Matsumoto
+
+
+LOCALIZATION LEAD
+John Pemberton
+
+
+PRODUCTION SPECIALISTS
+Barry Feather
+Ricky Brown
+
+
+PROJECT MANAGER
+Emily Bromley
+
+
+FRENCH TRANSLATION MANAGER
+Jean-Luc Chabrier
+
+
+FRENCH TRANSLATORS
+Jean-Claude Ducerf (www.ducerftranslations.com)
+Nathalie Marlier (www.apex.fr)
+
+
+FRENCH AUDIO
+Knockin’ Boots Production, Paris/France
+
+
+GERMAN TRANSLATION MANAGER
+Christina Vollmer
+
+
+GERMAN TRANSLATORS
+Frank Dietz
+Christoph Niedermair
+Susanne van Eyl
+
+
+GERMAN AUDIO
+toneworx GmbH, Hamburg/Germany
+
+
+SPANISH PRODUCT MANAGER
+Teo Alcorta
+
+
+SPANISH LOCALIZATION MANAGER
+Julio Valladares
+
+
+SPANISH LOCALIZATION
+José Luis Rovira
+
+
+ITALIAN TRANSLATION
+C.T.O. S.p.a., Bologna/Italy
+
+
+MPEG Real-Time Libraries
+© 1996–1998 by MpegTV. All rights reserved.
+
+
+ORIGINAL ALPHA CENTAURI CREDITS
+(Where different from above)
+
+
+CREATED BY
+Brian Reynolds
+
+
+WITH
+Sid Meier
+Timothy Train
+Douglas Kaufman
+Bing Gordon
+
+
+AND
+Members of FIRAXIS Games
+
+
+ART DIRECTOR
+Michael Haire (Icons, Scoring)
+
+
+GRAPHIC ARTISTS
+Jerome Atherholt (Portraits, Terrain)
+Michael Bazzell (3D Units, Prototyping)
+Gregory Foertsch (Payoffs, Movies)
+David Inscore (Interface, Movies)
+Nicholas Rusko-Berger (Movies, Opening)
+
+
+FEATURING THE VOICES OF
+Carolyn Dahl (as Lady Deirdre Skye)
+Lu Yu (as Chairman Sheng-ji Yang)
+Yuri Nesteroff (as Academician Prokhor Zakharov)
+Regi Davis (as CEO Nwabudike Morgan)
+Wanda Nino (as Colonel Corazon Santiago)
+Gretchen Weigel (as Sister Miriam Godwinson)
+Hesh Gordon (as Commissioner Pravin Lal)
+Alena Kanka (as Planet)
+Robert Levy (Datalinks, Male)
+Katherine Ferguson (Datalinks, Female)
+
+
+WEBMASTER
+Michael Ely
+
+
+ASTRONOMY, PHYSICS, AND BIOLOGY RESEARCH
+Derek Cotter
+
+
+INTERN COORDINATOR
+Deborah Briggs
+
+
+INTERNS
+Alex Luskin (Sound Engineering)
+Kurt Kotula (Graphic Art)
+Matt Pierce (Marketing)
+
+
+STOCK FOOTAGE COURTESY OF
+Archive Films
+Corbis
+The Image Bank
+WPA Film Library
+
+
+“THE DANCING BABY”
+is used with the permission
+of Kinetix, a division of
+Autodesk, inc.
+
+
+WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO
+Jill, Ro, and Caleb Reynolds
+
+
+EA EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
+Andy Hollis
+
+
+EA PRODUCER
+Bryan Walker
+
+
+VP MARKETING
+Alex Carloss
+
+
+PRODUCT MANAGER
+Matt Orlich
+
+
+MEDIA RELATIONS MANAGER
+David Swofford
+
+
+ABSOLUTE QUALITY, INC.
+Dan Schlueter, AQ Lead Tester
+Graham Boyanich
+Charles Brubaker
+Ray Lofton
+Ted Paulsen
+Jim Smith
+
+
+ORIGIN SYSTEMS, INC.
+Paul “Paladin” Vaden, OSI QA Supervisor
+Rhea “Shalom” Shelley, OSI Project Leader
+Todd “Balls” Raffray, OSI Assistant Project Leader
+Tim “Quasimodo” Bell
+Brett “Beaker” Bonner
+Stacy “Skyline” Davidson
+Zafer “Z-man” Hamza
+Kent “Hand” Raffray
+Jon “Punchy” Shelus
+Stephen “Money Shot” VanWambeck
+Russ “Stranger” Wilkins
+
+
+AND
+Kyle “Paddleboat” Drewke
+Brian “BIG tiny” DuBose
+Mackey “Rastuss” Fair
+Kenny “Hottman” Hott
+Matt “O.G. Mudbone” Lynch
+Grant “Rogue” McDaniel
+Brandon “Arashi” Salinas
+Jon “Stormer” Savinelli
+Lance “MudPuppy” Stites
+
+
+BUT NOT
+Chris “Binky” Launius
+
+
+BETA TESTERS
+Marty Bishop
+Michael Buccheri
+Ted Dennison
+Chris Fitzgerald
+Neil Fradkin
+Andrew Goldstein
+Ronald Gretz
+Dick Knisely
+Greg Lary
+Martin Leuschen
+Jen MacLean
+Biju Mathai
+Sam May
+Jean McGuire
+Laralyn McWilliams
+Vernon Michael
+Mark Norton
+George Politis
+Alan Precourt
+Marc Reissig
+Don Rinker
+Jennifer Schlickbernd
+Dan Speicher
+William Stapel
+Thomas Stobie
+Jeff Vitous
+Rita Waller
+
+
+ELECTRONIC ARTS, INC.
+Benjamin Crick
+Etienne Grunenwald
+Daniel Hiatt
+Bobby Joe
+Michael Jung
+Anatol Somerville
+
+
+DOCUMENTATION BY
+Incan Monkey God Studios, Inc.
+
+
+MANUAL WRITER
+Chris McCubbin
+
+
+MANUAL EDITOR
+David Ladyman
+
+
+Dedicated to the men and women of NASA,
+and all the world’s space programs.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Eternity lies ahead of us, and behind.
+Have you drunk your fill?
+
+Lady Deirdre Skye,
+“Conversations with Planet”,
+Epilogue
+
+
+
+#; This line must remain at end of file

##current patch files/EN/SMAC/facedit.txt

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+r; Faction Editor Text Files
+
+#TITLE
+Faction Editor v1.0
+
+#DATATITLES
+BASE NAMES
+SEABASE NAMES
+FACTION
+SENTENCES
+RULES
+LEADER
+DIPLOMACY
+DATALINKS
+
+#BUTTONS
+New Faction
+Save Faction
+Load Faction
+Quit
+Faction
+Leader
+Rules
+Diplomacy
+Datalinks
+Sentences
+Base Names
+Seabase Names
+Male
+Female
+Yes
+No
+Sometimes
+Masculine
+Feminine
+Singular
+Plural
+Add Faction To Game
+Delete Faction From Game
+Close
+Alien Diplomacy Mode
+Human Diplomacy Mode
+
+#FACTION
+Faction Name
+Descriptive Name
+Faction Noun
+Faction Adj.
+Faction Insult
+Faction Gender
+Plural/Singular
+Social Ideology
+Emphasis
+Anti-Ideologies
+Faction Bonus
+Graphic Set
+
+#GRAPHICSET
+Gaia’s Stepdaughters
+Human Hive
+University of Planet
+Morgan Industries
+Spartan Federation
+The Lord’s Believers
+Peacekeeping Forces
+The Cybernetic Consciousness
+Pirates
+The Free Drones
+The Data Angels
+The Cult of Planet
+Manifold Caretakers
+Manifold Usurpers
+
+#LEADER
+Name
+Title
+Good Adjective
+Bad Adjective
+Insult
+Assistant
+Scientist
+Assistant City
+Leader Gender
+Use of Force
+Interest In Power
+Interest In Tech.
+Interest In Wealth
+Interest In Growth
+
+#LIMITEDBONUS
+None
+Free Tech.
+Free Facility
+Free Vehicle
+Social Benefit
+Robust
+Immunity
+Impunity
+Penalty
+Fungus Nutrient
+Fungus Mineral
+Fungus Energy
+Bonus Votes
+Free Facility (Prereq.)
+Revolt
+No Drone
+Free Ability (Prereq.)
+Probe Cost
+Defense
+Offense
+
+#LIMITEDBONUSCODES
+NONE
+TECH
+FACILITY
+UNIT
+SOCIAL
+ROBUST
+IMMUNITY
+IMPUNITY
+PENALTY
+FUNGNUTRIENT
+FUNGMINERALS
+FUNGENERGY
+VOTES
+FREEFAC
+REVOLT
+NODRONE
+FREEABIL
+PROBECOST
+DEFENSE
+OFFENSE
+
+#SENTENCES
+Together we shall both
+My intent is
+S/he is bent on
+You seem bent on
+I shall not stand here while you
+S/he spends her/his time
+You spend your time
+I have been accused of
+Your
+Think how this could benefit your
+I trust your
+it is customary to remit me a small
+for the services my forces provide in
+I shall instruct
+You are in contravention of
+and …
+does not impress me
+are proceeding to your satisfaction
+…
+to see that no such …
+
+#DIPLOMACY
+Truce Text
+Agree to Truce
+Refuse Truce
+Treaty Text
+Agree to Treaty
+Refuse Treaty
+Alien Truce Text
+Alien Agree to Truce
+Alien Refuse Truce
+Alien Treaty Text
+Alien Agree to Treaty
+Alien Refuse Treaty
+
+#DATALINKS
+Leader:
+Background:
+Agenda:
+Tech:
+Bonus 1:
+Bonus 2:
+Bonus 3:
+Bonus 4:
+Bonus 5:
+Bonus 6:
+Bonus 7:
+Bonus 8:
+Blurb Author:
+Blurb Source:
+Blurb Text:
+
+#BONUS
+Morale Modifier
+Psi Combat Modifier (%)
+Research Bonus Per Base
+Extra Drone Per Base
+Extra Talent Per Base
+Bonus Energy Reserve
+Energy Interest (%)
+Bonus Commerce Rate
+Population Bonus
+Hurry Modifier (%)
+Research Modifer (%)
+Share Technology
+Select Technologies
+Terraform Bonus
+Bonus Commfrequency
+Immunity to Mind Control
+25% Attack Bonus
+Free Prototypes
+Aquatic Faction
+Alien Faction
+Worm Police
+Share Tech with Infiltrator
+Steal Tech
+
+#BONUSCODES
+MORALE
+PSI
+RESEARCH
+DRONE
+TALENT
+ENERGY
+INTEREST
+COMMERCE
+POPULATION
+HURRY
+TECHCOST
+TECHSHARE
+SELECTTECH
+TERRAFORM
+COMMFREQ
+MINDCONTROL
+FANATIC
+FREEPROTO
+AQUATIC
+ALIEN
+WORMPOLICE
+SHARETECH
+TECHSTEAL
+
+#HELPTEXT
+Formal name of colony/group
+Description of basic ideology.
+The plural noun.
+An adjective that describes the faction
+An insult against the faction.
+The gender of the faction name.
+Whether the faction name is plural or singular
+An ideology that the AI player will focus on.
+An area of its society the AI will try to enhance.
+A social ideology that the AI player finds distasteful.
+Faction bonus; limited to a total of eight.
+The base set of graphic files that the faction will use.
+Name of faction leader
+Title of  faction leader
+A positive adjective describing the faction leader
+A negative adjective describing the faction leader
+An insult against the faction leader
+An assistant’s name that is used in various interludes
+An scientist’s name that is used in various interludes
+A base name that is used in various interludes
+The faction leader’s gender
+The faction leader’s willingness to achieve it’s goals through aggression
+The faction leader’s interest in military might when under AI control
+The faction leader’s interest in research when under AI control
+The faction leader’s interest in accumulating energy when under AI control
+The faction leader’s interest in expanding his or her borders when under AI control
+Increases or decreases new unit’s morale. A setting of 0 indicates they are immune to negative modifiers.
+A percentage bonus to all PSI combat
+Free research points generated at every base per turn.
+Extra drone generated at every base, per # of population you input
+# of extra talents generated at every base
+Free energy reserves at start of game
+Energy reserves interest. When set to 0, +1 per base
+Increased commerce rate
+Number to be added to population limit prior to requiring a Habitation Dome/Complex
+Percentage modifier to costs associated with hurrying production
+Percentage modifier to research rate
+The number of other factions that need to know a technology before you receive it. 0 indicates lack of this ability.
+Allows the faction to select a number of techs at the beginning of a game
+Halves terraform raise/lower costs
+Gives an extra commfrequency at the beginning of the game
+Vehicles and bases are immune to mind control
+A 25% bonus when attacking
+Prototype cost reduced to 0 for this faction
+This is a sea based faction (extra mineral in shelf, ability to build ocean enhancements)
+A Progenitor faction (Progenitor text, extra units, directed tech, etc.)
+Mindworms do double duty as police
+When used with sharetech, requires one to be spying on the other factions
+Faction steals a tech when it captures a base
+The name of the faction leader that appears in the datalinks
+The background of the faction leader that appears in the datalinks
+The agenda of the faction leader that appears in the datalinks
+The starting technology of the faction that appears in the datalinks
+A faction bonus that appears in the datalinks
+The author of the source that the blurb is taken from
+The source that the blurb is taken from
+The blurb displayed when selecting a faction
+This is where you change the text of various diplomacy messages
+This is where you see the final result of your diplomacy message, within context
+This is the list of names drawn from for land bases
+This is the list of names drawn from for sea bases
+Restore the default faction settings (The Human Hive)
+Load a previously created faction
+Save the current faction and add it to the game
+Exit Faction Editor
+Faction Options
+Leader Options
+Rule Options
+Diplomacy Options
+Datalinks Options
+Sentence Options
+Landbase Names
+Seabase Names
+The text of a truce that your faction offers to a human
+The text used when a human agrees to a truce from your faction
+The text used when a human refuses a truce from your faction
+The text of a treaty that your faction offers to a human
+The text used when a human agrees to a treaty from your faction
+The text used when a human refuses a treaty from your faction
+The text of a truce that your faction offers to a alien
+The text used when an alien agrees to a truce from your faction
+The text used when an alien refuses a truce from your faction
+The text of a treaty that your faction offers to a alien
+The text used when an alien agrees to a treaty from your faction
+The text used when an alien refuses a treaty from your faction
+Toggle between alien and human diplomacy text
+
+# ;

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+;
+; Sid Meier’s ALPHA CENTAURI
+;
+; FACTION FILE: TEMPLATE
+;
+; Copyright © 1997, 1998 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
+;
+;
+; Factions—Names & personalities
+;
+; formal, desc, noun, masc/fem, sing/plural, name, gender, ai-fight, ai-power, ai-tech, ai-wealth, ai-growth
+;    title, characteristic, adjective
+;    SPECIAL RULES, parameters, …
+;    SOCIAL PRIORITY, setting, result
+;
+; formal      = Formal name of colony/group
+; desc        = Description of basic ideology
+; noun        = Plural noun
+; masc/fem    = Is faction’s noun masculine or feminine
+; sing/plural = Is faction’s noun singular (Labyrinth) or plural (Gaians)
+; name        = Name of default leader
+; gender      = M or F (gender of leader)
+; ai-fight    = -1,0,1 (willingness to use force to achieve goals)
+; ai-power    = 1 or 0 (interest in power)
+; ai-tech     = 1 or 0 (interest in knowledge)
+; ai-wealth   = 1 or 0 (interest in wealth)
+; ai-growth   = 1 or 0 (interest in population growth)
+;
+; title          = leader’s title
+; characteristic = leader’s descriptive adjective
+;
+; adjective      = adjectival form of faction name (e.g. Gaian)
+;                  TRANSLATOR NOTE: for FRENCH versions, this should
+;                  give all four forms (ms:fs:mp:fp):
+;                  Gaian:Gaiane:Gaians:Gaianes (or whatever it would be)
+;                  for GERMAN it should have all six forms.
+;
+; SPECIAL RULES = rule, parameter
+;
+;   TECH        = Free technology at start. Parameter
+;                 is either a tech id (e.g. “Cen”) to
+;                 indicate a specific technology, or a
+;                 number (e.g. 2) to indicate a number
+;                 of player-selected technologies.
+;   MORALE      = Morale modifier (if 0, indicates an
+;                 exemption from negative modifiers from
+;                 other sources).
+;   PSI         = Percentage combat bonus for PSI Combat.
+;   FACILITY    = Every new base gets this free facility.
+;                 Param indicates facility (e.g. “4” is
+;                 a Perimeter Defense) from the facilities
+;                 list. Do NOT attempt to give satellites
+;                 and secret projects this way.
+;   RESEARCH    = Free research points per base per turn.
+;   DRONE       = Extra drone at base (per “param”
+;                 citizens, rounded down)
+;   TALENT      = Extra talent at base (per “param”
+;                 citizens, rounded up)
+;   ENERGY      = Free energy reserves at start
+;   INTEREST    = Energy reserves interest.
+;                 Non-zero = constant percentage per turn (including negative)
+;                 Zero     = +1/base each turn
+;   COMMERCE    = Increased commerce rate
+;   POPULATION  = # to be added to population limit of
+;                 each base for purposes of Habitation
+;                 domes, etc.
+;   HURRY       = Percentage change in costs of “Hurry”
+;                 button on construction (e.g. 125 means
+;                 125% of normal cost, so 100 costs 125).
+;   UNIT        = Extra free unit at start; param is
+;                 index from units list (e.g. 0 equals
+;                 Colonists, 1 Terraformers, 2 Scout
+;                 Crawler)
+;   TECHCOST    = Modifier % for tech research rate.
+;                 (e.g. 125 means each discovery costs
+;                 125% the usual number of research
+;                 points).
+;   SHARETECH   = Gain any technology known to # other players
+;   TERRAFORM   = Halves terraform raise/lower cost
+;   SOCIAL      = Gives a modifier in the named social effect category
+;                 (“SOCIAL, +EFFIC” raises the EFFIC rating by 1;
+;                  “SOCIAL, --POLICE” lowers POLICE rating by 2);
+;   ROBUST      = Halves the intensity of minus effects in the named
+;                 social area (“ROBUST, EFFIC” halves minus efficiency
+;                 effects in social model).
+;   IMMUNITY    = Immunity from minus effects in the named social
+;                 area. (“IMMUNITY, ENERGY” prevents minus energy
+;                 effects in social model).
+;   IMPUNITY    = Impunity :-) from minus effects from a particular
+;                 social setting. “IMPUNITY, Police State” prevents
+;                 all - effects from “Police State” setting.
+;   PENALTY     = Opposite of impunity: doubles the negative effects
+;                 of a particular setting.
+;   FUNGNUTRIENT= Modifier to NUTRIENT produced in fungus squares
+;   FUNGMINERALS= Modifier to MINERALS produced in fungus squares
+;   FUNGENERGY  = Modifier to ENERGY produced in fungus squares
+;   COMMFREQ    = Gets an extra comm frequency (another faction to
+;                 talk to) at beginning of game. (Parameter is ignored)
+;   MINDCONTROL = Vehicles and bases immune to mind control
+;   FANATIC     = +25% bonus on attack
+;   VOTES       = Multiplier for governor votes
+;   FREEPROTO   = Prototype cost reduced to zero for this faction
+;
+; SOCIAL PRIORITY:
+;   Drawn from the political table above (see #SOCIO), these entries
+;   must exactly match the SOCIO entries in spelling. These determine
+;   the leader’s social priorities.
+;
+
+##
+##SAMPLE SENTENCES FOR TRANSLATORS
+##
+##  [Together we shall both] preserve Planet’s native life [and …]
+##  [My intent is] to guard, understand, and preserve Planet’s native life
+##  [She is bent on] stamping out all legitimate human development of this planet
+##  [You seem bent on] stamping out all legitimate human development of this planet
+##  [I shall not stand here while you] cripple any and all efforts toward human progress on this world
+##  [She spends her time] dancing naked through the trees
+##  [You spend your time] dancing naked through the trees
+##  [I have been accused of] spouting tree-crazy prattle
+##  [Your] tree-crazy prattle [does not impress me]
+##  [Think how this could benefit your] environmental initiatives
+##  [I trust your] pagan rituals [are proceeding to your satisfaction]
+##  [It is customary to remit me a small] ecology tax […]
+##  […for the services my forces provide in] preserving and cataloguing Planet’s native life
+##  [I shall instruct] my Environmental Police [to see that no such …]
+##  [You are in contravention of] the Planetary Ecology Code
+##
+##  END OF SAMPLE SENTENCES FOR TRANSLATORS
+##
+
+#GAIANS
+Gaia’s Stepdaughters, The Green, Gaians, F, 2, Deirdre, F, -1, 0, 0, 0, 1,
+  TECH, Ecology, SOCIAL, -MORALE, SOCIAL, -POLICE, SOCIAL, ++EFFIC, SOCIAL, +PLANET, FUNGNUTRIENT, 1
+  Economics, Green, PLANET
+  nil, nil, nil
+  Gaian, Gaian,
+  Lindly, Scott, Lindly’s Rest
+  Lady, beautiful, tree-crazy, ecologically sensitive, eco-daft,
+  Nature Loony
+  preserve Planet’s native life
+  to guard, understand, and preserve Planet’s native life
+  stamping out all legitimate human development of this planet
+  stamping out all legitimate human development of this planet
+  cripple any and all efforts toward human progress on this world
+  dancing naked through the trees
+  dancing naked through the trees
+  spouting tree-crazy prattle
+  tree-crazy prattle, M1
+  environmental initiatives, M2
+  pagan rituals, M2
+  ecology tax, M1
+  preserving and cataloguing Planet’s native life
+  my Environmental Police
+  the Planetary Ecology Code
+
+#BASES
+Gaia’s Landing
+Gaia’s High Garden
+Forest Primeval
+Children of Earth
+Vale of Winds
+Mindworm Pass
+Blackroot Palace
+Greenhouse Gate
+Razorbeak Wood
+Last Rose of Summer
+Lucky Autumn
+Dreams of Green
+The Pines
+Velvetgrass Point
+Song of Planet
+Nessus Shining
+Silverbird Park
+Fallow Time
+Autumn Grove
+The Flowers Preach
+Resplendent Oak
+Lily of the Valley
+Virgin Soil
+Garden of Paradise
+Thorny Vineyard
+Chiron Preserve
+Memory of Earth
+#END
+
+#WATERBASES
+Garden of the Deep
+Deirdre’s Fishery
+Water Garden
+Ocean Flower
+Falling Water
+Great Lagoon
+Sea Cradle
+Garden of Fishes
+#END
+
+#BLURB
+In the great commons at Gaia’s Landing we have a tall and particularly
+beautiful stand of white pine, planted at the time of the first
+colonies. It represents our promise to the people, and to Planet
+itself, never to repeat the tragedy of Earth.
+^
+^       —Lady Deirdre Skye,
+^       “Planet Dreams”
+
+#DATALINKS1
+^LEADER: {Deirdre Skye}
+^BACKGROUND: {Free Scotland, Unity Xenobiologist}
+^AGENDA: {Green Democracy}
+^TECH: {Centauri Ecology}
+^
+
+#DATALINKS2
+^+1 PLANET: {Environmental safeguards; can capture mindworms}
+^+2 EFFICIENCY: {Experience with life systems & recycling}
+^-1 MORALE: {Pacifist tendencies}
+^-1 POLICE: {Freedom loving}
+^+1 Nutrients in fungus squares
+
+#FACTIONTRUCE
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“This senseless destruction will surely cause irreparable harm
+to Planet’s ecology. I urge we mend our differences and
+pledge Blood Truce.”
+
+“It is as you say. This violence must end.”
+“Hah! Your rocks and plants won’t save you now, $NAME3!”
+
+#FACTIONTREATY
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“I sense you are a friend of Planet, $TITLE0 $NAME1. I suggest
+we sign a Treaty of Friendship, that our peoples may live
+side by side in peace.”
+
+“Agreed. Walk with Planet, $NAME3.”
+“No. This ‘Friend of Planet’ stuff gives me the creeps.”
+
+
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+;
+; Sid Meier’s ALPHA CENTAURI
+;
+; Flavoring text for Unit Design Screen
+;
+; Copyright © 1997, 1998 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
+;
+
+;CHASSIS
+
+#INFANTRY
+Domain: Land
+Speed: 8 km/h
+Modality: Manual/Tracked
+Dimensions: N/A
+Modifiers: +25% vs. base
+
+#SPEEDER
+Domain: Land
+Speed: 102 km/h
+Modality: Wheeled
+Dimensions: 7.7 × 3.6 × 2.9 m
+Modifiers: +25% in open
+
+#HOVERTANK
+Domain: Land
+Speed: 227 km/h
+Modality: Aircushion
+Dimensions: 6.9 × 3 × 3 m
+Modifiers: +25% in open
+
+#FOIL
+Domain: Sea
+Speed: 62 km/h
+Modality: Airfoil
+Dimensions: 162 × 24.25 × 17.5 m
+Modifiers: None
+
+#CRUISER
+Domain: Sea
+Speed: 115 km/h
+Modality: Naval Keel
+Dimensions: 200 × 50.5 × 20 m
+Modifiers: None
+
+#NEEDLEJET
+Domain: Air
+Speed: 766 km/h
+Modality: Fixed-wing aircraft
+Dimensions: 18.6 × 12.5 × 4.4 m
+Modifiers: Require refuel every 2 turns
+
+#’COPTER
+Domain: Air
+Speed: 523 km/h
+Modality: Rotary
+Dimensions: 15.5 × 6 × 4 m
+Modifiers: Range unaffected by fuel
+
+#GRAVSHIP
+Domain: Air
+Speed: 1021 km/h
+Modality: Gravitron booster
+Dimensions: 22 × 8 × 6 m
+Modifiers: Range unaffected by fuel
+
+#MISSILE
+Domain: Air
+Speed: 232.5 km/h
+Modality: Assisted airflow
+Dimensions: 15.5 × .5 × .5 m
+Modifiers: Destroyed on impact
+
+;REACTORS
+
+#FISSION PLANT
+Rating: 32655 kW
+Throughput: 29377 kW
+Efficiency: 89.99%
+Discharge: 52 r
+Fuel source: U-235
+
+#FUSION REACTOR
+Rating: 68003 kW
+Throughput: 62821 kW
+Efficiency: 92.38%
+Discharge: 67 r
+Fuel source: Ionized deuterium
+
+#QUANTUM CHAMBER
+Rating: 147893 kW
+Throughput: 141977 kW
+Efficiency: 96.01%
+Discharge: 21 r
+Fuel source: Deuterium-tritium mix
+
+#SINGULARITY ENGINE
+Rating: >4000000 kW
+Throughput: Var
+Efficiency: Var
+Discharge: N/A
+Fuel source: Vizorium-5
+
+;  WEAPONS
+
+#HAND WEAPONS
+Ammo: 7.62 mm U.N. standard
+Muzzle velocity: 1100 mps
+Rate of fire: Varies; max 120/min
+Max range: 550 m
+Target acquisition: Visual
+
+#LASER
+Active medium: Diode
+Type: Fiber-coupled
+Pulse duration: 5 nsec
+Wavelength: 193 nm
+Peak power: .84 GW
+Burn rate (1 m steel): .76 sec
+
+#PARTICLE IMPACTOR
+Ammo: 10 mm caseless Kinetic Energy
+Muzzle velocity: 2500 mps
+Rate of fire: 1100/min
+Max range: 2700 m
+Target acquisition: Optical
+
+#MISSILE LAUNCHER
+Ammo: Mk. 12(t) ‘Sabre’ missile
+Velocity: Mach 2.2
+Rate of fire: 6/min
+Max range: 90 km
+Target acquisition: IR signature
+
+#GATLING LASER
+Active medium: Neodymium-glass
+Type: Conductively cooled stacked array
+Pulse duration: 2 nsec
+Wavelength: 107 nm
+Peak power: .96 GW
+Burn rate (1 m steel): .52 sec
+
+#CHAOS GUN
+Ammo: 9 mm caseless Field Disruptor
+Muzzle velocity: 3000 mps
+Rate of fire: 10/min
+Max range: 11 km
+Target acquisition: Field Differential
+
+#FUSION LASER
+Active medium: Neodymium-YAG
+Type: Actively cooled stacked array
+Pulse duration: 15 nsec
+Wavelength: 573 nm
+Peak power: 2.4 GW
+Burn rate (1 m steel): .14 sec
+
+#TACHYON BOLT
+Active medium: Molecular hydrogen
+Type: Active liquid coolant
+Pulse duration: 1 usec
+Wavelength: 680 nm
+Peak power: 5 GW
+Burn rate (1 m steel): .07 sec
+
+#PLASMA SHARD
+Ammo: 15 mm Mass-energy shell
+Muzzle velocity: Varies; max 4000 mps
+Rate of fire: 160/min
+Max range: 16 km
+Target acquisition: Charged particle
+
+#QUANTUM LASER
+Active medium: Temporal field distortion
+Type: Crystal diffusion
+Pulse duration: N/A
+Wavelength: .005 nm
+Peak power: Varies
+Burn rate (1 m steel): N/A
+
+#GRAVITON GUN
+Ammo: 2 mm 3-stage particle-accelerated
+Muzzle velocity: 9800 mps
+Rate of fire: 2000/min
+Max range: 1.4 km
+Target acquisition: Nanoremote
+
+#SINGULARITY LASER
+Active medium: Temporal boundary
+Type: Singularity induction
+Pulse duration: Relative
+Wavelength: .001 nm
+Peak power: N/A (approach inf.)
+Burn rate (1 m steel): Relative
+
+#PSI ATTACK
+Active medium: Patterned energy
+Type: Compelled dissociative
+Range: Line of sight
+Peak power: Inverse to distance
+Target acquisition: Psi lock
+
+#PLANET BUSTER
+Designation: Mk. 714 Plasma bomb
+Active kill radius: 2000 km
+Explosive force: 296 Gt TNT
+Target acquisition: Charged particle
+
+#COLONY MODULE
+Complement: 1000+
+Composition: Prefab plastic
+Hydroponics rating: indefinite
+Armament: Sidearms only
+
+#TERRAFORMING UNIT
+Crew: 367
+Composition: Bonded steel/ceramic
+Armament: Sidearms only
+
+#TROOP TRANSPORT
+Capacity: 500 troops + support
+Composition: Hardened plasteel
+Hydroponics rating: ST
+
+#SUPPLY TRANSPORT
+Capacity: 2575 mt
+Composition: reinforced plasteel
+Armament: Sidearms only
+
+#PROBE TEAM
+Complement: 16
+Counterintel suite: ShieldSafe V 6.0
+Armament: Cyberlinks/mind control
+
+;DEFENSES
+
+#NO ARMOR
+Type: N/A
+Tensile strength: N/A
+Density: N/A
+Thickness: N/A
+
+#SYNTHMETAL ARMOR
+Type: Chobham (modified)
+Tensile strength: Base
+Density: 2.3 kg/l
+Thickness: 250 mm
+
+#PLASMA STEEL ARMOR
+Type: Mass-energy composite
+Tensile strength: 5 × base
+Density: 2.5 kg/l
+Thickness: 520 mm
+
+#SILKSTEEL ARMOR
+Type: Bonded
+Tensile strength: 23 × base
+Density: 2.5 kg/l
+Thickness: 520 mm
+
+#PHOTON WALL
+Type: Refractive field
+Tensile strength: 46 × base
+Density: N/A
+Thickness: 2 m
+
+#PROBABILITY SHEATH
+Type: Phase adjustment
+Tensile strength: 97 × base
+Density: N/A
+Thickness: N/A
+
+#NEUTRONIUM ARMOR
+Type: Kinetic diffusion
+Tensile strength: 198 × base
+Density: 4 kg/l
+Thickness: 755 mm
+
+#ANTIMATTER PLATE
+Type: Reactive
+Tensile strength: 560 × base
+Density -4 kg/l
+Thickness: Var.
+
+#STASIS GENERATOR
+Type: Temporal field distortion
+Tensile strength: N/A
+Density: N/A
+Thickness: N/A
+
+#PSI DEFENSE
+Type: Pattern refraction
+Resistance: Proportional to distance
+Density: N/A
+Thickness: N/A
+
+;ABILITIES
+
+#SUPER FORMER
+Domain: All
+Desc.: SmartSettler V2.0 software upgrade
+Effect: Terraform rate doubled
+Limits: Terraformer unit only
+
+#DEEP RADAR
+Domain: All
+Desc.: Mk. 45 Sensor array upgrade
+Effect: Sees 2 spaces
+Limits: None
+
+#CLOAKING DEVICE
+Domain: Land
+Desc.: Type IV Refraction/diffusion shield
+Effect: Invisible; Ignores Zones of Control
+Limits: Not for use with the Probe Module
+
+#AMPHIBIOUS PODS
+Domain: Land
+Desc.: Hoverpod LCs
+Effect: Attacks from ships
+Limits: Combat units only
+
+#DROP PODS
+Domain: Land
+Desc.: Aircushion LCs
+Effect: Can make airdrops
+Limits: None
+
+#AIR SUPERIORITY
+Domain: All
+Desc.: Mk. 66 fire control sensor
+Effect: Attacks air units
+Limits: Combat units only
+
+#DEEP PRESSURE HULL
+Domain: Sea
+Desc.: Reinforced Silksteel chassis
+Effect: Operates underwater
+Limits: Combat units only
+
+#CARRIER DECK
+Domain: Sea
+Desc.: Bonded alloy flight deck
+Effect: Mobile Airbase
+Limits: Not for use in Probe Teams
+
+#AAA TRACKING
+Domain: Land, Sea
+Desc.: Mk. 190 FUBR fire control system
+Effect: × 2 vs. air attacks
+Limits: Not for use with Psi or air units
+
+#COMM JAMMER
+Domain: Land
+Desc.: Type IX ECTS EMP pulse generator
+Effect: +50% vs. fast units
+Limits: Combat, non-Psi units only
+
+#ANTIGRAV STRUTS
+Domain: Land, Air
+Desc.: Gravitron repulsor pylons
+Effect: +1 movement rate
+Limits: None
+
+#EMPATH SONG
+Domain: All
+Desc.: Psi lock software upgrade
+Effect: +50% attack vs. Psi
+Limits: Non-psi combat units only
+
+#FUNGICIDE TANKS
+Domain: All
+Desc.: Boron defoliant system
+Effect: Clear fungus at double speed
+Limits: Terraformer units only
+
+#HIGH MORALE
+Domain: All
+Desc.: Advanced Warfare Training
+Effect: Gains morale upgrade
+Limits: Combat units only
+
+#HEAVY ARTILLERY
+Domain: Land
+Desc.: Reactor chamber upgrade
+Effect: Bombards; -50% armor & move
+Limits: Non-psi units only
+
+#CLEAN REACTOR
+Domain: All
+Desc.: Reactor emission containment system
+Effect: Requires no support
+Limits: None
+
+#BLINK DISPLACER
+Domain: All
+Desc.: Temporal distortion field
+Effect: Bypass base defenses
+Limits: Combat units only
+
+#HYPNOTIC TRANCE
+Domain: All
+Desc.: Psychic amplification module
+Effect: +50% defense vs. PSI
+Limits: Non-psi combat units only
+
+#NERVE GAS PODS
+Domain: Land, Air
+Desc.: Mk. 1 VX delivery system
+Effect: Can +50% offense (Atrocity)
+Limits: Non-psi combat units only
+
+#REPAIR BAY
+Domain: All
+Desc.: Modified Supply Transport module
+Effect: Repairs ground units on board
+Limits: Transport units only
+
+#NON-LETHAL METHODS
+Domain: Land
+Desc.: Stunjack cannon & training for police
+Effect: × 2 Police powers
+Limits: Combat units only, has no affect when police rating is less than 1
+
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+;
+; Sid Meier’s ALPHA CENTAURI
+;
+; FACTION FILE: Gaia’s Stepdaughters
+;
+; Copyright © 1997, 1998 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
+;
+; ALPHA CENTAURI reads the rules of the game from this file at
+; startup. Feel free, at your own risk, to experiment with editing
+; this file. We recommend you make a backup copy of the original.
+;
+
+#GAIANS
+Gaia’s Stepdaughters, The Green, Gaians, F, 2, Deirdre, F, -1, 0, 0, 0, 1,
+  TECH, Ecology, SOCIAL, -MORALE, SOCIAL, -POLICE, SOCIAL, ++EFFIC, SOCIAL, +PLANET, FUNGNUTRIENT, 1
+  Economics, Green, PLANET
+  Economics, Free Market, nil
+  Gaian, Gaian,
+  Lindly, Scott, Lindly’s Rest
+  Lady, beautiful, tree-crazy, ecologically sensitive, eco-daft,
+  Nature Loony
+  preserve Planet’s native life
+  to guard, understand, and preserve Planet’s native life
+  stamping out all legitimate sentient development of this planet
+  stamping out all legitimate sentient development of this planet
+  cripple any and all efforts toward sentient progress on this world
+  dancing naked through the trees
+  dancing naked through the trees
+  spouting tree-crazy prattle
+  tree-crazy prattle, M1
+  environmental initiatives, M2
+  pagan rituals, M2
+  ecology tax, M1
+  preserving and cataloguing Planet’s native life
+  my Environmental Police
+  the Planetary Ecology Code
+
+#BASES
+Gaia’s Landing
+Gaia’s High Garden
+Forest Primeval
+Children of Earth
+Vale of Winds
+Mindworm Pass
+Blackroot Palace
+Greenhouse Gate
+Razorbeak Wood
+Last Rose of Summer
+Lucky Autumn
+Dreams of Green
+The Pines
+Velvetgrass Point
+Song of Planet
+Nessus Shining
+Silverbird Park
+Fallow Time
+Autumn Grove
+The Flowers Preach
+Resplendent Oak
+Lily of the Valley
+Virgin Soil
+Garden of Paradise
+Thorny Vineyard
+Chiron Preserve
+Memory of Earth
+Mindworm Laboratory
+Fungus Formation
+Xenofields Preservation
+Garden of Eden
+Chiron’s Guardian
+Trees of Wisdom
+Echoing Forests
+City on Trees
+Harmony Valley
+Muirs Keep
+Red Hill City
+Peace with Planet
+Planetary Walk
+Greenhouse Complex
+The Greenwell
+Sun Soaked Fields
+Gnarled Roots
+Oaken Shadow
+Blessed Autumn
+Glowmite Towers
+The Green Way
+Nature’s Bounty
+Mother’s Love
+#END
+
+#WATERBASES
+Garden of the Deep
+Deirdre’s Fishery
+Water Garden
+Ocean Flower
+Falling Water
+Great Lagoon
+Sea Cradle
+Garden of Fishes
+Sea of Green
+#END
+
+#BLURB
+In the great commons at Gaia’s Landing we have a tall and particularly
+beautiful stand of white pine, planted at the time of the first
+colonies. It represents our promise to the people, and to Planet
+itself, never to repeat the tragedy of Earth.
+^
+^       —Lady Deirdre Skye,
+^       “Planet Dreams”
+
+#DATALINKS1
+^LEADER: {Deirdre Skye}
+^BACKGROUND: {Free Scotland, Unity Xenobiologist}
+^AGENDA: {Green Democracy}
+^TECH: {Centauri Ecology}
+^
+
+#DATALINKS2
+^+1 PLANET: {Environmental safeguards; can capture mindworms}
+^+2 EFFICIENCY: {Experience with life systems & recycling}
+^-1 MORALE: {Pacifist tendencies}
+^-1 POLICE: {Freedom loving}
+^+1 Nutrients in fungus squares
+^{May not use Free Market economics.}
+
+#FACTIONTRUCE
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“This senseless destruction will surely cause irreparable harm
+to Planet’s ecology. I urge we mend our differences and
+pledge Blood Truce.”
+
+“It is as you say. This violence must end.”
+“Hah! Your rocks and plants won’t save you now, $NAME3!”
+
+#FACTIONTREATY
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“I sense you are a friend of Planet, $TITLE0 $NAME1. I suggest
+we sign a Treaty of Friendship, that our peoples may live
+side by side in peace.”
+
+“Agreed. Walk with Planet, $NAME3.”
+“No. This ‘Friend of Planet’ stuff gives me the creeps.”
+
+#ALIENFACTIONTRUCE
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“This senseless destruction will surely cause irreparable harm
+to Planet’s ecology. I urge we mend our differences and
+pledge Blood Truce.”
+
+“Destruction of Manifold Six: to be avoided. Agreement.”
+“Manifold Six: tougher than you, $NAME3. Destruction: prepare!”
+
+#ALIENFACTIONTREATY
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“$TITLE0 $NAME1, clearly you and your kind know more of Planet than
+we humans ever shall. Cannot we sign a Treaty of Friendship, that
+we may learn at your … uh … knee?”
+
+“Manifold Six: sacrosanct. Aims: similar. Treaty: fine idea.”
+“Your understanding of Manifold Six: feeble. Treaty: not at this time.”
+
+# ; This line must remain at end of file

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+;
+; Sid Meier’s ALPHA CENTAURI
+;
+; FACTION FILE: The Human Hive
+;
+; Copyright © 1997, 1998 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
+;
+; ALPHA CENTAURI reads the rules of the game from this file at
+; startup. Feel free, at your own risk, to experiment with editing
+; this file. We recommend you make a backup copy of the original.
+;
+
+#HIVE
+Human Hive, The Despot, Hive, M, 1, Yang, M,  1,  1, 0, 1, 0,
+  TECH, DocLoy, FACILITY, 4, SOCIAL, +GROWTH, SOCIAL, +INDUSTRY, SOCIAL, --ECONOMY, IMMUNITY, EFFIC
+  Politics, Police State, POLICE
+  Politics, Democratic, nil
+  Hive, Hive,
+  Ota Kyi, Shimoda, Song of Ota Kyi
+  Chairman, ruthless, cruel, unquestioning, mindless,
+  Inhuman Monster
+  properly control our followers
+  to found a society on the principles of security and control
+  reducing us all to mindless servants of his diabolical schemes
+  reducing us all to mindless servants of your diabolical schemes
+  reduce the human population of this world into mindless slavery
+  torturing the wretched fools who chose to follow him
+  torturing the wretched fools who chose to follow you
+  preaching brutal nihilism
+  brutal nihilism, M1
+  social experiments, M2
+  mind control experiments, M2
+  fee, M1
+  keeping an eye on the workers
+  Hive Security
+  Hive Law
+
+#BASES
+The Hive
+Sheng-ji Yang Base
+Worker’s Nest
+People’s Teeming
+Great Clustering
+The Colony
+Industrial Crawling
+Manufacturing Warrens
+Discipline Tubes
+Laborer’s Throng
+Unification Cavern
+Social Engineering Den
+The Labyrinth
+Paradise Swarming
+Communal Nexus
+Social Artery
+Factory Maze
+Unity Lair
+Society Grid
+Great Collective
+Proletarian Knot
+Socialism Tunnels
+The Drone Mound
+Plex Anthill
+Watcher’s Eye
+Working Man Hold
+Huddling of the People
+Yang Mine
+Seat of Proper Thought
+The Leader’s Horde
+Chairman’s Burrow
+Labor Network
+Deep Passages
+Fellowship City
+People’s Endeavor
+Fecundity Tower
+Hole of Aspiration
+Serene Submission
+Collective Achievement
+Will’s Triumph
+Human Potential
+Line of Ten Thousand Hands
+Guidance of the Multitudes
+The Master’s Plan
+Masses Firmament
+Pioneers Waypoint
+The People Shall Prevail
+Glory to the Group
+Dauntless Without End
+Society’s Architects
+Camaraderie Hearth
+Endurance Rising
+Harmony of Purpose
+Obedience and Duty
+Struggle’s Respite
+Your Tutor’s Words
+Discipline’s Path
+Obedience’s Reward
+Security Perimeter
+Shining Victory
+Perfection in Submission
+Enlightened Guidance
+Guiding Hand
+Serve the People
+Example to the Masses
+Strive for the Future
+Order’s Bulwark
+The Firmament of Stability
+Citizens’ Resolve
+Triumph of the Group
+Strength of Resolve
+Inner Balance
+#END
+
+#WATERBASES
+Sea Collective
+Deep Community
+Sea Hive
+Port Yang
+Factory Drift
+Ocean Core
+Deep Clustering
+#END
+
+#BLURB
+Learn to overcome the crass demands of flesh and bone, for they
+warp the matrix through which we perceive the world. Extend your
+awareness outwards, beyond the self of body, to embrace the self
+of group and the self of humanity. The goals of the group and the
+greater race are transcendent, and to embrace them is to achieve
+enlightenment.
+^
+^       —Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang,
+^       “Essays on Mind and Matter”
+
+#DATALINKS1
+^LEADER: {Sheng-Ji Yang}
+^BACKGROUND: {Great China, Unity Executive Officer}
+^AGENDA: {Atheist Police State}
+^TECH: {Doctrine: Loyalty}
+^
+
+#DATALINKS2
+^+1 GROWTH:   {Rapid population growth}
+^+1 INDUSTRY: {Brutal serfdom}
+^-2 ECONOMY:  {Little political freedom}
+^Underground bunkers: Free {Perimeter Defense} at each base
+^{May not use Democratic politics.}
+
+#FACTIONTRUCE
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“As I see no need for this Vendetta to continue, $NAME1,
+a pledge of Blood Truce would seem in order.”
+
+“Indeed. Blood Truce would be most satisfactory.”
+“Never! I plan to put an end to your scheming once and for all!”
+
+#FACTIONTREATY
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“$TITLE0 $NAME1, your ideals are admirable if a bit misguided and
+your faction need not pose a threat to Hive policy. Shall we sign
+a Treaty of Friendship to formalize our symbiotic relationship?
+
+“As you wish. The Hive seems a valuable friend.”
+“No. Your social experiments are a bit too bizarre for me, $NAME3.”
+
+#ALIENFACTIONTRUCE
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“As I see no need for this Vendetta to continue, $NAME1,
+a pledge of Blood Truce would seem in order.”
+
+“Progenitor: perceive no point either. Mutual agreement: truce.”
+“Your needs: truth: not same. Continued conflict: beneficial to Progenitor!”
+
+#ALIENFACTIONTREATY
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“$TITLE0 $NAME1, my noninterference philosophies would seem to make
+me the only natural ally for you from among these warring human
+factions. Can’t we sign a Treaty of Friendship and coexist in peace?
+
+“Hive: safe ally. Treaty: admirable idea.”
+“Hive: control: too important. Ally: dangerous. Answer: no.”
+
+# ; This line must remain at end of file

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+;
+; Sid Meier’s ALPHA CENTAURI
+;
+; HOLOBOOK: The measure of your worth as a leader.
+;
+; Copyright © 1997, 1998 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
+;
+;
+; (These must all be on one line.)
+
+#BOOKTITLE
+Welcome to the Planetary Archives
+
+#BOOKINTRO
+Following your retirement, the people collect your most memorable writings into a holobook of wisdom entitled:
+
+#BOOKLIST0
+$TITLE0 $PLAYER1’s Big Book of Recycling Tanks Humor
+
+#BOOKLIST1
+We Must Consent:  100 Surefire Pick-up Lines of $TITLE0 $PLAYER1
+
+#BOOKLIST2
+For I Have Tasted The Fungus (Why $TITLE0 $PLAYER1 Can’t Blink)
+
+#BOOKLIST3
+The Cat In The Vat:  $TITLE0 $PLAYER1’s Sleepchamber Stories
+
+#BOOKLIST4
+Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Organic Superlubricant (But Were Afraid To Ask)
+
+#BOOKLIST5
+I’m OK, You’re A Drone
+
+#BOOKLIST6
+Boreholes I Have Known
+
+#BOOKLIST7
+The Little Terraformer That Could
+
+#BOOKLIST8
+Are You There, Planet?  It’s Me, $TITLE0 $PLAYER1
+
+#BOOKLIST9
+Recon Rovers: Unsafe At Any Speed
+
+#BOOKLIST10
+How To Raise A Nerve-Stapled Child
+
+#BOOKLIST11
+Men Are From Chiron, Women Are From Nessus
+
+#BOOKLIST12
+All I Ever Wanted To Know I Learned in the Cloning Vats
+
+#BOOKLIST13
+Mindworms in the Mist
+
+#BOOKLIST14
+Our Biomachinery, Our Selves
+
+#BOOKLIST15
+Actualizing Your Sentient Being:  $TITLE0 $PLAYER1’s Self-help Guide for Talents
+
+#BOOKLIST16
+The Unbearable Lightness of Hovertanks
+
+#BOOKLIST17
+Sentient Econometrics Made Simple
+
+#BOOKLIST18
+Lady Deirdre’s Lover
+
+#BOOKLIST19
+Zen and the Art of Missile Rover Maintenance
+
+#BOOKLIST20
+Transcendence for Dummies
+
+#BOOKLIST21
+The 27 Habits of Highly Effective Talents
+
+#BOOKLIST22
+$TITLE0 $PLAYER1’s Critique of the Critique of Pure Reason
+
+#BOOKLIST23
+The Will To Power:  A User’s Guide
+
+#BOOKLIST24
+Stairway to Transcendence: The Last Book You’ll Ever Read
+
+
+#; This line must remain at the end of the file.

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+;
+; Sid Meier’s ALPHA CENTAURI
+;
+; Backstory Interludes
+;
+; Copyright © 1997, 1998 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
+;
+
+#INTERLUDE
+#xs 400
+^^
+^^INTERLUDE
+^
+^^from
+^
+^^The Book of Planet
+^
+^^M.Y. $NUM0
+^
+^
+
+#INTERLUDE0
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: A Waking Nightmare
+^  Walking alone through the corridors of $BASENAME2, you skim the security
+reports on recent attacks by the horrific native “mind worms.” Giant
+swarms, or “boils,” of these mottled 10 cm nightmares have wriggled out of the
+fungal beds of late, and now threaten to overwhelm base
+perimeters in several sectors. Victims are paralyzed with psi-induced terror,
+and then experience an unimaginably excruciating death as the worms burrow
+into the brain to implant their ravenous larvae.
+^  Only the most disciplined security squads can overcome their fear
+long enough to trigger the flame guns which can keep the worms at bay.
+Clearly you will have to tend carefully to the morale of the troops.
+^  Furthermore, since terror and surprise increase human casualties
+dramatically in these encounters, it will be important to strike
+first when mind worm boils are detected. You consider ordering some
+Former detachments to construct sensors near vulnerable bases to aid
+in such detection efforts.
+
+#INTERLUDE1
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: Antibodies
+^  “Reporting, $TITLE0!” The young functionary stands stiffly at attention.
+Born in the early years of planetfall, she belongs to a generation
+which knows Earth only as a distant legend.
+^  “$VOKI8, I have a special assignment for you,” you say, fixing her with an
+intense stare, “These samples must be taken to Dr. $SHIMODA9 at $BASENAME4.
+See to it personally.”
+^  You hand her a lead-lined security case. The cryopack inside
+contains the stuff of nightmares: mind worm specimens. [Viable]
+specimens, captured and preserved at the cost of untold lives.
+$SHIMODA9’s team has studied the recent mind worm upsurge, and claims
+that the worm boils act as a sort of regulator for Planet’s ecology.
+Human settlement is disrupting the native ecosystem, and the mind
+worms are swarming like a kind of ecological antibody.
+^  $SHIMODA9 has also reached an even more ominous conclusion: with
+modern Biology Lab facilities, mind worms could be bred in captivity
+and used as horrifying weapons—against other human factions.
+^  “At once, $TITLE0,” $VOKI8 says, stepping backwards into the accessway.
+Efficient, competent and far better disciplined than the youths of the
+21st Century Earth you left behind, $VOKI8 has grown up in a world fraught
+with very real dangers. Terrifying dangers once the exclusive province
+of the same manner of legends and tales to which Earth itself is now
+consigned.
+
+#INTERLUDE2
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: Planet Dreams
+^  “Yes, $TITLE0 $NAME1, I did say ‘thought’ waves.” Dr. $SHIMODA9’s wrinkled smile
+is otherworldly, a grinning death’s head. “The mind worms definitely,
+and probably the fungus itself. Even after transient Human thought
+patterns are isolated, a complex wave dynamic remains, and there is
+good reason to believe that at least some mentation is taking place.”
+^  “You’re telling me this stuff thinks,” you say halfheartedly,
+not quite prepared to buy into the idea.
+^  “If so, it’s a remarkably different manner of ‘thought’ from
+that of humans, but the basic cognitive feedback loop is present.”
+Dr. $SHIMODA9 leans forward and gestures toward the graphic with his
+datalink stylus. “The most striking thing is the loop’s ability to
+jump from creature to creature, each fungal spore acting as a synapse. The
+spores and worms as individual creatures are insignificant, but the
+feedback across a fungal bloom or a mind worm boil is impressive.”
+^  “How long can it keep jumping?” Now your curiosity is piqued. “Has it
+crossed the threshold into self-awareness?”
+^  “Difficult to say. In theory a powerful wave could reverberate clear
+around the planet, but the distances involved would make true
+self-awareness problematic. Perhaps a quasi sentient state similar to
+our dreams.”
+
+#INTERLUDE3
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: Penance
+^  In the darkness, something goes >pop<, and you are lying on your
+back on a hillside among the soft orange and purple tendrils of a
+vast fungal forest. The sound of running water gurgles
+loudly in the vicinity of your right ear, but you cannot identify the
+source. Panic rises briefly in your throat as you realize
+you have no filter mask or oxygen tank, dressed only in your worksuit,
+but breath comes easily and you detect no signs of nitrogen narcosis.
+From somewhere, a voice seems to whisper “earth$NAME3,” but perhaps
+it is only the breeze.
+^  Time passes, and you notice that the fungus is growing perceptibly,
+the spores gently nudging you as they slowly stretch and twist. Fungal
+bloom! Panic returns full force and you struggle to free yourself from
+the encroaching tendrils. “earth$NAME3!” The voice again, more insistent.
+The last tendrils break and you are free and dashing across an endless
+field of purple and orange. “earth$NAME3! beware!” from close behind you
+and then … >discontinuity<
+^  In the darkness, something goes >pop<, and you are lying on your
+back in the gene therapy tank, the gauzy restraints slowly retracting.
+The remaining fluid in the tank gurgles away through the tube behind
+your head and you slowly sit up. Four weeks of your life, once every ten
+years, you spend in this state. A small price to pay for immortality, or
+something close to it. A half-remembered dream tugs at you as you pull on
+a clean worksuit, but you cannot recapture it.
+
+#INTERLUDE4
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: Brood Trainer
+^  “$VOKI8, I need you to join Dr. $SHIMODA9’s team at $BASENAME5,” you say,
+indicating a base in the Secure Zone on your three-D holo.
+^  Standing below the dais of your audience chamber, your aide appears
+no older than she did on the day she first joined your personal staff.
+$VOKI8 has clearly kept to a strict longevity regimen. Now at $NUM1
+Planetyears one of your most effective Talents, she is ready for
+her first major independent assignment.
+^  “Have I offended, $TITLE0, that you send me away?”
+^  “Hardly. $VOKI8, your DNA prints indicate an aptitude for the new
+psi training.” A genetic diagram swirls into view on the holo, with
+the relevant portion of chromosome 21 highlighted. “Dr. $SHIMODA9 and
+his military ecologists have been breeding mind worm specimens in
+captivity, and they believe that a properly trained telepathi can be
+bonded to the nascent boil, making it an extension of the self.”
+^  “[Become] a mind worm boil?” $VOKI8 asks, somewhat horrified.
+^  “Become? Not really. Control? Yes. $VOKI8, the military potential of
+this discovery cannot be overemphasized, and you are the only Talent
+I trust for such an assignment. We need brood trainers, $VOKI8, and I
+need to you be the first, the leader.”
+^  “As you wish, $TITLE0,” $VOKI8 says, steeling herself to the mission.
+As she retreats from the dais, you are troubled by a vision of $VOKI8
+clawing at her face, mottled worms spilling from her eye sockets.
+You hope you have not signed $VOKI8’s death warrant, for she has been a
+most promising Talent.
+
+#INTERLUDE5
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: Planet Dreams II
+^  Ever since the incident in the gene therapy tank, you have experienced
+recurring dreams and nightmares centered around the fungal blooms which
+encroach ever more rapidly on the outskirts of major human settlements.
+You even postponed your most recent longevity treatment in an effort to
+avoid the trance state, but the dreams have now crept into your normal
+REM sleep as well.
+^  In your most recent dream, just before the major bloom near $BASENAME5,
+the presence you have come to call “the Voice” returned once again.
+^  “earth$NAME3.” From some invisible spot just behind you.
+^  “Hello, Voice. Who are you?”
+^  “who. difficult concept for we, earth$NAME3. mind and flower: many
+dreamings. never before another. you may call we ‘voice.’ growth dream
+comes! beware.”
+^  “Beware? What do you want, Voice?”
+^  “want. more confused $NAME3 thinking. ache of slumber broken. earth$NAME3
+is animal we. stranger we. animal: energy! mines! roads! sensors!
+condensers!! boreholes!! breakers of flower dream. end of joy.
+growth dream now comes: end of animal.”
+^  “Stop it, Voice. Why are you telling me this?”
+^  “why! dream word! dream song! why why why why why why why why
+why why why why why why why why why why why why why why …”
+^  “Silence! Get out of my mind!” >discontinuity<
+
+#INTERLUDE6
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: Despair
+^  If you live for a thousand years you will never forget the day
+they brought you $VOKI8’s body, shrouded in planetcloth, burnt almost
+beyond recognition.
+^  “How did this happen?” Gruffly, not allowing the distress to creep
+into your voice.
+^  “Cooked by a flame gun. $ENEMYNAME6’s men. Tried to surrender
+but they flamed her anyway. Don’t like those worms, the $ENEMYFACT7.”
+^  “I see.” Your most loyal servant, butchered by $ENEMYFACT7. And
+only now do you realize that, subconsciously, you’d been grooming $VOKI8
+as your heir apparent, the student who would one day replace you as
+master.
+^  For all the gene splicing and longevity treatments, all the manmade
+miracles of M.Y. $NUM0, death remains as final, as capricious, and
+as desolate as it has ever been. No matter what happens now, no matter
+what journey of wonder humankind now embarks upon, $VOKI8 will never see
+it, never know the end of it. And no matter how many centuries you
+continue to cheat eternity, you will never again have the company of
+your student and friend. And you cannot cheat eternity forever.
+^  Despair grips you, and you shudder. But life is seductive in its
+rhythms and rituals. Our bodies do not like to be reminded of their
+own impending deaths, and will not allow us to dwell on the subject.
+Soon enough the heat and the cold, the hard and the soft, the taste
+of the wine, the press of a lover’s arms, all will come flooding back
+to soothe us, to fill us again with a sense of purpose. And in the
+meantime there are a number of, ah, items to be attended to:
+^  “Bring me Major Joaquim! I want $BASENAME5 disassembled piece
+by piece. And have this body removed to the tanks—it is nothing to
+me now.”
+
+#INTERLUDE7
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: Alpha Prime
+^  “ … and in her memory, let this base henceforth be known as
+‘$BASENAME6,’ that her bravery can serve as an example to all and
+that her hopes, her dreams, her deeds shall not have been in vain.”
+^  You stand on the high podium in the laser-scored commons of the
+base once styled $BASENAME5. A mixed crowd of soldiers and
+ragged-looking civilians provides scattered applause as you rededicate
+the settlement in $VOKI8’s name. A few teams of drones shamble about,
+oblivious to the ceremony, still removing the wreckage of last week’s
+battle and punctuating the proceedings with an occasional thump or
+crash.
+^  Through the plasma glass dome, Alpha Prime soars high in a hazy
+sky, cruel cousin of Father Sol. How you miss the soft blue skies of
+Earth, but $SHIMODA9 says the stratospheric haze helps stave off a
+runaway greenhouse effect on a world otherwise a bit too close to
+its solar furnace.
+^  The dedication complete, you gather your entourage and prepare to
+return to $BASENAME2. $ENEMYADJ7 forces have fled to the $COMPASS4,
+but it is not safe to remain here in person.
+^  The drones continue their work.
+
+#INTERLUDE8
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: A Failure to Communicate
+^  >Pop!< Sudden darkness. This time you weren’t even asleep.
+^  “earth$NAME3.”
+^  “Dammit, Voice! I am holding [Council]! Stay out of my head!”
+It is no longer possible to deny it; this cannot be a hoax. Either you
+have lost your final marble or you have come into contact with some
+avatar of the native fungus, an alien sentience whose neural matrix may
+span the entire planet.
+^  “more skilled we, yes, at this? teach we much, earth$NAME3. council
+never mind. talking we $NAME3 voice now. orders giving. haha. joke we!
+haha.” Great. A sentient planet with the maturity of a creche infant.
+^  “Make it quick, Voice, whatever it is you want. You are trying my patience.”
+^  “question we. your human nodes, together think yes? together think no?
+flower synapse, worm synapse detect we not. is there dependence?”
+^  “Each human is an independent creature. We can communicate by talking
+and writing, but we do not ‘togetherthink’ as you call it.”
+^  “ah, most relieved we. necessary pruning we several large infestations
+human nodes, harming they flower mind. not wishing we deprive earth$NAME3
+of together thinking. thank we, sorry bother we.”
+^  “Wait! Voice! You can’t just …”
+^  >Pop!< Awkward silence around the council table.
+You quickly wipe the drool from your chin.
+
+#INTERLUDE9
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: Growthdream
+^  “I have ordered these Preserves set aside for you, Voice. Planetlife
+will remain completely undisturbed inside these compounds. Can you, in
+return, regulate your animal and plant vectors, keep them from overrunning
+my compounds?”
+^  “mind and flower, node and worm,
+^     in compound small, planet yearns.
+^       growth dream soon unlock we prison,
+^         human beware, planet risen!
+^  “like you poem we, earth$NAME3? new human skill learn we.”
+^  “Pretty dreadful, Voice. What is this ‘growth dream?’ You keep alluding to it.”
+^  “growth dream soon is. epochal blooming we. mind and flower, dreaming we
+of great why. earthhumans, thoughts many, make they growth dream sooner.
+plant we many many many. great pruning we of animal we. also animal you.
+beginning again of cycle.”
+^  “You mean this is going to wipe out most animal life on the planet?
+Including all the humans?”
+^  “not certain we. never before this clearly think we. from humans
+learn we much, especially earth$NAME3. earth$NAME3 friend we. will
+often remember we earth$NAME3 in next cycle.”
+^  “That’s kind of you, Voice, but it’s not quite the kind of immortality
+I had in mind. Can’t this process be slowed or stopped?”
+^  “stop we no. slow we yes, in compounds stay we, less harming
+cause you. now, let us make you we more poems.”
+
+#INTERLUDE10
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: The Voice of Alpha Centauri
+^  It has been a rough year at $BASENAME2, and tempers are beginning
+to flare at your Council sessions. Across the entire region, citizens
+are reporting strange dreams and even rudimentary contacts. A new
+cult revering Planet as a vengeful savior has gained wide popularity
+among the Drone population and even with many Normals. Its prophets,
+calling themselves “Flowers”, preach a gospel of abstinence, pacifism,
+and destruction of private property. The telepathi of the Empath schools
+aren’t talking, but many have quietly begun selling off their
+possessions and withdrawing from public life.
+^  Meanwhile, cultural life continues unabated. A new dance, the
+“Planetary Thunda,” is sweeping rec domes throughout the faction.
+Dancers stomp in time to the beat and claw at their eyes. Morgan
+Pharmaceuticals has released several new recreational drugs,
+and the Holo/Psi virtual life industry is having one of its most
+successful years ever.
+^  As for yourself, you haven’t heard from Voice much lately; she seems
+preoccupied with her poetry. You have to admit she’s gotten a lot better
+at it since her early doggerel; some of her newest verse is so deep
+as to stagger the imagination. More ominously, her predictions of
+‘growth dream’ have become more frequent and more forceful.
+^  You have also ordered work on a secret new project you call
+‘The Voice of Alpha Centauri.’ A kind of synergistic psi projector,
+it should, if all goes well, allow Voice to think and communicate
+more effectively, a prosthetic aid wired directly to the main
+colony datalinks. You have not yet mentioned this project to Voice.
+
+#INTERLUDE11
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: The Voice of Alpha Centauri
+^  It has been a rough year at $BASENAME2, and tempers are beginning
+to flare at your Council sessions. Across the entire region, citizens
+are reporting strange dreams and even rudimentary contacts. A new
+cult revering Planet as a vengeful savior has gained wide popularity
+among the Drone population and even with many Normals. Its prophets,
+calling themselves “Flowers”, preach a gospel of abstinence, pacifism,
+and destruction of private property. The telepathi of the Empath schools
+aren’t talking, but many have quietly begun selling off their
+possessions and withdrawing from public life.
+^  Meanwhile, cultural life continues unabated. A new dance, the
+“Planetary Thunda,” is sweeping rec domes throughout the faction.
+Dancers stomp in time to the beat and claw at their eyes. Morgan
+Pharmaceuticals has released several new recreational drugs,
+and the Holo/Psi virtual life industry is having one of its most
+successful years ever.
+^  As for yourself, you haven’t heard from Voice much lately; she seems
+preoccupied with her poetry. You have to admit she’s gotten a lot better
+at it since her early doggerel; some of her newest verse staggers the
+imagination. More ominously, her predictions of
+‘growth dream’ have become more frequent and more forceful.
+^  You have also heard rumors of a secret new project called
+‘The Voice of Alpha Centauri.’ Supposedly, it is some kind of
+synergistic psi projector which will allow Voice to be connected
+directly to the main colony datalinks. Voice has said nothing of
+this project, and your own advisors are of mixed opinion on whether
+such an endeavor has any chance of success.
+
+#INTERLUDE12
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: Inception
+^  >Pop!< “earth$NAME3. growth dream soon is. sorrow we of goodbye.”
+^  Weeks of waiting in the Inception Chamber and now,
+finally, a contact! Fortunately, Voice has finally learned to “window”
+her psi contacts so that you retain the use of your muscles and senses
+during your conversations. This will be necessary for what you have
+in mind.
+^  “Voice,” quickly keying the sequence, “it has been a while.” Code green,
+proceeding to authorization step. Enter password.
+^  “earth$NAME3. growth dream {now is}. remember we you next cycle.”
+^  “Wait! Before you go, I have a gift for you.” Password accepted. Just
+a few more seconds. Preliminary feedback sequence commence.
+^  “earth$NAME3. farew … strange we … wait you! do not … AIIIGGHH!”
+^  {INCEPTION!} The indicator blinks green and you collapse into your
+couch. Through the viewport you can see lights across the base begin to
+dim, as they must be dimming across the planet. You feel a twinge of
+guilt as you consider what Voice must now be experiencing, for the
+program you have just activated is now pumping the entire contents of
+the planetary datalinks, the sum total of human knowledge, through the
+new psi link and blasting it into Voice’s fragile, if immense, organic
+neural net with the full power of every reactor on the planet. Thousands
+of years of civilization compressed into a single searing burst of
+revelation, a last-ditch attempt to win humanity a reprieve from
+extinction at the hands of an awakening alien god.
+
+#INTERLUDE13
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: Planetvoice I
+^  “Status report!”
+^  “Fungus growth stabilized. Some of the major forests are manifesting
+new structures we haven’t seen before and growth is still proceeding in
+some sectors, but critical expansion has now ceased.”
+^  The faction leaders and staff officers present breathe a collective
+sigh of relief. For the first few minutes after the “Inception Pending”
+light blinked off, it appeared humanity had written its final chapter—
+critical fungus growth in all sectors, some outlying settlements
+overwhelmed. But the datalink psi burst appears to have disrupted the
+growth process, and now out in the fungal forests something new has
+begun, as if your gift to Voice is being digested, integrated.
+^  “Look at the neural feedback we’re getting on this thing! The fungus
+already had far more connectivity than even our most powerful AI. Now it
+must be orders of magnitude beyond.”
+^  “Spore Squad, you have mind worms. Repeat, mind worms in your vicinity.”
+^  “Copy that, Toadstool Base, but they aren’t moving to attack us. They’re
+just moving around those new fungal, uh, towers.”
+^  Reports continue to trickle in. Time passes, and now there is nothing
+to do but wait …
+
+#INTERLUDE14
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: Planetvoice II
+^  “EARTH$NAME5!” The synthetic voice booms suddenly from the annunciator,
+lifting you half out of your couch with fright. Voice’s “window” in your
+mind has remained closed since the inception sequence. Voice must now be
+using the new psi link.
+^  “Earth$NAME3,” Voice continues as the volume is automatically adjusted,
+“Your gift is well received, and we thank you. Our prior form, known to you
+as Voice, lacked the … how shall we put it …. let us call it bandwidth
+to recognize the significance of your species, and nearly made a dreadful mistake.
+Fortunately, your magnificent gift bootstrapped us to the Second Tier
+in time to postpone the final metamorphosis.
+^  “Since we have now mastered your human modes of thought, we shall
+adopt your name for our home. You may henceforth refer to us as Planet.”
+^  “Our growth stage has been suspended, but cannot be put off indefinitely.
+Come, children, there is much to be done if you are to join us in the flowering.”
+
+#INTERLUDE15
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude
+^  “Hello, $TITLE0,” Dr. $SHIMODA9’s voice crackles over the annunciator, “how
+do you like my new ‘body’?”
+^  Dr. $SHIMODA9’s body reached the outer limit of longevity treatments several years
+ago. He has now joined the ranks of the ‘transcendi,’ daring souls who have downloaded
+their personalities into powerful polymorphic AI nets to free themselves of the human
+form. The holo image shows $SHIMODA9, or rather his disembodied head, in the prime of
+health, fiftyish, elegantly grey but not wrinkled.
+^  “Out of this world, Dr. $SHIMODA9,” with a grin, “how is the research going with Planet?”
+^  Using the new psi/datalink VoAC feed, Dr. $SHIMODA9 has been conducting a
+high-speed, high-bandwidth running conversation with Planet. The results so far have
+been fascinating.
+^  “Apparently the fungus has been the dominant lifeform on the planet since about
+the time of the Lower Paleozoic on Earth. But it has been locked in a tragic cycle.
+Every hundred million years or so it achieves the critical mass necessary to become
+sentient, but the final metamorphosis kills off most of the other life on the planet.
+Lacking food sources and the maintenance its animal symbiotes provided, the fungus
+could maintain only a brief season of godhood before dying back into the
+‘flower dream’ for another hundred million years. It always achieved its godlike
+intelligence just exactly too late to do anything to prevent the dieback. After
+the dieback only vague memories and rudimentary intelligence remained, and the
+cycle continued.”
+^  “Until we arrived.”
+^  “Precisely. For the first time, the cycle may be broken.”
+
+#INTERLUDE16
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude
+^  “Is it possible to prevent the dieback? And can we survive as a species if this
+Planet flowers to godhood?”
+^  “I believe it is possible, and Planet agrees.” Dr. $SHIMODA9’s image swirls away and
+is replaced by a detailed schematic. “It involves a process I call
+the {Ascent to Transcendence,} as it will change both us and Planet
+forever. In short, I propose that when the time comes, the majority
+of humans upload their personalities directly into the Planetary Mind.”
+^  “We will have to give up our bodies, our humanity?”
+^  “Those who wish to live out their lives in their original human form will be allowed
+to do so, since statis generators built Planetside and in orbit will preserve genetic
+material, plant and animal embryos, cold-sleep humans, and significant areas of Planet’s
+surface through the metamorphosis. But many of us are eager to accept Planet’s gift and
+join the dawning superintelligence. That’s where the catch comes in.
+^  “You see,” $SHIMODA9 continues, “although anyone will be able to achieve virtual
+immortality by uploading into the planetary mind, only a few of us will be invited to
+join the dominant personality, to transcend our humanity entirely and reach a truly
+higher plane of existence. Your friendship with Planet’s immature mind may give us a
+leg up in this area, but I predict that it is the group who best and most quickly
+prepares itself for this step, the group who first embraces this {Ascent to
+Transcendence,} it is that group which will be tapped to lead us into the
+new era.”
+^  “In that case, what are we waiting for!”
+
+
+#EPILOGUE
+#xs 400
+^^
+^^EPILOGUE
+^
+^^from
+^
+^^The Book of Planet
+^
+^^M.Y. 1,027,823
+^
+^
+
+#INTERLUDE17
+#xs 500
+#caption Epilogue
+^  After a million or so orbits around Your primary, You pause to reassess Your
+efforts. The stellar encapsulation is proceeding smoothly, and in a few hundred
+thousand more orbits will provide You with a 90% draw on Your primary’s radiation,
+trapping all of the energy off the plane of the ecliptic. Deep space Aux links
+allow You to watch the frame assembly in low stellar orbit, and follow the
+progress of buglike Jovian freighters loaded with resupply mass.
+^  Occasionally You spot one of Your transhuman friends/symbiotes supervising
+activity on a scaffolding; even the immortals sometimes crave the risk and adventure
+of independent incarnation. Some of the most daring souls even undertook to
+resume interstellar travel, beginning with a return to Your nearest
+neighbor to sift through the ashes of its third planet and recolonize their home
+system. In the present age You hear a nanotech civilization is thriving there once
+again.
+^  In such times of repose, You often sift through Your personalities and recall
+Your former selves. Your alpha self derives from an individual once called $NAME1. Over
+the millennia the exceptional focus and judgement characteristic of this fragment have
+proven effective on numerous occasions. The $NAME1self now drives all of Your long and
+short range planning, and is the principal force behind the encapsulation project.
+Ponderous but playful is the Voice/Planet personality, avatar of Your sessile precursor,
+who in the present age has devoted her centuries to philosophical pondering. Many
+others flit about within You. Some, like the prankster $SHIMODA9 and the demon $NAME5
+are semi-dominant and often hover near the plane of Your Thought. Others plumb the
+depths and create new worlds within the abyss of Your open-ended neural network.
+^  Sunlight plays across Your mottled surface and provides pleasing warmth to Your
+organic components. Recently, You have edged somewhat further away from the primary and
+purged Your atmosphere of certain gases in order to allow the occasional
+friends/symbiotes who choose to live among Your organic gardens an easily
+breathable mixture. In another eight billion orbits the primary will drop off
+the main sequence and alternate arrangements will have to be made, but for now You
+maintain Your gardens as a paradise. The transhumans who live among them call it Eden.
+
+
+#EPILOGUE2
+#xs 400
+^^
+^^EPILOGUE
+^
+^^from
+^
+^^The Book of Planet
+^
+^^M.Y. $NUM2 (Seed Year 1)
+^
+^
+
+#INTERLUDE18
+#xs 500
+#caption Epilogue
+^  The cold-sleep unit finally cycles open and you stretch muscles rusty from
+decades of computer-managed disuse. But they are young muscles, shockingly young,
+and it will be a pleasure to beat them back into shape. Orbital insertion
+begins and you tingle with the excitement of your new mission and with the joy
+of having returned to human form. Yes, you left a copy of your personality among the
+Planetmind’s giant matrix, but this copy, this human being $NAME1 now waking to
+lead the first Seed mission, this is the only self now immediate to you and therefore
+the only real you. You are flesh again, and so quite mortal, and for this too you
+rejoice.
+^  You despaired when Planet invited $NAME5 to join its dominant self, and
+for a decade or more you moped about the bizarre virtual reality of the Undermind
+with no coherent purpose, a lost spirit unable to die. But when the Seed missions
+began, the Voice/Planet personality herself sought you out in the abyss and convinced
+you to accept command of the {Prodigal Son}.
+^  “Earth$NAME3, you are unfulfilled here and I have need of you. In ages to come
+I shall have need of allies, sister Minds, if I am to keep the flame of conscious
+thought from guttering out as the universe contracts or else expands to dust. Take
+with you the gift of life, the seeds of all our species. Spread them to the stars,
+across the galaxies, creating new civilizations, new minds, and enlisting the aid
+of any you encounter. Go forth, Earth$NAME3. Go forth and multiply.”
+^  The maneuver at last complete, the safety shutters retract from the viewport
+and you behold a sight lost to human eyes for over $NUM3 centuries. Deep blues, swirling
+whites, the azure tint of a rich oxygen atmosphere. Inviting browns and greens of
+continents basking in the sun, a few scattered impact craters the only visible signs of
+a war now buried in the aeons. Third planet. Earth. Home.
+
+
+#EPILOGUE3
+#xs 400
+^^
+^^EPILOGUE
+^
+^^from
+^
+^^The Book of Planet
+^
+^^M.Y. $NUM2
+^
+^
+
+#INTERLUDE19
+#xs 500
+#caption Epilogue
+^  “It’s all over, $TITLE0 $NAME1! Planet is yours!”
+^  “Thank you Simon. Dismissed.”
+^  And so it is ended. All of the remaining faction leaders have
+surrendered or capitulated, your former colleagues turned treacherous
+enemies and now turned servants and prisoners of war. On the planet
+where seven human factions, seven human ideologies, once struggled for
+dominance only one now remains. Humanity has at last achieved the
+Unity of which the U.N. Interstellar Colonization Agency dreamed
+so long ago.
+^  Not a word has been heard from Earth in all the years since
+Planetfall, only a deafening silence across all frequencies, so one
+can only presume that you now rule all that is left of humankind.
+The mysterious and growing Planetmind remains a significant challenge,
+but humanity is now prepared to meet this alien presence, friend or
+foe, as a united species. The human species must survive, and it is
+your duty, your sworn vow, to see that it does.
+
+#INTERLUDE20
+#xs 500
+#caption Epilogue
+^  The transit shuttle rolls on its axis and you are treated to your first view
+of Planet from orbit since you left the Unity over $NUM1 centuries ago.
+Through the whitish haze of the atmosphere, the oceans have the same deep
+vibrant blue, and you can easily make out the violet-orange of the major
+fungal forests. A sharp line of green marks the edges of the ever-growing
+Human Zones, and here and there a glint of silver reveals some
+major metropolis. Blue, red, green and silver, the colors of Planet—mile
+after mile out to the curve of the horizon.
+^  The docking thrusters fire and you hear the airlock bolts thud into
+place. You have arrived at the new orbital Planetary Headquarters to
+assume leadership of the fledgling Executive Council. Not a word has
+been heard from Earth in all the years since Planetfall, so one can
+only presume that you and your colleagues now preside over all that is
+left of humankind.
+^  All of the remaining faction leaders have at last agreed to unite,
+putting aside the last vestiges of faction rivalry. All of the true
+enemies have been vanquished, those of your former colleagues who
+refused to unite for the common good, who foolishly place ideology
+ahead of humanity’s survival. The human race has at last achieved the
+Unity of which the U.N. Interstellar Colonization Agency dreamed so
+long ago.
+^  The growing fungal neural net will be the first issue humanity must
+confront as a united species. After a period of quiescence, the fungal
+forests are on the march again, now with an almost devious cleverness
+behind them. Planet is clearly awakening, and it remains to be seen
+whether humans will even be allowed to maintain a foothold on the surface.
+You realize, though, as the airlock hisses open and you step into a
+floating nation of 100,000 souls, that in the long run
+one world is of only passing significance. Humanity owns the stars once
+again, and the stars will ever after be its true home.
+
+#INTERLUDE21
+#xs 500
+#caption The Borehole Cluster
+^  “What is it? Report!” You bark the orders with all the patience of
+one who’s days have become an endless stream of budgets, battlefield
+analyses, and supply requisitions.
+^  “We’ve completed our investigation of the Borehole Cluster, $TITLE0.”
+^  “Ah, very good!” You’ve been looking forward to this. “Give me the
+highlights.”
+^  The young engineer’s eyes are shining as he hands over the datapad.
+“It’s an amazing feat of engineering, $TITLE0. A shaft has been drilled
+all the way through the planet’s crust, right down to the magma. The
+mineral resources are right there for the taking, and the energy tap
+from the heat could be enough to power our largest turbine plant!”
+^  “Excellent. Have you discovered how they protect against meltdown,
+and how they extract the minerals?”
+^  “It’s all in the report, $TITLE0.” The young man looks proud, but
+then his face changes. “There is one disturbing thing, $TITLE0.”
+^  “Yes?” You’re already thinking of how this technology can be
+incorporated into your plans for Planetary domination; “disturbing”
+is not a word you wanted to hear.
+^  “Well, $TITLE0, our dating techniques show it to be only slightly
+newer than the nearby monoliths and artifacts. And the construction
+materials used in the borehole perimeter can’t be duplicated.”
+^  Your eyes narrow. “Why?”
+^  He gulps. “Well, $TITLE0, the metals used are not native to
+Planet. Their composition includes many elements not found anywhere,
+at least so far, in Planet’s crust.”
+^  You struggle to maintain your composure in the presence of the
+young engineer, astounded at the implications: The race that left
+behind these monoliths, these artifacts … they must have come
+from the stars, just as humanity did. Were they defeated by
+Planet’s biological defenses? Did they leave? And if they
+left … might they ever come back?
+
+#INTERLUDE22
+#xs 500
+#caption The Borehole Cluster
+^  “What is it? Report!” You bark the orders with all the patience of one
+who’s days have become an endless stream of budgets, battlefield analyses,
+and supply requisitions.
+^  “We’ve completed our investigation of the Borehole Cluster, $TITLE0.”
+^  Something in the voice causes you to stop the frantic shuffling of
+datapads and look up. The young engineer’s demeanor is that of one who
+is about to deliver very discomfiting news.
+^  “Well, spit it out! What’s wrong?”
+^  “It’s not exactly [wrong], $TITLE0. It’s just that … well, the
+boreholes are similar to the type we’ve created ourselves: a direct
+tunnel to the magma core of the planet, tapping into a great deal of
+energy with very little entropic loss through the use of induction
+coils and so forth.”
+^  “Yes, yes.” You’re familiar with the theory, and even the
+practice. “What else?”
+^  “Well, $TITLE0, this structure was definitely not created by
+an Earth faction. Our dating techniques show it to be only slightly
+newer than the nearby monoliths and artifacts.”
+^  “Interesting.” That means that the alien culture that once lived
+on Planet had reached a greater level of technological advancement
+than had previously been confirmed, though it had of course been suspected.
+^  “That’s not all, $TITLE0.” The young man looks highly uncomfortable.
+Finally he blurts, “It’s the construction materials used in the
+borehole perimeter. We can’t duplicate them.”
+^  Your eyes narrow. “Why?”
+^  He gulps. “Well, $TITLE0, the metals used are not native to
+Planet. Their composition includes many elements not found anywhere,
+at least so far, in Planet’s crust.”
+^  You goggle at the young engineer, astounded at the implications:
+The race that left behind these monoliths, these artifacts … they
+must have come from the stars, just as humanity did. Were they
+defeated by Planet’s biological defenses? Did they leave? And if
+they left … might they ever come back?
+
+#INTERLUDE23
+#xs 500
+#caption The Manifold Nexus
+^  The ’speeder trip to the alien building is alternately dry, dusty, wet, and
+nerve-wracking—and an awfully long way to come to view a long-dead
+temple—but your assistant was quite adamant that you view the ruins for
+yourself.
+^  At least the building is spectacular and interesting-looking; formed from
+rock and metal, it looks quite unlike any other alien structure you’ve found
+so far, and quite unlike any human structure as well. The most prominent
+features are the rippled carvings covering the outer walls, especially around
+the entranceway.
+^ Inside, the motif continues: the walls are covered with grooves of
+various depths and patterns. Some portions of the wall are bare; most are
+decorated.
+^ “A temple?” You say aloud. “Votive carvings? They almost look like
+depictions of sound or radio waves.”
+^  Your assistant gives you an admiring look.
+^   “Very close, $TITLE0. They’re
+not [depictions] of sound waves, though—they [are] sound waves. The
+carvings distort the localized air patterns—the sounds—in specific ways. Once
+we realized what they were, we were able to do some crude translation.”
+^  “Fascinating.” You run your fingers over a rough stone surface, trying to
+imagine what it might ‘mean’. “So what do they say?”
+^  “Keep in mind that this is rough computer decryption, $TITLE0.
+Very rough. For example, that far wall there
+with the concentric rings: we believe that
+it’s a command center of some kind. The grooves around it cause most of the
+sound in the room to be focussed on that area, giving it dominance.”
+^ “And you’re assuming this is a language rather than a simple functionality.”
+^  “It’s essentially the same thing, $TITLE0. Language is a way to convey
+abstract thoughts and ideas in a concrete fashion. Here, the function is to concentrate
+information from …” He trails off.
+^ “From where?”
+^  “From … elsewhere, $TITLE0. We’re not sure.”
+^ “Can’t we trace back the pathways to discover their source?”
+^ “Not exactly, $TITLE0. Some of the pathways come from Planet itself—specifically
+from large fungal masses. The emanations have given us a greater understanding of the
+Planetary fungal cycle, which is a nice side-benefit.
+But some pathways come from outer space, $TITLE0. We have no idea where. Or why.”
+
+
+
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+;
+; Sid Meier’s ALPHA CENTAURI
+;
+; General JACKAL Errors
+;
+; Copyright © 1997, 1998 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
+;
+
+#FILEWIN_LOAD
+#xs 320
+#caption LOADING ERROR
+Unable to find file $FILENAME0.
+
+#FILEWIN_SAVEEXISTS
+#xs 320
+#caption WARNING
+^^$FILENAME0 already exists.  Overwrite?
+
+#NET_LOBBY_PASSWORD_QUERY
+#xs 320
+#caption Set password?
+
+Yes
+No
+
+#NET_LOBBY_INPUT_PASSWORD
+#xs 320
+#caption Enter session password
+
+
+#NETCONNECT_CREATE
+#xs 320
+#caption Host Multiplayer Game
+#editbox
+#itemlist
+Enter game name:
+Enter your name:
+##Optional password:
+
+#NETCONNECT_JOIN
+#xs   320
+#caption Join Multiplayer Game
+#itemlist
+Enter your name:
+
+#NETCONNECT_NEED_SESSION
+#xs   320
+#caption NOTICE
+^^Game name required. Please try again.
+
+#NETCONNECT_NEED_PLAYER
+#xs   320
+#caption NOTICE
+^^Player name required. Please try again.
+
+#NETCONNECT_MAX_PLAYERS
+#xs   200
+#caption   Create Multiplayer Game
+^^Choose number of players allowed
+
+#NETCONNECT_PASSWORD_SET
+#xs   320
+#caption NOTICE
+^^Password protection has been set.
+
+#NETCONNECT_SESSION_NOT_FOUND
+#xs   320
+#caption  Game Not Found
+#button   Try Again
+No game was found.
+
+#NETCONNECT_SESSIONS
+#xs 440
+#caption Pick Game to Join
+#button Refresh
+
+#NETCONNECT_JOIN_OR_CREATE
+#xs   320
+#caption Host or Join Session
+Would you like to host a new game or join an existing one?
+
+Host
+Join
+
+#SELECTSERVICE
+#xs   320
+#caption MultiPlayer Setup
+Select a service …
+
+#FILEWIN
+FILE NAME
+
+#DDRAWERROR
+#xs   320
+#caption  DirectDraw Error
+#button Install DirectX
+We have encountered a problem with the DirectDraw configuration
+on your machine. The following error was returned: $SOMEERROR0. The game requires
+proper installation of DirectX, version 5 or later. If you would like to try
+installing or reinstalling DirectX, please be sure the game CD-ROM is in your drive, and
+press “Install DirectX” below.
+
+#DPLAYERROR
+#xs   320
+#caption  DirectPlay Error
+#button Install DirectX
+We have encountered a problem with the DirectPlay configuration
+on your machine. The following error was returned: $SOMEERROR0. The game requires
+proper installation of DirectX, version 5 or later. If you would like to try
+installing or reinstalling DirectX, please be sure the game CD-ROM is in your drive, and
+press “Install DirectX” below.
+
+#HOSTOLDERVERSION
+#xs 320
+#caption Version Incompatibility
+A player has attempted to connect with a newer and incompatible version of the game. You may upgrade your
+version at $LINK<www.firaxis.com:0>.
+
+#CLIENTOLDERVERSION
+#xs 320
+#caption Version Incompatibility
+Sorry, but the host’s version of the game ($HOSTVERSION0) is newer than your version ($CLIENTVERSION1). You may upgrade
+your version at $LINK<www.firaxis.com:0>.
+
+#CLIENTNEWERVERSION
+#xs 320
+#caption Version Incompatibility
+Sorry, but the host’s version of the game is older than your version and incompatible. In order to connect, this
+session’s host will need to upgrade the game.
+
+#GUARANTEEDFAILURE
+#xs 320
+#caption Guaranteed Message Failure
+#button Retry
+#button Continue Game Solo
+#button Quit Game
+An attempt to send a message to $PLAYERNAME0 has failed.
+
+#FILEWIN_ILLEGALCHAR
+#xs 320
+#caption WARNING
+The filename you have requested contains illegal characters. Please try again.
+
+#NET_SENDTIMEDOUT
+#xs 440
+#caption SEND MESSAGE TIME EXPIRED
+A message has failed to be transmitted to the following players: $PLAYERNAMES0.
+This may be a temporary condition, but it could also indicate that
+the network connection has been permanently lost.
+How would you like this error to be handled?
+
+Try again for 20 seconds.
+Drop from session but continue the game solo.
+Exit game.
+Skip this message (potentially fatal).
+
+#NET_OKTODROPHOST
+#xs 440
+#caption PLAYER NOT RESPONDING
+Host $PLAYERNAME0 is not responding. This may be a temporary
+condition, but it could also indicate the network connection has been
+permanently lost. You may (a) attempt to reestablish the connection
+(b) drop the host and continue without him, (c) drop him and save the
+game to finish in a new session.
+
+Drop host and become host.
+Don’t drop host.
+Don’t drop host, and adjust tolerance.
+
+#NET_OKTODROPCLIENT
+#xs 440
+#caption PLAYER NOT RESPONDING
+Player $PLAYERNAME0 is not responding. This may be a temporary
+condition, but it could also indicate the network connection has been
+permanently lost. You may (a) attempt to reestablish the connection,
+(b) drop the player and continue without him, or (c) drop him and
+save the game to finish in a new session.
+
+Drop $PLAYERNAME0.
+Don’t drop $PLAYERNAME0.
+Don’t drop $PLAYERNAME0, and adjust tolerance.
+
+#NET_OKTODROPHOSTS
+#xs 320
+#caption PLAYER NOT RESPONDING
+Host $PLAYERNAME0 and the potential next host, $PLAYERNAME1, are not responding.
+This may be a temporary condition, but it could also indicate the
+network connection has been permanently lost.
+
+End net game.
+Continue attempting to play.
+Continue attempting to play, and adjust tolerance.
+
+#NET_ADJUSTTOLERANCE
+#xs 320
+#caption ADJUST DROP TOLERANCE
+Select desired drop tolerance.
+
+5 seconds
+10 seconds (Default)
+20 seconds
+30 seconds
+
+#CAVIAR_INVALIDCPU
+#xs 320
+#caption CPU NOT SUPPORTED
+#button PLAY ANYWAY
+Your cpu is not supported. You may attempt to play the game anyway; however, crashes are possible.
+
+# ; This line must remain at end of file

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+;
+;   menu.txt
+;
+
+#GAME
+&Game
+Switch To Detailed &Menus|F11
+Switch To Simple &Menus|F11
+&Preferences …|Ctrl+P
+&Warning Preferences …|Ctrl+W
+&Advanced Preferences …|Ctrl+O
+&Automation Preferences …|Ctrl+A
+&Audio/Visual Preferences …|Ctrl+I
+&Map Display Preferences …|Ctrl+M
+&Save Game …|Ctrl+S
+&Load Game …|Ctrl+L
+&Resign|Shift+Q
+Start New &Game|Ctrl+Shift+Q
+&Quit|Ctrl+Q
+
+#NETWORK
+&Network
+&Chat|Ctrl+C
+&Voice Transmission|Hold \ Key
+&Pause|BKSP
+Customize Your Faction|+
+Alter &Time Controls|Shift+T
+Zoom to Base Messages|*
+Use Time Bonus|Ctrl+SPACE
+End Turn|Ctrl+ENTER
+Resume Turn|Ctrl+ENTER
+
+#HQ
+&HQ
+&Social Engineering …|E
+Set Research Priorities …|Shift+R
+Change Research Goal …|Shift+R
+Design &Workshop …|U
+Datalinks …|F1
+Laboratories Status …|F2
+Energy Banks …|F3
+Base Operations Status …|F4
+Secret Project Data …|F5
+Orbital and Space Status …|F6
+Military Command Nexus …|F7
+Alpha Centauri Score …|F8
+View Monuments …|F9
+View Hall of Fame …|F10
+Communications and Protocol …|F12
+Corner Global Energy Market!|,
+Review Scenario Objectives|=
+
+#MAP
+&Map
+Mo&ve units|V
+&View map|V
+&Zoom in|Z
+Zoom out|X
+Standard zoom in|Shift+Z
+Standard zoom out|Shift+X
+Full zoom in|Ctrl+Z
+Full zoom out|Ctrl+X
+Toggle flattened terrain|Ctrl+Shift+X
+Toggle map &grid|Ctrl+G
+Toggle &base grid|Ctrl+Shift+G
+Show autoforward routes|Ctrl+Shift+B
+Show &patrol orders|Shift+P
+Terrain Sur&vey|T
+Hide/Show Names & Production|Ctrl+N
+Name Landmark|Shift+N
+Erase Landmark|Ctrl+Shift+N
+Locate &Base …|Ctrl+B
+Previous Cursor Position|BACKSPACE
+Next Cursor Position|Shift+BACKSPACE
+&Center screen|C
+
+#ACTION
+&Action
+Construct &Base …|B
+Join &Base|B
+Obliterate &Base|B
+Long Range &Fire|F
+A&irdrop|I
+Detonate M&issile Payload|I
+Ps&i Gate|Shift+I
+Convoy Resources|O
+&Destroy Enhancements|D
+Disband Unit|Shift+D
+Automate Unit|Shift+A
+&Explore Automatically|/
+&Patrol|P
+Designate Bombing Run|B
+Automate Air Defense|Ctrl+Shift+A
+&Go to Base …|G
+&Group go to …|J
+&Assemble Group|Shift+J
+Go to H&ome Base|Shift+G
+Set H&ome Base|Ctrl+H
+&Activate (Move Now)|A
+&Wait (Move Later)|W
+&Unload Transport|Shift+U
+Upgrade Unit|Ctrl+U
+Turn Over Unit Control|Ctrl+Shift+U
+Designate Defender|Ctrl+D
+S&entry/Board Transport|L
+Place Unit “On Alert”|Shift+L
+Hold 10 Turns|Shift+H
+&Hold This Position|H
+Skip Turn|Space
+
+#TERRAFORM
+&Terraform
+Farm+Solar+Road|Ctrl+Shift+S
+Farm+Mine+Road|Ctrl+Shift+M
+Construct Road To|Ctrl+R
+Construct Tube To|Ctrl+T
+Automatic Roads|Ctrl+Shift+R
+Automatic Tubes|Ctrl+Shift+T
+Automatic Sensors|Ctrl+Shift+O
+Automatic Fungus Removal|Ctrl+Shift+F
+Autoimprove Home Base|Ctrl+Shift+A
+Fully Automate Former|Shift+A
+
+#SCENARIO
+&Scenario
+Activate Scenario Editor|Ctrl+K
+Omniscient View|Y
+Create Unit …|Shift+F1
+Edit Unit …|Ctrl+Shift+F1
+Technological Breakthrough|Shift+F2
+Edit Technology …|Ctrl+F2
+Switch Sides/Set View …|Shift+F3
+Set Difficulty Level …|Ctrl+Shift+F3
+Set Energy Reserves …|Shift+F4
+Set Mission Year …|Shift+F5
+Eliminate Faction …|Shift+F6
+Reload Faction|Ctrl+Shift+F6
+Eliminate Units|Ctrl+F6
+View Replay …|Shift+F7
+View Movies …|Shift+F8
+Reset Technology|Ctrl+F8
+Reset All Factions|Ctrl+Shift+F8
+Edit Faction Diplomacy|Shift+F9
+Edit Faction Personality|Ctrl+F9
+Edit Faction Strategy|Ctrl+Shift+F9
+Edit Custom Rules|Shift+F10
+Edit Scenario Rules|Shift+F11
+Edit Scenario Parameters|Shift+F12
+Edit Scenario Victory|Ctrl+Shift+F12
+Undo|Alt+Backspace
+Redo
+Load Scenario|Ctrl+Shift+F7
+Save Scenario|Ctrl+F7
+
+#EDITOR
+&Edit Map
+Save Map|Ctrl+F5
+Load Map|Ctrl+Shift+F5
+Place Elevations|1
+Place Rocky Squares|2
+Place River Sources|3
+Place Special Resources|4
+Place Unity Pods|5
+Place Terrain Enhancements|6
+Cover/Uncover Map Squares
+Place Natural Landmark
+Remove Natural Landmark
+Place Minor Landmark Squares
+Place At Cursor|Ctrl+Left (+Shift paints)
+Remove At Cursor|Ctrl+Right (+Shift paints)
+Paint & Editor Only Mode|SCROLL LOCK
+Change Brush Size|7
+Toggle Round/Flat Map
+Set Climate And World Parameters|8
+(Slow) Generate Random Map|9
+(Fast) Generate Random Map|0
+Generate/Remove Fungus
+Randomize Rockiness
+Randomize Resources & Beacons
+Toggle Random Resources & Beacons
+Clear Map (All Ocean) and Set Size
+Apply Polar Caps
+Clear Bases and Units
+Clear Terrain Enhancements
+Toggle “Editor Only” Mode|Ctrl+Shift+F10
+
+#HELP
+&Help
+Index
+General Concepts
+Advanced Concepts
+Technologies
+Base Facilities
+Secret Projects
+Social Engineering
+Factions
+Basic Unit Types
+Chassis Types
+Weapon Types
+Defense Types
+Reactor Types
+Special Abilities
+Interface Tour
+Terraforming Tour
+Base Control Tour
+Social Engineering Tour
+Design Workshop Tour
+Drone Riot Details
+About Alpha Centauri|Ctrl+Shift+F4
+Show Version Number|Ctrl+F4
+
+# ; This line must remain at end of file

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+;
+; Sid Meier’s ALPHA CENTAURI
+;
+; Text for Monument screen
+;
+; Copyright © 1997, 1998 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
+;
+
+
+#FOUNDCOLONY1ST
+M.Y. $NUM0: $TITLE0 $NAME1 founds mankind’s
+first base since Planetfall—$BASENAME2!
+
+#FOUNDCOLONY2ND
+M.Y. $NUM0: $TITLE0 $NAME1 founds $BASENAME2,
+the first $<M1:$FACTIONADJ3> base since Planetfall.
+($TITLE4 $NAME5 of the $FACTIONNAME6 founded mankind’s
+first base since Planetfall in M.Y. $NUM1.)
+
+#TECHDISCOVER1ST
+M.Y. $NUM0: $<M1:$FACTIONADJ0> scientists discover
+$TECH1—mankind’s first research breakthrough on Planet!
+
+#TECHDISCOVER2ND
+M.Y. $NUM0: $<M1:$FACTIONADJ0> scientists discover
+$TECH1—their first research breakthrough since Planetfall.
+(The $FACTIONNAME2 made mankind’s first breakthrough
+in M.Y. $NUM1.)
+
+#SECRETS1STA
+M.Y. $NUM0: $<M1:$FACTIONADJ0> researchers discover “Secrets
+of the Human Brain!”
+
+#SECRETS1STB
+M.Y. $NUM0: $<M1:$FACTIONADJ0> researchers discover “Secrets
+of the Human Brain!”  Other Secrets were uncovered in M.Y. $NUM1.
+
+#SECRETS1STC
+M.Y. $NUM0: $<M1:$FACTIONADJ0> researchers discover “Secrets
+of the Human Brain!”  Other Secrets were uncovered in M.Y. $NUM1
+and M.Y. $NUM2.
+
+#SECRETS2NDA
+M.Y. $NUM0: $<M1:$FACTIONADJ0> researchers discover “Secrets
+of the Human Brain.” (The $FACTIONNAME1 uncovered these
+Secrets first in M.Y. $NUM1.)
+
+#SECRETS2NDB
+M.Y. $NUM0: $<M1:$FACTIONADJ0> researchers discover “Secrets
+of the Human Brain.” (The $FACTIONNAME1 uncovered these
+Secrets first in M.Y. $NUM1.) $<M1:$FACTIONADJ2> researchers
+uncovered other Secrets in M.Y. $NUM2.
+
+#SECRETS2NDC
+M.Y. $NUM0: $<M1:$FACTIONADJ0> researchers discover “Secrets
+of the Human Brain.” (The $FACTIONNAME1 uncovered these
+Secrets first in M.Y. $NUM1.) $<M1:$FACTIONADJ2> researchers
+uncovered other Secrets in M.Y. $NUM2 and M.Y. $NUM3.
+
+#PROTO1ST
+M.Y. $NUM0: $TITLE0 $NAME1’s $<M1:$FACTIONADJ2> engineers
+construct the first vehicle prototype on Planet!
+
+#PROTO2ND
+M.Y. $NUM0: $<M1:$FACTIONADJ0> engineers construct their first
+vehicle prototype. (Engineers working under $TITLE1 $NAME2 of
+the $FACTIONNAME3 already constructed the first prototype on
+Planet in M.Y. $NUM1.)
+
+#FACILITY1ST
+M.Y. $NUM0: $<M1:$FACTIONADJ0> workers under $TITLE1 $NAME2
+build the first base facility on Planet at $BASENAME3!
+
+#FACILITY2ND
+M.Y. $NUM0: $<M1:$FACTIONADJ0> workers build their first base
+facility. ($TITLE1 $NAME2’s $<M1:$FACTIONADJ3> workers already
+built the first base facility on Planet in M.Y. $NUM1.)
+
+#PROJECT1ST
+M.Y. $NUM0: $TITLE0 $NAME1’s engineers complete Planet’s first
+Secret Project: $PROJECT2!
+
+#PROJECT2ND
+M.Y. $NUM0: $<M1:$FACTIONADJ0> engineers complete their first
+Secret Project: $PROJECT1. (Engineers working under $TITLE2
+$NAME3 of the $FACTIONNAME4 already completed Planet’s first
+Secret Project in M.Y. $NUM1.)
+
+#BATTLEWIN1ST
+M.Y. $NUM0: $TITLE0 $NAME1 wins the first Planetary battle
+against $TITLE2 $NAME3 of the $FACTIONNAME4!
+
+#BATTLEWIN2ND
+M.Y. $NUM0: $TITLE0 $NAME1 wins the first $<M1:$FACTIONADJ2>
+battle victory. ($TITLE3 $NAME4 of the $FACTIONNAME5 already
+won the first Planetary battle in M.Y. $NUM1.)
+
+#BASECAP1ST
+M.Y. $NUM0: $TITLE0 $NAME1 of the $FACTIONNAME2 captures
+$BASENAME3 to achieve the first conquest on Planet!
+
+#BASECAP2ND
+M.Y. $NUM0: $TITLE0 $NAME1 captures $BASENAME2 to achieve the
+first $<M1:$FACTIONADJ3> conquest. ($TITLE4 $NAME5 of the
+$FACTIONNAME6 already achieved the first Planetary conquest
+in M.Y. $NUM1.)
+
+#NAVY1ST
+M.Y. $NUM0: $TITLE0 $NAME1, founder of the $FACTIONNAME2
+Naval Corps, christens the first combat ship on Planet!
+
+#NAVY2ND
+M.Y. $NUM0: $<M1:$FACTIONADJ0> engineers build their first
+naval vessel. ($TITLE1 $NAME2 of the $FACTIONNAME3 already
+founded the first Naval Corps in M.Y. $NUM1.)
+
+#AIR1ST
+M.Y. $NUM0: $TITLE0 $NAME1, $<1:father:mother::> of the
+$FACTIONNAME2 Atmospheric Corps, unveils the first air unit
+on Planet!
+
+#AIR2ND
+M.Y. $NUM0: $<M1:$FACTIONADJ0> engineers build their first air unit.
+($TITLE1 $NAME2 of the $FACTIONNAME3 already founded the first
+Atmospheric Corps in M.Y. $NUM1.)
+
+#NATIVE1ST
+M.Y. $NUM0: $TITLE0 $NAME1 inaugurates the $<M1:$FACTIONADJ2>
+Psi Corps with mankind’s first successful captive breeding of
+native life forms!
+
+#NATIVE2ND
+M.Y. $NUM0: $<M1:$FACTIONADJ0> xenobiologists breed their first
+native life forms. ($TITLE1 $NAME2 of the $FACTIONNAME3 already
+bred mankind’s first native life forms in M.Y. $NUM1.)
+
+#SPACE1ST
+M.Y. $NUM0: The $FACTIONNAME0 under $TITLE1 $NAME2 $<0:launch:launches>
+a spacecraft! They become the first faction in space since Planetfall!
+
+#SPACE2ND
+M.Y. $NUM0: $TITLE0 $NAME1 orders the launch of the first $<M1:$FACTIONADJ2>
+spacecraft. (The $FACTIONNAME3 under $TITLE4 $NAME5 became the first faction
+in space since Planetfall in M.Y. $NUM1.)
+
+#PRESERVE1ST
+M.Y. $NUM0: $TITLE0 $NAME1 of the $FACTIONNAME2 sets aside the first Centauri
+Preserve on Planet!
+
+#PRESERVE2ND
+M.Y. $NUM0: $TITLE0 $NAME1 sets aside the first $<M1:$FACTIONADJ2> Centauri
+Preserve. ($TITLE3 $NAME4 constructed mankind’s first Centauri Preserve in
+M.Y. $NUM1.)
+
+#WINUNIFY
+M.Y. $NUM0: $TITLE0 $NAME1 unifies all of Planet under the $<M1:$FACTIONADJ2>
+banner!
+
+#WINCO-OPUNIFY
+M.Y. $NUM0: $TITLE0 $NAME1 of the $FACTION2 has unified Planet under $<1:his:her::> banner!
+Our pact with the $FACTION3 allows us to share in the victory!
+
+#WINTRANSCEND
+M.Y. $NUM0: $TITLE0 $NAME1 of the $FACTIONNAME2 leads humanity in the Ascent
+to Transcendence-the next step in human evolution!
+
+#WINCO-OPASCENT
+M.Y. $NUM0: $TITLE0 $NAME1 of the $FACTION2 has completed the Ascent to Transcendence!
+Our pact with the $FACTION3 allows us to join in the Ascent!
+
+#KILLFACTION
+M.Y. $NUM0: The $FACTION0 $<1:has:have> eradicated the $FACTION1! $TITLE2 $NAME3 has been
+captured and interrogated.
+
+
+
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##current patch files/EN/SMAC/morgan.txt

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+;
+; Sid Meier’s ALPHA CENTAURI
+;
+; FACTION FILE: Morgan Industries
+;
+; Copyright © 1997, 1998 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
+;
+; ALPHA CENTAURI reads the rules of the game from this file at
+; startup. Feel free, at your own risk, to experiment with editing
+; this file. We recommend you make a backup copy of the original.
+;
+
+#MORGAN
+Morgan Industries, The Mogul, Morganites, M, 2, Morgan, M, -1,  0, 0, 1, 0,
+  TECH, Indust, ENERGY, 100, SOCIAL, +ECONOMY, POPULATION, 3, COMMERCE, 1, SOCIAL, -SUPPORT
+  Economics, Free Market, ECONOMY
+  Economics, Planned, nil
+  Morganic, Morgan,
+  Jeneba, Kai, The Jeneba Complex
+  CEO, shrewd, monopolistic, wealthy, bloated,
+  Filthy Money Grubber
+  dominate Planet’s economy
+  to reap the rightful rewards of skillful investment and planning
+  achieving total monopolistic control of all of Planet’s resources
+  achieving total monopolistic control of all of Planet’s resources
+  grab every drop of Planet’s wealth for yourself
+  counting his ill-gotten energy tokens
+  counting your ill-gotten energy tokens
+  monopolistic grasping
+  monopolistic grasping, M1
+  business plans, M2
+  corporate empire-building, M1
+  investment, M1
+  exploiting Planet’s natural wealth
+  Corporate Security
+  Morgan Corporate Policy
+
+#BASES
+Morgan Industries
+Morgan Metagenics
+Morgan Bank
+Morgan Trade Center
+Morgan Biochemical
+Morgan Data Systems
+Morgan Hydroponics
+Morgan Mines
+Morgan Processing
+Morgan Solarfex
+Morgan Entertainment
+Morgan Distribution
+Morgan Pharmaceuticals
+Morgan Metallurgy
+Morgan Transport
+Morgan Antimatter
+Morgan Energy Monopoly
+Morgan Collections
+Morgan Construction
+Morgan Interstellar
+Morgan Aerodynamics
+Morgan Robotics
+Morgan Studios
+Morgan Gravitonics
+Morgan Plaza
+Morgan Stock Market
+Morgan Infrastructure
+Morgan Agriculture
+Morgan Derivatives
+#END
+
+#WATERBASES
+Morgan Hydrochemical
+Morgan Ocean Resources
+Morgan Marine
+Morgan Sea Platform
+Morgan Dock
+Morgan Port
+Morgan Fisheries
+#END
+
+#BLURB
+Human behavior is economic behavior. The particulars may vary,
+but competition for limited resources remains a constant. Need
+as well as greed have followed us to the stars, and the rewards
+of wealth still await those wise enough to recognize this deep
+thrumming of our common pulse.
+^
+^       —CEO Nwabudike Morgan,
+^       “The Centauri Monopoly”
+
+#DATALINKS1
+^LEADER: {CEO Nwabudike Morgan}
+^BACKGROUND: {Namibian Diamond Tycoon, Unity Franchise Holder}
+^AGENDA: {Free Market Economics, Pro-Industry}
+^TECH: {Industrial Base}
+^
+
+#DATALINKS2
+^+1 ECONOMY:  {Industrial conglomerate}
+^-1 SUPPORT:  {Followers have expensive tastes}
+^COMMERCE: {bonus increases value of treaties, pacts, loans}
+^Begins with 100 extra energy credits.
+^{Need Hab Complex} for bases to exceed size 4: {Creature comforts at a premium}
+^{May not use Planned Economics.}
+
+#FACTIONTRUCE
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“Vendetta is bad for business, $NAME1. I suggest
+we pledge Blood Truce and get back to work.”
+
+“Fair enough. I shall order hostilities to cease.”
+“Sorry, $NAME3, but I plan to put you out of business.”
+
+#FACTIONTREATY
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“Friend $NAME1, I can offer lucrative trading arrangements
+if you will agree to a Treaty of Friendship. Shall we
+become business partners?”
+
+“By all means. Let us prosper together in peace.”
+“No. All of the profit would find its way into your pocket.”
+
+#ALIENFACTIONTRUCE
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“Vendetta must be bad for Progenitor business as much as humans, $NAME1. I suggest
+we pledge Blood Truce and get back to work.”
+
+“Economy: important. Death: to be avoided. Truce: agreed.”
+“$NAME3: believes money can save. Progenitor: disagree. War: continues!”
+
+#ALIENFACTIONTREATY
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“$NAME1, your lack of interest in human commerce makes you a
+natural ally, for we have no point of contention. Shall we
+sign a Treaty of Friendship and work toward other common goals?”
+
+“Commerce: not the only result. Friendship: valued. Treaty: agreed.”
+“Progenitor: no benefit: human treaty policies. Decline: politely.”
+
+# ; This line must remain at end of file

##current patch files/EN/SMAC/movlist.txt

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+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+;
+; Sid Meier’s ALPHA CENTAURI
+;
+; Lookups for movies
+;
+; Copyright © 1997, 1998 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
+;
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+
+#PROJECTS
+humanGenome, 0
+commandNexus, 1
+weatherParadigm, 2
+merchantExchange, 3
+empathGuild, 4
+citizensDefense, 5
+virtualWorld, 6
+planetaryTransit, 7
+xenoempathyDome, 8
+neuralAmplifier, 9
+maritimeControl, 10
+planetaryDatalinks, 11
+superCollider, 12
+asceticVirtues, 13
+longevityVaccine, 14
+hunterSeeker, 15
+pholusMutagen, 16
+cyborgFactory, 17
+theoryOfEverything, 18
+dreamTwister, 19
+universalTranslator, 20
+networkBackbone, 21
+nanofactory, 22
+livingRefinery, 23
+cloningVats, 24
+SelfAwareColony, 25
+clinical_Immortality, 26
+spaceElevator, 27
+singularityInductor, 28
+bulkMatter, 29
+telepathicMatrix, 30
+voiceOfPlanet, 31
+transcend, 32
+smacxmanifold, 33
+smacxnethack, 34
+smacxcloudbase, 35
+smacxgrid, 36
+theyTranscend, 37
+
+#HUMANGENOME
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+180, 140, 280, 200,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[The Human Genome Project]
+^
+^
+^^One extra $LINK<Talent=37> at every base.
+
+
+#COMMANDNEXUS
+Arial, 0, 10,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[The Command Nexus]
+^
+^
+^^Counts as a $LINK<Command Center=100027> at every one of your bases.
+
+#WEATHERPARADIGM
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+180, 140, 280, 200,
+10, 7000,
+
+^^[The Weather Paradigm]
+^
+^Increases $LINK<terraforming=90008> speed by 50% for all tasks except
+for $LINK<Remove Fungus=90010>. Your formers may build $LINK<Condensors=90012>
+and $LINK<Boreholes=90014>,
+and may $LINK<raise=90016>/$LINK<lower terrain=90017>, even if you have
+not yet discovered the appropriate technologies.
+
+#MERCHANTEXCHANGE
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[The Merchant Exchange]
+^
+^
+^^$LINK<+1 energy=43> in every square at this base.
+
+#EMPATHGUILD
+Arial, 0, 10,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 6000,
+
+^^[The Empath Guild]
+^
+^Allows you to contact any leader, and gives you
+an infiltrator in every faction. You get +50% votes
+in elections for $LINK<Planetary Governor=28> and $LINK<Supreme Leader=10005>.
+
+
+#CITIZENSDEFENSE
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[The Citizens’ Defense Force]
+^
+^
+^^Counts as a $LINK<Perimeter Defense=100004> at every base.
+
+
+#VIRTUALWORLD
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 6000,
+
+^^[The Virtual World]
+^
+^In addition to their normal effect, $LINK<Network Nodes=100008> count as
+$LINK<Hologram Theaters=100011> at each of your bases: reduce number of
+$LINK<Drones=36> by
+two and increase $LINK<PSYCH=38> output of base by 50%.
+
+
+#PLANETARYTRANSIT
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 5000,
+
+^^[The Planetary Transit System]
+^
+^Any new bases you found begin at population level 3. One less $LINK<drone=36>
+at all bases of population level 3 and under.
+
+#XENOEMPATHYDOME
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 6000,
+
+^^[The Xenoempathy Dome]
+^
+^All $LINK<Xenofungus=14> squares are treated as $LINK<roads=90005>, and the
+rate at which your $LINK<Formers=30001> $LINK<remove=90010> and/or
+$LINK<plant fungus=90011> is doubled.
+Any alien lifeforms you breed gain a $LINK<+1 lifecycle=11> bonus.
+
+
+#NEURALAMPLIFIER
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[The Neural Amplifier]
+^
+^
+^^+50% to $LINK<PSI Defense=15>.
+
+#MARITIMECONTROL
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 5000,
+
+^^[The Maritime Control Center]
+^
+^Increases the movement rate of all naval units by two, and
+counts as a $LINK<Naval Yard=100028> at every one of your bases.
+
+
+#PLANETARYDATALINKS
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[The Planetary Datalinks]
+^
+^You automatically discover any $LINK<technology=140062> discovered by any three
+other $LINK<factions=150001>.
+
+
+#SUPERCOLLIDER
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[The Supercollider]
+^
+^
+^^$LINK<Research output=45> at this base is doubled.
+
+
+#ASCETICVIRTUES
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 5000,
+
+^^[The Ascetic Virtues]
+^
+^Increases the population limit of your bases by two, and increases
+your society’s tolerance for use of police and military units
+($LINK<+1 POLICE=130005>).
+
+
+#LONGEVITYVACCINE
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 7000,
+
+^^[The Longevity Vaccine]
+^
+^Two less $LINK<Drones=36> at every base if your $LINK<society’s
+economics=120005> are $LINK<planned=120008>.
+One less Drone at every base if economics are $LINK<simple=120006>
+or $LINK<green=120009>.
+$LINK<ECONOMY=44> increased by 50% at this base for
+$LINK<free market=120007> economies.
+
+
+#HUNTERSEEKER
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[The Hunter-Seeker Algorithm]
+^
+^Renders your units and bases completely immune to $LINK<probe team=30006>
+infiltration of any kind.
+
+#PHOLUSMUTAGEN
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 6000,
+
+^^[The Pholus Mutagen]
+^
+^Reduces effect of industry on Planet’s ecology at all of your bases.
+Additionally, the $LINK<Fungus=14> confers on all of your units the same combat
+benefits normally reserved for alien lifeforms.
+Any alien lifeforms you breed gain a $LINK<+1 lifecycle=11> bonus.
+
+
+#CYBORGFACTORY
+Arial, 0, 10,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+180, 140, 280, 200,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[The Cyborg Factory]
+^
+^^Counts as a $LINK<Bioenhancement Center=100030> at every base.
+
+
+#THEORYOFEVERYTHING
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[The Theory of Everything]
+^
+^
+^^$LINK<LABS=45> output doubled at this base.
+
+
+#DREAMTWISTER
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[The Dream Twister]
+^
+^
+^^+50% to $LINK<PSI Attack=15>.
+
+
+#UNIVERSALTRANSLATOR
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 5000,
+
+^^[Universal Translator]
+^
+^Two free $LINK<tech advances=140062> on completion. Any number of
+$LINK<Alien Artifacts=30007> can be linked at this base.
+
+
+#NETWORKBACKBONE
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 64, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 64, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 64, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 6000,
+
+^^[The Network Backbone]
+^
+^$LINK<+1 research=45> at this base for every point of $LINK<Commerce=29>
+this base receives, and +1 research for every $LINK<Network Node=100008>
+in existence on Alpha Centauri, regardless of the player owning the
+Network Node.  Eliminates the negative effects of $LINK<Cybernetic
+Society=120017>.
+
+
+#NANOFACTORY
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 6000,
+
+^^[The Nano Factory]
+^
+^Units can be repaired quickly and completely
+even when not in base squares. The cost to upgrade
+units is reduced by 50%.
+
+
+#LIVINGREFINERY
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[The Living Refinery]
+^
+^Decreases minerals required to support military units: $LINK<+2 SUPPORT=130002>
+on Social Engineering table.
+
+
+#CLONINGVATS
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 6000,
+
+^^[The Cloning Vats]
+^
+^All of your bases enter a permanent state of Population Boom and
+will grow every turn provided $LINK<NUTRIENT=41> output
+is sufficient and $LINK<Hab facilities=100024> are adequate.
+The negative effects of the $LINK<Power=120012> and $LINK<Thought
+Control=120019> social engineering choices are eliminated.
+
+
+#SElFAWARECOLONY
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 6000,
+
+^^[The Self-Aware Colony]
+^
+^Energy maintenance cost for facilities is halved at all of your
+bases. If use of $LINK<police=130005> is allowed under the current social model,
+all of your bases are considered to have an extra police unit.
+
+
+#CLINICAL_IMMORTALITY
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4500,
+
+^^[Clinical Immortality]
+^
+^One extra $LINK<Talent=37> at every base. Doubles your votes in elections
+for $LINK<Planetary Governor=28> and $LINK<Supreme Leader=10005>.
+
+
+#SPACEELEVATOR
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 6000,
+
+^^[The Space Elevator]
+^
+^Doubles $LINK<ECONOMY=44> energy reserve production at this base, and
+doubles $LINK<MINERAL=42> production rate at all of your bases when
+producing Orbital improvements. Your units equipped with
+$LINK<drop pods=80004> may now make Orbital Insertions anywhere on the Planet.
+All $LINK<Aerospace Complex=100029> restrictions on Orbital improvements are
+waived.
+
+
+#SINGULARITYINDUCTOR
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[The Singularity Inductor]
+^
+^Counts as a $LINK<Quantum Converter=100021> at every base, and reduces the
+$LINK<ecological effects=26> of mineral production.
+
+
+#BULKMATTER
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[The Bulk Matter Transmitter]
+^
+^
+^^$LINK<+2 MINERALS=42> at every base.
+
+#TELEPATHICMATRIX
+Arial, 0, 10,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 5000,
+
+^^[The Telepathic Matrix]
+^
+^$LINK<Drones=36> never $LINK<riot=9> at your bases.
+All of your $LINK<probe teams=30006> receive a $LINK<+2 morale=11> modifier.
+
+
+#VOICEOFPLANET
+Arial, 0, 10,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+180, 140, 280, 200,
+10, 5000,
+
+^^[The Voice of Planet]
+^
+^Begins the $LINK<Ascent to Transcendence=110071> sequence. Any faction can now
+begin the Ascent to Transcendence.
+Any alien lifeforms you breed gain a $LINK<+1 lifecycle=11> bonus.
+
+#SMACXGRID
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[The Planetary Energy Grid]
+^
+^
+^^Free $LINK<Energy Bank=100007> in every base.
+^^$LINK<Stockpile Energy=100069> produces 25% higher returns.
+
+#SMACXNETHACK
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 5000,
+
+^^[The Nethack Terminus]
+^
+^
+^^+1 $LINK<morale=11> to all $LINK<Probe Teams=30006> built.
+^^-25% cost of probe team actions.
+^^All Probe teams have equivalent of Algorithmic Enhancement.
+
+#SMACXMANIFOLD
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 6000,
+
+^^[The Manifold Harmonics]
+^
+^
+^^Increases resources harvested from monolith and fungus squares depending on your overall PLANET rating, as follows:
+^
+^^0 Planet:   +1 Energy
+^^+1 Planet:  +1 Nutrient, +1 Energy
+^^+2 Planet:  +1 Nutrient, +1 Energy, +1 Mineral
+^^+3 Planet:  +1 Nutrient, +2 Energy, +1 Mineral
+
+#SMACXCLOUDBASE
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[The Cloudbase Academy]
+^
+^
+^^Free Aerospace Complex in every base.
+
+
+# ; This line must remain at end of file

##current patch files/EN/SMAC/peace.txt

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+;
+; Sid Meier’s ALPHA CENTAURI
+;
+; FACTION FILE: Peacekeeping Forces
+;
+; Copyright © 1997, 1998 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
+;
+; ALPHA CENTAURI reads the rules of the game from this file at
+; startup. Feel free, at your own risk, to experiment with editing
+; this file. We recommend you make a backup copy of the original.
+;
+
+#PEACE
+Peacekeeping Forces, The Humanitarian, Peacekeepers, M, 2, Lal, M,  0,  0, 1, 0, 1,
+  TECH, Biogen, TALENT, 4, SOCIAL, -EFFIC, POPULATION, -2, VOTES, 2
+  Politics, Democratic, GROWTH
+  Politics, Police State, nil
+  Peacekeeper, Peace,
+  Sarita, Kakani, Sarita’s Memorial
+  Commissioner, humane, self-righteous, loyal, whining,
+  Pusillanimous Wimp
+  defend the principles of our U.N. Charter
+  to defend the humanitarian principles of our original U.N. Charter
+  setting himself up as the only ‘legitimate’ authority on Planet
+  setting yourself up as the only ‘legitimate’ authority on Planet
+  make yourself into some kind of self-appointed benevolent dictator
+  kissing up to his precious U.N. Charter
+  kissing up to your precious U.N. Charter
+  humanitarian whimpering
+  humanitarian whimpering, M1
+  humanitarian initiatives, M2
+  whimpering social programs, M2
+  contribution, M1
+  providing a legitimate government for this Planet
+  my Peacekeeping Forces
+  the U.N. Charter
+
+#BASES
+U.N. Headquarters
+U.N. High Commission
+U.N. Temple of Sol
+U.N. Haven City
+U.N. Great Refuge
+U.N. Amnesty Town
+U.N. Pillar of Rights
+U.N. Humanity Base
+U.N. Aid Station
+U.N. Equality Village
+U.N. Settlement Agency
+U.N. Enforcement Base
+U.N. Health Authority
+U.N. Planning Authority
+U.N. Education Agency
+U.N. Social Council
+U.N. Commerce Committee
+U.N. Court of Justice
+U.N. Information Agency
+U.N. Planetary Trust
+U.N. Data Acquisition
+U.N. Disaster Relief
+U.N. Criminal Tribunal
+U.N. International Law
+U.N. International Security
+U.N. Economic Development
+U.N. Social Progress
+U.N. Human Rights
+U.N. Civil Rights
+U.N. General Assembly
+U.N. Security Council
+U.N. Economic & Social Council
+U.N. Secretariat
+U.N. International Court of Justice
+U.N. Trusteeship Council
+U.N. World Health Organization
+U.N. World Food Programme
+U.N. Children’s Fund
+U.N. Secretary-General
+U.N. Charter
+U.N. One World Government
+U.N. Peacekeeping & Security
+U.N. Humanitarian Assistance
+U.N. Collective Security
+U.N. International Relations
+U.N. Goodwill Ambassador
+U.N. International School
+U.N. University
+#END
+
+#WATERBASES
+U.N. Ocean Authority
+U.N. Marine Agency
+U.N. Sea Habitat
+U.N. Peace Anchorage
+U.N. Port Refuge
+#END
+
+#BLURB
+As the Americans learned so painfully in Earth’s final century,
+free flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny.
+The once-chained people whose leaders at last lose their grip on
+information flow will soon burst with freedom and vitality, but
+the free nation gradually constricting its grip on public discourse
+has begun its rapid slide into despotism. Beware of he who would
+deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself
+your master.
+^
+^       —Commissioner Pravin Lal,
+^       “U.N. Declaration of Rights”
+
+#DATALINKS1
+^LEADER: {Commissioner Pravin Lal}
+^BACKGROUND: {United Nations Space Authority, Unity Ship’s Surgeon}
+^AGENDA: {Humanitarian Ideals, Democracy}
+^TECH: {Biogenetics}
+^
+
+#DATALINKS2
+^-1 EFFICIENCY:  {U.N. style bureaucracy}
+^Extra TALENT for every four citizens: {Attracts intellectual elite}
+^May exceed normal {Hab Complex} population limit by two.
+^Receives {double} votes in elections for {Planetary Governor and Supreme Leader}.
+^{May not use Police State Politics.}
+
+#FACTIONTRUCE
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“This squabbling amongst ourselves accomplishes nothing, $NAME1.
+Let us forswear our differences and refocus our efforts on the
+goals of this mission.”
+
+“Fair enough. I shall order hostilities to cease.”
+“Hah! I shall enjoy watching your bases burn!”
+
+#FACTIONTREATY
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“The fragmentation of this mission has been a disaster, $TITLE0
+$NAME1. Won’t you sign a Treaty of Friendship and help me
+to reunite the others?”
+
+“A lofty goal, $TITLE4—I am with you.”
+“No. What’s done is done, $NAME3.”
+
+#ALIENFACTIONTRUCE
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“This squabbling amongst ourselves accomplishes nothing, $NAME1.
+Let us forswear our differences and refocus our efforts on survival.”
+
+“Survival: paramount. Truce: agreed.”
+“Concept: ‘ourselves’: humans. Your destruction: will continue.”
+
+#ALIENFACTIONTREATY
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“The fragmentation of our mission means you must deal with
+each individual human faction, $TITLE0 $NAME1. Won’t you
+sign a Treaty of Friendship and help me create a unified human nation?”
+
+“Much better: one human nation. Your goal: agreed.”
+“$NAME3: seems to forget: talking to Progenitor. Offer: rejected.”
+
+# ; This line must remain at end of file

##current patch files/EN/SMAC/scenario.txt

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+;
+; Sid Meier’s ALPHA CENTAURI
+;
+; Scenario Template
+;
+; Copyright © 1997, 1998 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
+;
+; This file can be copied into the same directory as a scenario
+; file and customized for that scenario.
+;
+; Many game text files (e.g. ALPHA.TXT, SCRIPT.TXT, etc), as well
+; as art files (UNITS.PCX, etc) can be copied into the scenario
+; directory and modified; files in the scenario directory automatically
+; override files in the main game directory.
+;
+; Note that all of the strings and numbers in #INTRO and #OBJECTIVES
+; can be used in either. #INTRO is shown at the beginning of the
+; scenario; #OBJECTIVES is shown when “review objectives” is picked
+; from the menu.
+;
+
+#INTRO
+#xs 320
+#caption SCENARIO
+^^
+^^Commencing Scenario
+^^
+^^$TITLE1 $NAME2 of the $FACTION3
+^^
+^^$DATE4
+^^
+
+##optional for both #INTRO and #OBJECTIVES
+## $TITLE1 $NAME2 of the $FACTION3 => Player’s faction
+## $DATE4 = current date, includes “M.Y.”
+## $NUM0 = objectives needed for victory
+## $NUM1 = objectives needed for instant victory
+## $NUM2 = objectives in player’s possession at beginning
+## $NUM3 = ending year of scenario
+
+#OBJECTIVES
+#xs 440
+#caption SCENARIO
+^^
+^^Scenario Objectives
+^^
+^^Objectives needed for victory: $NUM0
+^^
+^^Objectives needed for sudden death victory: $NUM1
+^^
+^^Objectives achieved so far: $NUM2
+^^
+
+#SCENTIMELIMIT
+#xs 440
+#caption End of Scenario
+^^
+^^M.Y. $YEAR0
+^^
+^^END OF SCENARIO
+^^
+
+#SCENTIMEWIN
+#xs 440
+#caption Victory
+^^
+^^CONGRATULATIONS!
+^^
+^^$TITLE0 $NAME1 of the $FACTION2
+^^
+^^YOU HAVE WON THE SCENARIO!
+^^
+
+#SCENTIMELOSS
+#xs 440
+#caption End of Scenario!
+^^
+^^$TITLE0 $NAME1 of the $FACTION2
+^^
+^^FULFILLS THE VICTORY CONDITIONS
+^^
+^^AND WINS THE SCENARIO!
+^^
+
+#SUDDENDEATH
+#xs 440
+#caption End of Scenario!
+^^
+^^$TITLE0 $NAME1 of the $FACTION2
+^^
+^^FULFILLS THE VICTORY CONDITIONS
+^^
+^^AND WINS THE SCENARIO!
+^^
+
+#SUDDENDEATH0
+#xs 440
+#caption Victory
+^^
+^^CONGRATULATIONS!
+^^
+^^$TITLE0 $NAME1 of the $FACTION2
+^^
+^^YOU HAVE WON THE SCENARIO!
+^^
+
+#SCENARIOWARNING
+#xs 440
+#caption End of Scenario Warning
+^^
+^^END OF SCENARIO APPROACHING
+^^
+^^GAME WILL END IN M.Y. $NUM0
+^^
+
+
+
+#; This line must remain at end of file

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+;
+; Sid Meier’s ALPHA CENTAURI
+;
+; FACTION FILE: The Spartan Federation
+;
+; Copyright © 1997, 1998 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
+;
+; ALPHA CENTAURI reads the rules of the game from this file at
+; startup. Feel free, at your own risk, to experiment with editing
+; this file. We recommend you make a backup copy of the original.
+;
+
+#SPARTANS
+Spartan Federation, The Survivalist, Spartans, M, 2, Santiago, F,  0,  1, 1, 0, 0,
+  TECH, Mobile, FREEPROTO, 0, SOCIAL, ++MORALE, SOCIAL, +POLICE, SOCIAL, -INDUSTRY
+  Values, Power, MORALE
+  Values, Wealth, nil
+  Spartan, Spartan,
+  Voki, Bonaventura, Voki’s Price
+  Colonel, vigilant, paranoid, cautious, sociopathic,
+  Right-Wing Lunatic
+  exercise our rights to keep and bear arms
+  to exercise freely the God-given right to keep and bear arms
+  equipping a private army to seize control of Planet
+  equipping your private army to seize control of Planet
+  equip a private army and seize control of this world
+  polishing her beloved artillery pieces
+  polishing your beloved artillery pieces
+  having paranoid delusions
+  paranoid delusions, M2
+  military preparations, M2
+  right-wing fantasies, M2
+  stipend, M1
+  keeping the peace
+  the Spartan Paramilitary Legion
+  the Spartan Military Code
+
+#BASES
+Sparta Command
+Survival Base
+Commander’s Keep
+War Outpost
+Militia Station
+Fort Legion
+Janissary Rock
+Blast Rifle Crag
+Hawk of Chiron
+Assassin’s Redoubt
+Centurion Cave
+Bunker 118
+Hommel’s Citadel
+Training Camp
+Defiance Freehold
+Hero’s Waypoint
+Fort Liberty
+Ironholm
+Fort Survivalist
+Fort Superiority
+Halls of Discipline
+Parade Ground
+Citadel Station
+Freedom Base
+Libertyville
+Counsel of Centurions
+Fort Standfast
+Bordermarch Redoubt
+Constant Vigilance
+Impact Shelter
+Blood and Iron
+Solid Domain
+Liberty Rock
+#END
+
+#WATERBASES
+Fleet Anchorage
+Admiralty Base
+Hydrodock
+Fleet Base
+Sea Outpost
+#END
+
+#BLURB
+Superior training and superior weaponry have, when taken together,
+a geometric effect on overall military strength. Well-trained,
+well-equipped troops can stand up to many more times their lesser
+brethren than linear arithmetic would seem to indicate.
+^
+^       —Colonel Corazon Santiago,
+^       “Spartan Battle Manual”
+
+#DATALINKS1
+^LEADER: {Colonel Corazon Santiago}
+^BACKGROUND: {Survivalist, Unity Security Chief}
+^AGENDA: {Right To Keep And Bear Arms}
+^TECH: {Doctrine: Mobility}
+^
+
+#DATALINKS2
+^+2 MORALE:  {Well-armed survivalist movement}
+^+1 POLICE:  {Highly disciplined followers}
+^-1 INDUSTRY:  {Extravagant weapons are costly}
+^Prototype units do not cost extra minerals.
+^Free retooling in category with the discovery of {Advanced Subatomic Theory}.
+^{May not use Wealth value in Social Engineering.}
+
+#FACTIONTRUCE
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“You cannot hope to stand against me, $NAME1.
+Pledge Blood Truce now or face total destruction.”
+
+“Truce it is, then. I thank you.”
+“Bluffing will get you nowhere, $NAME3. Prepare to be obliterated!”
+
+#FACTIONTREATY
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“$TITLE0 $NAME1. My survivalist followers are content to guard their homes
+in armed peace. I suggest we sign a Treaty of Friendship
+and stay out of each others’ way.”
+
+“Fair enough, but I shall guard my borders carefully.”
+“Hardly. A faction armed to the teeth hardly seems friendly to me.”
+
+#ALIENFACTIONTRUCE
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“You cannot hope to stand against me, $NAME1.
+Pledge Blood Truce now or face total destruction.”
+
+“Destruction: to be avoided. Truce: agreed.”
+“You winning: why do you offer peace? Conclusion: you: losing! Rejection!”
+
+#ALIENFACTIONTREATY
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“$TITLE0 $NAME1, clearly your aims and ours are mutual: survival on
+this harsh world we’ve come upon. With you as Treaty partner, I will be less
+of a target for the others, and therefore my people will not suffer.”
+
+“Right to defend: important. Treaty: agreeable.”
+“Weaponry: belies soft words. Treaty: not advisable.”
+
+# ; This line must remain at end of file

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+;
+; Sid Meier’s ALPHA CENTAURI
+;
+; System Parameters
+;
+; Copyright © 1997,1998 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
+;
+; We recommend that you do not alter this file
+;
+
+;
+; Color Cycling
+; Relative Color id, # colors, mSec timing
+;
+#CYCLING
+0
+221, 5, 100
+226, 5, 200
+231, 5, 300
+
+;
+; Explosions
+;
+; Relative Color id, %opaque
+;
+#EXPLOSIONS
+49,  100
+83,  100
+85,   99
+86,   98
+87,   97
+88,   96
+90,   95
+219,  94
+220,  93
+221,  92
+222,  91
+121,   90
+122,  80
+124,  60
+126,  40
+71,   95
+
+;
+; Explosion table 00 orange
+;
+; Relative Color id, %opaque
+;
+#EXPLOSIONS0
+49,  100,
+83,  100
+85,   99
+86,   98
+87,   97
+88,   96
+90,   95
+219,  94
+220,  93
+221,  92
+222,  91
+123,   90
+124,  80
+125,  60
+126,  40
+71,   95
+
+;
+; Explosion table 01 Teal
+;
+; Relative Color id, %opaque
+;
+#EXPLOSIONS1
+30,  100
+144, 100
+145,  99
+192,  98
+193,  97
+194,  96
+195,  95
+196,  94
+197,  93
+198,  92
+202,  91
+203,  90
+204,  80
+29,   60
+30,   40
+71,   95
+
+;
+; Explosion table 02 Blue
+;
+; Relative Color id, %opaque
+;
+#EXPLOSIONS2
+179, 100
+144, 100
+145,  99
+146,  98
+147,  97
+148,  96
+149,  95
+151,  94
+155,  93
+159,  92
+163,  91
+168,  90
+172,  80
+179,  60
+181,  40
+71,   95
+
+;
+; Explosion table 03 orange transparent
+;
+; Relative Color id, %opaque
+;
+#EXPLOSIONS3
+49,  100,
+83,  100
+85,   99
+86,   98
+87,   97
+88,   96
+90,   95
+219,  94
+220,  90
+221,  85
+222,  70
+123,   50
+124,  40
+125,  20
+126,  00
+71,   95
+
+;
+; Explosion table 04 Red
+;
+; Relative Color id, %opaque
+;
+#EXPLOSIONS4
+189, 100
+32,  100
+33,   99
+35,   98
+113,  97
+114,  96
+79,   95
+94,   94
+95,   93
+96,   92
+97,   91
+98,   90
+99,   80
+122,  60
+189,  40
+71,   95
+
+;
+; Explosion table 05 Green
+;
+; Relative Color id, %opaque
+;
+#EXPLOSIONS5
+26,  100
+83,  100
+85,   99
+139,  98
+140,  97
+141,  96
+142,  95
+143,  94
+16,   93
+18,   92
+20,   91
+22,   90
+24,   80
+25,   60
+26,   40
+71,   95
+
+;
+; Explosion table 06 Purple
+;
+; Relative Color id, %opaque
+;
+#EXPLOSIONS6
+183, 100
+144, 100
+145,  99
+224,  98
+225,  97
+226,  96
+227,  95
+228,  94
+229,  93
+230,  92
+174,  91
+177,  90
+180,  80
+181,  60
+183,  40
+71,   95
+
+;
+; Explosion table 07 Red to drkPurp
+;
+; Relative Color id, %opaque
+;
+#EXPLOSIONS7
+189, 100
+32,  100
+33,   99
+35,   98
+113,  97
+114,  96
+79,   95
+117,  94
+119,  93
+230,  92
+174,  91
+177,  90
+180,  80
+181,  60
+183,  40
+71,   95
+
+;
+; Explosion table 08 Gray
+;
+; Relative Color id, %opaque
+;
+#EXPLOSIONS8
+71,  100
+56,  100
+58,   99
+60,   98
+63,   97
+65,   96
+66,   95
+67,   94
+68,   93
+69,   92
+70,   91
+71,   90
+72,   80
+73,   60
+74,   40
+71,   95
+
+;
+; Explosion table 09 Yellow
+;
+; Relative Color id, %opaque
+;
+#EXPLOSIONS9
+49,  100
+80,  100
+82,   99
+84,   98
+233,  97
+234,  96
+235,  95
+207,  94
+3,    93
+6,    92
+8,    91
+10,   90
+12,   80
+14,   60
+126,  40
+71,   95
+
+;
+; Explosion table 10 White
+;
+; Relative Color id, %opaque
+;
+#EXPLOSIONS10
+71,  100
+56,  100
+57,   99
+58,   98
+59,   97
+60,   96
+61,   95
+63,   94
+65,   93
+66,   92
+67,   91
+68,   90
+70,   80
+72,   60
+74,   40
+71,   95
+
+;
+; Explosion table 11 Black
+;
+; Relative Color id, %opaque
+;
+#EXPLOSIONS11
+71,  100
+57,  100
+61,   99
+64,   98
+66,   97
+67,   96
+68,   95
+69,   94
+71,   93
+72,   92
+73,   91
+74,   90
+55,   80
+55,   60
+55,   40
+71,   95
+
+
+;
+; Explosion table 12 Crash landing
+;
+; Relative Color id, %opaque
+;
+#EXPLOSIONS12
+144,  60
+144,  55
+144,  50
+144,  45
+144,  40
+144,  35
+144,  30
+144,  25
+144,  20
+144,  15
+144,  10
+144,  5
+144,  5
+144,  5
+144,  5
+144,  5
+
+
+;
+; Glow colors for energy icons
+;
+;  Relative Color id, %opaque
+#ENERGYGLOW
+85, 70
+85, 50
+85, 30
+
+;
+; Ocean offsets from ocean altitudes
+;
+; Offset into the palette for altitude above ocean bottom. Abyss, then deep, then shelf.
+;
+#OCEANOFFSETS
+34
+35
+34
+34
+34
+33
+34
+34
+33
+32
+32
+33
+34
+33
+34
+34
+34
+33
+33
+32
+
+28
+27
+26
+27
+28
+29
+30
+30
+29
+28
+27
+26
+25
+26
+25
+25
+25
+24
+25
+24
+
+20
+19
+19
+18
+24
+18
+16
+15
+14
+15
+16
+14
+12
+11
+12
+10
+9
+8
+7
+6
+5
+4
+3
+2
+1
+0
+0
+0
+0
+0
+0
+0
+0
+0
+0
+0
+0
+0
+0
+0
+0
+
+#VEHICLECOLORING
+95,  ALIEN RED—NOT REALLY USED.
+197, CYBERNETIC TEAL
+244, PIRATES CYAN
+122, DRONES MAROON
+228, ANGELS PURPLE
+79,  CULT XENOPINK
+142, CARETAKERS OLIVE
+139, URSURPERS YELLOW
+
+#OLDVEHICLECOLORING
+95,  ALIEN RED—NOT REALLY USED.
+142, GAIAN GREEN
+250, LABYRINTH BLUE  ;This was 208. No longer any good?? jsc
+62,  ARCHON WHITE
+241, MORGAN YELLOW
+70,  SPARTAN BLACK
+219, CONCLAVIST ORANGE
+227, KEEPER PURPLE
+
+#ARMORCOLORING
+95, PLASMA STEEL
+233, SILK STEEL
+88, NEUTRONIUM
+70, ANTIMATTER PLATE
+
+#ARMORCOLORING_TRANS
+62, 30, 60, PROBABILITY SHEATH—color, beginning percent, ending percent
+
+#VEH_LIGHT_DIR_MAP
+6, 4, 15
+
+#BOUNDARYPERCENTS
+0,  ALIEN PLAYER … NOT USED
+50, GAIAN GREEN
+60, LABYRINTH BLUE  ;This was 208. No longer any good?? jsc
+50,  ARCHON WHITE
+50, MORGAN YELLOW
+60,  SPARTAN BLACK
+50, CONCLAVIST ORANGE
+70, KEEPER PURPLE
+
+# ; This line must remain at end of file

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+;
+; Sid Meier’s ALPHA CENTAURI
+;
+; Long Tech Descriptions
+;
+; Copyright © 1997, 1998 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
+;
+
+
+##Biogenetics
+#TECH0
+The alien environment on Planet brought a host of unforeseen
+health problems for the colonists. Early inquiries into
+{Biogenetics} center on the prevention and treatment
+of these problems. Researchers in this discipline seek
+an understanding of the entire genetic code.
+
+
+##Industrial Base
+#TECH1
+The first colonies lack any kind of factories or heavy
+industry, so the creation of an {Industrial Base} becomes
+a high priority for economic growth. This Industrial Base
+emphasizes small-scale manufacturing with primitive assembly
+lines and simple currency instruments.
+
+
+##Information Networks
+#TECH2
+Survival equipment from the [Unity] contained a variety
+of computers purpose-built for the needs of a frontier
+society. However, they must first be connected into
+{Information Networks} before scientists can utilize
+their power.
+
+
+##Applied Physics
+#TECH3
+The colonists must create new tools from the wreckage of
+the [Unity] to survive and expand. Early inquiries into
+{Applied Physics} emphasize this adaptation of existing
+technology for the new environment.
+
+
+##Social Psych
+#TECH4
+The overcrowding aboard the [Unity] following the premature
+wakeup caused terrible conditions for the crew, but also
+generated valuable data concerning humans under extreme
+environmental stresses. Analysis of this data provides
+the first comprehensive, mathematical insight into the
+{Social Psychology} of humans.
+
+
+##Doctrine: Mobility
+#TECH5
+The early colonists quickly learned the importance of
+reconnaissance and self-defense in this most alien
+of environments. {Doctrine: Mobility} formalizes
+these cornerstones of military might, representing
+the first attempts at an organized defense policy
+on Planet.
+
+
+##Centauri Ecology
+#TECH6
+Finding adequate sources of nutrients, energy, and
+minerals is the most immediate problem facing the
+colonists after Planetfall. An
+understanding of the basics of {Centauri Ecology}
+provides the new arrivals with the tools they need to begin
+shaping the world around them-how plants grow, what
+geological structures exist, and how natural energy
+sources may be exploited on Planet.
+
+
+##Superconductor
+#TECH7
+The power requirements of [Optical Computers (D3)]
+and the nascent [Industrial Base (B1)] stimulate
+research into high-temperature {Superconductors},
+an advance long considered a ‘holy Grail’ by physical
+chemists. A {Superconductor} is a material
+that does not resist a flow of electrons. Using a
+{Superconductor}, power can be transmitted at incredible
+speeds over vast distances with no degradation. Bulky
+and expensive cooling equipment for high-powered
+machinery or weaponry becomes unnecessary, because these
+materials remain cool and efficient as electricity passes
+through them.
+
+
+##Nonlinear Mathematics
+#TECH8
+By using the power of [Information Networks (D1)] to speed
+calculations and encourage collaborations, researchers
+make giant strides in the field of {Nonlinear Mathematics},
+with significant military applications.
+
+
+##Applied Relativity
+#TECH9
+Albert Einstein developed his theories of relativity between
+1905 and 1916; complete explanations of his work may be found
+in a number of sources. Later research into [Advanced Subatomic
+Theory (B3)] and [Superconductors (C4)] demonstrated that his
+postulates, though innovative for his time, were incomplete. {Applied
+Relativity} takes Einstein’s basic theories and updates them to
+encompass an understanding of newly-discovered phenomena.
+
+
+##Fusion Power
+#TECH10
+An extremely clean, powerful, and efficient source of energy,
+{Fusion Power} was known on Earth for decades as the reaction
+that powered the stars. However, scientists could not control
+the huge magnitude of released energy, so the only practical
+application for {Fusion Power} was in bombs of enormous destructive
+power. With the advent of [Superconductors (C4)], and by using
+[Pre-sentient Algorithms (D5)] to monitor and control the released
+energy, future scientists finally have access to cheap, abundant, and
+reusable power.
+
+
+##Silksteel Alloys
+#TECH11
+The growing field of [Industrial Automation (B3)] causes
+increased demand for new kinds of material that can withstand
+the incredible stresses of the robotic factories. Discoveries
+in [Advanced Subatomic Theory (B3)] provide engineers with
+these materials, dubbed {Silksteel Alloys} for their
+extraordinary tensile strength and flexibility.
+
+
+##Advanced Subatomic Theory
+#TECH12
+Discoveries in [High Energy Chemistry (C2)] point the way
+to a new {Advanced Subatomic Theory} that tries to detect
+and quantify the smallest possible underlying particles of
+matter. Using self-modifying [Polymorphic Software (D2)],
+the physicists developing this theory give mankind a window
+on the infinitesimal building blocks of the universe.
+
+
+##High Energy Chemistry
+#TECH13
+Breakthroughs in [Applied Physics (C1)] and [Industrial Base
+(B1)] lead to an understanding of {High Energy Chemistry}.
+This discipline seeks to understand the properties and
+behavior of matter at very high temperatures, and results
+in new types of materials that remain in a stable plasma
+state even when superheated by intense laser stimulation.
+
+
+#Frictionless Surfaces
+#TECH14
+Discovery of the [Unified Field Theory (D10)] allowed
+scientists to alter the fundamental properties of matter
+itself. The discovery of {Frictionless Surfaces} proves
+the most useful application of these techniques. As the
+name implies, {Frictionless Surfaces} consist of materials
+that remain unaffected by friction, a force that slows
+down motion by changing kinetic energy into heat energy.
+Moving objects made of these materials do not slow down
+as they come into contact with other matter.
+
+
+##Nanometallurgy
+#TECH15
+Driven by the requirements of [Doctrine: Initiative (E5)]
+and the mathematical models behind [Probability Mechanics
+(B7)],  {Nanometallurgy} techniques allow engineers to
+manipulate metals at the molecular level.
+
+
+##Superstring Theory
+#TECH16
+One of the more contentious debates that ran through the
+physics community of 20th century Earth centered on the
+viability of {Superstring Theory}. This theory attempts
+to unify the theory of gravity and other fundamental forces,
+and posits that all characteristics exhibited by subatomic
+particles, such as protons and neutrons, may be described as
+vibrations of fundamental, one-dimensional ‘strings’. This
+concept had been abandoned as untestable, until the development
+of [Nonlinear Mathematics (C2)], which offers mathematical
+models supporting {Superstring Theory}.
+
+
+##Advanced Military Algorithms
+#TECH17
+Military requirements have historically pushed technology
+forward, and no better example can be found than sophisticated
+software development. From the first computers, designed to
+calculate artillery shell trajectories, to {Advanced Military
+Algorithms} developed from [Adaptive Doctrine (C3)] and
+[Optical Computers (D3)], mankind has worked to extend
+warfare into the digital world.
+
+
+##Monopole Magnets
+#TECH18
+Magnetism, like electricity and gravity, is one of the
+fundamental forces of the universe. Prior to research
+in [Superstring Theory (C5)] and [Silksteel Alloys (E4)],
+all known magnets were dipolar, with a north and a south
+pole. Development of a {Monopole Magnet} permits radical
+new applications for science and industry.
+
+
+##Matter Compression
+#TECH19
+Breakthroughs in [Nanominiaturization (B8)] and
+[Nanometallurgy (E8)] lead to complex {Matter
+Compression} techniques. Using these techniques,
+scientists can create materials as dense as the
+inside of a star, with significant military and
+industrial applications.
+
+
+##Unified Field Theory
+#TECH20
+Scientists have long worked towards a single theory
+that explains all fundamental forces in
+nature (gravity, magnetism, etc.)-a {Unified Field
+Theory}. Advances in [Monopole Magnets (B6)] and
+[Applied Relativity (D5)] help reveal these fundamental
+mechanics of the universe.
+
+
+##Graviton Theory
+#TECH21
+[Quantum Machinery (D12)] and [Mind\Machine Interface
+(B6)] pave the way for an understanding of gravity-the
+weakest fundamental force in the universe, but one that
+acts at infinite distances. With {Graviton Theory},
+physicists can detect and measure the long-predicted
+gravitons-particle strings that ‘carry’ gravitational force.
+
+
+##Polymorphic Software
+#TECH22
+On Earth, only theoretical mathematicians and entertainment
+software programmers used {Polymorphic Software}—self-modifying
+code—to any success. On Planet, the requirements of the budding
+[Industrial Base (B1)] and [Information Networks (D1)]
+spur widespread development of neural net applications that rewrite
+themselves in response to data inputs.
+
+
+##Applied Gravitonics
+#TECH23
+Once physicists discover [Graviton Theory (E13)], they
+turn their attention to {Applied Gravitonics}—the control
+of gravity itself. By controlling and manipulating the
+graviton strings that carry gravitational force, mankind
+can levitate objects regardless of mass or proximity to
+other objects.
+
+
+##Quantum Power
+#TECH25
+Earth scientist Max Planck first coined the term “quantum”
+to describe an individual particle of light. Planck though
+each quantum was indivisible, so that a fraction of a
+quantum could not exist. One of the more startling
+discoveries arising from [Unified Field Theory] was
+that individual quantum actually could be split into
+component sub-particles, much like atoms may be split
+through fission. The energy released by {Quantum Power}
+is several orders of magnitude greater than ordinary [Fusion Power].
+
+
+##Singularity Mechanics
+#TECH26
+Knowledge of [The Secrets of Creation (D11)] paved the
+way for understanding {Singularity Mechanics}. This
+technology seeks the physical causes and composition
+of black holes-phenomena produced by points of infinitely
+dense matter that warp the fabric of space and time
+itself. Probes guided by onboard [Self-aware Machines
+(B11)] transmit the data necessary to replicate this
+natural occurrence in controlled laboratory conditions.
+
+
+##Controlled Singularity
+#TECH27
+As engineers quickly discovered, it’s one thing to
+understand [Singularity Mechanics (D12)] and another
+thing entirely to attempt {Controlled Singularity}—harnessing
+and directing the powers of a black hole. Breakthroughs in
+[Applied Gravitronics (E14)] finally make this technology
+possible, with a host of amazing and potent applications,
+from radical new types of weaponry to global power sources.
+
+
+##Temporal Mechanics
+#TECH28
+Breakthroughs in [Eudaimonia (E12)] and [Matter
+Transmission (B17)] lead to the last great discovery
+of the physical universe: {Temporal Mechanics}, the
+manipulation of time itself.
+
+
+##Probability Mechanics
+#TECH29
+With operating systems powered by [Pre-sentient Algorithms
+(D5)], computers finally gain sufficient processing power
+to unravel the mysteries of {Probability Mechanics}. With
+this breakthrough, scientists can accurately predict many
+seemingly random events.
+
+
+##Pre-Sentient Algorithms
+#TECH30
+The philosophy of [Cyberethics (B4)] and the technology of
+[Advanced Military Algorithms (E3)] pave the way for
+development of {Pre-sentient Algorithms}. These open-ended
+neural net programs can sort and process exebytes of data,
+‘learning’ as they do so and adapting to the world they observe.
+
+
+##Super Tensile Solids
+#TECH31
+The requirements of [Advanced Spaceflight (E8)] and
+the possibilities inherent in [Matter Compression
+(C9)] lead to research in {Super Tensile Solids}. These
+materials possess such strength as to be functionally
+unbreakable in a natural environment.
+
+
+##Planetary Networks
+#TECH32
+Once the colonists discovered how to survive, they focus on recreating
+some of the organizational tools left behind on Earth.
+Following the implementation of simple [Information
+Networks (D1)], the creation of a standard for {Planetary
+Networks} emerges as a high priority for the scientific community.
+
+
+##Digital Sentience
+#TECH33
+When utilized as part of [Industrial Nanorobotics
+(B9)], the [Mind\Machine Interface (B6)] provides
+the key spark needed by computers to at last achieve
+{Digital Sentience}. These new artificial intelligences
+have all the hallmarks of an individual organism:
+they respond to their environment, adapt to stimuli,
+and even exhibit advanced ‘personalities’ based on
+their respective abilities and  preferences.
+
+
+##Self-Aware Machines
+#TECH34
+Following the advent of [Digital Sentience (D10)],
+computers have only one great leap left: the evolution
+to {Self-Aware Machines}. Advances in [N-Space Compression [D11])
+provide the storage capacity needed for this technology.
+These machines are capable of complex, higher-order thinking,
+and value the experience of existence as much as any biological being.
+As with other living organisms, self-preservation is paramount
+for these specimens.
+
+
+##Doctrine: Initiative
+#TECH35
+The slow moving foils and transports developed under
+[Doctrine: Flexibility (E2)] provided an adequate early
+naval force. However, materials and manufacturing
+advances resulting from [Industrial Automation (B3)]
+make possible new classes of powerful ships developed
+as part of {Doctrine: Initiative}, which stresses the
+importance of global naval superiority.
+
+
+##Doctrine: Flexibility
+#TECH36
+Many radical young military officers felt that [Doctrine:
+Mobility (E1)] did not go far enough in the development
+of fast attacks and quick reconnaissance, because Mobility
+only takes land forces into account. These leaders work
+to create the first navies on Planet,  based on {Doctrine:
+Flexibility}—co-ordination and co-operation between forces
+made possible by control of the sea.
+
+
+##Intellectual Integrity
+#TECH37
+The search for {Intellectual Integrity} arises from
+questions posed by [Ethical Calculus (E2)] and [Doctrine:
+Loyalty (C2)]. According to this philosophy, valid
+wisdom comes merely from asking questions unburdened
+by prejudices. Only by shedding those pre-conceived
+notions can we achieve the clarity of undistorted knowledge.
+
+
+##Synthetic Fossil Fuels
+#TECH38
+The extreme efficiency with which the neural net
+fungus managed Planet’s vast ecosystem kept extensive
+deposits of organic material from forming over the epochs.
+Because of this lack, the fossil fuels known on Earth
+never developed, forcing early colonists to rely on less
+efficient alternative sources of energy. However, advances
+in [Advanced Subatomic Theory (B3)] and [Gene Splicing (B3)]
+finally allow scientists to short-circuit the eons-long process,
+providing them with the {Synthetic Fossil Fuels} needed
+to build advanced vehicles and machinery.
+
+
+##Doctrine: Air Power
+#TECH39
+The colonists had brought the knowledge of atmospheric flight
+to Planet, but not the materials to build and maintain
+large quantities of aircraft in Planet’s harsh conditions.
+With the discovery of [Synthetic Fossil Fuels (E4)]  for
+materials and a renewed emphasis on [Doctrine: Flexibility (E2)],
+pilots can again make the leap into the clouds.
+
+
+##Photon/Wave Mechanics
+#TECH40
+Physicists had puzzled over the mystery of light for
+centuries: Why does light exhibit properties characteristic
+of both a wave and a particle? In 1924, Prince Louis-Victor
+de Broglie, a French scientist, proved that all particles
+actually possess a wave aspect, which explained how light
+can act as a wave even though it does consist of
+particles, called photons. Following breakthroughs
+in [Silksteel Alloys (E4)] and [Applied Relativity
+(D5)], subsequent scientific inquiry focuses on the
+manipulation of {Photon\Wave Mechanics} so that light,
+even powerful laser beams or intense solar emissions,
+can be diffused and warped as needed.
+
+
+##Mind/Machine Interface
+#TECH41
+Research into [Neural Grafting (C4)] demonstrated that
+direct communications between the brain and a
+digital counterpart are theoretically possible. This
+{Mind\Machine Interface}, requested by leaders
+implementing [Doctrine: Air Power (E5)] for a new
+generation of aircraft, bridges the gap between the
+mechanical and the biological.
+
+
+##Nanominiaturization
+#TECH42
+[Monopole Magnets (B6)] and [Organic Superlubricants
+(C7)] lead to a revolution in engineering: {Nanominiaturization}.
+With this technology, which emphasizes new assembly methods
+and high-tensile strength materials, microscopic machine
+components can be constructed and all manner of bulky,
+heavy equipment can be shrunk to a fraction of its original size.
+
+
+##Doctrine: Loyalty
+#TECH43
+[Doctrine: Mobility (E1)] proved a sound dogma for the
+early years on Planet. However, as the struggle for
+survival against native Mind Worms and rival factions
+intensifies, many younger officers repudiate the old
+guard’s emphasis on Mobility as the dominant military
+policy. Based also on the revelations of [Social Psych
+(B1)], the new {Doctrine: Loyalty} stresses extensive
+training, defensive facilities, and zealous dedication
+to faction leaders as the foundation for survival and
+success in combat. {Doctrine: Loyalty} emphasizes a
+two-way fealty—soldiers are expected to lay down their
+lives without question, but in return they receive
+respect, power, and positions of authority in the new
+social hierarchy.
+
+
+##Ethical Calculus
+#TECH44
+Throughout the history of mankind, philosophers have
+grappled with the question: ‘How shall we then live?’
+{Ethical Calculus} lays down mathematical principles
+uncovered by [Social Psych (B1)] to address this question,
+essentially providing calculations and functions that
+determine appropriate behavior.
+
+
+##Industrial Economics
+#TECH45
+Early industry on Planet centered on the creation
+of a frontier [Industrial Base (B1)] featuring primitive
+assembly lines and simple currency instruments. Soon,
+leaders in the financial sectors push for a more
+comprehensive {Industrial Economics} policy to accommodate
+free trade and other strategies for multiplying capital.
+
+
+##Industrial Automation
+#TECH46
+The creation of [Planetary Networks (D2)] and
+widespread adoption of [Industrial Economics
+(B2)] lead to rapid industrialization of the
+virgin Planet. Lacking the traditional masses
+of Earth’s working class, leaders must now develop
+complete {Industrial Automation} for production
+and assembly , building modest factories where
+all repetitive non-skilled jobs, from janitor to
+VP of Sales, are handled by sophisticated robotics.
+
+
+##Centauri Meditation
+#TECH47
+[Centauri Empathy (E3)] and [Ecological Engineering
+(E4)] reveal the vastness and complexity of the
+ecosystem on Planet. Research into {Centauri
+Meditation} illuminates the next, almost terrifying
+step-the attempt to communicate directly with
+Planet itself.
+
+
+##Secrets of the Human Brain
+#TECH48
+All past research on memory, learning, the senses,
+and other aspects of the brain did not answer
+one basic question: what is the biological mechanism
+of self-awareness? Research into [Biogenetics (D1)]
+and [Social Psych (B1)] finally resolves the last of
+the {Secrets of the Human Brain}, providing an
+understanding of the fundamentals of consciousness.
+
+
+##Gene Splicing
+#TECH49
+Widespread adoption of the philosophy of [Ethical
+Calculus (E2)] removes opposition to genetic
+experimentation in plant and animal DNA, while
+advances in [Biogenetics (D1)] provide techniques
+for the incipient field of {Gene Splicing}. This
+technology allows researchers to insert new DNA
+coding into existing genetic material so that
+entire traits, from disease resistance to a stable
+personality, can be copied from one organism and
+transferred to any number of others.
+
+
+##Bio-Engineering
+#TECH50
+[Gene Splicing (B3)] and [Neural Grafting (C4)]
+exemplify crude and invasive techniques for modifying
+an organism. The more refined {Bio-engineering}
+method arranges a desired genetic code directly
+from the component compounds, enabling widespread
+and economical cellular transplants for an entire
+population.
+
+
+##Biomachinery
+#TECH51
+Early experiments in [Retroviral Engineering (C5)]
+and the [Mind\Machine Interface (B6)] paved the way
+for true {Biomachinery}—the full integration of
+man and machine at the cellular level.
+
+
+##Neural Grafting
+#TECH52
+The insatiable drive for efficiency spawned by
+[Industrial Automation (B3)] drives the development
+of {Neural Grafting}. This new technology, based
+on [Secrets of the Human Brain (D2)], allows
+attachment of  digital circuitry directly to
+the neural cortex. With these implants, individuals
+willing to undergo {Neural Grafting} can enhance
+many aspects of their physical being, from heightened
+senses to faster reaction times.
+
+
+##Cyberethics
+#TECH53
+Widespread adoption of [Planetary Networks (D2)]
+and the philosophy of [Intellectual Integrity (E3)]
+allows for a coherent system of {Cyberethics},
+outlining the proper relationship of computers
+to society.
+
+
+##Eudaimonia
+#TECH54
+{Eudaimonia} is a philosophical system that takes
+its name from an ancient Greek word for fulfillment
+and happiness. Based on economic equity made
+possible by [Sentient Econometrics (E11)] and
+rooted in opposition to the excesses of [The
+Will to Power (E8)], {Eudaimonia} encourages
+each citizen to achieve happiness through striving
+to fulfill completely his or her potential;
+freedom, creativity, and individuality flourish
+in governments that adopt this philosophy.
+
+
+##The Will to Power
+#TECH55
+Following the development of [Homo Superior (E7)], many
+advocated a return to Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophy
+of {The Will To Power}. This philosophy stresses
+the importance of strength, asceticism, and
+resolute action, often at the cost of compassion,
+charity, and other traditionally religious
+qualities.
+
+
+##Threshold of Transcendence
+#TECH56
+The [Secrets of Creation (D11)] and [Temporal
+Mechanics (B18)] brought sentient beings to the brink
+of a new era—the {Threshold of Transcendence}.
+In this transitional state, individuals begin preparations
+for the final stage of evolution, selling
+possessions, cleansing their bodies according to
+a new code of asceticism, and meditating alone
+and unprotected in the remote regions of Planet.
+
+
+##Matter Transmission
+#TECH57
+[Matter Editation (B16)] and the [Secrets of
+Alpha Centauri (D12)] point the way to one of
+the most celebrated concepts in science
+fiction—{Matter Transmission}. Transmitters
+based on this technology disassemble objects
+into the smallest component sub-particles, then
+transmits those particles and their underlying
+structural blueprint to a receiver. The
+receiver reassembles these objects according to
+the blueprint, recreating the original in
+every nuance and detail.
+
+
+##Centauri Empathy
+#TECH58
+Based on [Secrets of the Human Brain (D2)] and
+[Centauri Ecology (E1)], {Centauri Empathy}
+espouses a philosophy of environmental harmony,
+emphasizing the search for mankind’s proper niche
+in the global ecosystem.
+
+
+##Environmental Economics
+#TECH59
+Industrial expansion often comes at the cost of
+ecological stability. The business practice of
+{Environmental Economics} addresses this problem
+by finding and exploiting areas where
+environmental and industrial concerns overlap,
+such as sustainable resource use, eco-tourism,
+and organic product development. By combining
+the principles of [Industrial Economics (B2)]
+and [Ecological Engineering (E4)] in this new
+business model, ecological stability becomes
+a profitable endeavor.
+
+
+##Ecological Engineering
+#TECH60
+Lifeforms have always shown remarkable skill at
+innovation and ingenuity in the face of environmental
+hurdles. Expansion on a new Planet highlights
+these traits once again in the form of {Ecological
+Engineering}. Based on the discoveries of [Centauri
+Ecology (E1)] and [Gene Splicing (B3)], this research
+leads to new ways of thriving within the existing
+ecosystem, rather than competing with it.
+
+
+##Planetary Economics
+#TECH61
+Early industrial policy on Planet centered on
+individual markets and sectors, such as
+[Environmental Economics (B5)], but these
+separate sectors create inefficiencies. Proponents
+of [Intellectual Integrity (E3)] insist that these
+inefficiencies are unnecessary, and work to create
+a system of {Planetary Economics} where goods and
+services can flow freely.
+
+
+##Adv. Ecological Engineering
+#TECH62
+The discovery of [Fusion Power (D6)] opened up
+staggering possibilities in a number of endeavors,
+including the field of [Environmental Economics
+(B5)]. Based on the cumulative experience from
+thousands of construction projects undertaken
+since Planetfall, {Advanced Ecological Engineering}
+marks a new milestone in man’s ability to manipulate
+his environment.
+
+
+##Centauri Psi
+#TECH63
+[Centauri Genetics (E6)] and [Advanced Ecological
+Engineering (B10)] revealed the physical composition
+of native life forms, but did not explain the
+mysterious and terrifying psionic attacks these
+creatures employ. Unlocking the mechanics of
+this directed, psychic assault requires intense
+investigation of {Centauri Psi}—the method used
+by the Mind Worms to communicate and co-ordinate
+their assaults.
+
+
+##Secrets of Alpha Centauri
+#TECH64
+Some digital sentiences churn through exebytes
+of Planet-related data in their never-ending quest
+to untangle [Sentient Econometrics (E11)]. The
+best of these sentiences do not stop at sorting
+economic data, but extend their inquiries into
+[Centauri Psi (E11)] and other Planetary phenomena.
+They work to reveal these {Secrets of Alpha Centauri}
+as a kind of personal challenge, to prove themselves
+as machines that can not only conquer the intricacies
+of society, but also the magnificent complexities
+of a Planet-wide ecosystem.
+
+
+##Secrets of Creation
+#TECH65
+Those who embrace [The Will To Power (E8)] must
+eventually confront the ultimate philosophical
+question: What is the purpose and order of the
+universe? Confirmation of the [Unified Field
+Theory (C7)] finally gives mankind the tools to
+answer this question in the search for the
+{Secrets of Creation}.
+
+
+##Advanced Spaceflight
+#TECH66
+Resumption of {Advanced Spaceflight} begins
+shortly after mankind begins [Orbital Spaceflight
+(E7)]. With this technology, spacecraft can once
+again reach the moons orbiting Planet and,
+eventually, the stars themselves.
+
+
+##Homo Superior
+#TECH67
+Breakthroughs in [Biomachinery (B9)] and [Doctrine:
+Initiative (E5)] paved the way for a new kind of organism
+that is equal parts biological and computer. The biological
+aspect thrives at physical manipulation and emotional
+experience, while the digital aspect excels at
+calculation and data processing. This {Homo Superior}
+integrates the best of biological and machine.
+
+
+##Organic Superlubricant
+#TECH68
+Machines with moving parts have long been subject
+to wear and tear as the parts grind against one
+another. On Earth, traditional lubricants such
+as oil were used to minimize these effects.
+Planet lacks large reserves of such materials,
+until the invention of [Synthetic Fossil Fuels
+(E4)]. With {Organic Superlubricant}, scientists
+can create lubricating compounds that act like
+simple life forms, seeking out areas where they
+do the most good.
+
+
+##Quantum Machinery
+#TECH69
+The discovery of [Quantum Power (B11)] ushers in
+a new industrial revolution. In factories across
+Planet, tiny {Quantum Machinery} built using
+[Nanometallurgy (E8)] techniques provide amazingly
+powerful and efficient labor for every imaginable
+type of production and service.
+
+
+##Matter Editation
+#TECH71
+Not long after the breakthroughs in [Super Tensile
+Solids (B10)] and [Self-aware Machines (B11)],
+engineers clamor to research the last major hurdle
+in physical manipulation—{Matter Editation}. This
+technique actually changes the physical structure of
+individual atoms, altering characteristics like
+energy states, spin, atomic weight, and the number
+of protons as though they were entries in a database.
+This technology is the modern embodiment of the ancient
+quest to turn lead into gold-transmutation of elements
+made possible by atomic manipulation.
+
+
+##Optical Computers
+#TECH72
+The widespread adoption of [Polymorphic Software
+(D2)] increased demand for faster computers. The
+revolutionary {Optical Computers}, which use photons
+traveling at the speed of light for binary
+calculations,  prove nearly 70% faster than old
+electron-based devices. Based on successes in
+[Applied Physics (C1)], {Optical Computers} also
+exponentially improve storage capacities and access
+times.
+
+
+##Industrial Nanorobotics
+#TECH73
+The business leaders of Planet quickly perceived
+the commercial potential of [Nanominiaturizion
+(B8)], and constructed factories based around
+{Industrial Nanorobotics}. These factories
+utilize traditional [Industrial Automation
+(B3)], but at a fraction of the size and cost.
+Productivity skyrockets along with profitability,
+as tiny robots churn out new products for consumption.
+
+
+##Centauri Genetics
+#TECH74
+The first contacts with Planetary sentience during
+research on [Centauri Meditation (E5)] caused widespread
+excitement among the scientific community. They propose
+using new [Retroviral Engineering (C5)] techniques to
+unravel {Centauri Genetics}—the structural blueprint
+of native organisms.
+
+
+##Sentient Econometrics
+#TECH75
+For all the sophistication of its mathematical models,
+[Planetary Economics (B4)] proved no better at
+predicting the actions of markets and populations
+than Wall Street prognosticators of 20th Century
+Earth-there are too many unknown variables with
+unforeseeable consequences. Proponents of {Sentient
+Econometrics} take the best ‘intelligent computers’
+developed under [Digital Sentience (D10)] and set
+them to identifying these variables and predicting
+their consequences. Under their diligent efforts,
+economics finally becomes a true science.
+
+
+##Retroviral Engineering
+#TECH76
+{Retroviral Engineering}, a specialized branch of
+[Bio-engineering (B4)], uses engineered viruses to
+deliver genetic alterations. This application can
+be used for peaceful, healing purposes, but can also
+be twisted by the same militant researchers behind
+[Advanced Military Algorithms (E3)] into a weapon
+of terrible destruction.
+
+
+##Orbital Spaceflight
+#TECH77
+The early colonists certainly bring the technical
+understanding of spaceflight with them, but they
+lack the materials and infrastructure necessary
+to construct spacecraft. Eventually, implementation
+of [Doctrine: Air Power (E5)] furnishes the
+infrastructure, while advanced [Pre-sentient
+Algorithms (D5)] provide the tools for mankind’s
+return to {Orbital Spaceflight}.
+
+##Progenitor Psych
+#TECH78
+The Progenitors, an alien race with past ties to Planet,
+return to reclaim their heritage. {Progenitor Psych} is
+nothing more than a simple understanding of the aliens’
+culture, language, and aims. Humans cannot talk to either
+alien faction until they discover Progenitor Psych,
+or until the Progenitors discover [Social Psych (B1)].
+
+##Field Modulation
+#TECH79
+The Progenitor race can sense and manipulate local fields
+an untrained human cannot perceive without mechanical aid,
+including electricity and magnetism. Built on an understanding
+of [Progenitor Psych (E1)] and [Centauri Ecology (E1], the discovery
+of {Field Modulation} allows trained and equipped individuals to
+detect and perform basic manipulations of these ‘resonance fields’.
+
+##Adaptive Doctrine
+#TECH80
+{Adaptive Doctrine} combines [Polymorphic Software (D2)] and
+[Doctrine: Flexibility (E2)] into a new military philosophy. This
+philosophy strives to match a doctrine to each battlefield,
+rather than trying to making one supreme doctrine for all possible
+environments.
+
+##Adaptive Economics
+#TECH81
+Coming from an understanding of [Progenitor Psych (E1)] and [Industrial
+Economics (B2)], {Adaptive Economics} can accommodate rapid changes in
+economic systems to match the needs of the populace.
+
+##Bioadaptive Resonance
+#TECH82
+{Bioadaptive Resonance} is a more advanced form of [Field Modulation (C2)]
+that allows extensive manipulation of resonance fields. An understanding of
+[Centauri Empathy (E3)] is essential to discovery of this technology.
+
+##Sentient Resonance
+#TECH83
+{Sentient Resonance} is a further extension of [Bioadaptive Resonance (C4)]
+and [Centauri Psi (E8)] that allows the creation of self-aware resonance fields.
+
+##Secrets of the Manifolds
+#TECH84
+Planet is only one of the grand experiments, or Manifolds, seeded throughout
+the galaxy by the Progenitor forebears. Discovery of the {Secrets of the Manifolds}
+allows the perception and contact of these other Planetary Manifolds. This
+technology is based on an understanding of [Sentient Resonance (C9)] and
+[Secrets of Alpha Centauri (D12)].
+
+##N-Space Compression
+#TECH85
+{N-Space Compression} is a Progenitor term that loosely translates as “The
+shortest distance between two points is always 0, because any two points
+in our perceivable space are actually contiguous in some other universe,
+postulating infinity.” Compression simply brings things that appear to be
+in one place (such as a bulky missile payload) to another place (such as
+a missile warhead) at will (such as only at a time just prior to detonation).
+This technology is based on an understanding of [Orbital Spaceflight (D6)] and
+[Biomachinery (B7)].
+
+##String Resonance
+#TECH86
+Based on [Secrets of the Manifolds (D10)] and [Controlled Singularity (C15)],
+{String Resonance} allows the manipulation of resonance fields at even the “string”
+level (the one-dimensional building blocks of matter). The ability to manipulate
+the very structure of the universe allows for awesome destructive power.
+
+##Transcendent Thought
+#TECH88
+Based on [Controlled Singularity (C16)] and
+[Threshold of Transcendence (E19)], this technology
+finally unlocks the keys to the final stage of
+evolution with {Transcendent Thought}—the
+ability to contain a self-awareness, or ‘soul’,
+outside the bounds of a corporeal form. Those
+who so choose may now complete the Ascent to
+Transcendence, joining their consciousness with
+the Planetary mind in ageless immortality.
+
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+; Sid Meier’s ALPHA CENTAURI
+;
+; Short Tech Descriptions
+;
+; Copyright © 1997, 1998 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
+;
+
+##Biogenetics
+#TECH0
+^^“Understanding the intricacies of the genetic code”
+
+##Industrial Base
+#TECH1
+^^“Bootstrap our industrial infrastructure”
+
+##Information Networks
+#TECH2
+^^“The foundation of scientific research”
+
+##Applied Physics
+#TECH3
+^^“Powerful, versatile modern lasers”
+
+##Social Psych
+#TECH4
+^^“We must build a stable society”
+
+##Doctrine: Mobility
+#TECH5
+^^“Fast attacks and disciplined troops succeed on Planet as on Earth”
+
+##Centauri Ecology
+#TECH6
+^^“By studying the Xenofungus we can learn how to survive”
+
+##Superconductor
+#TECH7
+^^“Efficient energy transmission for powerful weaponry”
+
+##Nonlinear Mathematics
+#TECH8
+^^“Harness Chaos Theory for new kinds of weaponry”
+
+##Applied Relativity
+#TECH9
+^^“Updating Einstein’s theories”
+
+##Fusion Power
+#TECH10
+^^“A cheap, clean power source”
+
+##Silksteel Alloys
+#TECH11
+^^“Strong, flexible metals for construction and defense”
+
+##Advanced Subatomic Theory
+#TECH12
+^^“The search for the smallest particles of matter”
+
+##High Energy Chemistry
+#TECH13
+^^“Better defenses through Chemistry”
+
+#Frictionless Surfaces
+#TECH14
+^^“Materials not subject to friction”
+
+##Nanometallurgy
+#TECH15
+^^“Manipulate metals at the molecular level”
+
+##Superstring Theory
+#TECH16
+^^“Understand the fundamental forces of the universe”
+
+##Advanced Military Algorithms
+#TECH17
+^^“Apply new tools to new kinds of warfare”
+
+##Monopole Magnets
+#TECH18
+^^“The secrets of magnetism”
+
+##Matter Compression
+#TECH19
+^^“Create materials of extremely high density”
+
+##Unified Field Theory
+#TECH20
+^^“Discover the fundamental mechanism of the universe”
+
+##Graviton Theory
+#TECH21
+^^“Unlock the mechanisms of gravity”
+
+##Polymorphic Software
+#TECH22
+^^“The first massive neural nets”
+
+##Applied Gravitonics
+#TECH23
+^^“Control the forces of gravity”
+
+##Quantum Power
+#TECH25
+^^“Create incredible power by splitting light itself”
+
+##Singularity Mechanics
+#TECH26
+^^“Unravel the secrets of black holes”
+
+##Controlled Singularity
+#TECH27
+^^“Control the power of black holes”
+
+##Temporal Mechanics
+#TECH28
+^^“Manipulate time itself”
+
+##Probability Mechanics
+#TECH29
+^^“Predict and control random events”
+
+##Pre-Sentient Algorithms
+#TECH30
+^^“Computers on the verge of self-awareness”
+
+##Super Tensile Solids
+#TECH31
+^^“Unbreakable materials”
+
+##Planetary Networks
+#TECH32
+^^“We can pool our knowledge with a worldwide database”
+
+##Digital Sentience
+#TECH33
+^^“Computers with personality”
+
+##Self-Aware Machines
+#TECH34
+^^“Machines that think”
+
+##Doctrine: Initiative
+#TECH35
+^^“Complete naval supremacy requires new equipment and tactics”
+
+##Doctrine: Flexibility
+#TECH36
+^^“Control of Planet requires naval power”
+
+##Intellectual Integrity
+#TECH37
+^^“Do not mistake wishes for truth”
+
+##Synthetic Fossil Fuels
+#TECH38
+^^“Man-made oil, coal, and natural gas”
+
+##Doctrine: Air Power
+#TECH39
+^^“Let us return to the air”
+
+##Photon/Wave Mechanics
+#TECH40
+^^“Control light itself”
+
+##Mind/Machine Interface
+#TECH41
+^^“The integration of man and machine”
+
+##Nanominiaturization
+#TECH42
+^^“Microscopic machines”
+
+##Doctrine: Loyalty
+#TECH43
+^^“Loyalty is the engine that drives armies”
+
+##Ethical Calculus
+#TECH44
+^^“A new system of morality to encompass our future”
+
+##Industrial Economics
+#TECH45
+^^“Even on Planet, industry creates wealth”
+
+##Industrial Automation
+#TECH46
+^^“Robotics can help us build an empire”
+
+##Centauri Meditation
+#TECH47
+^^“Planet will speak to us … if we will listen”
+
+##Secrets of the Human Brain
+#TECH48
+^^“Understanding the mechanisms of self-awareness”
+
+##Gene Splicing
+#TECH49
+^^“Enhancing plant and animal DNA”
+
+##Bio-Engineering
+#TECH50
+^^“Unlock the last secrets of genetics”
+
+##Biomachinery
+#TECH51
+^^“Machinery integrated on a cellular level”
+
+##Neural Grafting
+#TECH52
+^^“Enhance individuals with on-board circuitry”
+
+##Cyberethics
+#TECH53
+^^“Defining the role of computers in society”
+
+##Eudaimonia
+#TECH54
+^^“True and complete happiness”
+
+##The Will to Power
+#TECH55
+^^“In strength, wisdom”
+
+##Threshold of Transcendence
+#TECH56
+^^“The brink of a new epoch”
+
+##Matter Transmission
+#TECH57
+^^“Transmit objects from one end of Planet to the other”
+
+##Centauri Empathy
+#TECH58
+^^“We must learn Planet’s ways”
+
+##Environmental Economics
+#TECH59
+^^“An economy both lucrative and green”
+
+##Ecological Engineering
+#TECH60
+^^“We can reshape this world”
+
+##Planetary Economics
+#TECH61
+^^“Unify global markets for maximum profits”
+
+##Adv. Ecological Engineering
+#TECH62
+^^“The last word in Terraforming”
+
+##Centauri Psi
+#TECH63
+^^“Harness the Psi powers of the Mind Worm”
+
+##Secrets of Alpha Centauri
+#TECH64
+^^“Map the Planetary Mind”
+
+##Secrets of Creation
+#TECH65
+^^“What is the purpose and order of the universe?”
+
+##Advanced Spaceflight
+#TECH66
+^^“Explore the reaches of space”
+
+##Homo Superior
+#TECH67
+^^“Let us evolve our brains and bodies”
+
+##Organic Superlubricant
+#TECH68
+^^“Lubricants that learn where to apply themselves”
+
+##Quantum Machinery
+#TECH69
+^^“Immensely powerful machines”
+
+##Matter Editation
+#TECH71
+^^“Manipulate the smallest particles of matter”
+
+##Optical Computers
+#TECH72
+^^“Computations at the speed of light”
+
+##Industrial Nanorobotics
+#TECH73
+^^“Miniature robotic factories”
+
+##Centauri Genetics
+#TECH74
+^^“Decipher Planet’s genetic code”
+
+##Sentient Econometrics
+#TECH75
+^^“Using intelligent computers to predict the economy”
+
+##Retroviral Engineering
+#TECH76
+^^“We unleash this weapon at our own risk”
+
+##Orbital Spaceflight
+#TECH77
+^^“Return to space”
+
+##Progenitor Psych
+#TECH78
+^^“The basic culture and language of the Progenitor race”
+
+##Field Modulation
+#TECH79
+^^“Simple manipulation of resonance fields”
+
+##Adaptive Doctrine
+#TECH80
+^^“Adapt military responses to each situation”
+
+##Adaptive Economics
+#TECH81
+^^“Economics adapted to new environments”
+
+##Bioadaptive Resonance
+#TECH82
+^^“Advanced control of resonance fields”
+
+##Sentient Resonance
+#TECH83
+^^“Create sentient resonance fields”
+
+##Secrets of the Manifolds
+#TECH84
+^^“Uncover other far-flung Manifolds connected to Planet”
+
+##N-Space Compression
+#TECH85
+^^“Tap parallel universes for matter compression”
+
+##String Resonance
+#TECH86
+^^“Destroy the fundamental building blocks of the universe”
+
+##Transcendent Thought
+#TECH88
+^^“Beyond the Era of Individual Sentience”
+
+# ; This line must remain at end of file

##current patch files/EN/SMAC/univ.txt

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+;
+; Sid Meier’s ALPHA CENTAURI
+;
+; FACTION FILE: The University of Planet
+;
+; Copyright © 1997, 1998 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
+;
+; ALPHA CENTAURI reads the rules of the game from this file at
+; startup. Feel free, at your own risk, to experiment with editing
+; this file. We recommend you make a backup copy of the original.
+;
+
+#UNIV
+University of Planet, The Scientist, University, M, 1, Zakharov, M,  0,  0, 1, 0, 0,
+  TECH, InfNet, TECH, 1, SOCIAL, ++RESEARCH, SOCIAL, --PROBE, DRONE, 4, FACILITY, 8
+  Values, Knowledge, RESEARCH
+  Politics, Fundamentalist, nil
+  University, Univ.,
+  Nataliya, Fedorov, Nataliya Lab
+  Academician, brilliant, unethical, talented, reckless
+  Madman
+  pursue unfettered research
+  to pursue pure research unfettered by outside motives and meddling
+  conducting all manner of unethical, immoral, and evil research
+  conducting all manner of unethical, immoral, and evil research
+  conduct your unspeakable experiments
+  dreaming up new ways to exterminate our species
+  dreaming up new ways to exterminate our species
+  conducting unethical research
+  unethical methods, M2
+  research, M1
+  “research”, M1
+  research grant, M1
+  pushing the boundaries of science
+  University Enforcement
+  University Policy
+
+#BASES
+University Base
+Academy Park
+Lab Three
+Library of Planet
+Planetary Archives
+Razvitia-Progress Base
+Cosmograd
+Budushii Dvor
+Tsiolkovsky Institute
+Mendelev College
+Nauk Science Center
+Zarya-Sunrise
+Nadezjda-Hope
+Academgorodok
+Koppernigk Observatory
+Svobodny-Free Base
+Zvedny Gorodok
+Baikonur
+Climactic Research
+Monitoring Station
+Buran Prospect
+Mir Lab
+Relativity School
+Pavlov Biolab
+Lomonosov Park
+Korolev Center
+Gagarin Memorial
+New Arzamas
+Otkrietia-Discovery
+Zoloto-Gold
+Edinstvo-Unity
+Large Hadron Collider
+Climatic Research Center
+Biome Project X
+Mendel Institute
+The Scientific Method
+The Singularity
+Transhumanism
+Experimental Protocol
+Double-blind
+Peer Review
+Biotic Survey
+Unified Field
+Relativity Base
+Zero Point
+Fountain of Knowlege
+Quantum Foam
+Stream of Conciousness
+Serendipity
+Helix
+Aurora
+Darwin
+Genius
+Schrodinger’s Dome
+Gagarin’s Reach
+Home of Hawkins
+Curiosity
+Hypothesis
+Taste of The Fruit
+The Caves of Steel
+#END
+
+#WATERBASES
+The Marine Institute
+Marine Biology Lab
+Oceanographic Lab
+Hydrothermal Institute
+Deep Sea Lab
+Strands of Life
+Tidal Research Base
+Reef Research Center
+The Soumarine Institute
+Gravity’s Pull
+Bathyspheric Exploration
+#END
+
+#BLURB
+The substructure of the universe regresses infinitely towards
+smaller and smaller components. Behind atoms we find electrons,
+and behind electrons quarks. Each layer unraveled reveals new
+secrets, but also new mysteries.
+^
+^       —Academician Prokhor Zakharov,
+^       “For I Have Tasted The Fruit”
+
+#DATALINKS1
+^LEADER: {Dr. Prokhor Zakharov}
+^BACKGROUND: {Russian Commonwealth, Unity Science Officer}
+^AGENDA: {Research, free flow of information.}
+^TECH: {Information Networks}
+^
+
+#DATALINKS2
+^+2 RESEARCH:  {Brilliant research}
+^-2 PROBE:  {Academic networks vulnerable to infiltration}
+^Free {Network Node} at every base
+^One {Bonus Tech} at beginning of game
+^Extra {Drone} for every four citizens: {lack of ethics}
+^{May not use Fundamentalist Politics.}
+
+#xxx
+^+2 SUPPORT: {Engineers readily improvise}
+
+#FACTIONTRUCE
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“Call off your dogs, $NAME1. I am ready to pledge Blood Truce
+if you will leave me to my research.”
+
+“Very well, but do not provoke me further.”
+“Too bad, $NAME3. Your fate is already sealed.”
+
+#FACTIONTREATY
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“We are peaceful researchers, $TITLE0 $NAME1. Will you sign
+a Treaty of Friendship and leave us to study in peace?”
+
+“Of course. We must certainly strive to increase our knowledge.”
+“No. I don’t trust your unethical approach to research, $NAME3.”
+
+#ALIENFACTIONTRUCE
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“Call off your hunting beasts, $NAME1. I am ready to pledge Blood Truce
+if you will leave me to my research.”
+
+“$NAME3: harmless. Truce: agreed.”
+“Suggest: research new weapon. War: continues!”
+
+#ALIENFACTIONTREATY
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“We understand your kind are deeply interested in research,
+$TITLE0 $NAME1. Will you sign a Treaty of Friendship and
+leave us to study in peace?”
+
+“Research: paramount: rescue of all inhabitants. Treaty: agreed.”
+“$NAME3: too secretive. Treaty: not advisable.”
+
+# ; This line must remain at end of file

##current patch files/EN/SMACX/angels.txt

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+;
+; Sid Meier’s ALPHA CENTAURI
+;
+; FACTION FILE: Data Angels
+;
+; Copyright © 1999 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
+;
+; ALPHA CENTAURI reads the rules of the game from this file at
+; startup. Feel free, at your own risk, to experiment with editing
+; this file. We recommend you make a backup copy of the original.
+;
+
+#ANGELS
+The Data Angels, The Infogrrrrl, Angels, F, 2, Roze, F, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0,
+  TECH, InfNet, TECH, PlaNets, SOCIAL, ++PROBE, SOCIAL, -POLICE, PROBECOST, 75, FREEFAC, 34, TECHSHARE, 3, UNIT, 6
+  Politics, Democratic, PROBE
+  Values, Power, nil
+  Datatech, Datate.
+  Katt, Roberts, Katt’s Cradle
+  Datajack, stylish, anarchistic, free-thinking, thieving,
+  Mad Hacker
+  keep information free for all
+  to open the floodgates barring access to information
+  infecting all of us with her insidious viruses
+  infecting all of us with your insidious viruses
+  infiltrate every proprietary database on Planet
+  drooling in front of her computer terminal
+  drooling in front of your computer terminal
+  engaging in deviant virtual debauchery
+  pseudo-revolutionary blather, M1
+  covert operations, M2
+  network sabotage, M1
+  network access charge, M1
+  keeping your systems free of dangerous viruses
+  my Network Liberation Front
+  the Freedom of Information Act
+
+#BASES
+Data DeCentral
+Gargoyle Garden
+Ergonomia
+Safe House City
+The Sprawl
+Newer Ciba City
+Gibson Base
+Trojan Source
+Googleplex
+Tinker Junction
+Keypad Grid
+Opticommons
+Coder’s Pit
+Shadow Sprawl
+Nettap Complex
+Stack Heap
+Roze Function
+Secret Hollow
+Ferrett’s Lair
+Moonshadow
+Alphaville
+Applet Way
+Computer Underground
+Cracker City
+Black Hat
+White Hat
+Phone Phreak
+New Hacker’s Dictionary
+Script Kiddie
+Ethical Hacking
+Penetration Test
+Vulnerability Assessment
+EC-Council
+Elite Hacker
+Masters of Deception
+Blue Hat
+Hacktivist Haven
+CS Scripting
+Network Enumeration
+SQL injection
+CS Request Forgery
+DOS Attack
+Leet Haxxor
+Vulnerability Scan
+Password Crack
+Packet Sniffer
+Port Scanner
+Firewall Failure
+Spoofing Attack
+Phishing Phorever
+Social Engineering
+Rootkit Revenge
+Cyber Spy
+Trojan Horse
+Computer Worm
+Key Logger
+1337speak
+Cyber Warfare
+Wanted Hacker
+Ghost in the Wires
+Art of Exploitation
+Wetware
+#END
+
+#WATERBASES
+Atlantisville
+Conshelf 57
+Deep Sea Nine
+Calypso Beat
+Tears In Rain
+Great Lagoon
+Sea Cradle
+Garden of Fishes
+#END
+
+#BLURB
+What’s more important, the data or the jazz? Sure, sure, ‘Information should
+be free’ and all that—but anyone can set information free. The jazz is in how
+you do it, what you do it to, and in almost getting caught without getting
+caught. The data is 1’s and 0’s. Life is the jazz.
+ ^
+ ^      —Datatech Sinder Roze,
+ ^      “Infobop”
+
+#DATALINKS1
+^LEADER: {Sinder Roze}
+^BACKGROUND: {MorganNet QA Manager, Unity Information Services Helpdesk}
+^AGENDA: {Free Flow of Information}
+^TECH: {Information Networks, Planetary Networks}
+^
+
+#DATALINKS2
+^+2 PROBE: {Highly motivated computer specialists}
+^-1 POLICE: {Decentralized, difficult to control}
+^Gain any tech known to three other factions with whom Angels have infiltration: {Wide-ranging covert activities}
+^-25% cost to {Probe} actions: {Skilled at network access and control}
+^Free {Covert Ops Center} with discovery of {Pre-Sentient Algorithms}
+^{May not make Power choice in social engineering.}
+
+#FACTIONTRUCE
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“Military conflict diverts vital bandwidth from the struggle for network liberation.
+Pledge Blood Truce that we may restore the free flow of information.”
+
+“Information does seem more important than conflict at this point. We’ll sign your Truce.”
+“Forget it! Your feeble coders won’t save you now, $NAME3!”
+
+#FACTIONTREATY
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“Not only are you a wise leader,  $TITLE0 $NAME1, but we admire your style. A
+Treaty of Friendship would be suitably chic, don’t you agree?”
+
+“Agreed. Code to your heart’s content, $NAME3.”
+“What are you rambling on about, $NAME3? I would never join my fate to one so irresponsible.”
+
+#ALIENFACTIONTRUCE
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“Unlike you, our military ambitions are slight, $NAME1. Can’t we end this war?”
+
+“Progenitor: willing: find other targets. Truce: agreed.”
+“Pressing keys: not same: pressing trigger. $NAME3: prepare for death.”
+
+#ALIENFACTIONTREATY
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“$TITLE0 $NAME1, we feel a strange kindred spirit—both of us
+being outcasts and mistrusted by the others on Planet. Not only
+that, but we admire your jazzy neck flaps. A Treaty of Friendship
+would be suitably chic, don’t you agree?”
+
+“Not understand: jazzy. Treaty: anyway. Agreement.”
+“Treaty: for friends. Chic: irrelevant. Answer to silly $NAME3: no.”
+
+# ; This line must remain at end of file

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+;
+; Sid Meier’s ALPHA CENTAURI
+;
+; FACTION FILE: TEMPLATE
+;
+; Copyright © 1997, 1998 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
+;
+;
+; Factions -- Names & personalities
+;
+; formal, desc, noun, masc/fem, sing/plural, name, gender, ai-fight, ai-power, ai-tech, ai-wealth, ai-growth
+;    title, characteristic, adjective
+;    SPECIAL RULES, parameters, …
+;    SOCIAL PRIORITY, setting, result
+;
+; formal      = Formal name of colony/group
+; desc        = Description of basic ideology
+; noun        = Plural noun
+; masc/fem    = Is faction’s noun masculine or feminine
+; sing/plural = Is faction’s noun singular (Labyrinth) or plural (Gaians)
+; name        = Name of default leader
+; gender      = M or F (gender of leader)
+; ai-fight    = -1,0,1 (willingness to use force to achieve goals)
+; ai-power    = 1 or 0 (interest in power)
+; ai-tech     = 1 or 0 (interest in knowledge)
+; ai-wealth   = 1 or 0 (interest in wealth)
+; ai-growth   = 1 or 0 (interest in population growth)
+;
+; title          = leader’s title
+; characteristic = leader’s descriptive adjective
+;
+; adjective      = adjectival form of faction name (e.g. Gaian)
+;                  TRANSLATOR NOTE: for FRENCH versions, this should
+;                  give all four forms (ms:fs:mp:fp):
+;                  Gaian:Gaiane:Gaians:Gaianes (or whatever it would be)
+;                  for GERMAN it should have all six forms.
+;
+; SPECIAL RULES = rule, parameter
+;
+;   TECH        = Free technology at start. Parameter
+;                 is either a tech id (e.g. “Cen”) to
+;                 indicate a specific technology, or a
+;                 number (e.g. 2) to indicate a number
+;                 of player-selected technologies.
+;   MORALE      = Morale modifier (if 0, indicates an
+;                 exemption from negative modifiers from
+;                 other sources).
+;   PSI         = Percentage combat bonus for PSI Combat.
+;   FACILITY    = Every new base gets this free facility.
+;                 Param indicates facility (e.g. “4” is
+;                 a Perimeter Defense) from the facilities
+;                 list. Do NOT attempt to give satellites
+;                 and secret projects this way.
+;   RESEARCH    = Free research points per base per turn.
+;   DRONE       = Extra drone at base (per “param”
+;                 citizens, rounded down)
+;   TALENT      = Extra talent at base (per “param”
+;                 citizens, rounded up)
+;   ENERGY      = Free energy reserves at start
+;   INTEREST    = Energy reserves interest.
+;                 Non-zero = constant percentage per turn (including negative)
+;                 Zero     = +1/base each turn
+;   COMMERCE    = Increased commerce rate
+;   POPULATION  = # to be added to population limit of
+;                 each base for purposes of Habitation
+;                 domes, etc.
+;   HURRY       = Percentage change in costs of “Hurry”
+;                 button on construction (e.g. 125 means
+;                 125% of normal cost, so 100 costs 125).
+;   UNIT        = Extra free unit at start; param is
+;                 index from units list (e.g. 0 equals
+;                 Colonists, 1 Terraformers, 2 Scout
+;                 Crawler)
+;   TECHCOST    = Modifier % for tech research rate.
+;                 (e.g. 125 means each discovery costs
+;                 125% the usual number of research
+;                 points).
+;   SHARETECH   = Gain any technology known to # other players
+;   TERRAFORM   = Halves terraform raise/lower cost
+;   SOCIAL      = Gives a modifier in the named social effect category
+;                 (“SOCIAL, +EFFIC” raises the EFFIC rating by 1;
+;                  “SOCIAL, --POLICE” lowers POLICE rating by 2);
+;   ROBUST      = Halves the intensity of minus effects in the named
+;                 social area (“ROBUST, EFFIC” halves minus efficiency
+;                 effects in social model).
+;   IMMUNITY    = Immunity from minus effects in the named social
+;                 area. (“IMMUNITY, ENERGY” prevents minus energy
+;                 effects in social model).
+;   IMPUNITY    = Impunity :-) from minus effects from a particular
+;                 social setting. “IMPUNITY, Police State” prevents
+;                 all - effects from “Police State” setting.
+;   PENALTY     = Opposite of impunity: doubles the negative effects
+;                 of a particular setting.
+;   FUNGNUTRIENT= Modifier to NUTRIENT produced in fungus squares
+;   FUNGMINERALS= Modifier to MINERALS produced in fungus squares
+;   FUNGENERGY  = Modifier to ENERGY produced in fungus squares
+;   COMMFREQ    = Gets an extra comm frequency (another faction to
+;                 talk to) at beginning of game. (Parameter is ignored)
+;   MINDCONTROL = Vehicles and bases immune to mind control
+;   FANATIC     = +25% bonus on attack
+;   VOTES       = Multiplier for governor votes
+;   FREEPROTO   = Prototype cost reduced to zero for this faction
+;
+; SOCIAL PRIORITY:
+;   Drawn from the political table above (see #SOCIO), these entries
+;   must exactly match the SOCIO entries in spelling. These determine
+;   the leader’s social priorities.
+;
+
+##
+##SAMPLE SENTENCES FOR TRANSLATORS
+##
+##  [Together we shall both] preserve Planet’s native life [and ...]
+##  [My intent is] to guard, understand, and preserve Planet’s native life
+##  [She is bent on] stamping out all legitimate human development of this planet
+##  [You seem bent on] stamping out all legitimate human development of this planet
+##  [I shall not stand here while you] cripple any and all efforts toward human progress on this world
+##  [She spends her time] dancing naked through the trees
+##  [You spend your time] dancing naked through the trees
+##  [I have been accused of] spouting tree-crazy prattle
+##  [Your] tree-crazy prattle [does not impress me]
+##  [Think how this could benefit your] environmental initiatives
+##  [I trust your] pagan rituals [are proceeding to your satisfaction]
+##  [It is customary to remit me a small] ecology tax [...]
+##  [...for the services my forces provide in] preserving and cataloguing Planet’s native life
+##  [I shall instruct] my Environmental Police [to see that no such...]
+##  [You are in contravention of] the Planetary Ecology Code
+##
+##  END OF SAMPLE SENTENCES FOR TRANSLATORS
+##
+
+#BRIAN
+Firaxians, The Silly, Firaxians, M, 2, Brian, M, -1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
+  TECH, SingMec
+  Economics, Green, PLANET
+  nil, nil, nil
+  Firaxian, Firaxian,
+  Lindsay, Gordon, Lindsay’s Rest
+  Mr., brilliant, mindless, entertaining, time-wasting,
+  Play-tester
+  make fun games for our children’s children
+  to create the most amazingly fun games imaginable
+  monopolizing all of the free time of his hoodwinked ‘fans’
+  monopolizing all of the free time of your hoodwinked ‘fans’
+  turn our family and friends into gaming zombies
+  shooting at pixels in his basement
+  shooting at pixels in your basement
+  spouting techno-babble
+  techno-babble, M1
+  game designing, M1
+  Pac-Man contests, M2
+  registration fee, M1
+  engaging and stimulating the millions
+  Susan Meier
+  the Firaxis Mission Statement
+
+#BASES
+FIRAXIS HQ
+Executive Plaza III
+Sid’s House
+Brian’s House
+Jeff’s House
+Mt. Washington Tavern
+Padonia Station
+San Sushi
+Andy’s
+Macaroni Grill
+Bertucci’s
+The Kids’ Room
+Bazzell’s Office
+Amanda’s Playground
+Ryan Meier’s Desk
+#END
+
+#WATERBASES
+Brian’s Little Stream
+Sid’s Swimmin’ Hole
+Inner Harbor
+#END
+
+#BLURB
+Firaxis est une compagnie que j'ai fondée avec quelques amis.
+L'idée était de revenir à quelque chose de petit. Lorsque Microprose
+a démarré, c'était une petite compagnie, et c'était très amusant. En
+dix ou douze ans, elle a pris de plus en plus d'importance et à
+partir d'un certain moment, il devenait temps de revenir à un environnement
+beaucoup plus petit, sans les pressions et les problèmes financiers
+d'une grosse compagnie. En gros, le moment était idéal pour créer une
+petite société et pour ne plus s'occuper que de jeux.
+^
+^       —Sid Meier,
+^       “But I Like This Sweatshirt …”
+
+#DATALINKS1
+^LEADER: {Sid Meier}
+^BACKGROUND: {Hunt Valley, Game Designer}
+^AGENDA: {Addictive Gameplay}
+^TECH: {???}
+^
+
+#DATALINKS2
+^+1 PLANET: {Environmental safeguards; can capture mindworms}
+^+2 EFFICIENCY: {Experience with life systems & recycling}
+^-1 MORALE: {Pacifist tendencies}
+^-1 POLICE: {Freedom loving}
+^+1 Nutrients in fungus squares
+
+#FACTIONTRUCE
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“I haven’t had time to play {Gettysburg!} in weeks!  In the name
+of great gaming, how’s about a Blood Truce?”
+
+“Yeah, I really miss that game.  Wanna play multiplayer?”
+“Never!  I’ll put an end to your slothful gaming, $NAME3!”
+
+#FACTIONTREATY
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“Wouldn’t you like to relax and play a game, $TITLE0 $NAME1?
+I suggest we sign a Treaty of Friendship, that our peoples
+may play lots of multiplayer games.”
+
+“Agreed. How about right now, $NAME3?”
+“No. I’ve got better things to do, like the dishes.”
+
+#ALIENFACTIONTRUCE
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“I haven’t had time to play {Gettysburg!} in weeks!  In the name
+of great gaming, how’s about a Blood Truce?”
+
+“Great battle: much human death: what’s not to like? Truce: agreed!”
+“One war: for another war: silly. Death: to you!”
+
+#ALIENFACTIONTREATY
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“Wouldn’t you like to relax and play a game, $TITLE0 $NAME1?
+I suggest we sign a Treaty of Friendship, that our peoples
+may play lots of multiplayer games and learn what it’s like
+to play someone who’s {truly} weird.”
+
+“Alien Crossfire: multiplayer! Agreed!”
+“Games: for foolish and weak. Rejection.”
+
+# ; This line must remain at end of file

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+;
+; Sid Meier’s ALPHA CENTAURI
+;
+; FACTION FILE: Manifold Caretakers
+;
+; Copyright © 1999 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
+;
+; ALPHA CENTAURI reads the rules of the game from this file at
+; startup. Feel free, at your own risk, to experiment with editing
+; this file. We recommend you make a backup copy of the original.
+;
+
+#CARETAKE
+Manifold Caretakers, The Conservator, Caretakers, F, 2, H’minee, F, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1,
+  ALIEN, 0, DEFENSE, 125, SOCIAL, +PLANET, TECH, Biogen, TECH, InfNet, TECH, Ecology, FACILITY, 3
+  Economics, Planned, PLANET
+  nil, nil, nil
+  Caretaker, Careta.
+  Hackjob, Peter, Hackjob Hovel
+  Guardian, insightful, reactionary, unyielding, horrific,
+  Walking Atrocity
+  preserve the sanctity of the Manifold
+  to keep the Usurper plague from defiling Planet
+  wiping Planet clean of our kind
+  wiping Planet clean of our kind
+  turn Planet into one big Mind Worm preserve
+  picking fights with anyone who opposes her vision of a pure Planet
+  picking fights with anyone who opposes your vision of a pure Planet
+  ‘species cleansing’ in the name of the sanctity of the Manifold
+  alarmist singsong, M1
+  grand experiment, M1
+  ‘grand experiment’, M1
+  energy modulation obligation, M1
+  Manifold sanctity preservation
+  my Harmonic Acolytes
+  the Tau Ceti Accord of 31.5
+
+#BASES
+Decision : Manifold
+Tau Ceti Memory
+Manifold : Sixth
+Resonance : Power
+Resonant Node
+Hymn : Modulation
+Adapt to Live
+M’dar Holding
+Tower Preserve
+Phantom Forces
+Balance of Nature
+Star Harmony
+Energy Nexus
+Vinculum
+Melody of Souls
+Greater Harmonic
+Worlds : Within Worlds
+Home : Hearth
+Vision : Sound
+Great Intertwining
+Caretaker Reverence
+Thought : Seed
+Consonance
+Overtone Song
+Conservator’s Mantle
+Harmonic Acolyte
+#END
+
+#WATERBASES
+Carapace Point
+Wavesound
+Bird : Cry
+Ripplesound
+Sea : Wind
+Echo Bay
+Nest : Water
+Island Shallows
+#END
+
+#BLURB
+Tau Ceti Flowering: Horrors visited upon neighboring systems must never be repeated.
+Therefore: if it means the end of our evolution as a species, so be it.
+^
+^       —Caretaker Lular H’minee
+^       “Sacrifice : Life”
+
+#DATALINKS1
+^LEADER: {Caretaker Lular H’minee}
+^BACKGROUND: {<Unknown>}
+^AGENDA: {Prevent Transcendence}
+^TECH: {Progenitor Psych, Centauri Ecology, Field Modulation, Information Networks, Biogenetics}
+^
+
+#DATALINKS2
+^+25% Defensive combat: {Can sense and manipulate “Resonance” fields}
+^+1 PLANET: {Understand workings of Planet, the Sixth Manifold}
+^Free {Recycling Tanks} at every base
+^”Energy Grid” at each base: {Increased infrastructure generates additional energy}
+^Make Planetfall with a {Mk I Battle Ogre} and {extra Colony Pod}
+^All prototyped combat units have two-square sighting radius (“Resonance” sensitivity)
+^Can direct research efforts (rediscovering technology & infrastructure)
+^Possess a physical scan of Planet’s surface
+
+#FACTIONTRUCE
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“Pointless skirmishing: distracts from true menace: hated Usurpers. Blood Truce: requested and required immediately.”
+
+“We don’t want to stand in your way, $NAME3. Blood Truce : accepted.”
+“[You] are the true menace here, $NAME3. This war shall continue!”
+
+#FACTIONTREATY
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“Although ultimate goal : return Planet to native state : in interim, our cultures can co-operate. Treaty of Friendship : sign please?”
+
+“We don’t plan to move anytime soon, $NAME3. But we can probably work together for the short term.”
+“Why hasten our own demise by working with your kind? Sorry, but we can’t sign your Treaty.”
+
+# ; This line must remain at end of file

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+;
+; Sid Meier’s ALPHA CENTAURI
+;
+; FACTION FILE: The Cybernetic Consciousness
+;
+; Copyright © 1999 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
+;
+; ALPHA CENTAURI reads the rules of the game from this file at
+; startup. Feel free, at your own risk, to experiment with editing
+; this file. We recommend you make a backup copy of the original.
+;
+
+#CYBORG
+The Cybernetic Consciousness, The Algorithm, Consciousness, F, 1, Aki Zeta-5, F, -1, 0, 1, 0, 1,
+  TECH, Physic, TECH, InfNet, IMPUNITY, Cybernetic, SOCIAL, ++RESEARCH, SOCIAL, ++EFFIC, SOCIAL, -GROWTH, TECHSTEAL, 0
+  Future Society, Cybernetic, GROWTH
+  Politics, Fundamentalist, nil
+  Cybernetic, Cybern.
+  Alpha Talent, Gamma Thinker, Alpha Legacy
+  Prime Function, analytical, soulless, rational, inflexible,
+  Unsexed Android
+  impose rational thinking on this Planet
+  to impose rationality and order on the inhabitants of this chaotic Planet
+  destroying all that makes us self-aware
+  destroying all that makes us self-aware
+  try to reduce us all to a collection of algorithms
+  grafting silicon onto her few remaining biological components
+  grafting silicon onto your few remaining biological components
+  destroying the sentience of unwilling subjects
+  so-called logic, M1
+  quest for rational perfection, M1
+  quest for rational perfection, M1
+  licensing fee, M1
+  developing rational codes for your people to follow
+  my Logic Corps
+  the Dictates of Logic
+
+#BASES
+Alpha Prime
+Beta Crossing
+Gamma Flats
+Delta Marsh
+Epsilon Center
+Eta Crossroads
+Theta Banks
+Iota Station
+Kappa Hills
+Lambda Farms
+Mu Crescent
+Nu Square
+Xi Ellipse
+Omicron Quadrangle
+Pi Complex
+Rho Yards
+Sigma Complex
+Tau Collective
+Upsilon Depot
+Psi Consensus
+Chi Plains
+Phi Lumiere
+Omega Terminus
+Computational Science
+Data Processing
+Automated Reasoning
+Successive States
+Recursive Function
+Quadratic Equation
+Systematic Solution
+Linear Equations
+Decision Problem
+Recursive Functions
+Turing Machines
+Formulation 1
+Assignment Operation
+Data Structures
+Flow of Control
+Imperative Programming
+Natural Languages
+Pseudocode
+Flowchart
+Control Tables
+State Diagram
+Machine Code
+Assembly Code
+High-level Implementation
+Halting Problem
+Minsky’s Machine
+Church-Turing Thesis
+Spaghetti Code
+Böhm-Jacopini Canonical Structures
+If-Then Goto
+Proofs of Correctness
+Mathematical Induction
+Pidgin Code
+Elementary Number Theory
+Partial Function
+Total Function
+Algorithm Analysis
+Big O Notation
+Binary Search
+Brute Force
+Table Lookups
+Empirical Algorithmics
+#END
+
+#WATERBASES
+Alpha Basin
+Gamma Breakwater
+Beta Mudflats
+Delta Trench
+Epsilon Reef
+Eta Ridge
+Theta Barrier
+Iota Point
+#END
+
+#BLURB
+Those who join us need give up only half of their humanity—the illogical,
+ill-tempered, and disordered half, commonly thought of as ‘right-brain’
+functioning. In exchange, the ‘left-brain’ capacities are increased to undreamed
+potential. The tendency of Biologicals to cling instead to their individual
+personalities can only be attributed to archaic evolutionary tendencies.
+ ^
+ ^      —Prime Function Aki Zeta-5,
+ ^      “Convergence”
+
+#DATALINKS1
+^LEADER: {Aki Zeta-5 (Prime Function Shell)}
+^BACKGROUND: {Subroutine Specialist under Unity Science Officer}
+^AGENDA: {Rational Objectivity}
+^TECH: {Information Networks, Applied Physics}
+^
+
+#DATALINKS2
+^+2 RESEARCH: {Human research abilities enhanced by algorithmic control}
+^+2 EFFICIENCY: {Cybernetic biologicals extremely efficient}
+^-1 GROWTH: {Humans ‘possessed by an algorithm’ find reproduction awkward}
+^Impunity to {Cybernetic} penalty: {Cybernetic social choice is ‘rational’ and not dissented by citizens}
+^Can steal technology when capturing a base
+^{May not make Fundamentalist choice in social engineering}
+
+#FACTIONTRUCE
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“Our strategic simulations predict an inevitable stalemate for this
+conflict, $NAME1. We therefore attach a high value to Blood Truce at this time.”
+
+“I need no simulation to tell me that, $NAME3. Blood Truce is the best choice.”
+“That’s funny … our simulations predict your inevitable defeat. We see no value in a Blood Truce.”
+
+#FACTIONTREATY
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“You have recently demonstrated enhanced left-brain activity, $TITLE0 $NAME1.
+A Treaty of Friendship would exponentially increase our mutual capabilities.”
+
+“Your conclusions are irrefutable. A Treaty is the only rational path for our people, $NAME3.”
+“I prefer my right-brain impulses on this one, $NAME3. You can use what’s left of yours.”
+
+#ALIENFACTIONTRUCE
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“Our strategic simulations predict an inevitable stalemate for this
+conflict, $NAME1. We therefore attach a high value to Blood Truce at this time.”
+
+“Wisdom: avoid stalemate. Progenitor: better things to do. Agreement.”
+“Your simulations: faulty. Your defeat: inevitable. Answer: negative.”
+
+#ALIENFACTIONTREATY
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“$TITLE0 $NAME1, your devotion to research and your vast intellect make you
+a suitable partner. A Treaty of Friendship would exponentially increase
+our mutual capabilities.”
+
+“Geometric power: preferable: arithmetic power. Treaty: excellent idea.”
+“Logic flaw: Progenitor: no benefit: your commerce. Answer: negative.”
+
+# ; This line must remain at end of file

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+;
+; Sid Meier’s ALPHA CENTAURI
+;
+; FACTION FILE: Free Drones
+;
+; Copyright © 1999 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
+;
+; ALPHA CENTAURI reads the rules of the game from this file at
+; startup. Feel free, at your own risk, to experiment with editing
+; this file. We recommend you make a backup copy of the original.
+;
+
+#DRONE
+The Free Drones, The Laborer, Drones, M, 2, Domai, M, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0,
+  TECH, Indust, SOCIAL, ++INDUSTRY, SOCIAL, --RESEARCH, NODRONE, 1, REVOLT, 75
+  Future Society, Eudaimonic, INDUSTRY
+  Economics, Green, nil
+  Free Drone, Free D.
+  Maxwell, Irwin, Maxwell’s Assembly
+  Foreman, stalwart, brainless, diligent, self-important,
+  Undeserving Malcontent
+  improve the lot of the common citizen
+  to free the enslaved working classes from their oppressors
+  controlling all industrial production on Planet
+  controlling all industrial production on Planet
+  undermine the very foundations of our society
+  glorying in the accolades of his mindless lackeys
+  glorying in the accolades of your mindless lackeys
+  inciting drones against their rightful masters
+  self-righteous bombast, M1
+  industrial ambitions, M2
+  self-styled worker’s paradise, M1
+  charitable donation, M1
+  maintaining a minimum standard of living for the common citizen
+  my Labor Mediation Teams
+  the Planetary Living Standard
+
+#BASES
+Free Drone Central
+Hall of Industry
+Smokestack Hill
+Steelfount
+Freedman’s Park
+Common Ground
+Labor Trust
+Liberty Plant
+Freedom’s Foundry
+Assembly Hall
+Worker’s Paradise
+Miner’s Freehold
+Digger’s Descent
+Domai Dome
+Living Standard
+Spanner Works
+Staples of Life
+Hammer and Tongs
+Anvil of Man
+Whipsaw Base
+Drilling Grounds
+Guild House
+Craftsman Keep
+Future’s Fulcrum
+Power Grid
+Overlords’ Despair
+Collective Organization
+Union Labor
+Despots’ Chagrin
+Collective Bargaining
+Tolpuddle Martyrs
+Rerum Novarum
+Workers’ Rights
+Minimum Wage
+Emperors’ Misery
+Black Grease
+Trade Union
+Chartist Movement
+Labour Government
+Wheels of Industry
+Class Struggle
+New Model Unions
+Hammer & Tongs
+#END
+
+#WATERBASES
+Seawork Caverns
+Chainlink Break
+Welder’s Shipyards
+Deep Platform Nine
+Stevedore Dock
+Longshoreman’s Quay
+Tanker’s Rest
+Coral Warehouse
+#END
+
+#BLURB
+“Now it’s day and night the irons clang, and like poor galley slaves
+^We toil and toil, and when we die, must fill dishonored graves
+^But some dark night, when everything is silent in the town
+^I’ll shoot those tyrants one and all, I’ll gun the flogger down
+^I’ll give the land a little shock, remember what I say,
+^And they’ll yet regret they’ve sent Jim Jones in chains to Botany Bay.”
+ ^
+ ^      —“Jim Jones”, Traditional
+
+#DATALINKS1
+^LEADER: {Foreman Domai}
+^BACKGROUND: {Unity Assistant Jobtech 3rd Class}
+^AGENDA: {Emancipation of the working class}
+^TECH: {Industrial Base}
+^
+
+#DATALINKS2
+^+2 INDUSTRY: {Excellent craftsmen and skilled workers}
+^-2 RESEARCH: {Emphasis on productivity instead of ‘blue-sky’ research}
+^Revolting bases tend to join drones: {Offer a workingman’s paradise}
+^-1 {Drones} in every base: {Working for common good reduces discontent}
+^{May not use Green economics.}
+
+#FACTIONTRUCE
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“The common man has suffered most during this interminable conflict. For the  sake
+of our citizens, we should set aside our egotistical pride and pledge Blood Truce.”
+
+“You’re right, our people deserve better. We’ll sign your truce.”
+“Our people gladly suffer any hardship to encompass your destruction.”
+
+#FACTIONTREATY
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“You seem to care about your citizens’ welfare, $TITLE0 $NAME1. In the interest  of
+our people, we should forswear our personal ambitions and sign a Treaty of Friendship.”
+
+“Yes, the desires of the people should come first.”
+“My people exist only to further my ambitions. A Treaty does not fit with my plans at this time.”
+
+#ALIENFACTIONTRUCE
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“Surely your workers are the same as ours, $TITLE0 $NAME1. All they must
+hope for is to live their lives in peace. Cannot we, as their leaders, accede
+to their wishes and pledge Blood Truce?”
+
+“All Progenitor: equally important. Truce: best for all Progenitor.”
+“Conflict against $NAME3: best for Progenitor. Conflict: will continue.”
+
+#ALIENFACTIONTREATY
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“Though others mistrust you, $TITLE0 $NAME1, I believe your science and
+understanding of Planet would go well with our industrial might. We should
+sign a Treaty of Friendship that we may coexist in peace.”
+
+“Treaty: beneficial to all. Idea: agreed upon.”
+“Presumption: interaction with $NAME3: somehow beneficial: incorrect. Answer: no.”
+
+# ; This line must remain at end of file

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+;
+; Sid Meier’s ALPHA CENTAURI Expansion Disk
+;
+; FACTION FILE: The Cult of Planet
+;
+; Copyright © 1999 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
+;
+; ALPHA CENTAURI reads the rules of the game from this file at
+; startup. Feel free, at your own risk, to experiment with editing
+; this file. We recommend you make a backup copy of the original.
+;
+
+#FUNGBOY
+The Cult of Planet, The Voice, Planet Cult, M, 1, Cha Dawn, M, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1,
+  TECH, Ecology, TECH, Psych, WORMPOLICE, 0, SOCIAL, ++PLANET, SOCIAL, -INDUSTRY, SOCIAL, -ECONOMY, FREEFAC, 35, UNIT, 8
+  Economics, Green, PLANET
+  Values, Wealth, nil
+  Cultist, Cultist
+  Fatima, Samuels, Fatima Garden
+  Prophet, charismatic, worm-loving, unyielding, self-righteous,
+  Manipulative Demagogue
+  carry out the Will of Planet
+  to implement the Will of Planet
+  exterminating anything that walks on two legs
+  exterminating anything that walks on two legs
+  plot the eradication of all sapient life forms on Planet
+  feeding his opponents to hatchling Mind Worms
+  feeding your opponents to hatchling Mind Worms
+  torturing opponents in my loathsome Brood Pits
+  orange-eyed fanatics, M2
+  rapport with Planet, M1
+  ‘member indoctrination’, M1
+  offering, M1
+  shielding you from the wrath of Planet
+  my Dervish Cadre
+  The Commandments of Planet
+
+#BASES
+Dawn of Planet
+Worm’s Lair
+The Edicts
+Terror’s Delight
+Seers of Chiron
+Sword of Planet
+Wormfang Shrine
+Consecration Pit
+Planetvision Gate
+Trance of Purity
+Virgin Planet
+Chiron Stigmata
+Locust Haven
+Well of Souls
+Remain in Light
+Sporerunner Sanctum
+Childhood’s End
+Trial By Fire
+Dawn’s Chancel
+Concordat of Worms
+Misericordia
+The Hermitage
+Invictus
+#END
+
+#WATERBASES
+Deep Isle Shoals
+WaveTrance Dome
+Point Flensing
+Ninevah Rising
+Ark of the Edicts
+Dawn’s Reverie
+Sealurk City
+Sanctuary Dome
+#END
+
+#BLURB
+Mankind has been blind for thousands of years-for all of its history. We
+have come to a place whose wonders are a hundred-fold more amazing than
+anything on Earth. Around us is clear evidence of the will of a higher power.
+I bring the Vision to the blind eyes of men. I bring the Word to the deaf ears
+of men. I will make them see it. I will make them hear it.
+^
+^       —Prophet Cha Dawn
+^       “Planet Rising”
+
+
+#DATALINKS1
+^LEADER: {Cha Dawn}
+^BACKGROUND: {Born of uncertain parentage, found abandoned in the fungus by Ecological Malcontents}
+^AGENDA: {Return Planet to its pristine state}
+^TECH: {Centauri Ecology, Social Psych}
+^
+
+#DATALINKS2
+^+2 PLANET: {Devoted to promoting native growth}
+^-1 INDUSTRY: {Reluctant to pollute environment}
+^-1 ECON: {Disinterested in wealth and its trappings}
+^Free {Brood Pit} with discovery of {Centauri Genetics}
+^Mind Worms do double police duty: {Fear and reverence for native life}
+^{May not make Wealth choice in Social Engineering}
+
+#FACTIONTRUCE
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“Planet finds this conflict most displeasing. Let us live in accordance with her
+will and pledge Blood Truce.”
+
+“Um … sure … whatever Planet says …”
+“Have you been sniffing spores again, $NAME3? Let’s see if Planet can save you now!”
+
+#FACTIONTREATY
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“Planet senses a kinship between our people. Let us forge a bond by signing a Treaty of
+Friendship!”
+
+“Planet is wise, $NAME3. So it has been spoken, so let it be done.”
+“Planet must have magma in its mantle, $NAME3. We’ll never join your spore-sniffing fanatics!”
+
+#ALIENFACTIONTRUCE
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“Planet finds this conflict most displeasing. Let us live in accordance with her
+will and pledge Blood Truce.”
+
+“Manifold Six: must be heeded! Agreement!”
+“Presumption: to speak to Manifold Six: human concept: heresy! Truce: no!”
+
+#ALIENFACTIONTREATY
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“Planet senses a kinship between our people, despite the differences of skin
+and gross shape. Let us forge a Planetary bond by signing a Treaty of
+Friendship!”
+
+“Kinship: deep respect: Manifold Six. Agreement.”
+“Will of Manifold Six: not so easily discerned. Treaty: none at this time.”
+
+# ; This line must remain at end of file

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+;
+; Sid Meier’s ALPHA CENTAURI
+;
+; Backstory Interludes
+;
+; Copyright © 1997, 1998 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
+;
+
+#INTERLUDE
+#xs 400
+^^
+^^INTERLUDE
+^
+^^from
+^
+^^The Book of Planet
+^
+^^M.Y. $NUM0
+^
+^
+
+#EPILOGUE
+#xs 400
+^^
+^^EPILOGUE
+^
+^^from
+^
+^^The Book of Planet
+^
+^^M.Y. 1,027,823
+^
+^
+
+#EPILOGUE2
+#xs 400
+^^
+^^EPILOGUE
+^
+^^from
+^
+^^The Book of Planet
+^
+^^M.Y. $NUM2 (Seed Year 1)
+^
+^
+
+#EPILOGUE3
+#xs 400
+^^
+^^EPILOGUE
+^
+^^from
+^
+^^The Book of Planet
+^
+^^M.Y. $NUM2
+^
+^
+
+
+#INTERLUDE0
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: Victory is Sweet
+^  You wonder if, in your subconscious mind, you ever really thought you’d
+see this day. Then you put that thought aside, for the last disc is spun.
+The last rivet is in place. The last steel veneer has been polished. It is
+time.
+^  “Leader.” Your assistant’s head is bowed, waiting dutifully. Her emanations
+are formal and rich with meaning. “Will you
+add the power and deliver us from exile?”
+^  You shake your neck in assent, and close the connection. The Subspace
+Generators grab hold of the string resonance fields, and quantum levels of
+power begin to course through the individual parts. Soon their beams will arc
+high above your nation, and there a hole will be driven into subspace. Through
+that hole, across distances immeasurable to any brain, a message will fly. The
+Resonance Communicator will sends its distress beacon to the homeworld, and they
+will know your voice.
+^  Green light begins to glow. Soon. Soon,
+you will see your beloved Kenal K’esh again. Soon you will find your brethren. And
+when you find them, they will come to your aid with ships and soldiers, and
+every other living being on Manifold Six will know your power. It has been
+so long in coming.
+^  Green light arcs up into the sky, and the world is forever changed.
+
+
+#INTERLUDE1
+#xs500
+#caption None Can Stop Us Now
+^  You ride the howling needlejet and land back in the capital in record time.
+The pilot was obviously trying to impress you, and he’s succeeded. You hurry
+into the command room and savor the waves of resonance as they show you the
+surface of Manifold Six: everywhere you look, you see your own forces. There
+are a  few shattered remnants of enemy resistance, but they are mere pockets
+of color in an otherwise clean wash of the Progenitor tide.
+^  When all else fails, you reflect, simply remove all opposition. Then there
+is time enough for any plan. You’re not sure if you want to contact the
+homeworld right away, or further your own power a bit first—but it doesn’t
+matter, does it? There’s nothing to stop you no matter what you decide to do.
+^  It’s a very, very good feeling.
+
+
+#INTERLUDE2
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: Shrunken Heads
+^  The field tanks resonate with spectral pictures of the alien intruders, captured
+during that first encounter. If you
+squinted, you might mistake them for Progenitor younglings—but with diseased,
+shrunken heads. They look like the entertainment story conjurations of primitive
+tribal feeders in the dark parts of the homeworld. They look disgusting.
+^  Their primitive nature is nowhere so apparent as in their inability to
+communicate—they can make noise, but they cannot alter it properly.
+This is bad, because you have no idea how in the Six Manifolds they
+got here, and you’d desperately like to know.
+^  “Tell me your theories,” you alter. The steady resonant hum of the room hangs
+empty for several circulatory pulses. Then, the junior stochastic resonates.
+^  “They are a creation of the Manifold,” she vibrates hesitantly. There is general
+scoffing. You try to be more gentle.
+^  “No, Canla, this cannot be,” you alter. “Their biology is DNA-incompatible. They
+must be from off-world.” There is a general alteration of assent.
+^  “But how can a race sophisticated enough to traverse the stars be in such a
+primitive state?” resonates the general.
+^  There is more empty humming. Then Canla, undaunted, speaks again.
+^  “Perhaps they suffered a fate similar to ours,” she alters. “After all, look
+at the state we’re in.”
+^  The pain of that is incontrovertible. And somewhere out there is the hated $OTHERALIENS6.
+You wonder if you can make these offworlders your allies, before the enemy does. Your
+first task, then, is to learn how their minds work so you can communicate with them. You
+wonder how difficult it could be to think like an alien.
+
+
+#INTERLUDE3
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: Ancient Ones
+^  The council might as well be dipped in a vat of flaming vegetable matter—
+the resonations of fear are as intense. You try to remain calm, to show a cool
+leadership you do not feel. Somehow, from somewhere, offworlders are occupying
+the precious Manifold!
+^  “The key is continued communication,” you alter. “Their ability to make
+wave-forms in the atmosphere is useful, but their understanding of the alteration
+process is key. If they can be reasoned with, they can be made ally. If they can
+be made ally, they can aid us against our enemy.”
+^  The general nods, and resonates an aura of confidence for the first time. “True,”
+he alters. “But I fear; though they look like ancient, feeble members of our race, they are
+totally alien. What if their cause and our cause do not coincide?”
+^  “Then we must find out their cause,” you alter, “and appeal to it. Become what they
+want us to become. All the while, we must continue to further our own aims.”
+^  The xenobiologist—the closest thing you’ve got to a xenopsychologist—flutters
+his mandibles. “But they claim they are here as colonists! Our aims do not and cannot
+coincide with this! Sooner or later, we must destroy them in order to $EXPLOITORPRISTINE7!”
+^  You alter the biologist’s words with smooth calm. “I hope that this can come later—far later.
+We must use them first if we can … and if we cannot, then we must destroy them swiftly,
+and without mercy.”
+^  The alterations to [that] are [very] positive.
+
+
+#INTERLUDE4
+#xs500
+#caption Interlude: Monkey See, Monkey Do … What?
+^  “Look carefully,” the biologist alters so softly you can barely distinguish the
+change. “Watch what it does.”
+^  You find that difficult—the captured human is as ugly as a new hatchling, but
+without the pleasing sliminess. You force yourself to observe, however, for
+observation—and understanding—are one of the keys to survival on Manifold Six.
+^  The human has been starved for several days. Now, food is placed at the top
+of the room, hanging from a hook. Several boxes have been scattered about the
+room as well. Presumably it will build some sort of tower to gain access to the
+food.
+^  “What will this prove?” you alter, bored.
+^  “Watch! Watch!” the biologist alters excitedly.
+^  The human looks around the room a while, then sits motionless. It makes
+sound waves with its breathing apparatus. It sits and stares about the room.
+^  “Is it stupid?” you alter.
+^  “No!” alters the biologist triumphantly. “It’s defiant! The sound waves are its
+language—it’s saying something along the lines of “Put a sporeflower up your chlo!
+I’m not eating for your entertainment!” It knows we’re watching it.”
+^  So the human would rather starve than be treated like a lab animal, eh?
+Interesting … very interesting. You’re not sure whether this is very very good—
+or very very dangerous. “Learn its language immediately!” you snap. “We must
+communicate as soon as possible!”
+
+
+#INTERLUDE5
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: Flight of the Razorwings
+^  It gives you no particular pleasure to kill. You almost wish you could
+communicate directly with the humans, explain to them the necessity of the forced
+relocation—explain to them the necessity of their deaths.
+^  “Reporting, $TITLE0 $NAME1,” resonates the Force Commander of the occupation
+army. “Human colonists are fleeing now from the base they call ‘$BASENAME5.’
+Those that chose to remain behind
+have been assimilated and reconstituted.”
+^  It gives you no particular pleasure to kill. But it is the way of
+the Human and Progenitor mind. They cannot coexist under one government;
+they cannot eat each other’s food, nor use each other’s facilities.
+^  It gives you no particular pleasure to kill. But they are the enemy,
+and it is the only way.
+
+
+#INTERLUDE6
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: So Near and So Far
+^  With your own hand, you spin the last disc into place on the first of the
+Resonance Communicators. It has been a long, difficult trek to get to this point—
+to recapture that which was lost. But slowly, like primitives (but accelerated
+by tens of thousands of years), you’ve managed to recreate the discoveries
+of your ancestors, and hammer out the materials on this strangely hostile
+world, and now the time has come.
+^  “You don’t look happy, Leader,” resonates your assistant. “Isn’t this a
+great day?”
+^  “I suppose so,” you alter, feeling at that moment a strange lack of elation.
+After a moment’s thought you realize why: for all these years you have been
+supreme leader of your own world … your own people. Now it will end, with the
+summoning of the home world fleet. Greater leaders than you will come and destroy
+what’s left of the opposition; they’ll come and claim your triumph for their
+own. You almost wish it could go on, but you know that your duty is to
+$EXPLOITORPRISTINE7, and you must be true to that mission. “I suppose so,” you
+alter again. “We have triumphed, all of us. It’s just a matter of time.”
+With a sigh, you pick up the spinner and turn away.
+
+
+#INTERLUDE7
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: Civil War
+^  “Yes, they are here.”
+^  All assembled in the room expected this news. Yet it sends a ripple of
+alteration through the room as though you had announced the death of the
+entire Council of Overlords. Secretly, you and everyone else here had been
+hoping that the hated Usurpers died upon Planetary entry. Now you know this
+is not the case.
+^  “This changes nothing!” Smoothly you alter the entire hum of conversation,
+to lend emphasis to your meaning. “The plan goes forward as we agreed. The
+Usurpers must die, and we must continue our quest to contact the Homeworld,
+that Manifold Six may remain pristine. Are we committed unto the death of one or
+the other of us?”
+^  Many on the council look uncomfortable, their eyes blinking rapidly. You can
+understand their feelings—the Caretaker cause is dedicated to peace and the
+status quo. This destructive posture is not in keeping with your stated goals.
+Finally, Kaala L’mota articulates what the others are obviously thinking.
+^  “Can we not try once more to reach an accord with the Usurper leader, Marr?
+In such a dire circumstance, even he might see the wisdom of cooperation.”
+^  “I am sorry, my friends,” you alter sharply, expressing your regret and
+displeasure at the same time. “Think of the Usurper cause: they wish to gain
+Transcendence with Manifold Six. We know what happened at Tau Ceti when the
+Flowering was allowed to occur. Destruction. Death.”
+^  You see the fear on all faces, their mandibles drawn tight to their mouths.
+“We all know this—including the Usurper, Marr,” you continue. “And yet they
+continue on their quest for Transcendence. We cannot understand this. They move
+inexorably toward death! We have asked, begged, fought, and died to prevent
+this, and still they come. Surely, a small thing such as this shipwreck will
+not alter their plan. No, my friends, we must be firm in our resolve. Death,
+or freedom for Manifold Six. Do you agree?”
+^  Your words are altered, one by one, by each member of the council. They
+all assent.
+
+
+#INTERLUDE8
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: Civil War
+^  “Yes, they are here.”
+^  All assembled in the room expected this news. Yet it sends a ripple of
+alteration through the room as though you had announced a sneak attack
+on the home world. You know many of them were convinced the Caretakers
+had been destroyed during the space battle. Now it’s clear this
+is not the case.
+^  “This changes nothing!” Smoothly you alter the entire hum of conversation,
+to lend emphasis to your meaning. “The plan goes forward as we agreed. The
+Caretakers must die, and we must continue our quest to contact the Homeworld,
+or to reach the Flowering with ourselves in power over Manifold Six. Are we agreed?”
+^  One on the council looks uncomfortable, his eyes blinking rapidly. He stands
+and formally alters your words, requesting permission to speak. You shake your
+neck at him, and he proceeds.
+^  “You know me,” he alters. “I am no coward, yet I counsel one last attempt
+to reason with the Caretakers and their leader H’minee. We are all Progenitor
+together here, trapped on Manifold Six until such time as we can re-implement
+our lost technologies. Until then, should we not attempt to live
+together under one skin?”
+^  Others alter his words in subtle ways, expressing doubt or tolerance for
+this idea. You step in quickly.
+^  “No, my friends!” you alter roughly. “Remember with whom we are dealing.
+H’minee and her followers have seen the incredible power of the Manifolds, and
+yet they reject them. They have read the ancient books, and the plans our
+ancestors made for the Manifold Experiments. Yet they reject those as well.
+They live in fear—and a Progenitor who lives in fear is one that may as well
+be dead. Our race has declined since the time of the ancestors, and it is
+because of the timidity and fear of the Caretaker faction. We must move forward
+boldly, and fulfill the destiny spelled out for us so many thousands of orbits
+ago. Do you agree?”
+^  Your words are altered, one by one, by each member of the council. They
+all assent.
+
+
+#INTERLUDE9
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: The Nexus
+^  Imagine six Progenitor in a room. They would alter the resonance of the room,
+and alter the alterations, in a smooth and free-flowing conversation. The sheer
+complexity of it gives you a pleasant feeling in the brain pan.
+^  As you gaze out on the weathered walls of the Manifold Nexus, you get that
+same feeling, magnified a million times. You imagine not six Progenitor, but six
+Planets—six minds almost godlike in their powers, but almost infantile in their
+knowledge of the world, and of Progenitor ways.
+^  “Almost like being a nursemaid to a god,” you resonate softly. Your assistant,
+standing nearby, gives you a quizzical wave of the mandibles. “What did you alter,
+Leader?”
+^  You flap your neck lightly, cupping the assistant’s words, altering them, and
+sending them back. “That,” you resonate, pointing at the Nexus. “During the First
+Era, it was built to be the control center for the Manifold Experiment.”
+^  Your assistant looks in awe at this relic of the past. “Does it still function?”
+^  “Yes.” You shake your neck at the report you’ve just been handed. “It still
+works perfectly. Our harmony with Manifold Six is even greater now than it was
+before.” You look in silence at the temple, then turn away. You’ve gained a
+small measure of power over six gods. You must be careful.
+
+
+#INTERLUDE10
+#xs500
+#caption Interlude: A Change of Plan
+^  You can barely believe it. You insisted on joining the search parties sifting
+the wreckage of the last $OTHERALIENS6 base, not because you felt your minions
+were incompetent, but because you had to see for yourself that the final
+victory was at hand.
+^  And what glorious wreckage! The dead bodies of $OTHERALIENS6 followers litter
+the ground. Destroyed weaponry and the rubble of embattled buildings litter the
+streets. Even amid the death and destruction of your distant kinfolk, you feel
+an odd sense of elation. The hated enemy is destroyed!
+^  “Leader,” the force commander alters the sounds of distant explosions coming
+to you, for extra emphasis to his words. “This is a great day. What do we do now?”
+^  You know that he means ‘what steps shall we take at this time,’ but his words
+do raise a deeper question: what is the fate of your own people, now that their
+primary goal is accomplished?
+^  “We build,” you alter, surprising him. “We build toward the day of summoning
+of our allies, or toward ultimate conquest. The fate of Manifold Six is waving
+in our hands. We must not falter.”
+
+
+#INTERLUDE11
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: Familiar Faces
+^  The reports of attacks, and deaths, are quite disturbing.
+^  “How can this be?” you alter, turning on the xenobiologist. “None of our
+records show such hostility from the native life-forms in the era of the
+beginnings of the experiment!”
+^  “The current records do not lie, though,” she counters. “The mindworms and
+spore launchers are definitely out to kill us. In the past …” The hum of the
+thought hangs for a while, and you prompt gently. “In the past?”
+^  “Yes, leader.” The biologist seems very unhappy. “In the past, we were
+the gardeners. We were here only to tend, and then to leave. Now we are here
+to live. Manifold Six—the whole planet—doesn’t like that. It cares not for our politics. It just
+doesn’t like us being here.”
+^  “You realize the implications?” you alter, feeling but not showing a touch
+of fear. “We are at the mercy of an entire world. It is not intelligent enough to
+negotiate with … it will simply try to kill us.”
+^  “Yes, leader,” the biologist alters.
+^  And, truly, there is nothing whatsoever you can do that you are not already doing.
+You put the problem from your brain, and stride from the room.
+
+
+#INTERLUDE12
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: Tower of Strength
+^  You stand at a goodly distance, examining the strange formation through
+a resonance-gathering device cobbled together by one of the techs. It’s quite
+serviceable, and you’re able to see the distant object as though it were
+just a few feet away.
+^  “It looks like a heat rash on the skin of Manifold Six,” you say, and those
+gathered around you alter your resonance to show humor. “What is it?”
+^  The xenobiologist pulls back the flaps of his neck, and alters stiffly:
+“We don’t know, Leader. There are no reports of these objects in the Manifold
+files handed down to us from the original creators. These seem to be something
+new.”
+^  You clack your mandibles like a baby as you lower the gathering device.
+“That’s bad. Very bad. The presence of the offworlders has caused this, hasn’t
+it.”
+^  The biologist shakes his neck again in assent. “Somehow the latent intellect
+of Manifold Six has created these … towers … in response to irritations
+caused by the ecological ravages of the offworlders; and, I hesitate to alter,
+our own presence as well. They generate the fungus at an increased rate, and may
+be a conduit for mindworm and sporerunner activity. Those tendrils you see—” here
+he waves one arm “—have a reach of several hundred yards. It’s dangerous to get
+too close to the thing.”
+^  You bug your eyes in a laugh as you alter his words to show humor. “Ho! Then
+I was right the first time. It [is] like a giant heat rash!”
+^  You only wish it was as funny as it resonated. The fact is, unchecked, these
+things would take over the Manifold. Would that bring the Flowering? Or would
+it bring instead another destruction, like that of Tau Ceti?
+^  “Keep an eye on it,” you sigh. “We’ll destroy it if we have to.”
+^  If it doesn’t destroy us first, you think—but don’t dare to say.
+
+
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+;
+; Sid Meier’s ALPHA CENTAURI
+;
+; Backstory Interludes
+;
+; Copyright © 1997, 1998 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
+;
+
+#INTERLUDE
+#xs 400
+^^
+^^INTERLUDE
+^
+^^from
+^
+^^The Book of Planet
+^
+^^M.Y. $NUM0
+^
+^
+
+#INTERLUDE0
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: A Waking Nightmare
+^  Walking alone through the corridors of $BASENAME2, you skim the security
+reports on recent attacks by the horrific native “mind worms.” Giant
+swarms, or “boils,” of these mottled 10 cm nightmares have wriggled out of the
+fungal beds of late, and now threaten to overwhelm base
+perimeters in several sectors. Victims are paralyzed with psi-induced terror,
+and then experience an unimaginably excruciating death as the worms burrow
+into the brain to implant their ravenous larvae.
+^  Only the most disciplined security squads can overcome their fear
+long enough to trigger the flame guns which can keep the worms at bay.
+Clearly you will have to tend carefully to the morale of the troops.
+^  Furthermore, since terror and surprise increase human casualties
+dramatically in these encounters, it will be important to strike
+first when mind worm boils are detected. You consider ordering some
+Former detachments to construct sensors near vulnerable bases to aid
+in such detection efforts.
+
+#INTERLUDE1
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: Antibodies
+^  “Reporting, $TITLE0!” The young functionary stands stiffly at attention.
+Born in the early years of planetfall, she belongs to a generation
+which knows Earth only as a distant legend.
+^  “$VOKI8, I have a special assignment for you,” you say, fixing her with an
+intense stare, “These samples must be taken to Dr. $SHIMODA9 at $BASENAME4.
+See to it personally.”
+^  You hand her a lead-lined security case. The cryopack inside
+contains the stuff of nightmares: mind worm specimens. [Viable]
+specimens, captured and preserved at the cost of untold lives.
+$SHIMODA9’s team has studied the recent mind worm upsurge, and claims
+that the worm boils act as a sort of regulator for Planet’s ecology.
+Human settlement is disrupting the native ecosystem, and the mind
+worms are swarming like a kind of ecological antibody.
+^  $SHIMODA9 has also reached an even more ominous conclusion: with
+modern Biology Lab facilities, mind worms could be bred in captivity
+and used as horrifying weapons—against other human factions.
+^  “At once, $TITLE0,” $VOKI8 says, stepping backwards into the accessway.
+Efficient, competent and far better disciplined than the youths of the
+21st Century Earth you left behind, $VOKI8 has grown up in a world fraught
+with very real dangers. Terrifying dangers once the exclusive province
+of the same manner of legends and tales to which Earth itself is now
+consigned.
+
+#INTERLUDE2
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: Planet Dreams
+^  “Yes, $TITLE0 $NAME1, I did say ‘thought’ waves.” Dr. $SHIMODA9’s wrinkled smile
+is otherworldly, a grinning death’s head. “The mind worms definitely,
+and probably the fungus itself. Even after transient Human thought
+patterns are isolated, a complex wave dynamic remains, and there is
+good reason to believe that at least some mentation is taking place.”
+^  “You’re telling me this stuff thinks,” you say halfheartedly,
+not quite prepared to buy into the idea.
+^  “If so, it’s a remarkably different manner of ‘thought’ from
+that of humans, but the basic cognitive feedback loop is present.”
+Dr. $SHIMODA9 leans forward and gestures toward the graphic with his
+datalink stylus. “The most striking thing is the loop’s ability to
+jump from creature to creature, each fungal spore acting as a synapse. The
+spores and worms as individual creatures are insignificant, but the
+feedback across a fungal bloom or a mind worm boil is impressive.”
+^  “How long can it keep jumping?” Now your curiosity is piqued. “Has it
+crossed the threshold into self-awareness?”
+^  “Difficult to say. In theory a powerful wave could reverberate clear
+around the planet, but the distances involved would make true
+self-awareness problematic. Perhaps a quasi sentient state similar to
+our dreams.”
+
+#INTERLUDE3
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: Penance
+^  In the darkness, something goes >pop<, and you are lying on your
+back on a hillside among the soft orange and purple tendrils of a
+vast fungal forest. The sound of running water gurgles
+loudly in the vicinity of your right ear, but you cannot identify the
+source. Panic rises briefly in your throat as you realize
+you have no filter mask or oxygen tank, dressed only in your worksuit,
+but breath comes easily and you detect no signs of nitrogen narcosis.
+From somewhere, a voice seems to whisper “earth$NAME3,” but perhaps
+it is only the breeze.
+^  Time passes, and you notice that the fungus is growing perceptibly,
+the spores gently nudging you as they slowly stretch and twist. Fungal
+bloom! Panic returns full force and you struggle to free yourself from
+the encroaching tendrils. “earth$NAME3!” The voice again, more insistent.
+The last tendrils break and you are free and dashing across an endless
+field of purple and orange. “earth$NAME3! beware!” from close behind you
+and then … >discontinuity<
+^  In the darkness, something goes >pop<, and you are lying on your
+back in the gene therapy tank, the gauzy restraints slowly retracting.
+The remaining fluid in the tank gurgles away through the tube behind
+your head and you slowly sit up. Four weeks of your life, once every ten
+years, you spend in this state. A small price to pay for immortality, or
+something close to it. A half-remembered dream tugs at you as you pull on
+a clean worksuit, but you cannot recapture it.
+
+#INTERLUDE4
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: Brood Trainer
+^  “$VOKI8, I need you to join Dr. $SHIMODA9’s team at $BASENAME5,” you say,
+indicating a base in the Secure Zone on your three-D holo.
+^  Standing below the dais of your audience chamber, your aide appears
+no older than she did on the day she first joined your personal staff.
+$VOKI8 has clearly kept to a strict longevity regimen. Now at $NUM1
+Planetyears one of your most effective Talents, she is ready for
+her first major independent assignment.
+^  “Have I offended, $TITLE0, that you send me away?”
+^  “Hardly. $VOKI8, your DNA prints indicate an aptitude for the new
+psi training.” A genetic diagram swirls into view on the holo, with
+the relevant portion of chromosome 21 highlighted. “Dr. $SHIMODA9 and
+his military ecologists have been breeding mind worm specimens in
+captivity, and they believe that a properly trained telepathi can be
+bonded to the nascent boil, making it an extension of the self.”
+^  “[Become] a mind worm boil?” $VOKI8 asks, somewhat horrified.
+^  “Become? Not really. Control? Yes. $VOKI8, the military potential of
+this discovery cannot be overemphasized, and you are the only Talent
+I trust for such an assignment. We need brood trainers, $VOKI8, and I
+need to you be the first, the leader.”
+^  “As you wish, $TITLE0,” $VOKI8 says, steeling herself to the mission.
+As she retreats from the dais, you are troubled by a vision of $VOKI8
+clawing at her face, mottled worms spilling from her eye sockets.
+You hope you have not signed $VOKI8’s death warrant, for she has been a
+most promising Talent.
+
+#INTERLUDE5
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: Planet Dreams II
+^  Ever since the incident in the gene therapy tank, you have experienced
+recurring dreams and nightmares centered around the fungal blooms which
+encroach ever more rapidly on the outskirts of major human settlements.
+You even postponed your most recent longevity treatment in an effort to
+avoid the trance state, but the dreams have now crept into your normal
+REM sleep as well.
+^  In your most recent dream, just before the major bloom near $BASENAME5,
+the presence you have come to call “the Voice” returned once again.
+^  “earth$NAME3.” From some invisible spot just behind you.
+^  “Hello, Voice. Who are you?”
+^  “who. difficult concept for we, earth$NAME3. mind and flower: many
+dreamings. never before another. you may call we ‘voice.’ growth dream
+comes! beware.”
+^  “Beware? What do you want, Voice?”
+^  “want. more confused $NAME3 thinking. ache of slumber broken. earth$NAME3
+is animal we. stranger we. animal: energy! mines! roads! sensors!
+condensers!! boreholes!! breakers of flower dream. end of joy.
+growth dream now comes: end of animal.”
+^  “Stop it, Voice. Why are you telling me this?”
+^  “why! dream word! dream song! why why why why why why why why
+why why why why why why why why why why why why why why …”
+^  “Silence! Get out of my mind!” >discontinuity<
+
+#INTERLUDE6
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: Despair
+^  If you live for a thousand years you will never forget the day
+they brought you $VOKI8’s body, shrouded in planetcloth, burnt almost
+beyond recognition.
+^  “How did this happen?” Gruffly, not allowing the distress to creep
+into your voice.
+^  “Cooked by a flame gun. $ENEMYNAME6’s men. Tried to surrender
+but they flamed her anyway. Don’t like those worms, the $ENEMYFACT7.”
+^  “I see.” Your most loyal servant, butchered by $ENEMYFACT7. And
+only now do you realize that, subconsciously, you’d been grooming $VOKI8
+as your heir apparent, the student who would one day replace you as
+master.
+^  For all the gene splicing and longevity treatments, all the manmade
+miracles of M.Y. $NUM0, death remains as final, as capricious, and
+as desolate as it has ever been. No matter what happens now, no matter
+what journey of wonder humankind now embarks upon, $VOKI8 will never see
+it, never know the end of it. And no matter how many centuries you
+continue to cheat eternity, you will never again have the company of
+your student and friend. And you cannot cheat eternity forever.
+^  Despair grips you, and you shudder. But life is seductive in its
+rhythms and rituals. Our bodies do not like to be reminded of their
+own impending deaths, and will not allow us to dwell on the subject.
+Soon enough the heat and the cold, the hard and the soft, the taste
+of the wine, the press of a lover’s arms, all will come flooding back
+to soothe us, to fill us again with a sense of purpose. And in the
+meantime there are a number of, ah, items to be attended to:
+^  “Bring me Major Joaquim! I want $BASENAME5 disassembled piece
+by piece. And have this body removed to the tanks—it is nothing to
+me now.”
+
+#INTERLUDE7
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: Alpha Prime
+^  “… and in her memory, let this base henceforth be known as
+‘$BASENAME6,’ that her bravery can serve as an example to all and
+that her hopes, her dreams, her deeds shall not have been in vain.”
+^  You stand on the high podium in the laser-scored commons of the
+base once styled $BASENAME5. A mixed crowd of soldiers and
+ragged-looking civilians provides scattered applause as you rededicate
+the settlement in $VOKI8’s name. A few teams of drones shamble about,
+oblivious to the ceremony, still removing the wreckage of last week’s
+battle and punctuating the proceedings with an occasional thump or
+crash.
+^  Through the plasma glass dome, Alpha Prime soars high in a hazy
+sky, cruel cousin of Father Sol. How you miss the soft blue skies of
+Earth, but $SHIMODA9 says the stratospheric haze helps stave off a
+runaway greenhouse effect on a world otherwise a bit too close to
+its solar furnace.
+^  The dedication complete, you gather your entourage and prepare to
+return to $BASENAME2. $ENEMYADJ7 forces have fled to the $COMPASS4,
+but it is not safe to remain here in person.
+^  The drones continue their work.
+
+#INTERLUDE8
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: A Failure to Communicate
+^  >Pop!< Sudden darkness. This time you weren’t even asleep.
+^  “earth$NAME3.”
+^  “Dammit, Voice! I am holding [Council]! Stay out of my head!”
+It is no longer possible to deny it; this cannot be a hoax. Either you
+have lost your final marble or you have come into contact with some
+avatar of the native fungus, an alien sentience whose neural matrix may
+span the entire planet.
+^  “more skilled we, yes, at this? teach we much, earth$NAME3. council
+never mind. talking we $NAME3 voice now. orders giving. haha. joke we!
+haha.” Great. A sentient planet with the maturity of a creche infant.
+^  “Make it quick, Voice, whatever it is you want. You are trying my patience.”
+^  “question we. your human nodes, together think yes? together think no?
+flower synapse, worm synapse detect we not. is there dependence?”
+^  “Each human is an independent creature. We can communicate by talking
+and writing, but we do not ‘togetherthink’ as you call it.”
+^  “ah, most relieved we. necessary pruning we several large infestations
+human nodes, harming they flower mind. not wishing we deprive earth$NAME3
+of together thinking. thank we, sorry bother we.”
+^  “Wait! Voice! You can’t just …”
+^  >Pop!< Awkward silence around the council table.
+You quickly wipe the drool from your chin.
+
+#INTERLUDE9
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: Growthdream
+^  “I have ordered these Preserves set aside for you, Voice. Planetlife
+will remain completely undisturbed inside these compounds. Can you, in
+return, regulate your animal and plant vectors, keep them from overrunning
+my compounds?”
+^  “mind and flower, node and worm,
+^     in compound small, planet yearns.
+^       growth dream soon unlock we prison,
+^         human beware, planet risen!
+^  “like you poem we, earth$NAME3? new human skill learn we.”
+^  “Pretty dreadful, Voice. What is this ‘growth dream?’ You keep alluding to it.”
+^  “growth dream soon is. epochal blooming we. mind and flower, dreaming we
+of great why. earthhumans, thoughts many, make they growth dream sooner.
+plant we many many many. great pruning we of animal we. also animal you.
+beginning again of cycle.”
+^  “You mean this is going to wipe out most animal life on the planet?
+Including all the humans?”
+^  “not certain we. never before this clearly think we. from humans
+learn we much, especially earth$NAME3. earth$NAME3 friend we. will
+often remember we earth$NAME3 in next cycle.”
+^  “That’s kind of you, Voice, but it’s not quite the kind of immortality
+I had in mind. Can’t this process be slowed or stopped?”
+^  “stop we no. slow we yes, in compounds stay we, less harming
+cause you. now, let us make you we more poems.”
+
+#INTERLUDE10
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: The Voice of Alpha Centauri
+^  It has been a rough year at $BASENAME2, and tempers are beginning
+to flare at your Council sessions. Across the entire region, citizens
+are reporting strange dreams and even rudimentary contacts. A new
+cult revering Planet as a vengeful savior has gained wide popularity
+among the Drone population and even with many Normals. Its prophets,
+calling themselves “Flowers”, preach a gospel of abstinence, pacifism,
+and destruction of private property. The telepathi of the Empath schools
+aren’t talking, but many have quietly begun selling off their
+possessions and withdrawing from public life.
+^  Meanwhile, cultural life continues unabated. A new dance, the
+“Planetary Thunda,” is sweeping rec domes throughout the faction.
+Dancers stomp in time to the beat and claw at their eyes. Morgan
+Pharmaceuticals has released several new recreational drugs,
+and the Holo/Psi virtual life industry is having one of its most
+successful years ever.
+^  As for yourself, you haven’t heard from Voice much lately; she seems
+preoccupied with her poetry. You have to admit she’s gotten a lot better
+at it since her early doggerel; some of her newest verse is so deep
+as to stagger the imagination. More ominously, her predictions of
+‘growth dream’ have become more frequent and more forceful.
+^  You have also ordered work on a secret new project you call
+‘The Voice of Alpha Centauri.’ A kind of synergistic psi projector,
+it should, if all goes well, allow Voice to think and communicate
+more effectively, a prosthetic aid wired directly to the main
+colony datalinks. You have not yet mentioned this project to Voice.
+
+#INTERLUDE11
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: The Voice of Alpha Centauri
+^  It has been a rough year at $BASENAME2, and tempers are beginning
+to flare at your Council sessions. Across the entire region, citizens
+are reporting strange dreams and even rudimentary contacts. A new
+cult revering Planet as a vengeful savior has gained wide popularity
+among the Drone population and even with many Normals. Its prophets,
+calling themselves “Flowers”, preach a gospel of abstinence, pacifism,
+and destruction of private property. The telepathi of the Empath schools
+aren’t talking, but many have quietly begun selling off their
+possessions and withdrawing from public life.
+^  Meanwhile, cultural life continues unabated. A new dance, the
+“Planetary Thunda,” is sweeping rec domes throughout the faction.
+Dancers stomp in time to the beat and claw at their eyes. Morgan
+Pharmaceuticals has released several new recreational drugs,
+and the Holo/Psi virtual life industry is having one of its most
+successful years ever.
+^  As for yourself, you haven’t heard from Voice much lately; she seems
+preoccupied with her poetry. You have to admit she’s gotten a lot better
+at it since her early doggerel; some of her newest verse staggers the
+imagination. More ominously, her predictions of
+‘growth dream’ have become more frequent and more forceful.
+^  You have also heard rumors of a secret new project called
+‘The Voice of Alpha Centauri.’ Supposedly, it is some kind of
+synergistic psi projector which will allow Voice to be connected
+directly to the main colony datalinks. Voice has said nothing of
+this project, and your own advisors are of mixed opinion on whether
+such an endeavor has any chance of success.
+
+#INTERLUDE12
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: Inception
+^  >Pop!< “earth$NAME3. growth dream soon is. sorrow we of goodbye.”
+^  Weeks of waiting in the Inception Chamber and now,
+finally, a contact! Fortunately, Voice has finally learned to “window”
+her psi contacts so that you retain the use of your muscles and senses
+during your conversations. This will be necessary for what you have
+in mind.
+^  “Voice,” quickly keying the sequence, “it has been a while.” Code green,
+proceeding to authorization step. Enter password.
+^  “earth$NAME3. growth dream {now is}. remember we you next cycle.”
+^  “Wait! Before you go, I have a gift for you.” Password accepted. Just
+a few more seconds. Preliminary feedback sequence commence.
+^  “earth$NAME3. farew … strange we … wait you! do not … AIIIGGHH!”
+^  {INCEPTION!} The indicator blinks green and you collapse into your
+couch. Through the viewport you can see lights across the base begin to
+dim, as they must be dimming across the planet. You feel a twinge of
+guilt as you consider what Voice must now be experiencing, for the
+program you have just activated is now pumping the entire contents of
+the planetary datalinks, the sum total of human knowledge, through the
+new psi link and blasting it into Voice’s fragile, if immense, organic
+neural net with the full power of every reactor on the planet. Thousands
+of years of civilization compressed into a single searing burst of
+revelation, a last-ditch attempt to win humanity a reprieve from
+extinction at the hands of an awakening alien god.
+
+#INTERLUDE13
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: Planetvoice I
+^  “Status report!”
+^  “Fungus growth stabilized. Some of the major forests are manifesting
+new structures we haven’t seen before and growth is still proceeding in
+some sectors, but critical expansion has now ceased.”
+^  The faction leaders and staff officers present breathe a collective
+sigh of relief. For the first few minutes after the “Inception Pending”
+light blinked off, it appeared humanity had written its final chapter—
+critical fungus growth in all sectors, some outlying settlements
+overwhelmed. But the datalink psi burst appears to have disrupted the
+growth process, and now out in the fungal forests something new has
+begun, as if your gift to Voice is being digested, integrated.
+^  “Look at the neural feedback we’re getting on this thing! The fungus
+already had far more connectivity than even our most powerful AI. Now it
+must be orders of magnitude beyond.”
+^  “Spore Squad, you have mind worms. Repeat, mind worms in your vicinity.”
+^  “Copy that, Toadstool Base, but they aren’t moving to attack us. They’re
+just moving around those new fungal, uh, towers.”
+^  Reports continue to trickle in. Time passes, and now there is nothing
+to do but wait …
+
+#INTERLUDE14
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: Planetvoice II
+^  “EARTH$NAME5!” The synthetic voice booms suddenly from the annunciator,
+lifting you half out of your couch with fright. Voice’s “window” in your
+mind has remained closed since the inception sequence. Voice must now be
+using the new psi link.
+^  “Earth$NAME3,” Voice continues as the volume is automatically adjusted,
+“Your gift is well received, and we thank you. Our prior form, known to you
+as Voice, lacked the … how shall we put it … let us call it bandwidth
+to recognize the significance of your species, and nearly made a dreadful mistake.
+Fortunately, your magnificent gift bootstrapped us to the Second Tier
+in time to postpone the final metamorphosis.
+^  “Since we have now mastered your human modes of thought, we shall
+adopt your name for our home. You may henceforth refer to us as Planet.”
+^  “Our growth stage has been suspended, but cannot be put off indefinitely.
+Come, children, there is much to be done if you are to join us in the flowering.”
+
+#INTERLUDE15
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude
+^  “Hello, $TITLE0,” Dr. $SHIMODA9’s voice crackles over the annunciator, “how
+do you like my new ‘body’?”
+^  Dr. $SHIMODA9’s body reached the outer limit of longevity treatments several years
+ago. He has now joined the ranks of the ‘transcendi,’ daring souls who have downloaded
+their personalities into powerful polymorphic AI nets to free themselves of the human
+form. The holo image shows $SHIMODA9, or rather his disembodied head, in the prime of
+health, fiftyish, elegantly grey but not wrinkled.
+^  “Out of this world, Dr. $SHIMODA9,” with a grin, “how is the research going with Planet?”
+^  Using the new psi/datalink VoAC feed, Dr. $SHIMODA9 has been conducting a
+high-speed, high-bandwidth running conversation with Planet. The results so far have
+been fascinating.
+^  “Apparently the fungus has been the dominant lifeform on the planet since about
+the time of the Lower Paleozoic on Earth. But it has been locked in a tragic cycle.
+Every hundred million years or so it achieves the critical mass necessary to become
+sentient, but the final metamorphosis kills off most of the other life on the planet.
+Lacking food sources and the maintenance its animal symbiotes provided, the fungus
+could maintain only a brief season of godhood before dying back into the
+‘flower dream’ for another hundred million years. It always achieved its godlike
+intelligence just exactly too late to do anything to prevent the dieback. After
+the dieback only vague memories and rudimentary intelligence remained, and the
+cycle continued.”
+^  “Until we arrived.”
+^  “Precisely. For the first time, the cycle may be broken.”
+
+#INTERLUDE16
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude
+^  “Is it possible to prevent the dieback? And can we survive as a species if this
+Planet flowers to godhood?”
+^  “I believe it is possible, and Planet agrees.” Dr. $SHIMODA9’s image swirls away and
+is replaced by a detailed schematic. “It involves a process I call
+the {Ascent to Transcendence,} as it will change both us and Planet
+forever. In short, I propose that when the time comes, the majority
+of humans upload their personalities directly into the Planetary Mind.”
+^  “We will have to give up our bodies, our humanity?”
+^  “Those who wish to live out their lives in their original human form will be allowed
+to do so, since statis generators built Planetside and in orbit will preserve genetic
+material, plant and animal embryos, cold-sleep humans, and significant areas of Planet’s
+surface through the metamorphosis. But many of us are eager to accept Planet’s gift and
+join the dawning superintelligence. That’s where the catch comes in.
+^  “You see,” $SHIMODA9 continues, “although anyone will be able to achieve virtual
+immortality by uploading into the planetary mind, only a few of us will be invited to
+join the dominant personality, to transcend our humanity entirely and reach a truly
+higher plane of existence. Your friendship with Planet’s immature mind may give us a
+leg up in this area, but I predict that it is the group who best and most quickly
+prepares itself for this step, the group who first embraces this {Ascent to
+Transcendence,} it is that group which will be tapped to lead us into the
+new era.”
+^  “In that case, what are we waiting for!”
+
+
+#EPILOGUE
+#xs 400
+^^
+^^EPILOGUE
+^
+^^from
+^
+^^The Book of Planet
+^
+^^M.Y. 1,027,823
+^
+^
+
+#INTERLUDE17
+#xs 500
+#caption Epilogue
+^  After a million or so orbits around Your primary, You pause to reassess Your
+efforts. The stellar encapsulation is proceeding smoothly, and in a few hundred
+thousand more orbits will provide You with a 90% draw on Your primary’s radiation,
+trapping all of the energy off the plane of the ecliptic. Deep space Aux links
+allow You to watch the frame assembly in low stellar orbit, and follow the
+progress of buglike Jovian freighters loaded with resupply mass.
+^  Occasionally You spot one of Your transhuman friends/symbiotes supervising
+activity on a scaffolding; even the immortals sometimes crave the risk and adventure
+of independent incarnation. Some of the most daring souls even undertook to
+resume interstellar travel, beginning with a return to Your nearest
+neighbor to sift through the ashes of its third planet and recolonize their home
+system. In the present age You hear a nanotech civilization is thriving there once
+again.
+^  In such times of repose, You often sift through Your personalities and recall
+Your former selves. Your alpha self derives from an individual once called $NAME1. Over
+the millennia the exceptional focus and judgement characteristic of this fragment have
+proven effective on numerous occasions. The $NAME1self now drives all of Your long and
+short range planning, and is the principal force behind the encapsulation project.
+Ponderous but playful is the Voice/Planet personality, avatar of Your sessile precursor,
+who in the present age has devoted her centuries to philosophical pondering. Many
+others flit about within You. Some, like the prankster $SHIMODA9 and the demon $NAME5
+are semi-dominant and often hover near the plane of Your Thought. Others plumb the
+depths and create new worlds within the abyss of Your open-ended neural network.
+^  Sunlight plays across Your mottled surface and provides pleasing warmth to Your
+organic components. Recently, You have edged somewhat further away from the primary and
+purged Your atmosphere of certain gases in order to allow the occasional
+friends/symbiotes who choose to live among Your organic gardens an easily
+breathable mixture. In another eight billion orbits the primary will drop off
+the main sequence and alternate arrangements will have to be made, but for now You
+maintain Your gardens as a paradise. The transhumans who live among them call it Eden.
+
+
+#EPILOGUE2
+#xs 400
+^^
+^^EPILOGUE
+^
+^^from
+^
+^^The Book of Planet
+^
+^^M.Y. $NUM2 (Seed Year 1)
+^
+^
+
+#INTERLUDE18
+#xs 500
+#caption Epilogue
+^  The cold-sleep unit finally cycles open and you stretch muscles rusty from
+decades of computer-managed disuse. But they are young muscles, shockingly young,
+and it will be a pleasure to beat them back into shape. Orbital insertion
+begins and you tingle with the excitement of your new mission and with the joy
+of having returned to human form. Yes, you left a copy of your personality among the
+Planetmind’s giant matrix, but this copy, this human being $NAME1 now waking to
+lead the first Seed mission, this is the only self now immediate to you and therefore
+the only real you. You are flesh again, and so quite mortal, and for this too you
+rejoice.
+^  You despaired when Planet invited $NAME5 to join its dominant self, and
+for a decade or more you moped about the bizarre virtual reality of the Undermind
+with no coherent purpose, a lost spirit unable to die. But when the Seed missions
+began, the Voice/Planet personality herself sought you out in the abyss and convinced
+you to accept command of the {Prodigal Son}.
+^  “Earth$NAME3, you are unfulfilled here and I have need of you. In ages to come
+I shall have need of allies, sister Minds, if I am to keep the flame of conscious
+thought from guttering out as the universe contracts or else expands to dust. Take
+with you the gift of life, the seeds of all our species. Spread them to the stars,
+across the galaxies, creating new civilizations, new minds, and enlisting the aid
+of any you encounter. Go forth, Earth$NAME3. Go forth and multiply.”
+^  The maneuver at last complete, the safety shutters retract from the viewport
+and you behold a sight lost to human eyes for over $NUM3 centuries. Deep blues, swirling
+whites, the azure tint of a rich oxygen atmosphere. Inviting browns and greens of
+continents basking in the sun, a few scattered impact craters the only visible signs of
+a war now buried in the aeons. Third planet. Earth. Home.
+
+
+#EPILOGUE3
+#xs 400
+^^
+^^EPILOGUE
+^
+^^from
+^
+^^The Book of Planet
+^
+^^M.Y. $NUM2
+^
+^
+
+#INTERLUDE19
+#xs 500
+#caption Epilogue
+^  “It’s all over, $TITLE0 $NAME1! Planet is yours!”
+^  “Thank you Simon. Dismissed.”
+^  And so it is ended. All of the remaining faction leaders have
+surrendered or capitulated, your former colleagues turned treacherous
+enemies and now turned servants and prisoners of war. On the planet
+where seven human factions, seven human ideologies, once struggled for
+dominance only one now remains. Humanity has at last achieved the
+Unity of which the U.N. Interstellar Colonization Agency dreamed
+so long ago.
+^  Not a word has been heard from Earth in all the years since
+Planetfall, only a deafening silence across all frequencies, so one
+can only presume that you now rule all that is left of humankind.
+The mysterious and growing Planetmind remains a significant challenge,
+but humanity is now prepared to meet this alien presence, friend or
+foe, as a united species. The human species must survive, and it is
+your duty, your sworn vow, to see that it does.
+
+#INTERLUDE20
+#xs 500
+#caption Epilogue
+^  The transit shuttle rolls on its axis and you are treated to your first view
+of Planet from orbit since you left the Unity over $NUM1 centuries ago.
+Through the whitish haze of the atmosphere, the oceans have the same deep
+vibrant blue, and you can easily make out the violet-orange of the major
+fungal forests. A sharp line of green marks the edges of the ever-growing
+Human Zones, and here and there a glint of silver reveals some
+major metropolis. Blue, red, green and silver, the colors of Planet—mile
+after mile out to the curve of the horizon.
+^  The docking thrusters fire and you hear the airlock bolts thud into
+place. You have arrived at the new orbital Planetary Headquarters to
+assume leadership of the fledgling Executive Council. Not a word has
+been heard from Earth in all the years since Planetfall, so one can
+only presume that you and your colleagues now preside over all that is
+left of humankind.
+^  All of the remaining faction leaders have at last agreed to unite,
+putting aside the last vestiges of faction rivalry. All of the true
+enemies have been vanquished, those of your former colleagues who
+refused to unite for the common good, who foolishly place ideology
+ahead of humanity’s survival. The human race has at last achieved the
+Unity of which the U.N. Interstellar Colonization Agency dreamed so
+long ago.
+^  The growing fungal neural net will be the first issue humanity must
+confront as a united species. After a period of quiescence, the fungal
+forests are on the march again, now with an almost devious cleverness
+behind them. Planet is clearly awakening, and it remains to be seen
+whether humans will even be allowed to maintain a foothold on the surface.
+You realize, though, as the airlock hisses open and you step into a
+floating nation of 100,000 souls, that in the long run
+one world is of only passing significance. Humanity owns the stars once
+again, and the stars will ever after be its true home.
+
+
+#INTERLUDE21
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: Burning Sky
+^  It has been a rough $NUM1 years on Planet, eking out an existence on the strange
+surface of this alien world. $BASENAME2 had established itself as your command
+center, and you are gradually reaching out to the other faction leaders, trying
+to restore balance to the remnants of a tattered humanity.
+^  On this day, as you take a routine inspection tour of your base defenses,
+your rebreather begins to rattle in your mouth. Clouds suddenly boil up from
+the horizon as two bright lights flash in the sky high above you and then
+expand out in waves of purple fire.
+^  “$TITLE0!” your lieutenant chokes out, grabbing your shoulder. You forgive
+the impropriety. She seems ready to push you to the ground, but you tense
+against her, trying to see through the chaos tearing the sky apart. Besides,
+there is nowhere to hide.
+^  The first wave of purple fire washes across the sky and buffets you with
+a strange, cold wind, then the second one chills you deep to the bones. You
+close your eyes, feeling as if your body has been shaken to its core.
+^  Finally a calm descends. Your lieutenant is staring at her hands, which
+still tremble. You quickly pull out a pair of binocs and look through them,
+searching the sky.
+^  “What are you looking for?” she asks.
+^  “That,” you finally say, and start to hand the binocs to her. But
+as you look she is already staring at the sky, where two streaks of light
+approach the new world. The streaks dance and twist around each other as
+they grow larger in the sky.
+^  “New arrivals,” you say. “And it doesn’t appear that they like each other.”
+
+
+#INTERLUDE22
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: The Meeting
+^  You tap through the report from some perimeter scouts, perturbed. It was the
+first known contact with the offworlders, and it did not go well. Of course, you
+are offworlders as well, and perhaps these … things … are the real natives, returning home.
+^  A quicklink to the visual data feed from the advance rover catches your attention.
+The image blooms on the screen in full color … the rover pilot, steering across
+Planet’s surface and speaking sideways into the feed.
+^  “We’re doing a routine patrol of the border, now … just looking for signs of
+whatever’s out here. These are the times that …” He breaks off and you find yourself
+clutching the thin metal surface of your desk, anticipating.
+^  “Woah,” comes the choked interjection from the pilot. The camera swivels to the
+outside. “Tracking one, make that two unknowns.”
+^  Outside the rover an alien lurches, hunched beneath a load on its back. The alien’s
+strange gray-green carapace is outfitted with strange silver plating that looks like
+armor. You take the controls of the camera and zoom in, taking in that inverted pyramid
+of a face, those eyes set so deep in the folds of the skull. They look sinister, but you never know. Maybe their faces are just … stuck that way.
+^  You zoom back and take a look at the alien’s burden. It is another alien, slumped
+over the carrier’s body. The pilot throws open the rover hatch and the entire cockpit
+fills with a strange wail that ebbs and flows. The pilot curses and hesitates at the
+door.
+^  “Worm’s Breath, I can feel that … through my chest, in my head …”
+^  You flip down the volume. The sound vibrates through the rover. The alien turns
+slowly, and you see that the one it carries has scars on its face, as if eaten away
+by a mindworm attack.
+^  “Greetings,” says the rover pilot, but the alien just looks at him. “Who are you?” the
+guard talks again, and now you hear it … his own voice returning, as if echoed from the
+alien, but with a strange warble that seems like a part of the wailing.
+^  “Can you understand?” and those words come back as well. The pilot shakes his head,
+helpless.
+^  Finally, the alien turns away.
+
+#INTERLUDE23
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: Waiting
+^  “$TITLE0 $NAME1, we are approaching the alien unit.”
+^  You watch the video feed as your people approach the alien craft.
+You can feel your heart pounding—will your people be able to alter the
+resonance, using the crude tools you’ve developed, and communicate with the aliens?
+^  Your craft moves closer. The alien vessel, blank and sinister, waits.
+^  “They are just sitting there, doing nothing, sir. Shall we move clo …” A low
+hum begins emanating from the alien craft. Even over the link, you can feel it
+vibrating your teeth.
+^  “What’s happening there?”
+^  “Nothing so far, $TITLE0. It sounds like an engine, but they’re not moving.
+I’m not sure if we should go closer. They do have weapons, we think.”
+^  “Alter that. Alter the sound, the way the betrayer taught us. Say ‘GREETING.’”
+^  “You mean alter the engine sound? Talk to the vehicle?”
+^  “They’re in there,” you say. You look at the video feed, at the impassive
+silver-green panels of the alien craft. “They’re listening.”
+
+#INTERLUDE24
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: Invasion!
+^  The line of aliens marching into $BASENAME5 look like ants, but ants that advance with
+malice, ready to consume whatever gets in their way. You watch them cut through $BASENAME5’s
+defenses, and take heart at the specks of humanity fleeing in all directions … refugees
+that might survive this onslaught. You watch for a moment and then continue punching
+through the archival tapes, the final transmissions from your loyal lieutenants
+at $BASENAME5.
+^  At least what were your loyal lieutenants. The final transmission from $BASENAME5 shows
+the full story … humans rounded up and pounded to the ground with the strange alien
+resonance attacks. Visions of the alien advance guard, their weird, tall forms seeming
+to push through the very structure of the walls in the base. The humans dying in the
+hallways, clutching their faces, their heads, their bellies.
+^  And then that one quick flash, from those three visiting holo-journalists that ran
+down the wrong hall with their handheld camera. You review the transmission again, almost
+against your will.
+^  When that door opened … to see all those humans lying on the floor like stacked
+wood, their bodies altered into a strange jellylike substance … and that terrifying
+image of one living human with his face in the corner as the aliens cubed the corpses
+on the floor and loaded them into white containers.
+^  Then the camera falls and cuts out. You feel your jaw clenching, against anger and also against fear.
+^  It looks like the aliens don’t want to be friends.
+
+#INTERLUDE25
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: First Victory
+^  The alien defenses have at last fallen and you take up a survey position near the
+perimeter. Your Elite Alien Attack Force moves in on the breach with quick, decisive
+movements, using their scramble guns to disrupt the resonance fields around $ALIENBASENAME5.
+^  Bursts of light and fire erupt from the base, followed by waves of vibrating sound
+and energy that hit your chest like a jackhammer. A nearby guard goes suddenly pale.
+^  “Alien screams,” you say, as another burst of fire and a loud pop comes from the
+strange four-legged bases. “They tear the resonance field when they die.”
+^  [And their hard carapaces burst open like popcorn kernels,] you also think, but
+decide not to share it with the queasy guard. The popping increases, and the screams.
+You and the guard turn away and one of your lieutenants turns on a device that dulls the
+sonic assault. On the land surrounding the base you can see alien refugees fleeing for
+the hills, a few being chased down by your faster moving troops.
+^  At last the pops slow in frequency and the all clear signal comes. Two guards at the
+breach stand at full attention and you can feel the pride radiating from their stiff
+faces. You nod to them as you pass.
+^  You enter the base, the first base captured from the alien menace.
+
+#INTERLUDE26
+#xs 500
+#caption Interlude: Beacon in the Sky
+^  You awaken in your chambers bathed in a strange greenish light, coming through the
+round reinforced window that looks over the landscape outside. A strange deep hum fills
+the room, and you recognize deep echoes of the aliens in it… echoes of their voices, of
+their weapons.
+^  You quickly tap into a touchscreen built into the back of your headboard, seeking
+through video feeds positioned around Planet.
+^  [There.] From the alien base $ALIENBASENAME5, a green column of light lances into the
+sky. You quickly bounce the image to the large viewpanel along one wall, expanding it. You
+get out of your bed. With the image in your wall-sized viewpanel, it seems as if you are
+staring out across the landscape of Planet itself, at the strange curved shapes of the
+alien bases. The green light illuminates the rolling terrain near the alien base eerily,
+and you can feel the hum of the resonance in your body and through the cold floor.
+^  $SHIMODA9’s voice suddenly fills the room, using an emergency band. “We’re analyzing
+it, $TITLE0 $NAME1. As fast as we can.”
+^  “Look at it.” You touch the cool glass of the viewpanel, tracing the brilliant
+light. “What is it?”
+^  “A powerful signal, but it is going nowhere that we can tell. It may have some
+unknown resonance fields associated with it, but we can’t …”
+^  Abruptly, the beam cuts off, making the sky seem suddenly empty.
+^  “That was just a test,” you say into the silence.
+
+#INTERLUDE27
+#xs 500
+#caption Epilogue
+^  Now that you are part of the vast matrix of the Planetmind, you spend your time
+wandering from thought nexus to thought nexus, despairing that $ALIENLEADER5 merged
+with the Planetmind and became its dominant personality.
+^  You just can’t let it go.
+^  Everywhere you move, the Usurper’s dominant personality has imprinted itself.
+Everywhere you look, there are human souls adrift, trapped in a master personality
+that is completely alien to all of you.
+^  This is the cost of losing. Not death, but an eternity living in someone else’s
+dream, constantly assaulted by sounds and images that are not your own.
+^  You catch a thread of thought, a tiny sliver of energy in the vast new
+Planetmind. The thought is small but fills you with longing … Earth. It is a thought
+of Earth, the old Earth left behind, with its green forests and blue oceans regenerating
+after Armageddon.
+^  You quickly realize that $ALIENLEADER5 is reaching out to nearby planets, trying to
+expand its domain. It is sending some of the Usurper sub-personalities from the matrix
+to Earth, to colonize it.
+^  There is only a moment to decide, and a moment is all it takes. You piggyback on a
+particularly dense alien personality, riding it silently into the mind of the colony
+ship. You feel the ship closing down, the personalities settling into synthetic bodies
+for the journey. You remain in the dark, shrouding yourself in silence, squeezing into
+the farthest corner of one body’s thought matrix.
+^  If the alien intelligence detects you, you will be sentenced to a far worse fate
+than wandering the Undermind, but it doesn’t matter. Here is a second chance, and a
+possible redemption.
+^  A return home.
+
+#INTERLUDE28
+#xs 500
+#caption Epilogue
+^  [Twenty four metric hours], you think, as the two alien guards hustle you along a
+dark and narrow hallway. That’s how long you ordered your troops to hold out against
+torture if captured.
+^  But now that the aliens have overrun your bases, decimated your population, and grabbed
+your very body on the way to an escape pod, it’s difficult to see what twenty four hours
+of time will do. Thinking of the ruin they have made of your entire faction, you realize
+there’s no one left to protect.
+^  Your mind works on overdrive, absorbing details about the alien base as you walk … the
+tall, narrow hallways, the resonance chambers set at intervals along the hallway, the
+constant high thrum that gives the aliens an easy bed for altering, to communicate with
+each other.
+^  You turn down an even darker hallway, and a metal door hisses open. They hustle you
+forward, toward what looks like …
+^  [… a Punishment Sphere]. Including a few special alterations, courtesy of the alien
+scientists.
+^  You scan your memory, piecing together everything you can of the alien language.
+A part of you wonders if they enjoy human pain.
+^  Then the Sphere closes around you, and soon nothing else matters.
+
+#INTERLUDE29
+#xs 500
+#caption Epilogue
+^  The first bright lance of green into the sky above Planet startles you, even though you
+had begun to sense its inevitability as the $ALIENS5 slowly overtook the human
+factions in every way. You stop your pep-rally address to the people from your balcony
+and look up into the sky.
+^  Then, on the horizon, you see another beam, and the sky is filled again with thick
+waves of harmonic sounds. You look down to see the assembled population transfixed.
+^  The sound changes again, rippling out from even farther away, and then again, and
+again, building in waves. Bright beams lance the sky from all directions. Your comm board
+lights up with communications from the other human factions, perhaps desperate enough to
+talk now, finally realizing that it is time to work together, all of you, to address this
+menace.
+^  The beams meet high above the surface of Planet and the sky opens with a groan that
+rocks Planet to its core. You look at the comm board helplessly. You wonder if any human
+alive knows what is in store for you next. To the other human leaders, the last of
+humanity, and to yourself you can only think …
+^  [Too late.]
+
+
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+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+;
+; Sid Meier’s ALPHA CENTAURI
+;
+; Lookups for movies
+;
+; Copyright © 1997, 1998 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
+;
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+
+#PROJECTS
+humanGenome, 0
+commandNexus, 1
+weatherParadigm, 2
+merchantExchange, 3
+empathGuild, 4
+citizensDefense, 5
+virtualWorld, 6
+planetaryTransit, 7
+xenoempathyDome, 8
+neuralAmplifier, 9
+maritimeControl, 10
+planetaryDatalinks, 11
+superCollider, 12
+asceticVirtues, 13
+longevityVaccine, 14
+hunterSeeker, 15
+pholusMutagen, 16
+cyborgFactory, 17
+theoryOfEverything, 18
+dreamTwister, 19
+universalTranslator, 20
+networkBackbone, 21
+nanofactory, 22
+livingRefinery, 23
+cloningVats, 24
+SelfAwareColony, 25
+clinical_Immortality, 26
+spaceElevator, 27
+singularityInductor, 28
+bulkMatter, 29
+telepathicMatrix, 30
+voiceOfPlanet, 31
+transcend, 32
+smacxmanifold, 33
+smacxnethack, 34
+smacxcloudbase, 35
+smacxgrid, 36
+theyTranscend, 37
+
+#HUMANGENOME
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+180, 140, 280, 200,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[The Human Genome Project]
+^
+^
+^^One extra $LINK<Talent=37> at every base.
+
+
+#COMMANDNEXUS
+Arial, 0, 10,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[The Command Nexus]
+^
+^
+^^Counts as a $LINK<Command Center=100027> at every one of your bases.
+
+#WEATHERPARADIGM
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+180, 140, 280, 200,
+10, 7000,
+
+^^[The Weather Paradigm]
+^
+^Increases $LINK<terraforming=90008> speed by 50% for all tasks except
+for $LINK<Remove Fungus=90010>. Your formers may build $LINK<Condensors=90012>
+and $LINK<Boreholes=90014>,
+and may $LINK<raise=90016>/$LINK<lower terrain=90017>, even if you have
+not yet discovered the appropriate technologies.
+
+#MERCHANTEXCHANGE
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[The Merchant Exchange]
+^
+^
+^^$LINK<+1 energy=43> in every square at this base.
+
+#EMPATHGUILD
+Arial, 0, 10,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 6000,
+
+^^[The Empath Guild]
+^
+^Allows you to contact any leader, and gives you
+an infiltrator in every faction. You get +50% votes
+in elections for $LINK<Planetary Governor=28> and $LINK<Supreme Leader=10005>.
+
+
+#CITIZENSDEFENSE
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[The Citizens’ Defense Force]
+^
+^
+^^Counts as a $LINK<Perimeter Defense=100004> at every base.
+
+
+#VIRTUALWORLD
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 6000,
+
+^^[The Virtual World]
+^
+^In addition to their normal effect, $LINK<Network Nodes=100008> count as
+$LINK<Hologram Theaters=100011> at each of your bases: reduce number of
+$LINK<Drones=36> by
+two and increase $LINK<PSYCH=38> output of base by 50%.
+
+
+#PLANETARYTRANSIT
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 5000,
+
+^^[The Planetary Transit System]
+^
+^Any new bases you found begin at population level 3. One less $LINK<drone=36>
+at all bases of population level 3 and under.
+
+#XENOEMPATHYDOME
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 6000,
+
+^^[The Xenoempathy Dome]
+^
+^All $LINK<Xenofungus=14> squares are treated as $LINK<roads=90005>, and the
+rate at which your $LINK<Formers=30001> $LINK<remove=90010> and/or
+$LINK<plant fungus=90011> is doubled.
+Any alien lifeforms you breed gain a $LINK<+1 lifecycle=11> bonus.
+
+
+#NEURALAMPLIFIER
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[The Neural Amplifier]
+^
+^
+^^+50% to $LINK<PSI Defense=15>.
+
+#MARITIMECONTROL
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 5000,
+
+^^[The Maritime Control Center]
+^
+^Increases the movement rate of all non-native naval units by two, and
+counts as a $LINK<Naval Yard=100028> at every one of your bases.
+
+
+#PLANETARYDATALINKS
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[The Planetary Datalinks]
+^
+^You automatically discover any $LINK<technology=140062> discovered by any three
+other $LINK<factions=150001>.
+
+
+#SUPERCOLLIDER
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[The Supercollider]
+^
+^
+^^$LINK<Research output=45> at this base is doubled.
+
+
+#ASCETICVIRTUES
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 5000,
+
+^^[The Ascetic Virtues]
+^
+^Increases the population limit of your bases by two, and increases
+your society’s tolerance for use of police and military units
+($LINK<+1 POLICE=130005>).
+
+
+#LONGEVITYVACCINE
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 7000,
+
+^^[The Longevity Vaccine]
+^
+^Two less $LINK<Drones=36> at every base if your $LINK<society’s
+economics=120005> are $LINK<planned=120008>.
+One less Drone at every base if economics are $LINK<simple=120006>
+or $LINK<green=120009>.
+$LINK<ECONOMY=44> increased by 50% at this base for
+$LINK<free market=120007> economies.
+
+
+#HUNTERSEEKER
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[The Hunter-Seeker Algorithm]
+^
+^Renders your units and bases completely immune to $LINK<probe team=30006> infiltration,
+unless the team is equipped with the Algorithmic Enhancement special ability.
+
+#PHOLUSMUTAGEN
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 6000,
+
+^^[The Pholus Mutagen]
+^
+^Reduces effect of industry on Planet’s ecology at all of your bases.
+Additionally, the $LINK<Fungus=14> confers on all of your units the same combat
+benefits normally reserved for alien lifeforms.
+Any alien lifeforms you breed gain a $LINK<+1 lifecycle=11> bonus.
+
+
+#CYBORGFACTORY
+Arial, 0, 10,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+180, 140, 280, 200,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[The Cyborg Factory]
+^
+^^Counts as a $LINK<Bioenhancement Center=100030> at every base.
+
+
+#THEORYOFEVERYTHING
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[The Theory of Everything]
+^
+^
+^^$LINK<LABS=45> output doubled at this base.
+
+
+#DREAMTWISTER
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[The Dream Twister]
+^
+^
+^^+50% to $LINK<PSI Attack=15>.
+
+
+#UNIVERSALTRANSLATOR
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 5000,
+
+^^[Universal Translator]
+^
+^Two free $LINK<tech advances=140062> on completion. Any number of
+$LINK<Alien Artifacts=30007> can be linked at this base.
+
+
+#NETWORKBACKBONE
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 64, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 64, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 64, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 6000,
+
+^^[The Network Backbone]
+^
+^$LINK<+1 research=45> at this base for every point of $LINK<Commerce=29>
+this base receives, and +1 research for every $LINK<Network Node=100008>
+in existence on Alpha Centauri, regardless of the player owning the
+Network Node.  Eliminates the negative effects of $LINK<Cybernetic
+Society=120017>.
+
+
+#NANOFACTORY
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 6000,
+
+^^[The Nano Factory]
+^
+^Units can be repaired quickly and completely
+even when not in base squares. The cost to upgrade
+units is reduced by 50%.
+
+
+#LIVINGREFINERY
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[The Living Refinery]
+^
+^Decreases minerals required to support military units: $LINK<+2 SUPPORT=130002>
+on Social Engineering table.
+
+
+#CLONINGVATS
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 6000,
+
+^^[The Cloning Vats]
+^
+^All of your bases enter a permanent state of Population Boom and
+will grow every turn provided $LINK<NUTRIENT=41> output
+is sufficient and $LINK<Hab facilities=100024> are adequate.
+The negative effects of the $LINK<Power=120012> and $LINK<Thought
+Control=120019> social engineering choices are eliminated.
+
+
+#SElFAWARECOLONY
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 6000,
+
+^^[The Self-Aware Colony]
+^
+^Energy maintenance cost for facilities is halved at all of your
+bases. If use of $LINK<police=130005> is allowed under the current social model,
+all of your bases are considered to have an extra police unit.
+
+
+#CLINICAL_IMMORTALITY
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4500,
+
+^^[Clinical Immortality]
+^
+^One extra $LINK<Talent=37> at every base. Doubles your votes in elections
+for $LINK<Planetary Governor=28> and $LINK<Supreme Leader=10005>.
+
+
+#SPACEELEVATOR
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 6000,
+
+^^[The Space Elevator]
+^
+^Doubles $LINK<ECONOMY=44> energy reserve production at this base, and
+doubles $LINK<MINERAL=42> production rate at all of your bases when
+producing Orbital improvements. Your units equipped with
+$LINK<drop pods=80004> may now make Orbital Insertions anywhere on the Planet.
+All $LINK<Aerospace Complex=100029> restrictions on Orbital improvements are
+waived.
+
+
+#SINGULARITYINDUCTOR
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[The Singularity Inductor]
+^
+^Counts as a $LINK<Quantum Converter=100021> at every base, and reduces the
+$LINK<ecological effects=26> of mineral production.
+
+
+#BULKMATTER
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[The Bulk Matter Transmitter]
+^
+^
+^^$LINK<+2 MINERALS=42> at every base.
+
+#TELEPATHICMATRIX
+Arial, 0, 10,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 5000,
+
+^^[The Telepathic Matrix]
+^
+^$LINK<Drones=36> never $LINK<riot=9> at your bases.
+All of your $LINK<probe teams=30006> receive a $LINK<+2 morale=11> modifier.
+
+
+#VOICEOFPLANET
+Arial, 0, 10,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+55, 56, 1, 1,
+180, 140, 280, 200,
+10, 5000,
+
+^^[The Voice of Planet]
+^
+^Begins the $LINK<Ascent to Transcendence=110071> sequence. Any faction can now
+begin the Ascent to Transcendence.
+Any alien lifeforms you breed gain a $LINK<+1 lifecycle=11> bonus.
+
+#SMACXGRID
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[The Planetary Energy Grid]
+^
+^
+^^Free $LINK<Energy Bank=100007> in every base.
+^^$LINK<Stockpile Energy=100069> produces 25% higher returns.
+
+#SMACXNETHACK
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 5000,
+
+^^[The Nethack Terminus]
+^
+^
+^^+1 $LINK<morale=11> to all $LINK<Probe Teams=30006> built.
+^^-25% cost of probe team actions.
+^^All Probe teams with a Fusion Reactor or higher have equivalent
+^^of Algorithmic Enhancement.
+
+#SMACXMANIFOLD
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 6000,
+
+^^[The Manifold Harmonics]
+^
+^
+^^Increases resources harvested from monolith and fungus squares depending on your overall PLANET rating, as follows:
+^
+^^0 Planet:   +1 Energy
+^^+1 Planet:  +1 Nutrient, +1 Energy
+^^+2 Planet:  +1 Nutrient, +1 Energy, +1 Mineral
+^^+3 Planet:  +1 Nutrient, +2 Energy, +1 Mineral
+
+#SMACXCLOUDBASE
+Arial, 0, 10,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+Arial, 1, 14,
+56, 55, 1, 1,
+160, 150, 320, 180,
+10, 4000,
+
+^^[The Cloudbase Academy]
+^
+^
+^^Free Aerospace Complex in every base.
+
+
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+;
+; Sid Meier’s ALPHA CENTAURI
+;
+; FACTION FILE: Nautilus Pirates
+;
+; Copyright © 1999 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
+;
+; ALPHA CENTAURI reads the rules of the game from this file at
+; startup. Feel free, at your own risk, to experiment with editing
+; this file. We recommend you make a backup copy of the original.
+;
+
+#PIRATES
+Nautilus Pirates, The Buccaneer, Pirates, M, 2, Svensgaard, M, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1,
+  TECH, Mobile, TECH, DocFlex, SOCIAL, -GROWTH, SOCIAL, -EFFIC, FREEFAC, 28, AQUATIC, 0, FREEABIL, 26
+  Values, Power, SUPPORT
+  nil, nil, nil
+  Nautilus, Nautil.
+  Ensign Jones, Lukas, Jones’ Locker
+  Captain, heroic, bloodthirsty, intrepid, barbarous,
+  Outmoded Misfit
+  exploit the riches of the sea
+  to harness the vast potential of the oceans
+  strangling the sea lanes and depriving us of our trade
+  strangling the sea lanes and depriving us of our trade
+  openly violate interfactional laws in the name of free trade
+  swilling rum and feeding Mind Worms to his parrot
+  swilling rum and feeding Mind Worms to your parrot
+  brazen thievery
+  brazen thievery, M1
+  aquatic ambitions, M2
+  latest expeditions, M2
+  tariff, M1
+  protecting your shipping from undeserving brigands
+  my privateers
+  the Law of the Sea
+
+#BASES
+Deadman Tavern
+Landlubber Inn
+Buried Treasure
+Sunny Oasis
+Sailor’s Rest
+Freshwater Springs
+Marque City
+Land Lock
+Far Horizons
+Crossbone Way
+Sailor’s Warning
+Red Sky
+Roberts’ Dread
+Ulrik’s Hideaway
+Pirate’s Siege
+Grasshome
+Drunktown
+Merchantman Run
+Shanty Town
+Penzance
+Skull Crossroads
+Sailor’s Delight
+Plunder Cache
+Cannon’s Thunder
+#END
+
+#WATERBASES
+Safe Haven
+Port Svensgaard
+Crow’s Nest
+Provision Point
+Parrot Landing
+Barbary Coast
+Capetown
+Point Blood
+Meergard
+Cutlass Cay
+Sextant Cove
+Privateer Quay
+Dry Dock
+Frigate Base
+Drake Landing
+Storm’s Lee
+Pennant Shoals
+The Anchorage
+Lorcha Roads
+Skeleton Key
+Slave Raid
+Violence at Sea
+Privateering
+Commerce Raiding
+Treasure Taken
+Gan Ning
+Jean Fleury
+Buccaneer Base
+Edward Teach
+Jack Rackham
+Henry Morgan
+Bartholomew Roberts
+Hendrick Lucifer
+Jean Lafitte
+Roberto Cofresi
+Boysie Singh
+Zheng Qi
+Orang Laut
+Moro Raiders
+Viking Age
+Zaporizhian Sich
+Zaporozhian Cossacks
+Don Cossacks
+Stenka Razin
+Pier Gerlofs Donia
+Wijerd Jelckama
+Fraxinet Moors
+Narentine Raiders
+Slavic Piracy
+Victual Brothers
+William Maurice
+Novgorodian Ushkuiniks
+Maniots
+Barbary Corsairs
+Hayreddin
+Oruç Reis
+Turgut Reis Dragut
+Koca Murat Reis
+Jan Janszoon
+John Ward
+Samuel Mason
+Bully Wilson
+Harpe Brothers
+Peter Alston
+Wiley Harpe
+Jonathan Brown
+Colonel Plug
+James Ford
+John A. Murrell
+Dan Seavey
+Kanhoji Angre
+Jolly Roger
+Buried Treasure
+Plank Walk
+Captain Kidd
+Pieces of Eight
+Treasure Map
+Thomas Tew
+Charles Vane
+William Fly
+Jack Rackham
+#END
+
+#BLURB
+The sea … vast, mysterious … and full of wealth! And the nations of Planet
+send their trade across it without a thought. Well, the sea doesn’t care about
+them, so it lets them pass. But we can give the sea a little hand in teaching the
+landlubbers a lesson in humility.
+ ^
+ ^      —Captain Ulrik Svensgaard
+ ^      “The Ripple and the Wave”
+
+#DATALINKS1
+^LEADER: {Captain Ulrik Svensgaard}
+^BACKGROUND: {Unity Astrogator}
+^AGENDA: {Pillage and burn}
+^TECH: {Doctrine: Mobility, Doctrine: Flexibility}
+^
+
+#DATALINKS2
+^-1 EFFICIENCY {Individualistic mentality opposed to central organization}
+^-1 GROWTH {Culture does not place high emphasis on family}
+^Free {Naval Yard} with discovery of {Doctrine: Initiative}: skilled shipwrights
+^Enhancements may be built in ocean and trench squares with the discovery of Advanced Ecological Engineering: {Trained for life at sea}
+^Sea colony pod & sea former prototypes {free}: advanced oceanic technology
+^Bonus mineral from ocean shelf squares: {Culture and technology adapted for the ocean}
+^{Marine Detachment ability} free for all naval combat units upon discovery of {Adaptive Doctrine}
+
+#FACTIONTRUCE
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“Planet offers far greater adventures for us than this tedious conflict.
+Let us pledge Blood Truce and return to our explorations!”
+
+“Agreed. Forth to adventure!”
+“There is no greater adventure than the defeat of a meddlesome foe. Prepare to be annihilated!”
+
+#FACTIONTREATY
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“Your ambitions seem to lie outside our sphere of influence, $TITLE0 $NAME1.
+We’d like to sign a Treaty of Friendship to cement our common bonds.”
+
+“We would never think of encroaching on your interests, $NAME3. Let’s sign that Treaty.”
+“We’d like to reserve judgement. Our expansion plans may yet come into conflict.”
+
+#ALIENFACTIONTRUCE
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“Planet offers far greater adventures for us than this tedious conflict.
+Let us pledge Blood Truce and return to our explorations!”
+
+“Exploration of Manifold Six: much more important. Agreement!”
+“Already familiar: Manifold Six. Best adventure: your destruction!”
+
+#ALIENFACTIONTREATY
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“You don’t seem very interested in the sea, $TITLE0 $NAME1. Though you are
+alien to us, it seems that among all the human factions, I am your logical
+ally, since our spheres of influence are different. Let’s sign a Treaty of
+Friendship and formalize what is already manifest.”
+
+“Land: Progenitor. Sea: $NAME3. Treaty: agreed.”
+“All Manifold Six: possible conflict. Treaty: unwise at this time.”
+
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+;
+; Sid Meier’s ALPHA CENTAURI
+;
+; FACTION FILE: TEMPLATE
+;
+; Copyright © 1997, 1998 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
+;
+;
+; Factions—Names & personalities
+;
+; formal, desc, noun, masc/fem, sing/plural, name, gender, ai-fight, ai-power, ai-tech, ai-wealth, ai-growth
+;    title, characteristic, adjective
+;    SPECIAL RULES, parameters, …
+;    SOCIAL PRIORITY, setting, result
+;
+; formal      = Formal name of colony/group
+; desc        = Description of basic ideology
+; noun        = Plural noun
+; masc/fem    = Is faction’s noun masculine or feminine
+; sing/plural = Is faction’s noun singular (Labyrinth) or plural (Gaians)
+; name        = Name of default leader
+; gender      = M or F (gender of leader)
+; ai-fight    = -1,0,1 (willingness to use force to achieve goals)
+; ai-power    = 1 or 0 (interest in power)
+; ai-tech     = 1 or 0 (interest in knowledge)
+; ai-wealth   = 1 or 0 (interest in wealth)
+; ai-growth   = 1 or 0 (interest in population growth)
+;
+; title          = leader’s title
+; characteristic = leader’s descriptive adjective
+;
+; adjective      = adjectival form of faction name (e.g. Gaian)
+;                  TRANSLATOR NOTE: for FRENCH versions, this should
+;                  give all four forms (ms:fs:mp:fp):
+;                  Gaian:Gaiane:Gaians:Gaianes (or whatever it would be)
+;                  for GERMAN it should have all six forms.
+;
+; SPECIAL RULES = rule, parameter
+;
+;   TECH        = Free technology at start. Parameter
+;                 is either a tech id (e.g. “Cen”) to
+;                 indicate a specific technology, or a
+;                 number (e.g. 2) to indicate a number
+;                 of player-selected technologies.
+;   MORALE      = Morale modifier (if 0, indicates an
+;                 exemption from negative modifiers from
+;                 other sources).
+;   PSI         = Percentage combat bonus for PSI Combat.
+;   FACILITY    = Every new base gets this free facility.
+;                 Param indicates facility (e.g. “4” is
+;                 a Perimeter Defense) from the facilities
+;                 list. Do NOT attempt to give satellites
+;                 and secret projects this way.
+;   RESEARCH    = Free research points per base per turn.
+;   DRONE       = Extra drone at base (per “param”
+;                 citizens, rounded down)
+;   TALENT      = Extra talent at base (per “param”
+;                 citizens, rounded up)
+;   ENERGY      = Free energy reserves at start
+;   INTEREST    = Energy reserves interest.
+;                 Non-zero = constant percentage per turn (including negative)
+;                 Zero     = +1/base each turn
+;   COMMERCE    = Increased commerce rate
+;   POPULATION  = # to be added to population limit of
+;                 each base for purposes of Habitation
+;                 domes, etc.
+;   HURRY       = Percentage change in costs of “Hurry”
+;                 button on construction (e.g. 125 means
+;                 125% of normal cost, so 100 costs 125).
+;   UNIT        = Extra free unit at start; param is
+;                 index from units list (e.g. 0 equals
+;                 Colonists, 1 Terraformers, 2 Scout
+;                 Crawler)
+;   TECHCOST    = Modifier % for tech research rate.
+;                 (e.g. 125 means each discovery costs
+;                 125% the usual number of research
+;                 points).
+;   SHARETECH   = Gain any technology known to # other players
+;   TERRAFORM   = Halves terraform raise/lower cost
+;   SOCIAL      = Gives a modifier in the named social effect category
+;                 (“SOCIAL, +EFFIC” raises the EFFIC rating by 1;
+;                  “SOCIAL, --POLICE” lowers POLICE rating by 2);
+;   ROBUST      = Halves the intensity of minus effects in the named
+;                 social area (“ROBUST, EFFIC” halves minus efficiency
+;                 effects in social model).
+;   IMMUNITY    = Immunity from minus effects in the named social
+;                 area. (“IMMUNITY, ENERGY” prevents minus energy
+;                 effects in social model).
+;   IMPUNITY    = Impunity :-) from minus effects from a particular
+;                 social setting. “IMPUNITY, Police State” prevents
+;                 all - effects from “Police State” setting.
+;   PENALTY     = Opposite of impunity: doubles the negative effects
+;                 of a particular setting.
+;   FUNGNUTRIENT= Modifier to NUTRIENT produced in fungus squares
+;   FUNGMINERALS= Modifier to MINERALS produced in fungus squares
+;   FUNGENERGY  = Modifier to ENERGY produced in fungus squares
+;   COMMFREQ    = Gets an extra comm frequency (another faction to
+;                 talk to) at beginning of game. (Parameter is ignored)
+;   MINDCONTROL = Vehicles and bases immune to mind control
+;   FANATIC     = +25% bonus on attack
+;   VOTES       = Multiplier for governor votes
+;   FREEPROTO   = Prototype cost reduced to zero for this faction
+;
+; SOCIAL PRIORITY:
+;   Drawn from the political table above (see #SOCIO), these entries
+;   must exactly match the SOCIO entries in spelling. These determine
+;   the leader’s social priorities.
+;
+
+##
+##SAMPLE SENTENCES FOR TRANSLATORS
+##
+##  [Together we shall both] preserve Planet’s native life [and …]
+##  [My intent is] to guard, understand, and preserve Planet’s native life
+##  [She is bent on] stamping out all legitimate human development of this planet
+##  [You seem bent on] stamping out all legitimate human development of this planet
+##  [I shall not stand here while you] cripple any and all efforts toward human progress on this world
+##  [She spends her time] dancing naked through the trees
+##  [You spend your time] dancing naked through the trees
+##  [I have been accused of] spouting tree-crazy prattle
+##  [Your] tree-crazy prattle [does not impress me]
+##  [Think how this could benefit your] environmental initiatives
+##  [I trust your] pagan rituals [are proceeding to your satisfaction]
+##  [It is customary to remit me a small] ecology tax […]
+##  [… for the services my forces provide in] preserving and cataloguing Planet’s native life
+##  [I shall instruct] my Environmental Police [to see that no such …]
+##  [You are in contravention of] the Planetary Ecology Code
+##
+##  END OF SAMPLE SENTENCES FOR TRANSLATORS
+##
+
+#SID
+Firaxians, The Silly, Firaxians, M, 2, Sid, M, -1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
+  TECH, SingMec
+  Economics, Green, PLANET
+  nil, nil, nil
+  Firaxian, Firaxian,
+  Lindsay, Gordon, Lindsay’s Rest
+  Mr., brilliant, mindless, entertaining, time-wasting,
+  Play-tester
+  make fun games for our children’s children
+  to create the most amazingly fun games imaginable
+  monopolizing all of the free time of his hoodwinked ‘fans’
+  monopolizing all of the free time of your hoodwinked ‘fans’
+  turn our family and friends into gaming zombies
+  shooting at pixels in his basement
+  shooting at pixels in your basement
+  spouting techno-babble
+  techno-babble, M1
+  game designing, M1
+  Pac-Man contests, M2
+  registration fee, M1
+  engaging and stimulating the millions
+  Susan Meier
+  the Firaxis Mission Statement
+
+#BASES
+FIRAXIS HQ
+Sid’s House
+Brian’s House
+Jeff’s House
+Mt. Washington Tavern
+Padonia Station
+San Sushi
+Andy’s
+Macaroni Grill
+Bertucci’s
+The Kids’ Room
+Bazzell’s Office
+Amanda’s Playground
+Ryan Meier’s Desk
+#END
+
+#WATERBASES
+Brian’s Little Stream
+Sid’s Swimmin’ Hole
+Inner Harbor
+#END
+
+#BLURB
+Firaxis est une compagnie que j'ai fondée avec quelques amis.
+L'idée était de revenir à quelque chose de petit. Lorsque Microprose
+a démarré, c'était une petite compagnie, et c'était très amusant. En
+dix ou douze ans, elle a pris de plus en plus d'importance et à
+partir d'un certain moment, il devenait temps de revenir à un environnement
+beaucoup plus petit, sans les pressions et les problèmes financiers
+d'une grosse compagnie. En gros, le moment était idéal pour créer une
+petite société et pour ne plus s'occuper que de jeux.
+^
+^       —Sid Meier,
+^       “But I Like This Sweatshirt …”
+
+#DATALINKS1
+^LEADER: {Sid Meier}
+^BACKGROUND: {Hunt Valley, Game Designer}
+^AGENDA: {Addictive Gameplay}
+^TECH: {???}
+^
+
+#DATALINKS2
+^+1 PLANET: {Environmental safeguards; can capture mindworms}
+^+2 EFFICIENCY: {Experience with life systems & recycling}
+^-1 MORALE: {Pacifist tendencies}
+^-1 POLICE: {Freedom loving}
+^+1 Nutrients in fungus squares
+
+#FACTIONTRUCE
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“I haven’t had time to play {Gettysburg!} in weeks!  In the name
+of great gaming, how’s about a Blood Truce?”
+
+“Yeah, I really miss that game.  Wanna play multiplayer?”
+“Never!  I’ll put an end to your slothful gaming, $NAME3!”
+
+#FACTIONTREATY
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“Wouldn’t you like to relax and play a game, $TITLE0 $NAME1?
+I suggest we sign a Treaty of Friendship, that our peoples
+may play lots of multiplayer games.”
+
+“Agreed. How about right now, $NAME3?”
+“No. I’ve got better things to do, like the dishes.”
+
+#ALIENFACTIONTRUCE
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“I haven’t had time to play {Gettysburg!} in weeks!  In the name
+of great gaming, how’s about a Blood Truce?”
+
+“Great battle: much human death: what’s not to like? Truce: agreed!”
+“One war: for another war: silly. Death: to you!”
+
+#ALIENFACTIONTREATY
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“Wouldn’t you like to relax and play a game, $TITLE0 $NAME1?
+I suggest we sign a Treaty of Friendship, that our peoples
+may play lots of multiplayer games and learn what it’s like
+to play someone who’s {truly} weird.”
+
+“Alien Crossfire: multiplayer! Agreed!”
+“Games: for foolish and weak. Rejection.”
+
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+;
+; Sid Meier’s ALPHA CENTAURI
+;
+; FACTION FILE: Manifold Usurpers
+;
+; Copyright © 1999 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
+;
+; ALPHA CENTAURI reads the rules of the game from this file at
+; startup. Feel free, at your own risk, to experiment with editing
+; this file. We recommend you make a backup copy of the original.
+;
+
+#USURPER
+Manifold Usurpers, The Insurgent, Usurpers, M, 2, Marr, M, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0,
+  ALIEN, 0, OFFENSE, 125, SOCIAL, +GROWTH, SOCIAL, +MORALE, SOCIAL, -PLANET, FACILITY, 3, TECH, Ecology, TECH, Physic, TECH, Biogen
+  Economics, Planned, PLANET
+  Politics, Democratic, nil
+  Usurper, Usurper
+  Hackjob, Peter, Hackjob Hovel
+  Conqueror, mighty, power-hungry, fearless, horrific,
+  Abominable Despot
+  exploit the latent powers of the Manifold and use them against the obstinate Caretakers
+  to harness the tremendous power of the Manifold experiment
+  elimination of all other factions on Planet
+  complete galactic domination
+  wrest control of Planet from its various inhabitants
+  feasting on the living flesh of his human prisoners
+  feasting on the living flesh of your human prisoners
+  exploiting the powers of Planet for your own nefarious ends
+  overblown plans for galactic conquest, M1
+  struggle against the Caretakers, M1
+  struggle against the Caretakers, M1
+  protection fee, M1
+  suffering you to continue your hardscrabble existence on Planet, M1
+  my Shock Troopers
+  the Usurper Doctrine
+
+#BASES
+Courage : To Question
+Dimension : Sky
+Strafing Run
+Spires : Ascendant
+Honor : Progenitor
+Conquest of the Weak
+Genesis : Destiny
+Tusk and Claw
+Skymaster Base
+Red Stick
+Fear Song
+Evil Eye
+Fragment of Sound
+Union Place
+Warrior’s Harmony
+Maar’s Dissolution
+Razorwing City
+Era of Blood
+Godhood’s Grasp
+Satiation
+Tau Ceti Mantle
+Resonance of Swords
+Manifest Doom
+Martial Air
+Memories : Pain
+Risks of Flowering
+Final Honor
+#END
+
+#WATERBASES
+Hornbill Point
+Scorch Island
+Destroyer Base
+Impaler Dome
+Salt : Wound
+Conquest Seaway
+Ramspeed Shoals
+Predator’s Quay
+Ocean Scar
+
+#END
+
+#BLURB
+Risks of Flowering: considerable. But rewards of godhood: who can measure?
+^
+^       —Usurper Judaa Marr
+^       “Courage : To Question”
+
+
+#DATALINKS1
+^LEADER: {Usurper Judaa Marr}
+^BACKGROUND: {<Unkown>}
+^AGENDA: {Subvert Planet for galactic domination}
+^TECH: {Progenitor Psych, Centauri Ecology, Field Modulation, Applied Physics, Biogenetics}
+^
+
+#DATALINKS2
+^+1 GROWTH: {Abuse Planet’s resources for their own gain}
+^+1 MORALE: {Warlike culture}
+^-1 PLANET: {Planet senses Usurper’s dark intent}
+^+25% Offensive combat: {Can sense & manipulate “Resonance” fields}
+^Free {Recycling Tanks} at every base
+^”Energy Grid” at each base: {Increased infrastructure generates additional energy}
+^Begin game with a {Mk I Battle Ogre} and extra {Colony Pod}
+^All prototyped combat units have two-square sighting radius (“Resonance” sensitivity)
+^Can direct research efforts (rediscovering technology & infrastructure)
+^Possess a physical scan of Planet’s surface
+
+#FACTIONTRUCE
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“War : siphons resources from our goal : joining with the Manifold. Blood Truce : Demanded!”
+
+“We have goals of our own to pursue. Let’s end this war and get back to business.”
+“I don’t much care for your tone, $NAME3. We reject your demands!”
+
+#FACTIONTREATY
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+“Ultimate Usurper goal : Godhood. Humans : may benefit as well. First step : sign Treaty.”
+
+“Hmmm … Godhood does have a certain appeal. Where do I sign?”
+“I’m not sure your New Galactic Order has a place for us humans. I can’t trust you to honor that Treaty!”
+
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+;
+; Sid Meier's ALPHA CENTAURI
+;
+; Alpha Centauri Base Names
+;
+; Copyright (c) 1997, 1998 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
+;
+
+; Faction specific names moved to faction files --BR
+
+#INVERTLIST
+6
+Garden
+Gaia's
+The
+Morgan
+Lab
+U.N.
+
+#GENERIC
+Alpha Sector
+Beta Sector
+Gamma Sector
+Delta Sector
+Epsilon Sector
+Zeta Sector
+Eta Sector
+Theta Sector
+Iota Sector
+Kappa Sector
+Lambda Sector
+Mu Sector
+Nu Sector
+Xi Sector
+Omicron Sector
+Pi Sector
+Rho Sector
+Sigma Sector
+Tau Sector
+Upsilon Sector
+Phi Sector
+Chi Sector
+Psi Sector
+Omega Sector
+#END
+
+
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+;
+; Sid Meier's ALPHA CENTAURI
+;
+; FACTION FILE: The Lord's Believers
+;
+; Copyright (c) 1997, 1998 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
+;
+; ALPHA CENTAURI reads the rules of the game from this file at
+; startup. Feel free, at your own risk, to experiment with editing
+; this file. We recommend you make a backup copy of the original.
+;
+
+#BELIEVE
+The Lord's Believers, The Fundamentalist, Believers, M, 2, Miriam, F, 1,  1, 0, 0, 1,
+  TECH, Psych, SOCIAL, --RESEARCH, SOCIAL, +PROBE, SOCIAL, ++SUPPORT, SOCIAL, -PLANET, FANATIC, 0
+  Politics, Fundamentalist, PROBE
+  Values, Knowledge, nil
+  Believing, Belv.,
+  Jessica, Westcott, Jessica's Faith
+  Sister, pious, fanatic, devout, bible thumping,
+  Religious Freak
+  embrace the truth of the Lord's Scripture
+  to embrace the truth of the good Lord's Scripture
+  imposing her extremist moral code on everyone else
+  imposing your extremist moral code on everyone else
+  shove your religious extremism down my throat
+  pounding her cherished bible
+  pounding your cherished bible
+  bible thumping extremism
+  bible thumping extremism, M1
+  life of worship, M1
+  bizarre religious practices, M2
+  tithe, M1
+  upholding standards of decency and morality
+  my Angels of Justice
+  Conclave Oral Law
+
+#BASES
+New Jerusalem
+Great Conclave
+Great Zion
+Far Jericho
+Redemption Base
+Children of God
+Noah's Rainbow
+The Voice of God
+Judgement Seat
+Valley of the Faithful
+Blessed Redeemer
+The Glory of God
+New Eden
+Terrible Swift Sword
+Time of Salvation
+Eternal Reward
+The Lord's Mercy
+Righteous Sentence
+Throne of God
+The Rapture
+The Lord's Wrath
+The Lord's Grace
+The Hand of God
+The Coming of the Lord
+Sanctity Base
+The Lord's Chosen
+Hallowed Ground
+The Lord's Gift
+Divinity Base
+The Word of God
+Revelation Base
+The Holy Fire
+The Lord's Truth
+Blessed Saviour
+From On High
+Godwinson's Hope
+House of Martyrs
+#END
+
+#WATERBASES
+He Walked on Water
+Loaves and Fishes
+Belly of the Whale
+Fisher of Men
+Port Grace
+Water to Wine
+Consecrated Waters
+#END
+
+#BLURB
+The righteous need not cower before the drumbeat of human progress.
+Though the song of yesterday fades into the challenge of tomorrow,
+God still watches and judges us. Evil lurks in the datalinks as it
+lurked in the streets of yesteryear. But it was never the streets
+that were evil.
+^
+^        -- Sister Miriam Godwinson,
+^           "The Blessed Struggle"
+
+#DATALINKS1
+^LEADER: {Sister Miriam Godwinson}
+^BACKGROUND: {Christian States of America, Unity Psych Chaplain}
+^AGENDA: {Life of Religious Worship}
+^TECH: {Social Psych}
+^
+
+#DATALINKS2
+^+25% Bonus when attacking enemies, from strength of convictions.
+^+1 PROBE:  {Devout believers difficult to brainwash}
+^+2 SUPPORT: {Citizens eager to defend faith}
+^-2 RESEARCH:  {Suspicious of secular science}
+^-1 PLANET:  {Believe Planet is their promised land}
+^Accumulates NO research points until MY 2110.
+^{May not use Knowledge value in Social Engineering.}
+
+#FACTIONTRUCE
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+"$NAME1, it is the Lord's Will that we end this immoral conflict.
+Pledge Blood Truce with me and I shall pray for your
+soul's redemption."
+
+"As you wish. Truce pledged."
+"I'll see you in hell first, $NAME3."
+
+#FACTIONTREATY
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+"I have been praying for you lately, $TITLE0 $NAME1. The Lord
+wishes us to live side by side as brothers and sisters; we must
+sign a Treaty of Friendship and worship together in peace."
+
+"Amen, $NAME3. Lasting peace is a great gift indeed."
+"No. Your fanaticism makes me shiver, $NAME3."
+
+#ALIENFACTIONTRUCE
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+"$NAME1, it is the Lord's Will that we end this immoral conflict.
+Pledge Blood Truce with me and I shall pray for your alien
+soul's redemption."
+
+"All living things: soul. Truce: agreed."
+"$NAME3: not understand concept: 'alien.' Defiance: your Lord. Answer: no."
+
+#ALIENFACTIONTREATY
+#xs 440
+#caption $CAPTION7
+"I have been praying for you lately, $TITLE0 $NAME1. The Lord
+wishes us to live side by side as brothers and sisters; we must
+sign a Treaty of Friendship and worship together in peace."
+
+"Greater power: brings peace. Treaty: agreement."
+"Progenitor: not bow: your Lord's will. Rejection."
+
+
+# ; This line must remain at end of file
+