List of base facilities in SMAC

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Base facility (SMAC)

The cost of each facility is given in "rows". The number of minerals for a human player with 0 industry is 10, so an Aquafarm, with its 8-row cost, is usually 80 minerals.

Base facility	Prerequisites	Mineral rows	Maintenance	Effects & notes
Aerospace Complex	Doctrine: Air Power	8	2	Adds +2 morale to air units built at this base, increases base air defense by 100%, repairs air units fully in one turn, allows base to construct and receive the full benefits of satellites.
Aquafarm (Alien Crossfire only)	Progenitor Psych	8	1	Increases the nutrient output of every kelp farm at that base by one.
Bioenhancement Center	Neural Grafting	10	2	Adds +2 morale to conventional units and +1 lifecycle to psi units.
Biology Lab	Centauri Empathy	6	1	+1 Lifecycle for Native Life, +2 Labs/turn
Brood Pit (Alien Crossfire only)	Centauri Genetics	8	2	The base gets a +1 lifecycle bonus for aliens and decrease cost of breeding aliens by -25%. Negative lifecycle effects are canceled inside this base. Also the base gets +2 police rating.
Centauri Preserve	Centauri Meditation	10	2	Decreases Eco damage and adds +1 lifecycle bonus.
Children's Creche	Ethical Calculus	5	1	Provides +2 Growth and +1 Efficiency. Any units defending the base ignore negative Morale penalties and take +1 Morale instead. Units that already have +1 Morale or better do not benefit.
Command Center	Doctrine: Mobility	4	variable	This facility provides +2 Morale to land units produced. Land units end their turn here are automatically restored to full strength the next turn. All units within the base gain a 100% defense bonus against land units.
Covert Ops Center (Alien Crossfire only)	Pre-Sentient Algorithms	10	2	Probe Teams get 2 morale upgrades and gets a +2 probe rating.
Energy Bank	Industrial Economics	8	1 (0 with discovery of Quantum Machinery)	The Energy Bank adds +50% Economy at the base.
Flechette Defense System (Alien Crossfire only)	N-Space Compression	12	2	There is a 50% chance that a normal missile will be shot down if it comes near the base. It also can shoot down more powerful missiles like Planetbusters 50% of the time.
Fusion Lab	Fusion Power	12	3	Labs and Economy is increased by 50%.
Genejack Factory	Retroviral Engineering	10	2	You gain an extra 50% minerals at this base, but you get 1 more drone at the base and you're more vulnerable to mind control.
Geosynchronous Survey Pod (Alien Crossfire only)	N-Space Compression	16	4	Sight Radius of the base is now 3. They also count as sensory array so you get +25% defense. They can be destroyed by Orbital Defense Pods and Probe Teams.
Hab Complex	Industrial Automation	8	2	The Hab Complex increases the population limit of the base by seven.
Habitation Dome	Super Tensile Solids	16	4	Allows your base to grow beyond 14. Note: You need Hab Complex first.
Headquarters		5	0	This facility can be moved, you can only have 1. You get +1 energy at the base and you have ZERO inefficiency. And enemy Probe Teams cannot try to Mind Control.
Hologram Theatre	Planetary Networks	6	3	Adds +50% to Psych, and quells 2 Drones.
Hybrid Forest	Planetary Economics	24	4	+1 Energy and Nutrient from forests. +50% psych and economy. It removes ecodamage from terraforming 100% (You need Tree Farm first before you can build this).
Nanohospital	Homo Superior	24	4	Psych goes up 25%, labs go up 50% and the amount of drones goes down by 1. Helps prevent population loss by disease or genetic warfare.
Nanoreplicator	Matter Editation	32	6	Mineral output goes up by 50%.
Naval Yard	Doctrine: Initiative	8	2	This facility provides +2 Morale to naval units produced. Naval units that end their turn here are automatically restored to full strength the next turn. Increases naval defense at this base by 100%.
Nessus Mining Station	Self-Aware Machines	12	0	Each of your bases produces +1 additional minerals per turn for each satellite built.
Network Node	Information Networks	8	1 (0 with discovery of Self-Aware Machines)	Adds +50% to Labs, allows Alien Artifacts to be linked for tech.
Orbital Defense Pod	Self-Aware Machines	12	0	50% of all missiles will get destroyed if they try to attack ANY base.
Orbital Power Transmitter	Advanced Spaceflight	12	0	Each of your bases produces +1 additional energy per turn for each satellite built.
Paradise Garden	Sentient Econometrics	12	4	Two extra talents at the base. Sited wisely, you can use these to trigger a golden age at your best bases.
Perimeter Defense	Doctrine: Loyalty	5	0	Adds +100% to base defense.
Pressure Dome	Doctrine: Flexibility	8	0	Prevents base from submerging when the terrain changes (base will turn into a naval base.) Also counts as a Recycling Tanks.
Psi Gate	Matter Transmission	10	2	Allows one unit to teleport to -or- from another base with a psi gate per turn.
Punishment Sphere	Advanced Military Algorithms	10	2	Quells all drones at this base with the penalty of -50% labs and no talents.
Quantum Converter	Quantum Machinery	20	5	Adds +50% minerals production at this base. Cumulative with similar facilities.
Quantum Lab	Quantum Power	24	4	Adds +50% labs and energy production at this base. Cumulative with similar facilities.
Recreation Commons	Social Psych	4	1 (0 with discovery of Sentient Econometrics)	Quells 2 Drones.
Recycling Tanks	Biogenetics	4	0	The Recycling Tanks provides +1 nutrient, mineral, and energy per turn in the base square of the base in which it is built.
Research Hospital	Gene Splicing	12	3	Adds +50% Labs, +25% Psych, quells 1 Drone.
Robotic Assembly Plant	Industrial Nanorobotics	20	4	Adds +50% minerals production at this base. Cumulative with similar facilities.
Skunkworks	Advanced Subatomic Theory	6	1	Building prototype units at this base does not cost extra minerals.
Sky Hydroponics Lab	Orbital Spaceflight	12	0	Each of your bases produces +1 additional nutrient per turn for each satellite built.
Stockpile Energy		0	0	Convert minerals to energy.
Subsea Trunkline (Alien Crossfire only)	Planetary Economics	12	4	Increases minerals by 1 on every square (in the sea).
Subspace Generator (Alien Crossfire only)	Singularity Mechanics	60	5	Only aliens can build these. If you build 6 generators each in a base with a population of 10 or more, you win the game.
Tachyon Field	Probability Mechanics	12	2	Augments extant Perimeter Defenses, at a higher maintenance cost.
Temple of Planet	Secrets of Alpha Centauri	20	3	The Voice of Planet must have been built by you or any other faction.
Thermocline Transducer (Alien Crossfire only)	Adaptive Economics	8	0	+1 Energy from Tidal Harnesses
Tree Farm	Environmental Economics	12	3	Adds +50% Economy, +50% Psych, +1 Nutrient in Forest tiles.