Gaia’s Stepdaughters
 Gaia’s Stepdaughters |
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|---|---|
| Efficiency | +2 |
| Morale | -1 |
| Police | -1 |
| Planet | +1 |
| Anti-Ideology | Free Market |
| Ideology | Green |
| Starting tech | Centuri Ecology |
| Fungus production | ++1 Nutrient |
The Gaians led by Lady Diedre Sky are the original "green" faction included in vanilla Alpha Centauri. Perhaps they were inspired by real life militant activists groups that were making headlines at the time such as the Earth Liberation Front or Greenpeace.
The Gaians are a pretty potent faction. They begin with Centuri Ecology which allows terraforming right off the bat. The bonus to Planet rating means that they can attempt to capture mindworms and other native life much sooner than many of the other factions. Fungus is not as big of an issue like some of the other leaders must go through in that they also can get bonus nutrients from fungus.
As an AI, Diedre tends to expand quickly on large, abundant lifeform maps. She also tends to develop really good infrastructure. She will go crazy if you happen to run Free Market, though, which puts her at odds with factions like the Morganites that seem to prefer that social engineering choice.
For multiplayer, the Gaians are prefered over Planet Cult because of fewer weaknesses.
