Description
Mind Control and Influence Detection Technology identifies and neutralizes attempts to manipulate the minds of key individuals within your empire.
Benefits
Sensor strength Empire-wide+0.57%-
Espionage output Empire-wide+8.57%
Loyalty Empire-wide+2.86%
Strategy notes
Mind Control and Influence Detection 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 +15% Espionage; +1% Sensing; +5% Loyalty. 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 a specialization milestone. Reaching it reveals stronger combinations, but broad tier-three investment will slow every capstone. 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
36KRP
31.5KCredits
4.5KCommon
8.1KRare
6.3KStrategic
2.7KFuel