Starting Technology

Each faction starts the game with a unique combination of technology. This information can be found on the back of the faction sheet. During the "Gather Starting Components" step of game setup, each player places their starting technology cards face up in their play area near their faction sheet.

This page lists the starting technologies for each faction (Including Expansions).

Faction	Technology
The Arborec	Magen Defense Grid
The Argent Flight	Choose two of the following: Neural Motivator Sarween Tools Plasma Scoring
The Barony of Letnev	Antimass Deflectors
	Plasma Scoring
The Clan of Saar	Antimass Deflectors
The Council Keleres	Any 2 non-faction technologies owned by other players
The Embers of Muaat	Plasma Scoring
The Emirates of Hacan	Antimass Deflectors
	Sarween Tools
The Empyrean	Dark Energy Tap
The Federation of Sol	Neural Motivator
	Antimass Deflectors
The Ghosts of Creuss	Gravity Drive
The L1Z1X Mindnet	Neural Motivator
	Plasma Scoring
The Mahact Gene-Sorcerers	Bio Stims
	Predictive Intelligence
The Mentak Coalition	Sarween Tools
	Plasma Scoring
The Naalu Collective	Neural Motivator
	Sarween Tools
The Naaz-Rokha Alliance	Psychoarchaeology
	AI Development Algorithm
The Nekro Virus	Dacxive Animators Valefar Assimilator X Valefar Assimilator Y
The Nomad	Sling Relay
Sardakk N'orr	None
The Titans of Ul	Antimass Deflectors
	Scanlink Drone Network
The Universities of Jol-Nar	Neural Motivator
	Antimass Deflectors
	Sarween Tools
	Plasma Scoring
The Vuil'Raith Cabal	Self Assembly Routines
The Winnu	Any ONE of: Neural Motivator Psychoarcheology Antimass Deflectors Dark Energy Tap Sarween Tools Scanlink Drone Network Plasma Scoring AI Development Algorithm
The Xxcha Kingdom	Graviton Laser System
The Yin Brotherhood	Sarween Tools
The Yssaril Tribes	Neural Motivator

Trivia

• Starting technologies have the following distribution among the Base Game factions:
  • 1 faction has no starting technologies (Sardakk N'orr)
  • 4 factions have one Level 0 starting technology
  • 1 faction chooses any one Level 0 technology as its starting technology (The Winnu)
  • 6 factions have two Level 0 starting technologies
  • 1 faction has four Level 0 starting technologies (The Universities of Jol-Nar)
  • 4 factions have one Level 1 starting technology
• Starting technologies have the following distribution among the Prophecy of Kings factions:
  • 1 faction has one Level 0 starting technology
  • 2 factions have two Level 0 starting technologies
  • 1 faction chooses two of three optional Level 0 technologies as its starting technologies (The Argent Flight)
  • 2 factions have one Level 1 starting technology
  • 1 faction has two Level 1 starting technologies (The Mahact Gene-Sorcerers)