Referenced By / Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

Video Games

• Civilization: Beyond Earth:
  • When debating the merits of the Seeding with other PAC leaders, Daoming interjects with "Gentlemen, I must dissent."
  • Harmony's unique victory condition, Transcendence, shares the same name and goal as the victory condition of the same name in Alpha Centauri.
  • One of the worlds included in the Exoplanets Map Pack is Rigil Khantoris Bb, which is described as "Orbiting the closest star to our solar system". Rigil Khantoris is an alternate spelling of another name (Rigil/Rigel Kent/Kentaurus) for Alpha Centauri, the closest star to our own.
  • The second tier of air fighters is named the Needlejet.
  • You can build a Wonder called the Human Hive.
  • The American Reclamation Corporation Space Program's motto is Beyond Chiron.
  • The Crawler Wonder is a direct reference to the Supply Crawler unit, in appearance, description, and function.
• HOI4 Beyond Earth: A Hearts of Iron 4 mod that blends elements from the backstories of Alpha Centauri and Civilization: Beyond Earth. Several of the faction leaders make appearances, while building and launching the Unity is a major gameplay mechanic.
• Pandora: First Contact: A self-proclaimed Spiritual Successor to Alpha Centauri, with a similar premise and roster of factions. It's much Darker and Edgier, though.
• Piratez: The Academy is led by Provost Zakharina, an obvious reference to Provost Zakharov.

Web Original

• Paean To SMAC: A fan work distinguished by its exhaustive depth and delving into both the philosophical implications of the tech tree and secret projects, and the implied course of the game in the 'canon' iteration.