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The launch of a faction’s first satellite enables them to map all unexplored portions of Planet.
 
The launch of a faction’s first satellite enables them to map all unexplored portions of Planet.
  
Can only be launched from a base which already has an [[Aerospace Complex]].
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Can only be launched from a base which already has an [[Aerospace Complex]] or by a faction that controls [[The Space Elevator]].

Revision as of 12:40, 17 April 2013

Geosynchronous Survey Pod
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Increase sight/sensor bonus
Mineral rows 16
Maintenance 4
Requires N-Space Compression
The managers always talked about having the view from 30,000 feet.

The only problem with having the view from 30,000 feet, is that at
that height, everyone looks like ants.

—Foreman Domai,
“Genejack and the Beanstalk”

This base’s sighting radius increases to three squares. The pod also acts as a sensor array on the base central square, conferring a +25% defensive bonus.

Geosynchronous Pods may be destroyed by Orbital Defense Pods or Probe Teams.

The launch of a faction’s first satellite enables them to map all unexplored portions of Planet.

Can only be launched from a base which already has an Aerospace Complex or by a faction that controls The Space Elevator.