Supremacy

Supremacy is one of the three affinities in Beyond Earth, the other two being Purity and Harmony.

Summary[edit | edit source]

Supremacy represents the most dramatic change for humanity. This Affinity sees technology as the thing that saved humanity after The Great Mistake. Technology is what took man from Earth to the new planet, so they decide to double down in cybernetics. As the supremacy player sheds his or her humanity, they adopt a more austere robotic appearance. By the end of the game, vehicles and military units are sleek, efficient, and often unrecognizable from their human origin.

Supremacy has an interesting tactical design. Unique Supremacy units, for the most part, work better in tightly formed groups than they do alone. This is because of the various adjacency buffs the units get from being near each other. This makes positioning your units more important, so you can maximize their battle potential. On the other hand, you can give up these perks for a “lone wolf” upgrade that buffs your unit when they are not next to anyone. You can live out your sci-fi alien-squashing fantasies by taking a lone wolf marine into the middle of an alien nest and open fire.

Affinity Bonuses[edit | edit source]

Supremacy Level	Bonus Earned
Level 1	Explorer Units can build an additional Expedition
Level 3	Roads and Magrails do not cost any Energy to maintain
Level 6	Orbital Coverage on and next to every tile with Firaxite
Level 8	4 Firaxite resources for free
Level 11	Sabotage Operation can be performed by Covert Agents
Level 13	Emancipation Gate can be constructed for Emancipation Victory Quest

Unique Units[edit | edit source]

Unit	Type	Tier	Technology	Production Cost	Energy Purchase Cost	Move	Str	Ranged Str	Range	Req. Resource	Level Req.	Notes
CNDR	Melee	1	Tactical Robotics	155	560	2	38	-	-	1 Firaxite	4	-
Prime CNDR	Melee	2	Tactical Robotics	?	?	2	72	-	-	1 Firaxite	12	-
Disciple	Melee	3	Habitation	160	570	2	24	-	-	-	6	-
Apostle	Melee	4	Habitation	?	?	2	48	-	-	-	11	-
Prophet	Cavalry	3	Engineering	?	?	3	40	?	?	-	8	-
Redeemer	Cavalry	4	Engineering	?	?	4	68	?	?	-	13	-
Overseer	Ranged	3	Physics	180	620	?	12	26	2	-	7	-
Executor	Ranged	4	Physics	?	?	2	20	26	2*	-		+1 attack, can move after attacking
Educator	Siege	3	Computing	?	?	?	?	?	?	-	9	-
Ambassador	Siege	4	Computing	?	?	2	14	32	?	-	14	-
Arbiter	Naval	3	Computing	?	?	5	16	36	2	-	10	-
Vindicator	Naval	4	Computing	?	?	5	32	54	3	-	15	-
Shepherd	Naval	2	Fabrication	?	?	4	44	-	-	-	10	+1 aircraft capacity
Herald	Air	3	Robotics	?	?	-	-	28	5	-	11	+30% to Air Sweep, Upgrades to Seraph
Seraph	Air	4	Robotics	?	?	-	-	46	6	-	16	+40% to Air Sweep
CARVR	Melee	1	Autogyros	220	?	2	50	-	-	3 Firaxite	7	-
Prime CARVR	Melee	2	Autogyros	?	?	2	86	-	-	3 Firaxite	14	-
SABR	Siege	1	Synthetic Thought	320	?	1	15	58	3	4 Firaxite	9	-
Prime SABR	Siege	2	Synthetic Thought	?	?	1	30	96	3*	4 Firaxite	16	-
ANGEL	Ranged	1	Neural Uploading	370	?	2	88	88	1	6 Firaxite	12	-
Prime ANGEL	Ranged	2	Neural Uploading	?	?	2	108	108	?	6 Firaxite	18	-