Gaia's Stepdaughters (SMAC)

Gaia's Stepdaughters are a faction in Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. Led by Lady Deirdre Skye, they seek harmony with planet.
==Faction characteristics==
* +1 Planet (environmental safeguards; can capture mind worms)
* +2 Efficiency (experience with life systems such as recycling)
* -1 Morale (pacifist tendencies)
* -1 Police (freedom-loving)
* +1 Nutrients in fungus squares
* Can use mind worms as police unit (reverence for native life).
* May not use Free Market economics
*Aggression Pacifist
*Priorities Explore
*Starting Tech Centauri Ecology
*Agenda Green (Economics)
*Aversion Free Market (Economics)
Although Deirdre is not restricted from using the Planned economics choice, an AI-controlled Deirdre will take offense at a player's choice of such.
==Leader's defining quote==
In the great commons at Gaia's Landing we have a tall and particularly beautiful stand of white pine, planted at the time of the first colonies. It represents our promise to the people, and to Planet itself, never to repeat the tragedy of Earth.
-- Lady Deirdre Skye,
"Planet Dreams"
==Writings==
* Conversations With Planet
* The Collected Poems
* Planet Dreams
* Our Secret War
==Staff==
* Dr. Scott, science advisor
* Lindly, native-lifeform specialist talent. If the first native-lifeform combat unit created by the Gaians dies, Deirdre will create a monument known as Lindly's Rest.
==List of bases==
===Land===
# Gaia’s Landing
# Gaia’s High Garden
# Forest Primeval
# Children of Earth
# Vale of Winds
# Mindworm Pass
# Blackroot Palace
# Greenhouse Gate
# Razorbeak Wood
# Last Rose of Summer
# Lucky Autumn
# Dreams of Green
# The Pines
# Velvetgrass Point
# Song of Planet
# Nessus Shining
# Silverbird Park
# Fallow Time
# Autumn Grove
# The Flowers Preach
# Resplendent Oak
# Lily of the Valley
# Virgin Soil
# Garden of Paradise
# Thorny Vineyard
# Chiron Preserve
# Memory of Earth
# Mindworm Laboratory
# Fungus Formation
# Xenofields Preservation
# Garden of Eden
# Chiron’s Guardian
# Trees of Wisdom
# Echoing Forests
# City on Trees
# Harmony Valley
# Muirs Keep
# Red Hill City
# Peace with Planet
# Planetary Walk
# Greenhouse Complex
# The Greenwell
# Sun Soaked Fields
# Gnarled Roots
# Oaken Shadow
# Blessed Autumn
# Glowmite Towers
# The Green Way
# Nature’s Bounty
# Mother’s Love
===Water===
# Garden of the Deep
# Deirdre’s Fishery
# Water Garden
# Ocean Flower
# Falling Water
# Great Lagoon
# Sea Cradle
# Garden of Fishes
# Sea of Green
==Trivia==
* The leader of Gaia's Stepdaughters is voiced by Carolyn Dahl.
==See also==
* Strategy_guide_(SMAC)#Gaians_and_Cult_of_Planet_factions
==External links==
* Official site's profile of Gaia's Stepdaughters and their leader
* Wikipedia:Gaia philosophy