Planet Cracking

The fourth technology which requires completion of the third and fourth technology pathways as well as the player to have completed three prior technologies: Advanced Cryptography, Orbital Colonies, and Orbital Industrial Complex. Once the preliminary technologies are finished, this represents the end of this particular research branch with the unlocking of the Planet Cracker structure which can only be installed on an Atropolis or Siphon Station.

This upgrade costs 6 Research Databanks and takes 70 Days to complete. This technology can only be researched once.