Sins of a Solar Empire
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The Civilian Tree is the noncombat research tree for the TEC.

Planetary Shields and Improved Planet Shields were moved to the Defense Tree in Entrenchment.

Skilled Diplomats was moved to the Diplomacy Tree in Diplomacy.

The Civics Research Station was renamed the Civics Lab in Diplomacy.

TECCivilianIndustry

Industry[]

Provides improved extraction methods for metal and crystal mines, trade ports for commerce, orbital refineries, plus general improvement to building rates.

 
Name Civics Labs Prerequisites Effect
(Per Level)
Cost
(Credits/Metal/Crystal)
Icon
Deep Core Metal Mining 1 Increases the metal production of your mining facilities by 6.7%. 400/0/25
500/0/50
Orbital Commerce 2 Unlocks Trade Port 600/50/100
Rapid Hydrometallurgy 2 Deep Core Metal Mining Further increases the metal production of your mining facilities by 6.7%. 600/50/100
700/75/125
Efficient Crystal Sorting 2 Increases the crystal production of your crystal mining facilities by 6.7%. 600/50/100
700/75/125
Rapid Development 3 Planetary improvement construction time is reduced by 25.0%. The cost of logistic slot upgrades is also reduced by 7.5%. Purely from the standpoint of the cost reduction, this requires around 10,000 credits of future logistic upgrades per level to pay for itself (corresponding to 10 ice/volcanic planets, again per level), so it is seldom worthwhile. 800/100/175
900/125/200
Automated Mining Rigs 3 Efficient Crystal Sorting Further increases the crystal production of your crystal mining facilities by 6.7%. 800/100/175
900/125/200
Orbital Refinement 4 Unlocks Orbital Refinery 1000/150/250
Huge Cargo Holds 4 Orbital Commerce, Orbital Refinement Increases the income of your trade vessels by +7.5%. 1000/150/250
1100/175/275
Nuclear Smelting 4 Rapid Hydrometallurgy Further increases the metal production of your mining facilities by 6.7%. 1000/150/250
1100/175/275
Shockwave Pulverization 5 Automated Mining Rigs Further increases the crystal production of your crystal mining facilities by 6.7%. 1200/200/325
1300/225/350
Immense Cargo Holds 6 Huge Cargo Holds Further increases the income of your trade vessels by 7.5%. 1400/250/400
1500/275/425
Industrial Juggernaut 7 Reduces the time required to construct ships by 16.7%. 1600/300/475
1700/325/500
1800/350/525
Pervasive Economy 8 Immense Cargo Holds Further increases the income of your trade vessels by 7.5%. 1800/350/550
1900/375/575


TECCivilianEngineering

Engineering[]

Gives access to orbital sensor drones, planet exploitation and colonization technologies, PSIDAR for detecting incoming ships, planetary shields, and improved phase jump engines.

 
Name Civics Labs Prerequisites Effect
(Per Level)
Cost
(Credits/Metal/Crystal)
Icon
Modular Architecture 1 Reduces cost of Metal Extractor, Crystal Extractor, Frigate Factory, and Capital Ship factory by 20%/40%. It also reduces the refund for scuttling structures of these types by the same percentage, so if you plan to relocate your initial factories, it is more economical to scuttle them before researching this technology and rebuild after researching Modular Architecture. 400/0/25
500/0/50
Sensor Drones 1 Unlocks Probe 400/0/25
500/0/50
High Density Zoning 1 +7.5% Terran planet pop 400/0/25
500/0/50
Improved Arid Colonies 1 +7.5% Desert planet pop 400/0/25
500/0/50
Arctic Exploitation 2 Allows Ice planet colonization 600/50/100
Volcanic Exploitation 2 Allows Volcanic planet colonization 600/50/100
Basic PSIDAR 2 Detects incoming enemies 1 jump away 600/50/100
Long Range Jumps 3 Allows inter-system travel 800/100/175
Advanced Civic Design 3 High Density Zoning +7.5% Terran planet pop 800/100/175
900/125/200
Advanced Arctic Colonies 4 Arctic Exploitation +7.5% Ice planet pop 1000/150/250
1100/175/275
Planetary Shields 5 Unlocks Shield Generator 1200/200/325
Enhanced PSIDAR 5 Basic PSIDAR Detects incoming enemies 2 jumps away 1200/200/325
Worm Hole Navigation 5 Allows passage through wormholes 1200/200/325
Quick Jump Calculation 6 15.0% faster phase jump charge time 1400/250/400
1500/275/425
Superior Planet Shields 7 Planetary Shields 1600/300/475
1700/325/500


TECCivilianPolicy

Policy[]

Includes technologies for broadcasting propaganda to far-off worlds, improving the happiness of citizens, and general improvement to both ships and planets.

 
Name Civics Labs Prerequisites Effect
(Per Level)
Cost
(Credits/Metal/Crystal)
Icon
Expedited Permits 2 +16.7% structure build rate 600/50/100
700/75/125
Interstellar Networks 3 Unlocks Broadcast Center 800/100/175
Civilian Ship Safety Act 3 Improves the hulls and armor of civilian ships. 800/100/175
900/125/200
Favored Client Discount 4 7.5% better black market prices 1000/150/250
1100/175/275
Skilled Diplomats 4 +15% quest happiness, -10% quest failure happiness 1000/150/250
1100/175/275
Addictive Consumerism 4 Interstellar Networks +5.0% culture spread, +0.375 antimatter regen when in culture 1000/150/250
1100/175/275
Catastrophe Recovery 5 +12.5% planet health regen 1200/200/325
1300/225/350
Critical Mass 5 Addictive Consumerism -25.0% culture decay 1200/200/325
1300/225/350
Cultural Monopolization 6 Addictive Consumerism 5.0% culture spread, +0.375 antimatter regen when in culture 1400/250/400
1500/275/425
Basic Crew Training 6 +2 -> +3 trainable capital ship levels 1400/250/400
Development Mandate 6 +4 logistics slots 1400/250/400
Foreign Sabotage 7 Cultural Monopolization -50.0% enemy build rate in your culture 1600/300/475
1700/325/500
Insurgency 8 Cultural Monopolization "RebellionLevel" +100.0% 1800/350/550
1900/375/575
TEC Structures
Logistics: Metal Extractor Crystal Extractor Frigate Factory Capital Ship FactoryMilitary LabCivics Lab Trade PortBroadcast CenterOrbital Refinery
Tactical: Gauss Defense PlatformHangar DefenseRepair PlatformPhase Jump InhibitorShield GeneratorNovalith CannonProximity Mine FieldTitan Foundry
TEC Ships
Corvettes: Shriken Corvette (Loyalist) • Stilat Corvette (Rebel)
Frigates: Arcova Scout FrigateCobalt Light FrigateJavelis LRM FrigateKrosov Siege FrigateGarda Flak FrigateProtev Colony Frigate
Cruisers: Percheron Light CarrierHoshiko Robotics CruiserCielo Command CruiserKodiak Heavy CruiserRaloz Heavy ConstructorOgrov Torpedo CruiserNeruda Envoy Cruiser
Capital Ships: Kol BattleshipSova CarrierAkkan BattlecruiserDunov BattlecruiserMarza DreadnoughtCorsev Battlecruiser
Titans: Ankylon Titan (Loyalist) • Ragnarov Titan (Rebel)
Starbase: Argonev Star Base
TEC Tech Tree
Military TreeDefense TreeCivilian TreeDiplomacy Tree
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