Master of Orion/Planetology

A listing of the technologies in the Planetology field, their level, and a brief description of each are listed below.

Level 1

You get this level for free.

• Ecological Restoration - Eliminates 2 units of pollution for 1 BC.

Level 2

• Terraforming +10 - Increases maximum colonist units on the terraformed planet by 10, for a cost of 50 BC.

Level 3

• Controlled Barren Environment - Allows ships equipped with this to sacrifice themselves to create a colony on a planet with a barren or better environment.

Level 5

• Improved Ecological Restoration - Eliminates 3 units of pollution for 1 BC.

Level 6

• Controlled Tundra Environment - Allows ships equipped with this to sacrifice themselves to create a colony on a planet with a tundra or better environment.

Level 8

• Terraforming +20 - Increases maximum colonist units on the terraformed planet by 20, for a cost of 100 BC.

Level 9

• Controlled Dead Environment - Allows ships equipped with this to sacrifice themselves to create a colony on a planet with a dead or better environment.

Level 10

• Death Spores - Ship weapon that reduces the maximum population of a planet by 1 each time it is fired. This is not affected by shields.

Level 12

• Controlled Inferno Environment - Allows ships equipped with this to sacrifice themselves to create a colony on a planet with a inferno or better environment.

Level 13

• Enhanced Ecological Restoration - Eliminates 5 units of pollution for 1 BC.

Level 14

• Terraforming +30 - Increases maximum colonist units on the terraformed planet by 30, for a cost of 150 BC.

Level 15

• Controlled Toxic Environment - Allows ships equipped with this to sacrifice themselves to create a colony on a planet with a Toxic or better environment.

Level 16

• Soil Enrichment - Converts normal environments to fertile environments for a cost of 150 BC. Increases the base size of the planet by 25%.

Level 17

• Bio Toxin Antidote - Reduces the damage to population from all death weapons by 1.

Level 18

• Controlled Radiated Environment - Allows ships equipped with this to sacrifice themselves to create a colony on a planet with a radiated or better environment.

Level 20

• Terraforming +40 - Increases maximum colonist units on the terraformed planet by 40, for a cost of 200 BC.

Level 21

• Cloning - Reduces the cost to create one unit of population to 10 BC.

Level 22

• Atmospheric Terraforming - Converts hostile environments to normal environments for a cost of 150 BCs.

Level 24

• Advanced Ecological Restoration - Eliminates 10 units of pollution for 1 BC.

Level 26

• Terraforming +50 - Increases maximum colonist units on the terraformed planet by 50, for a cost of 250 BC.

Level 27

• Doom Virus - Ship weapon that reduces the maximum population of a planet by 2 each time it is fired. This is not affected by shields.

Level 30

• Advanced Soil Enrichment - Converts fertile environments to gaia environments for a cost of 300 BC. Increases the base size of the planet by 50%.

Effectively also gives Soil Enrichment, as normal environments can also be converted to gaia.

Level 32

• Terraforming +60 - Increases maximum colonist units on the terraformed planet by 60, for a cost of 300 BC.

Level 34

• Complete Ecological Restoration - Eliminates 20 units of pollution for 1 BC.

Level 36

• Universal Antidote - Reduces the damage to population from all death weapons by 2.

Level 38

• Terraforming +80 - Increases maximum colonist units on the terraformed planet by 80, for a cost of 400 BC.

Level 40

• Bio Terminator - Ship weapon that reduces the maximum population of a planet by 3 each time it is fired. This is not affected by shields.

Level 42

• Advanced Cloning - Reduces the cost to create one unit of population to 5 BC.

Level 44

• Terraforming +100 - Increases maximum colonist units on the terraformed planet by 100, for a cost of 500 BC.

Level 50

• Complete Terraforming - Increases maximum colonist units on the terraformed planet by 120, for a cost of 600 BC.