User manual GAMES PC SID MEIER S-ALPHA CENTAURI

[. . . ] 66 Base Control Screen/Section by Section. 192 Free Facilities from Secret Projects. 205 Scenario and Edit Map Menu Options . 245 CHAPTER 1 GETTING STARTED CHAPTER GETTING STARTED INTRODUCTION 1 Welcome to FIRAXIS Games'TM second offering, Sid Meier's Alpha CentauriTM. [. . . ] cL on each of several bases to select multiple bases. The Best Bases Readout shows your top-performing base in each of several categories, including mineral, nutrient and energy production, energy reserves, lab output, Psych output, population and garrisoned units. CONTROLLING SOCIETY CHAPTER SECRET PROJECT DATA 5 5 Displays all Secret Projects currently either completed or under construction, with their location and the controlling faction. Projects in progress are located above completed projects, showing every faction working on a given project at the moment. If the same faction is working on the same Secret Project at two or more bases, only the base which is furthest along towards completion is displayed. L on a base to see where it is located on the map (lower right). ORBITAL AND SPACE STATIONS 6 Displays all known orbital facilities currently in orbit. You can L Orbital Attack View to engage in satellite warfare. If you have any orbital defense pods, you may select an enemy faction in the lower left MFD and which type of satellite of theirs you want to attack in the lower right MFD. button will appear for you to confirm your attack. MILITARY COMMAND NEXUS 7 Displays the name, icon and basic stats for every unit prototype your faction has produced or is producing. The number of units active, in production and lost in combat is given for each unit prototype. Types of units (land, naval, air and non-combat) are listed in the lower left window. L on a unit type in this window to see all units of this type. 115 CONTROLLING SOCIETY CHAPTER ALPHA CENTAURI SCORE 8 Displays your current score. 145. ) 5 COMMUNICATIONS AND PROTOCOL = Displays the Commlink menu (see Commlink, p. 23), which allows you to contact other factions. HALL OF FAME This is a list of the best scoring games, by faction. Corner Global Energy Market This option only appears after you've discovered Sentient Econometrics. By selecting this option, you may try to control Planet by cornering the global energy market (See Winning the Game, p. Review Scenario Objectives This option only appears if you are playing a scenario, and contains information about your objectives and score status. 116 ECONOMICS Cash flow has been a headache of civilized society since the Sumerians decided that building a city might be a neat idea. The productivity of your faction depends largely on the output of the individual bases (see Base Management: The Essentials, p. 58), but there are also fundamental policy decisions that can affect how efficiently your faction exploits the resources it gathers. CONTROLLING SOCIETY CHAPTER ENERGY ALLOCATION Total Economy Collected Each Turn Number of Turns between Research Breakthroughs "Lock" Icon 5 Each of your bases requires a certain amount of energy to maintain. It is up to you, however, to decide how to best allocate your energy surplus. [. . . ] . Catherine Cantieri Documentation Project Manager . . Tonda Mueller Tech Tree Poster Design . . Hamagami/Carroll & Associates Packaging Art Direction . . Nancy Waisanen French Translation Manager . [. . . ]