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- "Planet's Primary, Alpha Centauri A, blasts unimaginable quantities of energy into space each instant, and virtually every joule of it is wasted entirely. Incomprehensible riches can be ours if we can but stretch our arms wide enough to dip from this eternal river of wealth."
– CEO Nwabudike Morgan, "The Centauri Monopoly"
Orbital Power Transmitter is a base facility in Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri.
Strategy[]
Each of your bases produces +1 additional energy per turn for each satellite built. This bonus is halved for bases without Aerospace Complexes and cannot exceed the size of the base in any case. You can build any number of satellites, for a cumulative bonus at every base. This makes them much more useful for larger factions than for smaller ones, as the cost is the same no matter how many bases you have to benefit from them.
These are the second of the satellite types to become available, in the middle phase of the game. If you want to use the satellite strategy, get the Cloudbase Academy if at all possible because it will almost double the effect of your entire satellite constellation. If you can't do this, then you will need to build aerospace complexes at as many bases as you reasonably can. O f course, the more satellites you have up, the bigger the payoff for each aerospace complex you build. Don't bother building one or two satellites and then stopping. Instead, if you're going to put up satellites at all then plan to keep going until you have 4-6 of each type. A large faction with a large constellation of satellites is well positioned for world dominance.
Building orbital power transmitters will dramatically increase the energy available to your faction. For example, if you have 50 bases and the Cloudbase Academy, and you put up 5 power satellites, you will get an extra 250 energy per turn over and above what you get from terrain and commerce!
| Alpha Centauri Base facilities | |
|---|---|
| Build | AquafarmX • Brood PitX • Energy Bank • Genejack Factory • Headquarters • Hologram Theatre • Hybrid Forest • Nanoreplicator • Nessus Mining Station • Paradise Garden • Punishment Sphere • Quantum Converter • Recreation Commons • Recycling Tanks • Robotic Assembly Plant • Stockpile Energy • Thermocline TransducerX • Tree Farm |
| Conquer | Aerospace Complex • Bioenhancement Center • Command Center • Covert Ops CenterX • Naval Yard • Orbital Defense Pod • Perimeter Defense • Psi Gate • Skunkworks • Subspace GeneratorX • Tachyon Field |
| Discover | Fusion Lab • Nanohospital • Network Node • Orbital Power Transmitter • Quantum Lab • Research Hospital • Subsea TrunklineX |
| Explore | Biology Lab • Centauri Preserve • Children's Creche • Flechette Defense SystemX • Geosynchronous Survey PodX • Hab Complex • Habitation Dome • Pressure Dome • Sky Hydroponics Lab • Temple of Planet |
| X Added in Alien Crossfire | |