Community tech branch

Surviving the Aftermath

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One of your long-term objectives is to unlock new technologies from the branches of the tech tree. In the aftermath, much of mankind’s knowledge was either lost or outright destroyed. Fragments can still be recovered from various locations on the world map to aid the colony. The research locations can be searched for Science points which, unlike other resources, are immediately available for the colony. And the bigger your specialists' research skill is, the faster they can extract all the usable knowledge a particular location has to offer.

Branch focus

The Community tech branch focuses on the direct well-being of the colonists by improving the following:

• Buildings affecting colonist happiness.
• Buildings affecting colonist entertainment.
• Buildings offering improved colonist housing.

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Each researched technology offer one of eight unlock effect types. These can be determined at a glance by the tech frame's top color and are as follows:

• Building unlock - Unlocks a new building.
• Building upgrade - Unlock a building's upgrade option.
• Durability - Improves buildings' protection against natural deterioration or elements like cold or Pollution.
• Efficiency - Improves the speed or amount of production.
• Ideology - Special improvements based on your chosen ideology (survival, production, safety).
• People - Affects or improves people's lives and Happiness.

List of technologies

	Technology			Type	Unlockables	Prerequisites	Description
	Bunk Beds	10h	100		Crowded Emergency Shelter Crowded Tent	N/A	Shelter space is at a premium and some concessions to comfort might be in order to fit as many as possible. Survival must come first, even at the cost of happiness.
	Heavy Tarps	10h	75		+40% Durability to: Emergency Shelter Tent Crowded Emergency Shelter Crowded Tent	Bunk Beds	It's not much in terms of comfort, but making the tarps in tents more rigid gives them a bit more durability and lessens the feeling your home might fly off at a modest breeze.
	Upscaled Tents	10h	75		0 Hapiness to: Crowded Emergency Shelter Crowded Tent	Bunk Beds Survival	A number of small improvements to tent roofing, bedding and lighting can fix some of the issues with overcrowded shelters, reducing the happiness penalty.
	Education	12h	125		School School Contruction cost: 78 Metal 92 Plastic 130 Wood Footprint (tiles): 9 x 8 Maintenance: Wood Capacity: 7 Work slots: 1	Bunk Beds	Educating future generations at schools is more important than it has ever been. Educated children gain a permanent Educated trait if they go to school long enough. Education makes them more efficient members of society once they start working.
	Communal Living	14h	150		Shanty Tenement	Education	Getting people out of tents and into better housing takes some planning. A tenement houses several people within the same cramped space. A shanty gives more space per colonist but is more costly to build. Both of these buildings are safer than tents and emergency shelters, and they offer better protection against radiation.
	Home Improvement	18h	300		Improved Shanty Improved Shanty Contruction cost: 42 Metal 50 Plastic 43 Wood Footprint (tiles): 6 x 6 Maintenance: Plastic Capacity: 5 Upgrades from: Shanty	Communal Living	Strengthening the walls of shanties against the forces of nature and human folly provides more happiness and lessens the impact of catastrophes. The renovation also opens up more residential space.
	Solid Foundations	14h	200		+40% Durability to: Shanty Improved Shanty	Home Improvement Safety	Reinforcing the foundations and supportive structures increase the durability of housing drastically.
	Interior Walls	18h	300		Improved Tenement	Communal Living	A large open space shared with other residents discourages intimacy. Crude interior walls provide couples some much-needed privacy and happiness. Children are more likely to be born in improved tenements
	Roof Supports	14h	200		+40% Durability to: Tenement Improved Tenement	Interior Walls	In general, colonists appreciate their shelters not caving in on them as they sleep. Proper supports prop up the roof and improve durability to a point.
	Aggression Release	18h	200		Brawl Pit Brawl Pit Contruction cost: 15 Fun box 45 Metal 75 Wood Footprint (tiles): 6 x 6 Maintenance: Metal Work slots: 1 Production: 20	Communal Living	For some, punching another colonist in the face or seeing someone else knocked silly is the best kind of entertainment. The brawl pit offers colonists a way to let off some steam while others enjoy the show from the stands.
	Botanical Garden	18h	350		Botanical Garden	Aggression Release	The tranquility of lush vegetation is not something you see in the wasteland. A botanical garden provides entertainment and offers a place where colonists can enjoy this lost beauty once again.
	Remembrance	18h	200		Memorial	Communal Living	Remembering those who are gone is painful, but it is the only way forward. A memorial allows people to light a candle for the fallen, providing a faint sense of entertainment amidst the chaos.
	Shrine	18h	350		Shrine	Remembrance	In the middle of constant hardships, people need a place to stop and reflect. Shrines offer a place for colonists to pray and exercise their spiritual side when they need some consolation and entertainment in their lives.
	Public House	1d	400		Public House	Either: Botanical Garden Shrine	A public house is a great place for entertainment, forming social bonds and enjoying something refreshing to keep the colony from falling into despair.
	Moving Pictures	1d 4h	500		Movie Theater	Public House	The movie theater offers entertainment and a brief escape from the grim reality with thrilling western action, heartwarming romance and much-needed comedy. Disaster movies are off the list.
	Proper Burial	1d	400		Cemetry	Either: Botanical Garden Shrine	Recovering old familiar songs and performing a ritualistic cemetery burial for the lost ones create a sense of community and togetherness when reminiscing.
	Knowledge Preservation	1d 4h	500		Library	Proper Burial	Preservation of old world texts in a library is smart for several reasons. Books are a great way to learn from the past, and their fascinating stories provide entertainment by whisking you away from a harsh reality.
	Comfortable Housing	1d 12h	600		House	Either: Knowledge Preservation Moving Pictures	Move your colonists from cramped and leaky quarters into proper houses. A house offers excellent protection and happiness for its residents, if you can afford to build one.
	High-density Housing	1d 12h	600		Two-story House	Either: Knowledge Preservation Moving Pictures	Creating affordable and sturdy two-story houses is not as straightforward as it sounds. These feats of of engineering provide supreme protection and happiness for their lucky residents.
	Makeshift Radiators	2d	700		Heated House Heated Two-story House	Either: Comfortable Housing High-density Housing	Investing in proper indoor heating that runs on energy is much more convenient than relying on radiators or burners built out in the open. Heated houses and heated two-story houses are as luxurious and comfortable as it gets.
	Reinforced Concrete	1d 12h	500		+40% Durability to: House Two-story House Heated House Heated Two-story House	Makeshift Radiators Safety	Reinforcing concrete with metal supports adds to the sturdiness and durability of houses.
	Blood Sports	2d 12h	800		Stormdome	Makeshift Radiators	The ultimate steel-clad fighting arena. A place where legends are made. Two competitors enter, but only one walks out on their own two feet. The culmination of brutal apocalyptic entertainment.
	Cabinets	2d 12h	800		Game Arcade	Makeshift Radiators	A selection of classic game arcade cabinets explains why colonists willingly enter this dark, noisy den for hours of entertainment.