Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri/Social Engineering: Difference between revisions

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When a faction switches to Fundamentalist, they mean business! This choice was designed for one thing: kicking butt. Your research will be crippled, so forget about it unless you can balance it (with Knowledge or your faction's traits), or you wish to start the war to end all wars.
When a faction switches to Fundamentalist, they mean business! This choice was designed for one thing: kicking butt. Your research will be crippled, so forget about it unless you can balance it (with Knowledge or your faction's traits), or you wish to start the war to end all wars.


If playing as Miriam and using a Fundamentalist government, your research will be so badly crippled, it's not even worth putting energy towards it (consider setting your social engineering to 50% Econ, 50% Psych to pop boom, and keep captured bases under control). To keep from falling behind, simply use your probe teams to steal any technology your opponents have that you don't, and use your superior bases and troops to obtain a conquest victory.
If playing as Miriam and using a Fundamentalist government, your research will be so badly crippled, it's not even worth putting energy towards it. Consider setting your social engineering to 50% Econ, 50% Psych to make all your bases enter into golden ages and pop boom. To keep from falling behind, simply use your probe teams to steal any technology your opponents have that you don't, and use your superior bases and troops to obtain a conquest victory.


This is the preferred choice of the [[Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri/The Lord's Believers|Lord's Believers]], and the aversion of both the [[Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri/The University of Planet|University of Planet]] and the [[Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire/The Cybernetic Consciousness|Cybernetic Consciousness]].
This is the preferred choice of the [[Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri/The Lord's Believers|Lord's Believers]], and the aversion of both the [[Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri/The University of Planet|University of Planet]] and the [[Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire/The Cybernetic Consciousness|Cybernetic Consciousness]].
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