Description
Sentient Energy Grids Technology integrates AI into energy grids, optimizing distribution and minimizing waste through intelligent management.
Benefits
Research output Empire-wide+4.17%
Power output Empire-wide+11.83%-
Owner-selected critical services, industry, or defence operating priorities Local grid capability
Strategy notes
Sentient Energy Grids develops the Energy discipline within Resource Ascendancy. Turn superior surveying, extraction, refining, and energy conversion into strategic control of scarce materials. Its immediate value is +85% Power; +30% Research. The principal counterpressure is that extraction complexes are immobile, power hungry, and exposed to raiding or market isolation.
Player hints
This is a major commitment. Secure its required resources and protect the supporting infrastructure before assigning Critical priority. Favor this technology when its Energy 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. Complete every prerequisite before adding research progress. Generation is finite, local, staffed, and funded; this research does not transmit power between worlds. Unlocks owner-selected critical services, industry, or defence operating priorities. HQ, funded power providers and fuel bootstrap remain first.
Research cost
192KRP
86.4KCredits
38.4KCommon
28.8KRare
21.6KStrategic
57.6KFuel