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- "The popular stereotype of the researcher is that of a skeptic and a pessimist. Nothing could be further from the truth! Scientists must be optimists at heart, in order to block out the incessant chorus of those who say "It cannot be done.""
– Academician Prokhor Zakharov, "University Commencement"
Skunkworks is a base facility in Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri.
Strategy[]
It may be useful to build a Skunkworks in a base with a morale-boosting facility, if you can afford to set aside a major base for building prototypes, instead of building secret projects. An undocumented feature: these remove the mineral penalty when switching production. Build a Skunkworks before building your first Planet Buster. You will save a lot of turns without the prototype penalty.
| 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 | |