The Network Backbone

The Network Backbone
Overview
Type	Discover secret project
Requires	Digital Sentience
Game	Alpha Centauri
Function
Effects	+1 research at this base for every point of Commerce this base receives, and +1 research for every Network Node in existence on Alpha Centauri, regardless of the player owning the Network Node Eliminates the negative effects of Cybernetic Society
Cost	400
AI priorities
Conquer	0
Discover	1
Build	0
Explore	0

“	Of course we'll bundle our MorganNet software with the new network nodes; our customers expect no less of us. We have never sought to become a monopoly. Our products are simply so good that no one feels the need to compete with us.	„
	~ CEO Nwabudike Morgan, Morgan Data Systems press release

The Network Backbone is a secret project in Alpha Centauri.

Effect

+1 research at this base for every point of Commerce this base receives, and +1 research for every Network Node in existence on Alpha Centauri, regardless of the player owning the Network Node
Eliminates the negative effects of Cybernetic Society

Cutscene

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