Description
Cosmic Mind Influence Technology allows agents to influence minds across cosmic distances, gathering intelligence and swaying key individuals.
Benefits
Sensor strength Empire-wide+0.7%-
Espionage output Empire-wide+19.3%
Strategy notes
Cosmic Mind Influence develops the Spying discipline within Reconnaissance and Espionage. Win information asymmetry through persistent observation, covert access, and fleets that act on fresh intelligence. Its immediate value is +55% Espionage; +2% Sensing. The principal counterpressure is that counterintelligence, deception, compartmentalization, and cheap decoys can waste its expensive collection network.
Player hints
This is late-path research. Treat it as a strategic objective measured in weeks or months, and expect rivals to react to the capability. Favor this technology when its Spying benefits reinforce your current economy, fleets, or frontier. Pause the branch if its expected RP per tick is too diluted or its resource costs would stall higher-priority projects.
Research cost
660KRP
528KCredits
49.5KCommon
132KRare
99KStrategic
49.5KFuel