Safety tech branch

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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 Safety tech branch focuses on improving specialist efficiency on and the colony's stand on the world map by improving the following:

• Buildings affecting colony security.
• Buildings affecting colonist health.
• Buildings providing alerts for disasters and enabling world trade.

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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
	Guardians	10h	100		Guard Post	N/A	Guards are the backbone of defending the colony against hostile animals or humans. Assign people to guard posts so they'll gear up and focus on protecting their fellow colonists and reveal surrounding areas for expansion.
	Guard Patrols	10h	75		+1 Work slots to: Guard Post	Guardians Safety	Adds an extra guard slot to every guard post to make them more effective in reacting to enemy groups at any time.
	Nurses	10h	75		+1 Work slots to: Medical Tent	Guardians	Shared duties and clear communication in life-threatening situations are paramount, so the patients in medical tents are treated quickly and correctly.
	Medical Training	10h	75		+20% Healing speed to: Field Hospital Medical Tent	Nurses	Without a steady supply of medicine and medical equipment, using even simple and straightforward methods to improve treatment is highly beneficial for healing your population.
	Frontier Outpost	12h	125		Outpost Depot	Guardians	Unlocks outpost depots used for establishing and maintaining an outpost on the world map. Expanding your colony's influence past its borders is essential for the colony's survival. Outposts allow specialists to drop off resources without travelling back to the colony.
	Flushing	14h	150		Toilet	Frontier Outpost	Using water to sweep away excrement benefits nature and leaves colonists feeling more refreshed after relieving themselves. Unlike outhouses, toilets do not create excess waste.
	Leadership	16h	250		Colony Center	Flushing	A symbol of order and stability, the colony center scouts the surrounding areas faster and has more storage for resources than a campsite.
	Secure Storing	14h	150		General Storage	Frontier Outpost	Valuable goods deserve a proper place to be stored. A general storage is a converted and reinforced shipping container able to withstand the elements and thieves alike. Stores items, food and resources.
	Shelving	12h	125		+500 Capacity to: General Storage	Secure Storing	Making use of the limited floor space by building shelves and organizing the contents maximizes how much valuable resources can be crammed into a general storage. And people say that those who have the most stuff in the end will be kings.
	Reinforced Gate	16h	250		Reinforced Gate	Secure Storing	Approaching a reinforced gate makes anyone respect a society living behind it a bit more. Survivor groups are questioned in more detail before being allowed to join the colony and, sometimes, reveal important information about the group's condition. Protects against most regular bandit attacks when fully repaired and manned.
	Hazmat Engineering	18h	350		Environmental Station Waste Dump	Either: Leadership Reinforced Gate	Clearing heavily polluted soil without proper equipment is a death sentence. An environmental station provides the means to clear pollution deposits and store the waste in a waste dump.
	Pollution Disposal	14h	250		+40% Production speed to: Environmental Station	Hazmat Engineering	Pollution disposal is dirty and dangerous business. Proper scrubbers handle the removal of hazardous material faster, so colonists need to spend less time in the glowing soil.
	Weapon Crafting	1d	400		Gunsmith	Hazmat Engineering	Fighting post-apocalyptic wildlife and crazed bandits at melee range isn't the smartest thing one could do. A gunsmith supplies guards with proper weapons to defend the colony. Gunsmiths use metal and parts to produce weapons.
	Arsenal	1d 4h	500		Grand Gunsmith	Weapon Crafting	Protecting the colony with sticks and stones will only get you so far, whereas improved weapons help immensely against all sorts of attacks against the colony.
	Extra Workbench	18h	275		+1 Work slots to: Gunsmith Grand Gunsmith	Weapon Crafting	One extra workbench to fit one more worker and increase production efficiency.
	Calibrated Lathes	18h	275		+40% Production speed to: Gunsmith Grand Gunsmith	Extra Workbench Safety	More precision and accuracy for machinery and production methods allow workers to produce more functional weapons with fewer going to the scrap heap.
	Medical Center	1d 4h	500		Field Hospital	Weapon Crafting	There is no way to keep a large colony healthy with a simple medical tent. A properly managed field hospital is both more spacious and effective in healing your sick and ailing colonists.
	Prescriptions	1d	350		+33% Healing speed to: Field Hospital Medical Tent	Medical Center Safety	It's rather likely medics will be treating the same people over and over in the Aftermath. Knowing and keeping track of patients ensures faster healing.
	Cleansing	1d 12h	600		Sauna	Medical Center	Hygiene in the post-apocalypse seems like a minor thing to worry about. Yet ignoring cleanliness will lead to diseases that would have been easily prevented with a nice shower and a bit of socializing in a hot sauna. Saunas require firewood to function.
	Steam Rooms	1d 12h	600		Steam Sauna	Cleansing	Warming up in steam saunas washes away all the nasty particles clinging to colonists. Advances in technology also allow this to be an environmentally-friendly option, as it does not create any excess pollution. Steam saunas require energy and water to function.
	Surge Protectors	1d 12h	600		Lightning Rod	Medical Center	Directing massive amounts of energy harmlessly to the ground requires ample protection. But once that's sorted, lightning rods will help the colony to protect itself from destructive lightning strikes.
	Supreme Shielding	1d 12h	600		Lightning Tower	Surge Protectors	Lightning rod's protective radius can be expanded with some witty engineering, but the modification is more susceptible to damage.
	Disaster Forecast	2d	700		Radar	Either: Cleansing Surge Protectors	A radar tuned to monitor the weather, airwaves and distant broadcasts can save numerous lives with early warnings about upcoming catastrophes. It will not prevent the calamity, but it gives you more time to prepare for the worst.
	Fortress	2d 6h	800		Fortress Gate	Disaster Forecast	A prosperous colony attracts all sorts of attention. Keep unwanted visitors and bandits away by building your gate strong and tall like a fortress. Protects against most tough bandit attacks when fully repaired and manned.
	Governance	2d 6h	800		Headquarters	Disaster Forecast	Upgraded form of the colony center. A more permanent building used to watch over the entire colony, the headquarters will scout huge tracts of nearby areas swiftly. A necessity in larger colonies with spacious emergency storage for water, food and resources.
	Medicine Production	2d 18h	1000		Medical Lab	Either: Fortress Governance	Finding usable medicine in the wastelands is almost pure luck. With a medical lab, the colony can produce the required pills and antibiotics itself.
	Disinfectants	2d 6h	700		+40% Production speed to: Medical Lab	Medicine Production	More precisely disinfected tools and containers allow workers to produce meds faster due to less wasted batches.