Node (CivBE)

Tile Improvements

Node
Tile improvement in Beyond Earth
Maintenance	None
Required technology	Autonomous Systems
Yields	+2
Notes	Tile Improvement buildable by Worker units on any terrain. Provides: +20 HP heal for adjacent units every turn

Game Info

An advanced improvement that yields Energy and bolsters healing of nearby units.

Technology Upgrade:

• +1 Science (Hypercomputing)
• +1 Production with 12 points in  Supremacy

Strategy

Nodes are an alternative to Generators that can bolster units in a defensive war.

Civilopedia entry

Nodes are a late-game improvement used to strengthen the AI and computational power favored by the ideal of Supremacy. On the surface, Nodes appear to be technologically descended from computer servers, ignoring the fact that Nodes are larger than most buildings. Where Nodes differ from servers, however, is their functional capability. A Node’s massive size accounts for its computational strength, allowing it to run a galaxy’s worth of simultaneous AI functions used to simulate scientific experimentation, military encounters, and even alternate realities.

Gallery

Civilization: Beyond Earth Improvements
Standard	Academy Array Biowell Dome Farm Generator Manufactory Mine Node Terrascape
Resource	Bed Firaxite Mine Fishery Floatstone Quarry Geothermal Well Paddock Petroleum Well Plantation Quarry Sea Well Work Barge Xenomass Well
Transportation	Magrails Roads
Introduced in the Rising Tide expansion pack.