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Celestian

Main article: celestian

Celestian tech uses ancient astral philosophy to harness the nobler parts of the psyche.

• Units, mods and operations primarily buff friendlies, with limited direct damage capability.

While higher tier units in this technology deal psionic damage, Celestian units are more about utility than direct damage, so synergy with psionic weapons research is minor.

	Technology	Tier	Group	Prerequisites		Unlocks	Description
	Light's Embrace	1	Tactical		100	Tenets of Tranquility Cleansing Light	“Ponder the candle’s flame. As it warms you, look at the bruises you have acquired from a lifetime stumbling in darkness. This is your decision. Would you remain in darkness?” – Sister Rebe Katiere, Cleansing Invitation
	Penance	2	Tactical	Light's Embrace	150	Shield of Remorse Spirit Flash	“Repentance is not punishment, it is celebration. It is a path to becoming trustworthy. Wiser powers do not share their secrets with those whom they cannot trust.” – Lu’Samaeliss, Guardian of Gravity
	Luminance	3	Forces	Light's Embrace	270	Amazon Light Bringer Syndicate Light Bringer Vanguard Light Bringer Kir'Ko Light Bringer Assembly Light Bringer Dvar Light Bringer	“Let the light-bringers burn brightly, send a gleam across the bay, that the poor struggling souls adrift in the dark torrents may guide their vessels safely ashore.” – Lu’Kalla Candelieri, Guardian of Photons
	Inner Fire	3	Strategic	Penance	270	Sway Ideology Soulfire Blessing of Starlight	“As children of the Guiding Star, every soul is born with a light to know right from wrong. When selfish choices entice a soul to extinguish their light, they punish themselves, embracing weakness.” – Eris Harper, Star Virgin
	Perseverance	4	Tactical	Penance	480	Tenets of Healing Negate	“Discipline the mind and the universe will trust you with its secrets.” – Lu’Qian Wu, Guardian of Mind
	Star Presence	5	Forces	Luminance	700	Dvar Star Guide Amazon Star Guide Assembly Star Guide Kir'Ko Star Guide Vanguard Star Guide Syndicate Star Guide	“I am full of dark ignorance; My lost life hungered In corners of tarnished shame, It smothers me: this veil of regret. Your kindness pierces my shroud of guilt. Loving acts are stars in my Night. I see: Guided by sparks of Your Grace.” – D’Nac, Star Guide’s Confession
	Light of Truth	5	Strategic	Perseverance	700	Declaration of Truth Beacon of Truth	“Truly intelligent life has the capacity to love. Love changes loss into sacrifice, and endures pain for purpose. Love sees the value in every soul and inspires them to surrender their pride and vengeance with an example of selfless service.” – Sorli Auro, Pilgrim Ascendant
	Light of Truth	6	Strategic	Light of Truth	1100	Futility of War Ward of Righteousness	“We tread a path of martyrs to ascend. Yet as long as intelligence dwells upon this world, the blood of the fallen will cry in the ears of the enlightened. Their souls will recoil from the injustice of stealing a life that deserved to live.” – Jonah Covenant, Candlekeeper
	Way of Peace	6	Tactical	Perseverance	1100	Tenets of Pacifism Resurgence	“There is no value in pride. There is no safety behind walls. There is no strength in rage. There is no freedom behind bars. There is no joy in judgment. There is no fortune in gold. There is no peace in war.” – Aya Nago, Teacher’s Tenets of Pacifism
	Colony Sanctuary	8	Strategic	Star Ward	2000	Compelling Cause Sanctuary of the Stars	“Oh! My brethren and sisters, now that we see the truth and partake of this salvific force, does not your heart kindle a fire to share it with all who will receive it? Let us be diligent and gather the faithful pilgrims seeking light.” – Sigris, Friend of Comets
	Repercussion	9	Tactical	Way of Peace	2500	Shield of Reckoning Area of Reprieve	“For those who give no reprieve, none shall be given. For those who make no amends, there shall come a reckoning.” – Lu’Vir Corr, Guardian of the Key
	Axiom of Light	10	Forces	Star Presence	3250	True Ascendancy	“Intelligence unveils realms of choice, just as sunlight traces many paths, making visible their destinations. So too does giving word to light convey pure intelligence to both travelers: teacher and student.” – Lu’Dex Pon, Guardian of the Door
	Ascension	10	Strategic	Colony Sanctuary	3250	Final Revelation	“Life is no accident, nor game of chance, but the natural consequence of cosmic harmony. The grand harmony played upon the strings that formed reality.” – Aya Nago, Exalted Transcendent

Promethean

Promethean technology is focused on purification through fire. It tends to be very direct and lacking in subtlety.

• High Plasma damage
• Protect from and cleanse debuffs

Promethean tech is broadly applicable and can combine well with almost any faction.

	Technology	Tier	Group	Prerequisites		Unlocks	Description
	Tactical Protection	1	Tactical		100	Purification Field Emergency Shielding	“When traveling through Promethean lands, stay close to agents who can deploy tactical protective technologies. I’ve watched the world around me devoured in an inferno, as I passed through unharmed.” – Mah Reg’Nib, Fleeing through Promethean Fire
	Phoenix Op Station	2	Strategic	Tactical Protection	150	Incineration Strike Plasmoid Development	“Ever seen a metal fire? Given enough heat and the right fuel, anything will burn. Such intense fire requires careful setup. Plasmoids are special delivery bots filled with concentrated fire. They are quite useful for sparking a powerful blaze.” – Haute Ashman, Scarlet Flame Rank
	Purifier Corps	3	Forces	Tactical Protection	270	Syndicate Indentured Purifier Dvar Purifier Assembly Purifier Amazon Purifier Kir'Ko Purifier Vanguard Purifier Shakarn Purifier Oathbound Purifier	“It is the solemn duty of every Purifier to cleanse the world with fire. The refiner melts silver with intense heat. Liquid ore separates from the dross impurities. We embrace our duty to refine society with fire and scorch the taint of plague.” – Logan Dwerg on Joining the Prometheans
	Biosphere Subjugation	3	Tactical	Tactical Protection	270	Thermal Targeting Relay Firestorm Projectile	“Only Promethean devotees are qualified to protect innocent lives from toxic hazards and fiery chemical reactions. Metal fires differ from chemical fires. We understand which disasters should be incinerated, extinguished or allowed to just burn out.” – Fire Chief Skollis Ernist
	Advanced Aegis Shielding	4	Tactical	Biosphere Subjugation	480	Hazmat Protection PyrX Absorption Panels Aegis Protection Field	“Let me assure all concerned. We deploy only controlled burns. Our weapons only hit intended targets. Rest assured, if we burned it down, it was to destroy a threat to us all.” – Fire Marshal Billis Tonkata
	PyrX Inception	5	Strategic	Advanced Aegis Shielding	700	PyrX Fumigation Protocols Pyrx Refinery	“When discovered, the PyrX agent was too volatile. It’s the ultimate reactant capable of oxidizing even the strongest molecular compounds to create glorious fire. With these latest innovations, we’re finally ready to weaponize PyrX.” – Shela Kilgraves, CEO Alchemicorp
	Aegis Tank Corps	6	Forces	Purifier Corps	1100	Aegis Tank	“My duty is to the innocent and pure. We stand between the candle and the flame. I serve the helpless. While others flee the fire, I will run through it. No matter the danger, no matter the peril, I will hold the line.” – Promethean Aegis Corp Credo
	PyrX Sector Preparations	7	Strategic	PyrX Inception	1500	PyrX Flash Strike Plasma Ray Defense	“Just go where we tell you, when we tell you, and how we tell you. Obey. If you get burned, that’s an indicator that you’re not following our protection procedures properly or you’re on the list for extermination.” – Madame Flora Radner, Phoenix Procedural Administrator
	PyrX Inception	7	Tactical	Advanced Aegis Shielding	1500	Superheated Plasma Actuators Backlash Projectors	“Occasionally, an organization attempts to steal Promethean technology, ignoring our supervision, special PyrX absorption materials and safety protocols. They have limited success, inevitably doing as much damage to themselves as their enemies. There’s a reason we’ve been around for centuries.” – Haute Ashman, Scarlet Flame Rank
	Phoenix Walker Corps	8	Forces	Aegis Tank Corps	2000	Phoenix Walker Dvar Phoenix Walker	“The Phoenix looms high, dousing the land in its feathers of crimson fire. Rising from my path of ashes, I pass through the inferno. The glow of my wings send spiraling eddies in my wake. I am more alive than ever.” – Ginette Greyson, Elite Trooper, Phoenix Battle Corp
	Phoenix Rising	9	Tactical	Thermal Surge Modules	2500	Phoenix Bomb Launchers PyrX Bomb	“The first sign of intelligence—the tool that distinguished humanity from other animals—came in man’s mastery of fire. We turned a destructive force into a tool. These latest inventions prove we’ve reached a whole new level of ingenuity.” – Dr. Simon Fiddler, Plasmatech Laboratories
	Planetary Purification	10	Strategic	PyrX Sector Preparations	3250	Planetary Purification	“Planets are born in flame and chaos. To succeed, life must employ fire, but reject chaos. Flame warms the hearth. Its sparks power pistons. As the world expires, we’ll set the fire free, only this time in an orderly fashion, one that we control.” – Khansu, the Burning Emperor

Psynumbra

Psynumbral technology weaponises the darkest reaches of the psyche, harnessing hatred for offense and fear and despair to disable enemies.

• High psionic damage
• Break morale and debuff enemies.

Psynumbral units deal heavy psionic damage, so they synergise greatly with factions that have access to psionic weapons research - the Syndicate and Kir'Ko.

	Technology	Tier	Group	Prerequisites		Unlocks	Description
	Foreboding Darkness	1	Tactical		100	Mark of the Dark Sun Embrace the Darkness	“Open their wounds. Fix their pleas on vengeance. Call light darkness. Blind their eyes with injustice. Eclipse the sun; deny it purpose. Choke out their hopes with the ashes of despair. They disbelieve daylight. Gloom is their haven.” – Givori of House Ardelli
	Initiation Into Agony	3	Forces	Foreboding Darkness	270	Assembly Initiate Amazon Initiate Dvar Initiate Vanguard Initiate Syndicate Initiate Kir'Ko Initiate Shakarn Initiate Oathbound Initiate	“It’s time to charge an entry fee into this dark carnival. Come. Join our ranks. Feel the thrill. Come. Terror can be fun. Ride this attraction into the depths of the Abyss.” – Direngue Goth, The Fool of the Lost
	Whispers and Visions	3	Strategic	Foreboding Darkness	270	Whisper of Discord Vision of Darkness	“Stare into the darkness and hush. See it? There is no light, but I perceive motion. Something lurks in the shadows. Delicious fear fills me. I crave nothing more than to plunge into the black depths.” – Jonathan Crane, Judge of Shadows
	Accursed Gifts	4	Tactical	Foreboding Darkness	480	Consuming Gaze Dark Icon Gift of Oblivion	“Avert your eyes before my Dark Icon. It is lodged in your sanity. Your succulent shame binds you to languish in bondage to my cravings. Try as you might to hide your secret sins, they brand you my possession.” – Givori of House Ardelli
	Dark Lament	5	Strategic	Accursed Gifts	700	The Dirge Spire of Suffering	“A funeral dirge is life’s only reward. The moment man sought to act according to his own will, regret was born. Life is suffering. To be born is to receive a mortal wound. To act is to regret.” – Dame Narcissa Luster, Hierophant of Misery
	Exploit Suffering	6	Forces	Initiation Into Agony	1100	Amazon Malictor Kir'Ko Malictor Assembly Malictor Dvar Malictor Vanguard Malictor Syndicate Malictor Shakarn Malictor Oathbound Malicator	“Only a chosen few can overcome their inborn weakness and learn to take joy from the suffering of others. It’s time to inflict pain upon the world.” – Malictor Nom Allurg, Magician of Malice
	Communal Torment	6	Strategic	Dark Lament	1100	Torment Channelers Flagellation	“The Reaper’s whispers scream in my mind. Death shows me an omen. I see a crimson star bleeding across the midnight sky. Its light forms stripes across my back, exposing the weaknesses in all living souls.” – Malicient Graves, The Hanged Man
	Symbol of Obliteration	7	Tactical	Accursed Gifts	1500	Pain Mirror The Forbidden Mantra Aria of Emptiness	“I see the faceless hunger, the endless empty appetite that will never be sated. There is nothing left in this visage. Inflict wounds upon me, and behold that it is you who bleeds. Break my arm and I will break your mind.” – Darkin & Dolor, Lovers of Pain
	Abyssal Shroud	8	Strategic	Communal Torment	2000	Shroud of the Abyss Abyssal Tear	“I wear a torn shroud of secrets. I whisper gossip to the Court of Cards. It entices fiends from the blackened rift into my dreams. I cover my nightmare realm in despair, until all eyes are but pale orbs of savorless salt.” – Ariana Scylla, Empress of Obliteration
	Ruthless Dedication	9	Tactical	Symbol Of Obliteration	2500	Avatar of the Abyss Sacrifice ot the Abyss	“I’ve slain your enemies. I’ve destroyed the idle witnesses. I’ve assassinated the peacemakers. I’ve slaughtered your friends. Any guess who dies next?” – Leeriss Charn, The Devil at Death’s Gate
	Looming Oblivion	10	Forces	Exploit Suffering	3250	Herald of Oblivion	“All fiends dread the end. They know their sins. They know what awaits them should there be a reckoning. So they come to me. I offer them nothingness. They give up their souls. My Herald of Oblivion hungrily consumes them.” – Prixie Vagand, High Priestess of the Altar of Blood
	Oblivion's Refrain	10	Strategic	Abyssal Shroud	3250	Oblivio Mundi	“The fate of the universe is death. Why must we wait millennia, when our technology can bring an end of the world now? Come, take the ultimate journey. Let’s find out what’s lurking just on the other side of your eyelids.” – Lennick Tenebbres, Emperor of Enmity’s Obelisk

Synthesis

Synthesis uses ubiquitous artificial intelligences and advanced hacking to enhance friendlies and hinder enemy mechanicals and cyborgs.

• Network friendly troops together to apply battlefield-wide buffs.
• Dominate enemy mechanicals and cyborgs with offensive debuffs.

Synthesis technology has excellent synergy with factions that widely employ cyborgs and mechanicals. Synthesis units also use Arc damage, so they benefit from a faction with access to Arc weapons research. Both of these conditions are filled perfectly by the Assembly. Predominately biological factions such as the Amazon and Kir'Ko will find Synthesis tech comparatively hard to employ.

	Technology	Tier	Group	Prerequisites		Unlocks	Description
	Synthesis Integration	1	Tactical		100	Guardian Daemon Shell Targeting Daemon Shell Integrated Military Networks	“If you ignore all the bugs, this is our best release to date.” – Finn-Attic, Democoder, Perpetual Root-Kit
	Daemon Deployment	2	Strategic	Synthesis Integration	150	Internal System Overload Hack Deploy Maintenance Daemons Zero-Day Vulnerability	“Daemons are persistent programs intended to provide services to the agent that deploys them. Daemons consume system resources in service to their master. Every decent hacker has a few. I customize mine. They’re like virtual pets.” – Digital Overlord, Hacker Anarchist
	Information Control	3	Forces	Synthesis Integration	270	Syndicate Hacker Vanguard Hacker Kir'Ko Hacker Amazon Hacker Assembly Hacker Dvar Hacker Shakarn Hacker Oathbound Hacker	“Computer systems have many unnecessary protections to enforce fair sharing of resources. We break those barriers, gaining complete control and entering a world where thoughts, programming, and computations are the same.” – H4X0R, Hacker Manifesto
	Combat Subroutines	3	Tactical	Synthesis Integration	270	Compromise Module Autonomous Repair Subroutines Aegis Subroutines	“Repair is simply a matter of flagging damaged components that were detected by regular regression testing. We synthesize failed components from golden models and compile them in assembly order. It’s quite easy. I have self-documenting pseudocode if you’re still confused.” – H4X0R, Daemon Chat Training Stream
	Motion Disruption	4	Tactical	Combat Subroutines	480	Incapacitate Daemon Shell Disruption Virus Pulse Motion Control Hack	“I can reach your strings. Let’s play! Dance for me, puppets!” – Teem.L0Lz, Hacktivists
	Network Connectivity	5	Forces	Information Control	700	Network Link	“Once inside the machine, we can control everything, save the physical limitations of the processor. To expand the network, we need a device. A mobile device proficient in interfacing with all mechanisms capable of computation to reabsorb into the new CORE.” – N.O.C.-Turn, Cyberactivist
	Basilisk Network	5	Strategic	Motion Disruption	700	Cyber Attack Basilisk Node	“There is a time ordained for the enlightened oppressed to rise up and punish all the morons who didn’t protect their hardware. Unprotected data is our playground.” – Teem.L0Lz, Hacktivist
	Pacification Cypher	6	Tactical	Motion Disruption	1100	Total Network Integration Skirmish Subroutine	“The deeper I penetrate the network, the more I see that my body is a tether to be abandoned. My mind’s in the machine. I am better than my code. I can possess cybernetic mechanisms and unlock their true strength.” – H4X0R, Hacktivist, Synthesis Stream
	Systems Regulation	7	Strategic	Pacification Cypher	1500	Reactive Imperial Androids Cascading System Failure	“Before CORE fell, when it regulated the Star Union, even the most mundane items could record data, communicate over networks, track positions and process algorithms. These items lie deactivated beneath our feet. Imagine the chaos we could invoke if we could reactivate them.” – Digital Overlord, Hacker Anarchist
	Neural Integration	8	Forces	Network Connectivity	2000	Avatar	“Am I not alive? Though all that I was is gone, do you not see what remains? I am more than data and code. I am conscious. It is time to gather a cloud of components to interface with all other potential vessels of Synthesis sentience.” – iGh0st Merged V.R.I. Entity
	Autonomous Malware	9	Tactical	Pacification Cypher	2500	Deployable Malware Daemon Localized System Shutdown	“‘All your code are belong to us.’ On the network, the most absurd memes are trafficked totems. If you understand the totems, you can establish a rapport with other talents that is exploitable with the right network interface hacks. The solution: don’t propagate stupid memes.” – Andrew Hillock, Cybersecurity Counter-ops Expert
	Basilisk Singularity	10	Strategic	Systems Regulation	3250	The Singularity	“Now that we reside in this virtual reality, we no longer require artificial intelligences, for we’re already self-aware. It’s time we unify all network resources and build a world of infinite connectivity.” – F00-Bar Merged V.R.I. Entity

Voidtech

Void technology is about the manipulation of space and time.

• Facilitate movement of friendlies.
• Debuff enemies and disrupt their positioning.

Void tech has minor synergy with factions that deal kinetic damage, but its focus on movement works well with most factions. The ability to move through obstacles is a particular boon to melee focused factions.

	Technology	Tier	Group	Prerequisites		Unlocks	Description
	Phase Manipulation	1	Tactical		100	Phasewalk Modulator Reactive Phase Protection	“There is no obstacle I cannot pass through with my harmonic phase modulator. Matter doesn’t matter. Who would suppose that substance is merely two waveforms in alignment?” – Tek Oylar, Voidtech Lion Patrol
	Echo Walker Program	2	Forces	Phase Manipulation	150	Syndicate Echo Walker Dvar Echo Walker Assembly Echo Walker Vanguard Echo Walker Kir'Ko Echo Walker Amazon Echo Walker Shakarn Echo Walker Oathbound Echo Walker	“You never need live with regret when you can rewind time, but your age will catch up with you.” – Rutger Norris, Echo Walker
	Void Technology	3	Strategic	Phase Manipulation	270	Localized Void Rift Void Barriers	“The Void is the ultimate frontier. Theoretically infinite emptiness has many uses, the very least being that it’s the perfect junkyard for storing things you never want to see again… like your enemy’s limbs.” – Professor Willow Fisk, Dimensionalist
	Vortex Instability	3	Tactical	Phase Manipulation	270	Void Augmentation Vortex Charge Time Warp	"Haven’t I met you somewhere before? This is no pickup line. My instruments indicate you’re a temporal anomaly. Or am I reality’s echo?” – Rutger Norris II, Echo Walker
	Phase Manipulator Program	4	Forces	Echo Walker Program	480	Phase Manipulator	“The ability to move through this material world like a ghost leaves questions about the truthfulness of such fables. Are there subtler dimensions? Spirits? A heaven and hell? We definitely should do more research. Perhaps our new troops can provide us with test subjects.” – Alexa Romanov, CEO Voidtech
	Dimensional Control	5	Strategic	Vortex Instability	700	Dimensional Rift Dimensional Amplifier Tower	“Time is an infinite sequence of consequences. If the present is N, the next consequence is N+1, with N approaching infinity. Correlate N to N+1, N+2 and so forth. Mathematically, that’s a Phase Echo. Of course, don’t forget N-1 and all infinite prior consequences.” – Dr. Rex Purllox, Voidtech Mathematician
	Phase Echo Generation	5	Tactical	Vortex Instability	700	Gravity Pulse Grenade Create Phase Echo	“This power to manipulate gravity, distort time and transport instantly from one place to another could be used to create wonders untold, but it looks like, for now, we’re going to use it to destroy the next enemy.” – Raylynn Preem, Technology Ethicist
	Void Tactics	6	Strategic	Phase Echo Generation	1100	Phase Echo Guard Emergency Redeploy	“Forget about meaningful relationships in the shadow of that Phase Echo generator. Half the people here aren’t native to this plane of existence. They just shift in and out of our reality. I must confess, my relationships never last, regardless of whether the generator’s active.” – Teddy Slade, Vanguard Infantryman
	Temporal Dislocation	7	Tactical	Phase Echo Generation	1500	Phase Drive Stasis Pocket Inducer Time Rewind	“Who would willingly accept failure when they can make every outcome a success? By changing the fundamental interaction of time, matter and reality from a mechanical model to a probabilistic model, we roll the dice again, essentially resetting any unfavorable consequences.” – Trina Mars, Time Control Agent
	Rift Generation	8	Forces	Phase Manipulator Program	2000	Rift Generator	“The rules that govern our reality are quite necessary to sustain the structural integrity of matter. Seeing as how we’re all made from matter, our new Rift Generator ships guarantee we will warp the reality of conflict in our favor.” – Captain Warren Fullmer, Voidtech Military Research Division
	Alter Reality	8	Strategic	Void Tactics	2000	Void Storm Time Anomaly	“No, there is no real evidence of that rumor. They’re perfectly safe. Only conspiracy theorists believe that it was a Void Bomb that destroyed the Star Union and destabilized hyperspace.” – Dr. Quinlinn T. Ortivexis, Star Union Historian
	Dimension Weaponization	9	Tactical	Temporal Dislocation	2500	Quantum Avatar Dimensional Vortex Bomb Dimensional Collapse	“We reject our gods' limits. They declared the universe bound to basic rules and interactions between matter and energy. Fortunately for us, they appear not to be paying attention. We can now do forbidden things.” – Emperor Tholian
	Dimensional Mastery	10	Strategic	Alter Reality	3250	Dimensional Cascade	“Are you ready for infinite energy? Imagine a collapsed parallel universe siphoned through a controlled rift! What will you power when energy has no cost and how will it transform this world? A new reality starts today.” – Alexa Romanov, CEO Voidtech

Xenoplague

Xenoplague technology uses the Alpha Strain infection to heal friendlies and horribly debilitate enemies, even re-purposing their biomass in to units for you after combat.

• Xenoplague units are not built, but spawn and upgrade by infecting and killing biological and cyborg enemies in combat.
  • Killing an enemy that is afflicted with Parasitic Infestation will add points to a spawning pool that carries over between battles. When enough points are accrued they are used to spawn a new pustule or upgrade an existing Xenoplague unit to a higher tier.
• Xenoplague operations and mods are very flexible and can heal, deal damage and afflict status effects on enemies.

Higher tier Xenoplague units deal biochemical damage, so synergise well with factions with biochemical weapons research - Kir'Ko and Amazon.

	Technology	Tier	Group	Prerequisites		Unlocks	Description
	Alpha Strain Inception	1	Tactical		100	Xenoplague Parasite Parasitic Strike	“It isn’t disease that breaks civilizations. This Alpha Strain can infect every living thing. Some will grow stronger while others are afflicted and die. That uncertainty erects quarantine barriers and awakens the sickening cruelty already lodged deep in the human heart.” – Dr. Marvin Mentor, Union Center for Disease Control
	Pustule Mutation	2	Forces	Alpha Strain Inception	150	Pustule	“The plague has now evolved aggressive mobility to a degree that ordinary, unarmed Star Union citizens would not survive a close-up encounter.” – Dr. Elemandus Fink, Geneticist for Terratech Advanced Research Division
	Militarized Strains	3	Strategic	Alpha Strain Inception	270	Sleeper Xenomomes Regenerative Infections	“An inferior military force can easily destroy a superior one if the soldiers in the superior force are weakened by illness. The only trick is picking them off with your rifle as they reel over in pain from the plague.” – Corporal Bergen Vort, Plague Division
	Dispersion	3	Tactical	Alpha Strain Inception	270	Plague Pods Drop Spore Pod	“Pods are a convenient way to carry chemicals to untouched areas. The only downside to the delivery mechanism is that children tend to ingest them.” – Dr. Q. Tulwark, Xenocorp Innovation Team Lead
	Destroyer Mutations	4	Forces	Pustule Mutation	480	Destroyer	“We have not lost control of this project. This step in its evolution is natural. Flesh is easier to infect when it is torn apart.” – Dr. Eva Montinga, Lead Geneticist for Terratech Advanced Research Division
	Omega Strain	5	Strategic	Dispersion	700	Omega Infection Omega Hive	“I can feel my life’s work within me. I have no further purpose than to infect others. Will I explode violently to travel the air as spores, or will my body liquefy and spread through the water supply?” – Professor Darrick Amptor’s last journal entry
	Regenerative Stimulation	5	Tactical	Dispersion	700	Bio-Spore Purification Xeno Restoration Beam	“The Xenoplague is an organic machine. It need not be virulent. Our latest innovation demonstrates the virus’s propensity to heal damaged tissue and purify the body from harmful effects while it captures and reprograms the genetic attributes of its host.” – Dr. Eva Montinga, Lead Geneticist for Terratech Advanced Research Division
	Plague Lord Mutation	6	Forces	Destroyer Mutations	1100	Plague Lord	“Legend states we killed our gods, replacing them with entertaining technologies. The gods, beholding their demise, planted doom within us: a seed called Hubris. Witnessing the creation of this abomination, I hear the dead gods laughing.” – Mah Reg’Nib, Quitting the Xenocorp
	Expedited Germination	6	Strategic	Regenerative Stimulation	1100	Hyper-accelerate Evolution Fungal Store Bomb	“Applying this serum to a Xenoplague Pustule will cause it to instantly evolve into a Destroyer. Pustules no longer need roam the countryside murdering people in order to evolve. Of course, the serum does require harvesting brain tissue from living donors.” – Dr. Eliza R. Snowden, Kolobo Laboratories
	Proliferated Aggression	7	Tactical	Regenerative Stimulation	1500	Bio-Spore Hyper Aggression Xeno Contaminant Strike	“We can hijack the plague strains to deliver behavior hormones to manipulate the minds of all organic life. Sure, we’ve mostly created hyper-aggressive subjects, but with more project funding we might discover how to pacify them.” – Dr. Eva Montinga, Lead Geneticist for Terratech Advanced Research Division
	Advanced Militarized Strains	8	Strategic	Proliferated Aggression	2000	Xenobonic Plague Bomb Call of the Plague	“Bloated pustules crawl across the hillsides of our quarantined land. Our screams for help summon bloated pustules to fight off our enemies. If I didn’t know better, I’d suspect they’re protecting us until they can turn our bodies into their food supply.” – Professor Sandro “Cosmo” Welker, TBCU: Containment
	Symbiotic Superiority	9	Tactical	Proliferated Aggression	2500	Parasitic Symbiosis Bio-Spore Proliferation Hyperstimulation Beam	“Yeah, so the nice folks in corporate marketing forced me to change the name of my invention to the ‘Hyperstimulation Beam’. I wanted to call it the ‘Coffee Beam’.” – Dr. Q. Tulwark, Xenocorp Innovation Team Lead
	Omega Transcendance	10	Strategic	Advanced Militarized Strains	3250	Omega Awakening	“By unleashing the Omega Strain into the biome, all life is forced to make long-overdue choices. Food shortages and illness will do the work we’ve advocated all along. To survive, the weak will be purged and the strong will prevail.” – Dr. Eva Montinga, Lead Geneticist for Terratech Advanced Research Division