TECH
 
Nuclear Power
 
 Type  Matter-Energy Science  Level  1
 Technology Prerequisite(s)  NONE
 Project Prerequisite(s)  NONE
 Race Prerequisite(s)  ALL RACES
 Project  NONE
 Spy  NONE
 Ship Component  Nuclear Missile
 Control Model Effect  NONE
 
 Progress in quantum mechanics and the Theory of Relativity led to the discovery of a power which, for the first time, was stronger than the forces of nature - nuclear power. This nuclear power settled the problem of energy and resource exhaustion, and was regarded as a gift from the heavens. However, nuclear power was a two-sided coin, and brought the creation of the first mass killing weapon capable of destruction on a planet-scale along with its good uses.