NANO FACTORY

• Units can be repaired quickly and completely even when not in base squares
• The cost to upgrade units is reduced by 50%

    This is a darned useful project for all but the most doggedly pacifist factions. It also carries a sense of godlike power that's just tons of fun in a late-game battle royale. Popping your heavily damaged units into a base for a single turn, then sending them roaring out fully repaired is a great power trip. Or if you're fighting far from home, send them off to hide in fungus for a few turns, then come out strong as ever. You'll feel like Superman guaranteed.

    The cheap upgrade power of this project, however, is probably even more important. By all means, plan for the completion of this project. Hold back on that big offensive for a few turns if you know you're going to build the Nano Factory. Then, when the project is ready, upgrade everything and go for broke.

    If you're the patient, frugal type who can make himself wait unobtrusively all the way to the top of the tech tree, this project can be a keystone in an upgrade orgy that takes your ratty old units and turns them instantly into an army of unstoppable juggernauts. Once again, the power trip potential is endless.