Polymorphic Encryption (SMAC)

Polymorphic Encryption is a special unit ability in Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri.

Game info[]

Required technology: Pre-Sentient Algorithms
Cost: 1
Description: Doubles a unit's resistance to probe team subversion.

Units with the Polymorphic Encryption ability are labeled with the prefix "Secure".

Alpha Centauri Units
Chassis	Copter • Cruiser • Foil • Gravship • Hovertank • Infantry • Missile • Needlejet • Speeder
Reactor	Fission Plant • Fusion Reactor • Quantum Chamber • Singularity Engine
Weapon	Chaos Gun • Fusion Laser • Gatling Laser • Graviton Gun • Hand Weapons • Laser • Missile Launcher • Particle Impactor • Plasma Shard • Psi Attack • Quantum Laser • Resonance Bolt^X • Resonance Laser^X • Singularity Laser • String Disruptor^X • Tachyon Bolt
Missiles	Conventional Payload • Fungal Payload^X • Planet Buster • Tectonic Payload^X
Equipment	Alien Artifact • Colony Module • Probe Team • Supply Transport • Terraforming Unit • Troop Transport
Armor	Antimatter Plate • Neutronium Armor • No Armor • Photon Wall • Plasma Steel Armor • Probability Sheath • Psi Defense • Pulse 3 Armor^X • Pulse 8 Armor^X • Resonance 3 Armor^X • Resonance 8 Armor^X • Silksteel Armor • Stasis Generator • Synthmetal Armor
Special abilities	AAA Tracking • Air Superiority • Algorithmic Enhancement^X • Amphibious Pods • Antigrav Struts • Blink Displacer • Carrier Deck • Clean Reactor • Cloaking Device • Comm Jammer • Deep Pressure Hull • Deep Radar • Dissociative Wave^X • Drop Pods • Empath Song • Fuel Nanocells^X • Fungicide Tanks • Heavy Artillery • Heavy Transport • High Morale • Hypnotic Trance • Marine Detachment^X • Nerve Gas Pods • Non-Lethal Methods • Polymorphic Encryption • Repair Bay • Slow Unit • Soporific Gas Pods^X • Super Former
Predesigned units	Colony Pod • Former • Probe Team • Scout Patrol • Sea Escape Pod^X • Sea Former • Supply Crawler • Transport Foil
Relic units	Alien Artifact • Unity Foil • Unity Gunship^X • Unity Mining Laser^X • Unity Rover • Unity Scout Chopper
Native units	Fungal Tower^X • Isle of the Deep • Locusts of Chiron • Mind Worms • Sealurk^X • Spore Launcher^X
Progenitor units	Battle Ogre MK1^X • Battle Ogre MK2^X • Battle Ogre MK3^X
^X Added in Alien Crossfire