Enclosed Telescope

The Enclosed Telescope is a space-science building used for studying space. It is required for progressing into interplanetary travel, since telescopes are needed to research space and allow rockets to travel to other worlds.

It also improves a Duplicant’s ability to focus on work when they are protected from the vacuum of space, making it useful as part of an enclosed, pressurized observatory area rather than an exposed platform. In practice, it belongs in a safe interior space with access for researchers, since its value comes from both supporting space research and keeping the operator out of vacuum exposure.

• Use it as part of your space program; telescope research is tied to unlocking travel beyond the starting world.
• Place it where a Duplicant can work without being exposed to vacuum, since protection from space improves concentration.
• It is a utility building for advanced colony development rather than an early-game power or production structure.