User Guide

Sid meier’s alpha centauri
Alien Crossfire
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RESONANCE BOLT (R-BOLT)
Twelve attack strength with a built-in 25% bonus vs. PSI units. Similar to the
R-laser, with the resonance field attached to a tachyon bolt. Becomes avail-
able upon the discovery of Sentient Resonance (C9).
STRING DISRUPTOR
Thirty attack strength weapon, built of a combination of temporal disruption
and Progenitor resonance technology taken to its highest degree. Becomes
available upon the discovery of String Resonance (C16).
TECTONIC PAYLOAD
Allows the construction of a missile that, when fired, causes the target square
to rise 1 level in height for each level of reactor technology possessed by the
builder. Thus, a Tectonic Missile fired with a (4) reactor raises the target ter-
rain four levels (maximum height above sea level is four levels). To target a
square, move the missile to the desired target (cannot be a sea-square, unit,
or base) and press the “I” key. Becomes available upon the discovery of N-
Space Compression (C8).
FUNGAL PAYLOAD
Destroys improvements in the target square, leaving behind 1-4 squares of
fungus, depending on the reactor technology possessed by the builder.
Additional fungus output can destroy improvements. Valid targets and target-
ing methods are the same as the Tectonic Payload. Becomes available upon
discovery of N-Space Compression.
RESONANCE ARMOR
Three or eight defense strength with a built-in 25% bonus vs. PSI attackers.
The technology used is similar to the Resonance Laser, but the static field is
easier to control as a defense than as a beam weapon. Res-3 becomes avail-
able upon discovery of Field Modulation (C2); Res-8 becomes available upon
discovery of Sentient Resonance (C9).
THE MANIFOLD NEXUS
Control of this grants the controlling faction +1 Planet.
It is not certain what the Nexus is, but it appears to be
the central communications point for all six of the
Progenitor Manifold experiments. In essence, it is a
control tower for planetary intelligence.
FOSSIL RIDGE
A coral formation in the sea that grants +1 mineral/square.
NEW MANIFESTATIONS OF
THE COLONISTS
UNITS
Because of the influx of alien technology (or, in games with no alien factions,
new research into alien artifacts and monoliths), new unit weapons, armor, and
specials have become available. These are, for the most part, based on the
Progenitor concept of “resonance,” which is a new way of perceiving various
fields around us, including magnetic and electrical forces.
RESONANCE LASER (R-LASER)
Six attack strength with a built-in 25% bonus vs. PSI units. The resonance
laser is a regular laser with additional Manifold “resonance” technology
attached to the wave form; this affects PSI creatures adversely. Becomes avail-
able upon the discovery of Bioadaptive Resonance (C4).
Sid meier’s alpha centauri
Alien Crossfire
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