The Merchant Exchange (SMAC)

The Merchant Exchange

Require	Industrial Base
Cost	20 rows
Effects	+1 energy every square at this base.

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"Human behavior is economic behavior. The particulars may vary, but competition for limited resources remains a constant. Need as well as greed have followed us to the stars, and the rewards of wealth still await those wise enough to recognize this deep thrumming of our common pulse."
– CEO Nwabudike Morgan, "The Centauri Monopoly"

+1 Energy in every square at this base except Xenofungus squares.

Alpha Centauri Secret projects
Build	Clinical Immortality • The Bulk Matter Transmitter • The Longevity Vaccine • The Manifold Harmonics^X • The Merchant Exchange • The Planetary Energy Grid^X • The Telepathic Matrix
Conquer	The Citizens' Defense Force • The Cloudbase Academy^X • The Command Nexus • The Cyborg Factory • The Hunter-Seeker Algorithm • The Living Refinery • The Maritime Control Center • The Nano Factory
Discover	The Ascent to Transcendence • The Human Genome Project • The Network Backbone • The Planetary Datalinks • The Self-Aware Colony • The Singularity Inductor • The Space Elevator • The Supercollider • The Theory of Everything • The Universal Translator • The Virtual World • The Voice of Planet
Explore	The Ascetic Virtues • The Cloning Vats • The Dream Twister • The Empath Guild • The Nethack Terminus^X • The Neural Amplifier • The Pholus Mutagen • The Planetary Transit System • The Weather Paradigm • The Xenoempathy Dome
^X Added in Alien Crossfire