Habs

This page discusses the game mechanics for habs. For a list of all hab modules in Terra Invicta, as well as their stats, see Hab Module List instead. For planning out your habs, see Hab Planner

Habitats, or habs, are space-based facilities operated by Factions. They are composed of modules. All modules have a core module; the size of the core determines the size of the hab. The size of the hab determines both how many modules you can have (4, 12 or 20, plus the core), and the maximum size of each module.

Habs may be founded in three ways. One is to launch the core module from Earth, using Boost. This can take a lot of time if the location is far from the homeworld. A second is to develop and build kits that ships can deploy when they arrive in an orbit or land on a space body. A third is to found habs from other habs in the same planetary system that have a construction module.

Habs may be assaulted and captured by Marines from ships, although building barracks modules helps defend it. A councilor with a high Command attribute leading an assault mission gives it a much greater chance of success.

Habs, like Fleets, belong directly to a faction. Your hab may be nominally operating under NASA or the United Nations, but what matters is that its people are really working for The Academy, The Resistance, Project Exodus, etc.

Habs have a support cost drawn from space resources. If those are insufficient, then Boost is used. And if you are out of both, or have insufficient Mission Control, your hab is much more likely to suffer accidents, and be much more willing to switch allegiance to another faction.

Life Support

Each human at a hab requires 0.35 Water, 0.35 Volatiles, and 0.1 Money per year. This is approximately 0.029 Water, 0.029 Volatiles, and 0.008 Money per month. Agricultural modules cover and upkeeps for a certain number of crew in the hab.

Radiation Shielding

Some locations have dangerous levels of natural radiation, and modules built in the location needs extra Base Metals to protect crew and equipment from radiation. For example, every location on Mercury has 2x radiation modifier, which means the total mass of a module becomes double the amount of normal value and the difference is paid with Base Metals. For example, a 200 Tons module becomes 400 Tons module on Mercury, and that 200 Tons of difference means an additional 20 Base Metals cost.

Construction Modifiers

Each hab module has a base construction time, measured in days. But the actual construction time can be modified in multiple ways:

• If the hab module is an upgrade of a previously built hab module in the same hab module slot, then the construction time (and resource costs) are multiplied by 2/3.
• If the hab contains one or more active modules that modify the construction time, then their bonuses are applied as follows:
  1. Sort the list of such modules in ascending order by their construction time modifier.
  2. For the i-th module in the list, multiply the construction time by (1 - (1 - construction time modifier) / i²).
• If the hab module requires materials to be boosted from Earth, then add the time needed for the materials to travel from Earth to the hab.

Stations

Station

Stations are built in an orbit. You can build various modules on them to get benefits, and some modules have additional benefits if the station is in one of the Earth's interface orbits.

When the game starts there are two existing tier 1 stations, each with a unique orbit around Earth: The International Space Station (controlled by the Academy), with two Solar Collectors and one Space Science Lab, and Tiangong Station (controlled by Project Exodus), with no modules beyond the core. Those two factions start with innate boost income to support the upkeep of those staion.

A hostile fleet may board or destroy the station. But if the station has defense module(s), the hostile fleet should fight a battle first and destroy the defense module(s). When destroying undefended station, it takes 15 minutes per each tier of the module to destroy a module.

Stations use the following core modules. They require the council engineering project with the same name to be constructed.

Module	Tier	Build Cost	Monthly Upkeep
Platform Core	1	0.75 0.75 30 Days	2 2 3 Crew
Orbital Core	2	5 5 60 Days	10 3 15 Crew
Ring Core	3	40 40 90 Days	20 4 75 Crew
Automated Platform Core	1	0.5 1.4 0.1 30 Days	1

Particle Colliders

Particle Colliders are used to produce Antimatter. They also produce Energy Research but once the bonus goes above 50% it suffers diminishing returns.

Colliders can only be built in orbit.

Module	Tier	Build Cost	Monthly Upkeep	Monthly Income	Special rule
Particle Collider	1	4 7 8 1 60 Days	6 2 2 1 1 1 100 10 Crew	2 0.0001	Adds 1% Energy Science
Atomsmasher	2	20 35 40 5 180 Days	20 10 10 5 5 3 250 20 Crew	5 0.01	Adds 2.5% Energy Science
Supercollider	3	120 280 320 80 360 Days	120 30 30 20 20 10 750 100 Crew	10 0.1	Adds 5% Energy Science

Antimatter Capture

Antimatter capture modules can only be constructed in orbits that have Antimatter. Only one antimatter capture module can operate in each antimatter orbit, regardless of faction.

The amount of natural antimatter production is so small that it is in practice useless. For example, medium earth orbit has 33a monthly output, which is 0.000000000000000033 units of antimatter per month with the 100% efficient Antimatter Farm doing the harvesting. The largest antimatter value in the solar system is medium Saturn orbit at 2p, which is 0.000000000002.

Module	Tier	Build Cost	Monthly Upkeep	Monthly Income	Special Rule
Antimatter Trap	1	0.1 0.5 1 0.4 30 Days	2 0.1 0.03 5 2 Crew	5	Harvests 25% Antimatter of Orbit. Max one per orbit. Adds 10% Energy Science Max one per Hab.
Antimatter Harvester	2	0.5 2.5 5 2 90 Days	5 0.5 0.1 20 10 Crew	10	Harvests 50% Antimatter of Orbit. Max one per orbit. Adds 25% Energy Science Max one per Hab.
Antimatter Farm	3	4 20 40 16 180 Days	10 1.5 1 80 50 Crew	15	Harvests 100% Antimatter of Orbit. Max one per orbit. Adds 50% Energy Science Max one per Hab.

Solar mirrors

Module	Tier	Build Cost*	Monthly Upkeep	Special Rule
Solar Mirror	1	0.5 3.5 1 30 Days	1 0.1 0.03 1 1 Crew	Add 2 Power to all solar power modules, multiplied by solar module tier, for faction bases on the space body it orbits. Bonus also applies on a moon if the module is the L-1, L-4, or L-5 points between the moon and its parent planet. If placed in the L-1 point between a planet and the sun, the bonus applies to all bases in the planetary system. Mass increases based on distance from the Sun. Solar panels may produce a maximum of 8x their baseline maximum power value.
Solar Mirror Array	2	2.5 17.5 5 90 Days	5 1 0.1 4 5 Crew	Add 6 Power to all solar power modules, multiplied by solar module tier, for faction bases on the space body it orbits. Bonus also applies on a moon if the module is the L-1, L-4, or L-5 points between the moon and its parent planet. If placed in the L-1 point between a planet and the sun, the bonus applies to all bases in the planetary system. Mass increases based on distance from the Sun. Solar panels may produce a maximum of 8x their baseline maximum power value.
Soletta	3	20 140 40 180 Days	10 3 0.5 12 25 Crew	Add 12 Power to all solar power modules, multiplied by solar module tier, for faction bases on the space body it orbits. Bonus also applies on a moon if the module is the L-1, L-4, or L-5 points between the moon and its parent planet. If placed in the L-1 point between a planet and the sun, the bonus applies to all bases in the planetary system. Mass increases based on distance from the Sun. Solar panels may produce a maximum of 8x their baseline maximum power value.
Automated Solar Mirror	1	0.5 3.5 1 30 Days	1 0.1 0.03 1	Add 2 Power to all solar power modules, multiplied by solar module tier, for faction bases on the space body it orbits. Bonus also applies on a moon if the module is the L-1, L-4, or L-5 points between the moon and its parent planet. If placed in the L-1 point between a planet and the sun, the bonus applies to all bases in the planetary system. Mass increases based on distance from the Sun. Solar panels may produce a maximum of 8x their baseline maximum power value.

• Build cost scales with distance to the sun to model the fact that the mirrors need to be larger to collect the same amount of light. (Multiply all material costs by the distance in AU squared, so at Mars the multiplier is 2.3 and at Jupiter it's 27.)

Campaign Modules

Campaign Modules are tier 3 modules that can only be constructed by certain factions once certain campaign objectives have been completed. Constructing it will allow the faction to complete its final objective.

Module	Build Cost	Monthly Upkeep	Special Rule	Faction
Sentinel Complex	20 380 400 200 120 Days	20 150 1 100 Crew	Enables the Dominate Nation mission. Add 6 Marine Strengthmarine strength as T2 Marines. Cannot depower. Need Earth interface orbit. Has upkeep even when unpowered.	The Protectorate
Interstellar Launch Facility	2350 5000 11000 6250 400 720 Days	20 5000 20 80 Crew	Victory module for Project Exodus. Has upkeep even when unpowered.	Project Exodus

The Deep Space Telesope is a campaign tier 2 module only available to the Project Exodus faction for its objectives. Its stats are comparable to the Space Science Research Center module.

Module	Build Cost	Monthly Upkeep	Monthly Income	Special Rule	Faction
Deep Space Telescope	6 12 2 90 Days	3 20 15 Crew	5	Cannot depower. Adds 25% Space Science	Project Exodus

Bases

Base

Bases are built at a hab site. A hab site should be surveyed first to build a base. Surveying can be done with a prospector probe or a ship with science module.

Bases use the following core modules. They require the council engineering project with the same name to be constructed.

Module	Tier	Build Cost	Monthly Upkeep
Outpost Core	1	1 1 30 Days	2 3 5 Crew
Settlement Core	2	5 5 60 Days	3 10 25 Crew
Colony Core	3	40 40 90 Days	4 20 125 Crew
Automated Outpost Core	1	0.8 1 0.2 30 Days	1

Mining Complexes

Each base will have a Mining Deposit Access Point above the Core Module. Only Mining Complex modules can be constructed on it, which will produce the resources of the hab site. Its construction cost and power consumption are modified by mining modifier. It may incur additional Mission Control cost depending on the Mine Limit.

Module	Tier	Build Cost	Monthly Upkeep	Monthly Income
Outpost Mining Complex	1	2.5 2.5 19.75 0.25 60 Days	6 2 0.5 10 12 Crew	1 × Hab Site Resources
Settlement Mining Complex	2	12.5 12.5 98.75 1.25 120 Days	30 5 2 40 60 Crew	1.5 × Hab Site Resources
Colony Mining Complex	3	100 100 790 10 240 Days	60 15 6 200 200 Crew	2 × Hab Site Resources
Automated Mining Complex	1	2.5 3.75 18 0.75 30 Days	2 0.5 12	1.25 × Hab Site Resources

Mining modifier

This modifier is applied to the mining module's space resource build cost and Power Consumption on respective celestial body. For example, the modifier for Mars is roughly 0.9342. So an Outpost Mining Complex that normally costs 2.5 2.5 19.75 0.25 and 10 instead costs roughly 2.34 2.34 18.45 0.23 and 9 .

This modifier is applied before the radiation penalty multiplier to the hab module's total mass, and so they are in a sense, multiplicative. For example, the modifier for Mercury is roughly 1.9641, and the Radiation penalty is 2×. A Colony Mining Complex normally costs 100 100 790 10 and 200 . Applying the mining modifier changes this to roughly 196.41 196.41 1551.64 19.64 and 393 . This means the mass of the Colony Mining Complex changes from the original 10000 Tons to 19641 Tons after the mining modifier. Applying the 2× Radiation penalty to this mass of 19641 Tons results in a total mass of 39282 Tons, with all this additional mass being paid for by an additional 1964.1 Base Metals. So the total costs of the Colony Mining Complex on Mercury is roughly 196.41 196.41 3515.74 19.64 and 393 .

Mining modifier is increased by several factors, which are: escape velocity of the celestial body, atmosphere of the celestial body, escape velocity from the planet it's orbiting at the body's orbit (if the celestial body is a moon), escape velocity from the sun at its orbit (does not count if luna), and the distance from the Sun to the celestial body.

The table below shows mining modifiers on notable celestial bodies.

Celestial Body	Mining Modifier
Luna	0.5077
Mars	0.9342
Ceres	0.7699
Mercury	1.9641
Callisto	0.9123
Io	1.4960
Titan	0.8865
Pluto	1.5029

Mine Limit

Every human faction has a mine limit, beyond which any additional mines will incur additional Mission Control costs. This mine limit is initially 0, but can be increased by the following:

Source	Mine Limit Increase
Mission to the Moon	3
Mission to Mercury	3
Mission to Mars	6
Mission to the Asteroids	6
Mission to Jupiter	6
Mission to Saturn	6
Mission to the Outer Planets	6
Future Tech: Space Science	1
Gold Rush (Project Exodus only.)	6

So before Future Tech is reached, human Factions have a mine limit of up to 36, except for Project Exodus which gets 42.

When a faction has more mines than their limit, the total Mission Control cost penalty they have to pay is calculated as follows:

Max(1, Floor(Excess mines ^ 2 / 2))

Excess Mines	penalty
	Of new mine	Total
1	1	1
2	1	2
3	2	4
4	4	8
5	4	12
6	6	18
7	6	24
8	8	32
9	8	40
10	10	50

Modules

Most hab modules consume power. You must build sufficient power-generating modules to accommodate your other modules. Modules may be turned off to reduce power consumption, although certain modules must remain on if there is power to support them in the hab.

Hab modules are added to habs either by shipping them from Earth using boost or building them out of space materials. Some modules have upgrade paths to larger versions; upgrading a module in this way is done at a discount.

Tier 1		Tier 2		Tier 3
Module	Effects	Module	Effects	Module	Effects
Supply Depot*	Build cost: 0.15 1.35 30 Days Monthly expenses: 3 Crew Special Rule: Cannot depower. Allows Ships to resupply.	cannot be upgraded
Space Dock	Build cost: 1.6 5.6 0.8 45 Days Monthly expenses: 1 0.1 20 40 Crew Special Rule: Cannot depower. Builds Ships with 1× base time modifier. Allows Ships to resupply.	Shipyard	Build cost: 8 28 4 120 Days Monthly expenses: 3 0.5 80 120 Crew Special Rule: Cannot depower. Builds Ships with 0.8× base time modifier. Allows Ships to resupply.	Spaceworks	Build cost: 64 224 32 240 Days Monthly expenses: 10 1 240 400 Crew Special Rule: Cannot depower. Builds Ships with 0.6× base time modifier. Allows Ships to resupply.
Construction Module	Build cost: 0.75 2.1 0.15 180 Days Monthly expenses: 3 1 1 3 0.25 10 6 Crew Special Rule: Can build new T1 Habs in System. 0.9× base time modifier to hab module construction.	Nanofactory	Build cost: 3.75 9.75 1.5 270 Days Monthly expenses: 10 3 3 10 1 40 30 Crew Monthly income: 90 Special Rule: Add 2% Economy Priority if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +30%. Can build new T2 Habs in System. Can build new T1 Habs in System. Adds 1% Material Science 0.75× base time modifier to hab module construction.	Nanofacturing Complex	Build cost: 30 72 18 360 Days Monthly expenses: 20 10 10 30 3 120 150 Crew Monthly income: 300 Special Rule: Add 5% Economy Priority if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +30%. Can build new T3 Habs in System. Can build new T2 Habs in System. Can build new T1 Habs in System. Adds 2% Material Science 0.6× base time modifier to hab module construction.
Quarters	Build cost: 0.6 1.8 3.6 30 Days Monthly expenses: 0.1 0.1 2 50 Crew Monthly income: 3 2 Special Rule: Add 3 defense against Control Space Asset and crew of module has no Money upkeep.	Residential Module	Build cost: 3 9 18 60 Days Monthly expenses: 3 1 1 0.5 15 500 Crew Monthly income: 12 6 Special Rule: Add 6 defense against Control Space Asset and crew of module has no Money upkeep. Destroyer commits an Atrocity. If destroyed, the owner loses public support as if they committed an Atrocity (but does not actually commit an atrocity).	Civilian Complex	Build cost: 24 72 144 120 Days Monthly expenses: 10 6 2 1 120 2500 Crew Monthly income: 40 10 Special Rule: Add 12 defense against Control Space Asset and crew of module has no Money upkeep. Destroyer commits an Atrocity. If destroyed, the owner loses public support as if they committed an Atrocity (but does not actually commit an atrocity).
Hydroponics Bay	Build cost: 6 5.4 0.6 30 Days Monthly expenses: 10 1 Crew Special Rule: Removes Hab upkeep for up to 120 Crew Cannot depower.	Farm	Build cost: 30 27 3 90 Days Monthly expenses: 40 5 Crew Special Rule: Removes Hab upkeep for up to 600 Crew Cannot depower.	Agriculture Complex	Build cost: 240 216 24 180 Days Monthly expenses: 120 25 Crew Special Rule: Removes Hab upkeep for up to 3000 Crew Cannot depower.
Marine Platoon Barracks	Build cost: 2.4 9.36 0.24 30 Days Monthly expenses: 3 1 1 0.1 5 30 Crew Monthly income: 2 Special Rule: Marine strength can be used offensively. Add 10 Marine Strengthmarine strength as T1 Marines. Cannot depower.	Marine Company Barracks	Build cost: 12 46.8 1.2 90 Days Monthly expenses: 10 2 2 0.2 20 150 Crew Monthly income: 6 Special Rule: Marine strength can be used offensively. Add 20 Marine Strengthmarine strength as T2 Marines. Cannot depower.	Marine Battalion Barracks	Build cost: 96 374.4 9.6 180 Days Monthly expenses: 30 3 3 0.3 60 750 Crew Monthly income: 12 Special Rule: Marine strength can be used offensively. Add 40 Marine Strengthmarine strength as T3 Marines. Cannot depower.
built from tier 2		Skunkworks	Build cost: 2.5 10 32.5 5 90 Days Monthly expenses: 10 3 3 0.3 30 50 Crew Monthly income: 1 Special Rule:	Foundry	Build cost: 20 80 220 80 180 Days Monthly expenses: 30 10 10 1 90 250 Crew Monthly income: 2 Special Rule:
built from tier 2		Research Campus	Build cost: 15 30 50 5 180 Days Monthly expenses: 30 3 3 50 1 200 Crew Monthly income: 60 Special Rule: Need ≥10000 system population.	Research University	Build cost: 120 240 400 40 240 Days Monthly expenses: 100 10 10 150 2 1000 Crew Monthly income: 200 Special Rule: Need ≥50000 system population.
built from tier 2		Operations Center	Build cost: 10 75 15 180 Days Monthly expenses: 30 5 5 2.5 100 200 Crew Monthly income: 4 Special Rule: Max one per Hab.	Command Center	Build cost: 80 600 120 240 Days Monthly expenses: 100 10 10 5 300 1000 Crew Monthly income: 10 Special Rule: Max one per Hab.
built from tier 3				Helium-3 Mine	Build cost: 12 36 120 72 180 Days Monthly expenses: 30 2 2 10 1.5 300 3 75 Crew Special Rule: Harvest He3. Need gas giant orbit. Need interface orbit. Cannot depower. Max one per Hab.

• exist in an automated version.

Power Modules

Tier 1		Tier 2		Tier 3
Module	Effects	Module	Effects	Module	Effects
Fission Pile*	Build cost: 0.2 0.4 1.1 0.2 0.1 30 Days Monthly expenses: 2 0.5 0.25 0.05 4 Crew Monthly income: 20 Special Rule:	Fission Reactor Array	Build cost: 1 2 5.5 1 0.5 90 Days Monthly expenses: 6 2 1 0.2 20 Crew Monthly income: 85 Special Rule:	Fission Reactor Farm	Build cost: 8 16 44 8 4 180 Days Monthly expenses: 18 6 3 0.5 100 Crew Monthly income: 250 Special Rule:
Heavy Fission Pile	Build cost: 0.4 0.8 2 0.6 0.2 60 Days Monthly expenses: 3 0.5 0.25 0.075 4 Crew Monthly income: 30 Special Rule:	Heavy Fission Reactor Array	Build cost: 2 4 10 3 1 90 Days Monthly expenses: 8 2 1 0.3 20 Crew Monthly income: 128 Special Rule:	Heavy Fission Reactor Farm	Build cost: 16 32 80 24 8 180 Days Monthly expenses: 24 6 3 0.75 100 Crew Monthly income: 375 Special Rule:
Fusion Pile	Build cost: 0.3 0.45 1.29 0.9 0.06 30 Days Monthly expenses: 3 1 0.5 0.02 5 Crew Monthly income: 40 Special Rule:	Fusion Reactor Array	Build cost: 1.5 2.25 6.45 4.5 0.3 90 Days Monthly expenses: 10 3 2 0.05 25 Crew Monthly income: 170 Special Rule:	Fusion Reactor Farm	Build cost: 12 18 51.6 36 2.4 180 Days Monthly expenses: 30 10 6 0.1 125 Crew Monthly income: 500 Special Rule:
Heavy Fusion Pile	Build cost: 0.6 0.9 2.58 1.8 0.12 60 Days Monthly expenses: 5 1 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.02 10 Crew Monthly income: 70 Special Rule: If Faction is harvesting He3, then change Fissiles build cost and upkeep into Water.	Heavy Fusion Reactor Array	Build cost: 3 4.5 12.9 9 0.6 120 Days Monthly expenses: 12 3 2 0.5 0.5 0.08 50 Crew Monthly income: 300 Special Rule: If Faction is harvesting He3, then change Fissiles build cost and upkeep into Water.	Heavy Fusion Reactor Farm	Build cost: 24 36 103.2 72 4.8 240 Days Monthly expenses: 36 10 6 1 1 0.2 150 Crew Monthly income: 900 Special Rule: If Faction is harvesting He3, then change Fissiles build cost and upkeep into Water.
Solar Collector*	Build cost: 0.3 1.13 0.08 30 Days Monthly expenses: 1 1 Crew Monthly income: 20 Special Rule: Power scales with proximity to Sun.	Solar Array	Build cost: 1.5 5.63 0.38 60 Days Monthly expenses: 3 5 Crew Monthly income: 80 Special Rule: Power scales with proximity to Sun.	Solar Farm	Build cost: 12 45 3 90 Days Monthly expenses: 5 25 Crew Monthly income: 240 Special Rule: Power scales with proximity to Sun.

• exist in an automated version.

Power Modules produce Power to the hab. Solar power modules have different output depending on the solar power module multiplier of the location, which represents how much solar power it receives from the Sun on average. For details, see Power#Solar_Power_Mechanics.

Defense Modules

Defense modules house weapons to defend habs and prevent enemy Assault Hab fleet operations. Higher tier defense modules house larger weapons and have better defenses.

Despite sharing names and graphics, ground-based and space-based defense modules function very differently.

When built on surface bases they house special massive surface-to-orbit laser cannons and will fire at fleets that begin bombardment. They upgrade automatically when one of those global techs are researched: Arc lasers, Phased-Array Lasers, Visible Combat Lasers, Ultraviolet Combat Lasers. See Laser Weapon List#Non-Ship Lasers for details on these laser cannons. They also upgrade to use the best armor researched that does not cost Exotics, which greatly increases their armor. See Ship Armor List for details.

Surface defense modules will defend against orbital bombardment.

When built on stations they house the following weapons, depending on their tier:

• A 1/2/4-hull slot laser weapon
• A 1/2/4-hull slot kinetic weapon
• A 1-hull slot point defense weapon
• A 4-hull slot plasma weapon (Battlestations only)

These automatically upgrade when new faction projects that develop hull weapons are researched, selecting whatever option gives the highest combat rating. If no compatible weapon is found, then the weapon slot usually defaults to some kind of naval gun. Station defense modules have unchippable but low armor, only 5 * tier, and this value cannot be increased. Their HP is determined from your best armor researched that does not cost Exotics, and also automatically upgrades when you complete a relevant project. See Ship Armor List for details.

Stations with defense modules will take part in space battles.

Module	Tier	Weapon Size	Armor Value	Build Cost	Monthly Upkeep	Special rule
Point Defense Array	1	Small	5	2.2 7.6 0.2 30 Days	2 0.1 0.1 10 3 Crew	Cannot depower. Add +2% to targeting rolls to overcome ECM; for station modules this applies to all defending ships. Add +2% ECM value; for station modules this applies to all defending ships.
Layered Defense Array	2	Medium	10	11 38 1 90 Days	10 1 1 0.5 40 15 Crew	Cannot depower. Add +4% to targeting rolls to overcome ECM; for station modules this applies to all defending ships. Add +4% ECM value; for station modules this applies to all defending ships.
Battlestations	3	Large	15	88 304 8 180 Days	30 3 3 1 240 75 Crew	Cannot depower. Add +6% to targeting rolls to overcome ECM; for station modules this applies to all defending ships. Add +6% ECM value; for station modules this applies to all defending ships.

Administration Modules

Administration modules help with faction management. Each hab may only have one administration module.

Module	Tier	Build Cost	Monthly Upkeep	Monthly Income	Special rule
Administration Node	1	0.24 1.2 1.5 0.06 45 Days	10 0.03 0.03 0.03 1 10 40 Crew		Add 4 Control Point Capacity if in Earth interface orbit. Add +2.5% bonus to Hab income. Max one per Hab.
Administration Tower	2	1.2 6 7.5 0.3 120 Days	30 0.1 0.1 0.1 4 40 200 Crew	1	Add 12 Control Point Capacity if in Earth interface orbit. Add +5% bonus to Hab income. Max one per Hab.
Administration Complex	3	9.6 48 60 2.4 240 Days	90 0.5 0.5 0.5 12 160 1000 Crew	2	Add 30 Control Point Capacity if in Earth interface orbit. Add +10% bonus to Hab income. Max one per Hab.

Science Modules

Science Modules produce Research in a certain field and have additinal effects if built in Earth interface orbit. Once the research bonus goes above 50% it suffers diminishing returns.

Tier 1		Tier 2		Tier 3
Module	Effects	Module	Effects	Module	Effects
Climate Lab	Build cost: 0.4 1.5 0.1 30 Days Monthly expenses: 2 5 3 Crew Monthly income: 5 Special Rule: Add 3% Environment Priority if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +30%. Adds 2.5% Life Science Need Earth interface orbit.	Climate Research Center	Build cost: 2 7.5 0.5 90 Days Monthly expenses: 6 0.1 0.1 0.1 20 15 Crew Monthly income: 10 Special Rule: Add 6% Environment Priority if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +30%. Adds 10% Life Science Need Earth interface orbit.	Climate Institute	Build cost: 16 60 4 180 Days Monthly expenses: 20 0.5 0.5 0.5 60 75 Crew Monthly income: 15 Special Rule: Add 10% Environment Priority if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +30%. Adds 25% Life Science Need Earth interface orbit.
Energy Lab	Build cost: 0.4 1.48 0.1 0.02 30 Days Monthly expenses: 2 1 0.001 10 3 Crew Monthly income: 5 Special Rule: Add 3% Boost Priority if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +30%. Adds 2.5% Energy Science	Energy Research Center	Build cost: 2 7.4 0.5 0.1 90 Days Monthly expenses: 6 3 0.1 0.1 0.005 40 20 Crew Monthly income: 10 Special Rule: Add 6% Boost Priority if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +30%. Adds 10% Energy Science	Energy Institute	Build cost: 16 59.2 4 0.8 180 Days Monthly expenses: 18 10 0.5 0.5 0.01 120 100 Crew Monthly income: 15 Special Rule: Add 10% Boost Priority if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +30%. Adds 25% Energy Science
Information Science Lab	Build cost: 0.8 1.1 0.1 30 Days Monthly expenses: 2 10 3 Crew Monthly income: 5 Special Rule: Add 3% Knowledge Priority if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +30%. Adds 2.5% Information Science	Information Science Research Center	Build cost: 4 5.5 0.5 90 Days Monthly expenses: 6 1 0.1 0.1 0.1 40 25 Crew Monthly income: 10 Special Rule: Add 6% Knowledge Priority if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +30%. Adds 10% Information Science	Information Science Institute	Build cost: 32 44 4 180 Days Monthly expenses: 18 3 0.5 0.5 0.5 120 125 Crew Monthly income: 15 Special Rule: Add 10% Knowledge Priority if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +30%. Adds 25% Information Science
Life Science Lab	Build cost: 0.1 1.4 0.48 0.02 30 Days Monthly expenses: 2 0.5 0.5 5 3 Crew Monthly income: 5 Special Rule: Add 3% Welfare Priority if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +30%. Adds 2.5% Life Science	Life Science Research Center	Build cost: 0.5 7 2.4 0.1 90 Days Monthly expenses: 6 1 1 20 25 Crew Monthly income: 10 Special Rule: Add 6% Welfare Priority if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +30%. Adds 10% Life Science	Life Science Institute	Build cost: 4 56 19.2 0.8 180 Days Monthly expenses: 18 3 3 60 125 Crew Monthly income: 15 Special Rule: Add 10% Welfare Priority if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +30%. Adds 25% Life Science
Materials Lab	Build cost: 0.04 0.68 0.88 0.4 30 Days Monthly expenses: 2 0.1 0.1 6 3 Crew Monthly income: 5 Special Rule: Add 3% Military Priority if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +30%. Adds 2.5% Material Science	Materials Research Center	Build cost: 0.2 3.4 4.4 2 90 Days Monthly expenses: 6 1 1 1 0.5 24 25 Crew Monthly income: 10 Special Rule: Add 6% Military Priority if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +30%. Adds 10% Material Science	Materials Institute	Build cost: 1.6 27.2 35.2 16 180 Days Monthly expenses: 18 3 3 3 1.5 72 125 Crew Monthly income: 15 Special Rule: Add 10% Military Priority if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +30%. Adds 25% Material Science
Military Science Lab	Build cost: 0.7 1.28 0.02 30 Days Monthly expenses: 2 5 3 Crew Monthly income: 5 Special Rule: Adds 0.03 Miltech to our armies if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +0.3. Adds 2.5% Military Science	Military Science Research Center	Build cost: 3.5 6.4 0.1 90 Days Monthly expenses: 6 0.1 0.1 0.1 20 25 Crew Monthly income: 10 Special Rule: Adds 0.06 Miltech to our armies if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +0.3. Adds 10% Military Science	Military Science Institute	Build cost: 28 51.2 0.8 180 Days Monthly expenses: 18 0.5 0.5 0.5 60 125 Crew Monthly income: 15 Special Rule: Adds 0.1 Miltech to our armies if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +0.3. Adds 25% Military Science
Social Science Lab	Build cost: 0.38 1.13 30 Days Monthly expenses: 3 4 3 Crew Monthly income: 5 Special Rule: Add 3% Government Priority if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +30%. Need ≥10000 system population. Adds 2.5% Social Science	Social Science Research Center	Build cost: 1.88 5.63 90 Days Monthly expenses: 8 0.1 0.1 0.1 16 25 Crew Monthly income: 10 Special Rule: Add 6% Government Priority if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +30%. Need ≥50000 system population. Adds 10% Social Science	Social Science Institute	Build cost: 15 45 180 Days Monthly expenses: 24 0.5 0.5 0.5 48 125 Crew Monthly income: 15 Special Rule: Add 10% Government Priority if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +30%. Need ≥50000 system population. Adds 25% Social Science
Space Science Lab	Build cost: 0.6 1.3 0.1 30 Days Monthly expenses: 2 5 3 Crew Monthly income: 5 Special Rule: Add 3% Mission Control Priority if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +30%. Adds 2.5% Space Science	Space Science Research Center	Build cost: 3 6.5 0.5 90 Days Monthly expenses: 6 0.1 0.1 0.1 20 25 Crew Monthly income: 10 Special Rule: Add 6% Mission Control Priority if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +30%. Adds 10% Space Science	Space Science Institute	Build cost: 24 52 4 180 Days Monthly expenses: 18 0.5 0.5 0.5 60 125 Crew Monthly income: 15 Special Rule: Add 10% Mission Control Priority if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +30%. Adds 25% Space Science
Xenology Lab	Build cost: 0.6 1.3 0.1 30 Days Monthly expenses: 2 10 3 Crew Monthly income: 5 Special Rule: Add +1 bonus to alien detection on Earth if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +9. Adds 10% Xenology Science	Xenoscience Research Center	Build cost: 3 6.5 0.5 90 Days Monthly expenses: 6 0.1 0.1 0.1 40 25 Crew Monthly income: 10 Special Rule: Add +2 bonus to alien detection on Earth if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +9. Adds 25% Xenology Science	Xenoscience Institute	Build cost: 24 52 3.2 0.8 180 Days Monthly expenses: 18 0.5 0.5 0.5 120 125 Crew Monthly income: 15 Special Rule: Add +3 bonus to alien detection on Earth if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +9. Adds 50% Xenology Science

Civilian Modules

Civilian Modules must be constructed either in stations in Earth or Luna orbit or on bases on celestial bodies with enough population. They cannot be build in irradiated locations.

Tier 1		Tier 2		Tier 3
Module	Effects	Module	Effects	Module	Effects
Tourist Berth	Build cost: 0.23 0.38 0.9 30 Days Monthly expenses: 0.2 3 2 Crew Monthly income: 20 Special Rule: Need ≥50000 system population. Cannot be built in irradiated locations. Destroyer commits an Atrocity. If destroyed, the owner loses public support as if they committed an Atrocity (but does not actually commit an atrocity).	Space Hotel	Build cost: 7.5 12.5 30 90 Days Monthly expenses: 3 2 3 30 200 Crew Monthly income: 120 2 Special Rule: Need ≥50000 system population. Cannot be built in irradiated locations. Destroyer commits an Atrocity. If destroyed, the owner loses public support as if they committed an Atrocity (but does not actually commit an atrocity).	Space Resort	Build cost: 60 100 240 180 Days Monthly expenses: 10 5 6 90 1000 Crew Monthly income: 400 5 Special Rule: Need ≥50000 system population. Cannot be built in irradiated locations. Destroyer commits an Atrocity. If destroyed, the owner loses public support as if they committed an Atrocity (but does not actually commit an atrocity).
Broadcast Outlet	Build cost: 1.05 1.8 0.15 30 Days Monthly expenses: 4 5 5 Crew Monthly income: 1 4 Special Rule: Adds +1 strength to our Public Campaigns if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +9. Need ≥10000 system population. Cannot be built in irradiated locations.	Communications Hub	Build cost: 5.25 9 0.75 90 Days Monthly expenses: 20 0.1 0.1 0.1 20 25 Crew Monthly income: 3 10 Special Rule: Adds +2 strength to our Public Campaigns if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +9. Need ≥50000 system population. Cannot be built in irradiated locations.	Media Center	Build cost: 42 72 6 180 Days Monthly expenses: 100 0.5 0.5 0.5 60 125 Crew Monthly income: 10 25 Special Rule: Adds +3 strength to our Public Campaigns if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +9. Need ≥50000 system population. Cannot be built in irradiated locations.
Listening Post	Build cost: 0.25 1.88 0.38 45 Days Monthly expenses: 5 10 8 Crew Monthly income: 1 Special Rule: Add 3% Oppression Priority if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +30%. Add +1 bonus to detecting enemy Councilors on Earth if the module is in an Earth interface orbit. Capped at +9. Need Earth interface orbit. Adds 2.5% Social Science Max one per Hab.	Reconnaissance Array	Build cost: 1.25 9.38 1.88 120 Days Monthly expenses: 15 1 1 0.1 40 40 Crew Monthly income: 2 Special Rule: Add 6% Oppression Priority if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +30%. Add +2 bonus to detecting enemy Councilors on Earth if the module is in an Earth interface orbit. Capped at +9. Need Earth interface orbit. Adds 10% Social Science Max one per Hab.	Argus Complex	Build cost: 10 75 15 240 Days Monthly expenses: 30 3 3 0.3 120 200 Crew Monthly income: 3 Special Rule: Add 10% Oppression Priority if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +30%. Add +3 bonus to detecting enemy Councilors on Earth if the module is in an Earth interface orbit. Capped at +9. Need Earth interface orbit. Adds 25% Social Science Max one per Hab.
built from tier 2		Medical Center	Build cost: 29.6 16 32 2.4 90 Days Monthly expenses: 5 3 1 30 120 Crew Monthly income: 90 Special Rule: Need ≥10000 system population. Adds 2.5% Life Science Cannot be built in irradiated locations. Destroyer commits an Atrocity. If destroyed, the owner loses public support as if they committed an Atrocity (but does not actually commit an atrocity).	Space Hospital	Build cost: 236.8 128 256 19.2 180 Days Monthly expenses: 15 10 3 90 600 Crew Monthly income: 300 Special Rule: Need ≥10000 system population. Adds 2.5% Life Science Cannot be built in irradiated locations. Destroyer commits an Atrocity. If destroyed, the owner loses public support as if they committed an Atrocity (but does not actually commit an atrocity).

Finding the UI

Once you have the prerequisites of a Hab space station, deselect (click x) on any agents. Zoom out until the borders and icons on Earth aren't shown. Then click on Earth, it will zoom in a bit and a small icon of a space station with a + will appear at the bottom where commands normally are.

Capturing Habs

Different Hab Capture Methods and Success Level

Success Level	Capture Method	Can Happen to Alien Habs?
-1	Normal Success on a Marine Assault.	Yes
0	Critical Success on a Marine Assault.	Yes
1	Normal Success on a Councilor Assault Enemy Space Asset mission.	Yes
2	Normal Success on a Councilor Control Space Asset mission.	No
	Hab defects to faction in a random event.	No
3	Critical Success on a Councilor Assault Enemy Space Asset mission.	Yes
4	Critical Success on a Councilor Control Space Asset mission.	No
5	Hab traded to faction.	No

Rewards and Penalties for Capturing a Human Hab

Reward or Penalty Category	Reward Amount	Valid Success Levels
Reveal all Target Councilors to Capturing Faction		All
Release every Detained Councilor of every Faction on Hab		All
Gain Intel on Target Faction	2 × Hab Tier	-1
	5 × Hab Tier	0
	10 × Hab Tier	1
	15 × Hab Tier	2
	20 × Hab Tier	3
	30 × Hab Tier	4
Destroy All Story Modules		All
Destroy All Marine Modules		-1, 0, 1, 3
Destroy Other Non-Core Modules	10% Chance × (4 - Success Level) Each	-1, 0, 1, 3
Sabotage Project Research of Target Faction	Success Level × 3 Months of Hab Research Output	1, 2, 3, 4
Capturing Faction Gains Bonus Research	Amount Sabotaged from Target Faction	1, 2, 3, 4
Apply Defend Interests on Hab	Duration: Success Level × 1.5 Months	2, 4
If Hab produces Research , then instantly complete a random Project that Capturing Faction can Steal from Target Faction		2, 3, 4

See Aliens#Alien_Habs for the rewards given when capturing an alien hab.