AoW: Planetfall

Technology

Faction tech

Weapons tech

Secret tech

Doctrine tech

Economy tech

Operations tech

Research in Age of Wonders: Planetfall is divided into two categories: Military research and Society research. Military research is divided into three subcategories: Faction technology, Weapons technology and Secret technology. Society research is divided into three subcategories: Doctrine technology, Economy technology and Operations technology.

Secret Technology

At the start of the game each player selects one of the 7 secret technologies of the Star Union. These are fields of experimental or forbidden research that were hidden from the general population. Secret Technologies contain 3 additional units, in addition to mods and especially operations. Each Secret Technology has its own doomsday weapon, which reflects the ultimate goal of that technology. Doomsday Weapons are powerful, planetary scale weapons which the player can use to gain a huge advantage and eventually win outright.

Technology	Weapon Groups	Bonuses
Celestian	Psionic	Sway enemy soldiers and colonists to your cause Strong moral buffing and damage reflection NPC diplomacy bonuses
Heritor	Entropy	Drain the Essence of enemies and use it to fuel powerful abilities Harness the power of Essence Reincarnate ancient Es'Teq minds Strong attacks against machines
Promethean	Laser	Create weapons of mass destruction Settle in inhospitable places Shield units and colonists from Armageddon
Psynumbra	Psionic	Summon ethereal beings Shatter reality to terrorize the populace Break enemies' minds
Synthesis	Arc	Deploy AI daemons in battle Hack and override enemy mechanical units Bolster strategic operations Integrate the populace into the network
Voidtech	Explosive	Command highly mobile units that can teleport and pass through obstacles Create temporal clones of units Destabilize and decelerate enemies
Xenoplague	Bio	Spawn and evolve special units after battle Heal and enhance biological units Deploy infectious bioweapons