Global Defense Grid
Military TheoryGlobal Defense Grid is a tier 2 society technology (Military Theory) in Stellaris 4.5.2. Its base cost is 2,000 research. It needs Ground Defense Planning. It unlocks Bone Fortress and Fortress. Console: research_technology tech_global_defense_grid.
Global Defense GridMilitary Theory· tier 2
2,000What Global Defense Grid does
Modifiers as the game prints them, from the technology's modifier block; then the unlock lines its research card shows.
- +25%Defense Army Health
What Global Defense Grid unlocks
Everything in the game files that lists this technology as a prerequisite; “condition” marks objects that check for it in their conditions instead.
How to get Global Defense Grid
Research in Stellaris is drawn: each area offers 3 cards at a time, weighted by each technology's draw weight (here 85) and its weight modifiers. Tier 2 opens after 6 tier 1 technologies of the same area.
The whole research path: 2 technologies, 3,250 base research with this one
Other names for some empires
technology_swap: the same research shows another name (and sometimes other effects) when its condition holds.
- Global Defense Grid
- Wilderness empire
In the game
The strategic value of a good defense remains as relevant today as it was to our predecessors in the far distant past. Technology does not render fortifications obsolete - it merely changes their requirements.
Console command
Typed in the game's console (the ~ key); achievements are off for that game.
research_technology tech_global_defense_gridDraw weight script, as in common/technology/00_soc_tech.txt
factor = 2
modifier = {
factor = 2
is_militarist = yes
}
modifier = {
factor = 1.5
is_specialist_subject_type = {
TYPE = bulwark
}
}Global Defense Grid: questions
How do I get Global Defense Grid in Stellaris?
Research Ground Defense Planning first (2 technologies in the whole chain); then Global Defense Grid can be drawn as one of the 3 society research options.
What does Global Defense Grid do?
It gives +25% Defense Army Health. It unlocks Bone Fortress (building) and Fortress (building).
What is the ID of Global Defense Grid?
The technology's ID is tech_global_defense_grid. To get it with the console: research_technology tech_global_defense_grid (Stellaris 4.5.2).
How much does Global Defense Grid cost?
2,000 society research before modifiers. In game the cost grows with empire size (+0.2% per point above the base, common/defines) and the galaxy's tech cost setting.
Source: common/technology/00_soc_tech.txt and localisation/english, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776). Base numbers before empire-size and difficulty modifiers.