The Universal Translator (SMAC)

The Universal Translator

Require	Homo Superior
Cost	rows
Effects	Two free technology advances upon completion. Any number of Alien Artifacts may be cashed in at this base.

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"And the Lord said, "Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.""
– The Conclave Bible, "Datalinks"

Strategy[]

The free tech are quite welcome. Otherwise, this Secret Project gets a lot of usage the more Alien Artifacts you find.

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