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* [[Everything Is Trying to Kill You]]: The Mind Worms are Planet's natural defenses against alien threats, and they specifically target sources of independant thought that is not linked to the planetary [[Hive Mind]]. If you start mucking up the environment very badly, Planet will let loose bigger hordes of Mind Worms and, in extreme cases, their flying counterparts, the Locusts of Chiron.

* [[Expanded Universe]] - Not a very large one, consisting of three novels (''Centauri Dawn'', ''Dragon Sun'' and ''Twilight of the Mind''), a graphic novel (''Power of the Mindworms'') and [http://firaxis.com/smac/story.cfm two free short stories] (''Journey to Centauri'' chronicling the story of the U.N.S. Unity in the Alpha Centauri system, and ''Centauri: Arrival'' introducing the new faction in Alien Crossfire).

* [[Expanded Universe]] - Not a very large one, consisting of three novels (''Centauri Dawn'', ''Dragon Sun'' and ''Twilight of the Mind''), a graphic novel (''Power of the Mindworms'') and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130222164349/http://www.firaxis.com/smac/story.cfm two free short stories] (''Journey to Centauri'' chronicling the story of the U.N.S. Unity in the Alpha Centauri system, and ''Centauri: Arrival'' introducing the new faction in Alien Crossfire).

** It is worth noting that the novelizations are loosely based on the three scenarios included with the game. Then again, it is not that difficult to imagine that factions with opposing ideologies are going to have problems getting together (e.g. hippies and warmongers, tree-huggers and ultra-capitalists, religious fanatics and crazy scientists).

** In addition, GURPS released a sourcebook for Alpha Centauri. In addition to stats, it provides alot of background detail on the factions that isn't in the game.