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Starbase Construction

Tier 0 engineering technology · Voidcraft
EngineeringTier 0VoidcraftStarting tech

Starbase Construction is a tier 0 engineering technology (Voidcraft) in Stellaris 4.5.2. Empires start with it. It needs Offworld Construction. It unlocks Outpost and leads to 2 technologies. Console: research_technology tech_starbase_1.

Starbase ConstructionVoidcraft· tier 0start
Base cost
known at start
Area
Engineering
Tier
0
Draw weight
—
Path from start
1 techs, 0 research
ID
tech_starbase_1

What Starbase Construction does

Modifiers as the game prints them, from the technology's modifier block; then the unlock lines its research card shows.

  • Unlocks Starbase: Outpost
    Outpost The most basic kind of Starbase, Outposts are lightly-armed stations built in stellar orbit to extend national borders. Outposts can not support any Buildings or Modules and are not listed in the Outliner.

What Starbase Construction unlocks

Everything in the game files that lists this technology as a prerequisite; “condition” marks objects that check for it in their conditions instead.

Ship size · 2

How to get Starbase Construction

Empires that meet its conditions start with it (start_tech).

Conditions (potential)
  • Not: Nomadic empire

What Starbase Construction leads to

Technologies that list it as a prerequisite.

In the game

A centralized space installation built in close orbit around the system primary is necessary to make full use of the resources in a star system.

Console command

Typed in the game's console (the ~ key); achievements are off for that game.

research_technology tech_starbase_1

Starbase Construction: questions

How do I get Starbase Construction in Stellaris?

Every empire that meets its conditions starts with Starbase Construction.

What does Starbase Construction do?

It unlocks Outpost (ship size). It leads to Deep Space Defenses and Starport.

What is the ID of Starbase Construction?

The technology's ID is tech_starbase_1. To get it with the console: research_technology tech_starbase_1 (Stellaris 4.5.2).

Source: common/technology/00_eng_tech.txt and localisation/english, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776). Base numbers before empire-size and difficulty modifiers.

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