Guide - Artifacts

Artifacts is a special resource in the game which does not produce any product but instead produces different types of Artifact Items which can be deployed onto military units, locations or even entire star systems to cause various bonuses or events.

To create an artifact item you must deploy a Research Facility (by using an ACP Structure Item) at a location with an Artifact resource. On the research facilities production tab there will be a small list of artifact types you can create. There are 3 different levels of power: A1, A5, AX and there are 5 different types: Geotechnical, Cybertronics, Metaphysics, Dimensional, Mysterious. Each type takes a different amount of artifact resource mined before producing an item. There is a progress bar that shows how much more needs to be mined before completion. The higher level artifacts take considerably more resource to produce an item but can provide large military bonuses and effect an entire planet or even star system when deployed.

Once created the artifact item can be loaded onto a ship or ground unit and deployed in different ways with different effects to choose from depending on it's type and level of power. Units do not have to load an item to deploy it, if no item is available in cargo it will attempt to deploy any found on the ground.

Some artifact effects are deployed onto the unit itself giving it permanent attribute bonuses. A unit can only have 3 such effects installed on them at once and they cannot be removed once installed.

Artifact effects are displayed on a units info page as colored icons.

Geotechnical

• (A1) Geotechnical
  • Geo Booster - Increases existing population growth at a city location by 100% over 100 turns.
  • Geo Scorcher - Decreases total population at a city location by 10% over 100 turns.
• (A5) Geotechnical
  • Gaia Booster - Increases existing population growth on a planet by 100% over 100 turns.
  • Gaia Scorcher - Decreases total population on a planet by 10% over 100 turns.
• (AX) Geotechnical
  • Heavenly Bounty - Increases existing population growth in a system by 100% over 100 turns.
  • Solar Reducer - Decreases total population in a system by 10% over 100 turns.

Cybertronics

• (A1) Cybertronics
  • Terminator Units - Creates a powerful Infantry Unit
  • Cyber Assasins - Creates a powerful Commando Unit
  • Nanite Swarm - Damages all defenses by 25% at a location. Only effective once per 100 turns
• (A5) Cybertronics
  • AI Supervirus - Take 10% of all other corporations profits on a planet for 100 turns.
  • AI Hyperfighter - Creates a high powered Scout Ship.
• (AX) Cybertronics
  • AI Battlemechs - Create a high powered Battlesuit unit
  • AI Reapercraft - Create a high powered Corvette.

MetaPhysics

• (A1) MetaPhysics
  • Mini rail guns - Arms small units (Infantry, Commando, Mechanized), increases base firepower 50%
  • Personal shields - Arms small units (Infantry, Commando, Mechanized), increases base Hit Points 50%
  • Repair Beam - Arms small units (Infantry, Commando, Mechanized), reduce upkeep cost by 50%.
• (A5) MetaPhysics
  • Particle Beam - Arms Medium units (Armored to Varitek), increases base firepower 50%
  • Hypersteel Plating - Arms Medium units (Armored to Varitek), increases base Hit Points 50%
  • Atomic Regeneration - Arms Medium units (Armored to Varitek), Reduce upkeep cost by 50%.
• (AX) MetaPhysics
  • Nova Cannon - Arms Ship units, increases base firepower 50%
  • Quantum Shields - Arms Ship units, increases base Hit Points 50%
  • Hyperflex Aura - Arms Ship units, reduce upkeep cost by 50%.

Dimensional

• (A1) Dimensional
  • Gravity Sled - Arms any ground unit. Increase Movement Speed by 1, 3 for aircraft.
  • Gravity Control - Arms any ground unit. Increase base cargo capacity by 50%
• (A5) Dimensional
  • Starwell Thruster - Arms any ship unit. Increase base speed by 5
  • Mass Nullifier - Arms any unit. Increase base cargo capacity by 100%
  • Matter Folding - Arms any ship unit with hangar. Increase base hangar capacity by 50%
• (AX) Dimensional
  • Longdoor System - Arms any unit. Increase base speed by 15
  • Spatial Compression - Arms any unit. Increase base cargo capacity by 200%
  • Hypercube - Arms any ship unit with hangar. Increase base hangar capacity by 100%

Mysterious

• (A1) Mysterious
  • Initiates a personal quest that involves deciphering a coordinate and searching that location to receive a random special Tier 1 unit as a reward.
• (A5) Mysterious
  • Initiates a personal quest that involves deciphering a coordinate and searching that location to receive a random special Tier 2 unit as a reward.
• (AX) Mysterious
  • Initiates a personal quest that involves deciphering a coordinate and searching that location to receive a random special Tier 3 unit as a reward.

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