Description
Basic Surveillance Systems Technology provides foundational tools and equipment to monitor activities and detect unauthorized actions within your empire.
Benefits
Sensor strength Empire-wide+2%-
Espionage output Empire-wide+4%
Strategy notes
Basic Surveillance Systems develops the CounterSpying discipline within Security State. Protect strategic projects with layered verification, counter-surveillance, resilient automation, and rapid incident recovery. Its immediate value is +10% Espionage; +5% Sensing. The principal counterpressure is that the system consumes money and attention, and rivals can force it to overreact while competing through conventional power.
Player hints
This is an inexpensive path entry. Research it early when you want to test this direction without sacrificing strategic flexibility. Favor this technology when its CounterSpying 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
1.2KRP
1.05KCredits
150Common
270Rare
210Strategic
90Fuel