The Beacon it's the Utopians Ultimate Weapon. Like the name suggests, it's something that is going to patrol a certain region of the universe. And it's exactly that.

When you place a Beacon it will, depending on its level, give information of the surrounding Planets and Fleets. It also prevents Devastations to the fired in the area covered by the Beacon.

Its level is given by the sum of the levels of your Deep Space Scanner. Example: if you have 3 Deep Space Scanner level 1 and 1 Deep Space Scanner level 2, then your Beacon level will be 5.

How to Create

A Beacon can be created by any fleet. If all conditions are met (necessary resources and, depending of the level, if you're near a planet that you own), the folowing option will appear in the fleet popup:

States

• 
  The Deep Space Scanner is not built in any of your private planets.
• 
  The Deep Space Scanner is built but you don't have enough resouces to create a Beacon.
• 
  The Deep Space Scanner is built and you can create a Beacon.
• 
  The Beacon was recently created and it is on a cooldown fase.

Levels

• Level 1 - You can see how much Light units a Fleet has. Line of Sight is 2 sectors all around. Cooldown takes 10 turns.
  Cost:
  • 300
  • 300
  • 300
  • 60
  • 60
  • 60
  • 60
  • 60
• Level 2 - You can see how much Light and Medium units a Fleet has. Line of Sight is 2 sectors all around. Cooldown takes 9 turns.
  Cost:
  • 600
  • 600
  • 600
  • 120
  • 120
  • 120
  • 120
  • 120
• Level 3 - You can see how much Light, Medium and Heavy units a Fleet has. Line of Sight is 2 sectors all around. Cooldown takes 8 turns.
  Cost:
  • 900
  • 900
  • 900
  • 180
  • 180
  • 180
  • 180
  • 180
• Level 4 - You can see the type and quantity of each Light in a Fleet (has well has the quantity of Medium and Heavy units). Line of Sight is 3 sectors all around. Cooldown takes 7 turns.
  Cost:
  • 1200
  • 1200
  • 1200
  • 240
  • 240
  • 240
  • 240
  • 240
• Level 5 - You can see the type and quantity of each Light and Medium in a Fleet (has well has the quantity of Heavy units). Line of Sight is 3 sectors all around. Cooldown takes 6 turns.
  Cost:
  • 1500
  • 1500
  • 1500
  • 300
  • 300
  • 300
  • 300
  • 300
• Level 6 - You can see the type and quantity of each Light, Medium and Heavy in a Fleet. Line of Sight is 3 sectors all around. Cooldown takes 5 turns.
  Cost:
  • 1800
  • 1800
  • 1800
  • 360
  • 360
  • 360
  • 360
  • 360
• Level 7 - You can see the level of the buildings in a Planet. Line of Sight is 4 sectors all around. Cooldown takes 4 turns.
  Cost:
  • 2100
  • 2100
  • 2100
  • 420
  • 420
  • 420
  • 420
  • 420
• Level 8 - You can see the income of the Planet. Line of Sight is 4 sectors all around. Cooldown takes 3 turns.
  Cost:
  • 2400
  • 2400
  • 2400
  • 480
  • 480
  • 480
  • 480
  • 480
• Level 9 - You can see the defense Fleet of a Planet. Line of Sight is 4 sectors all around. Cooldown takes 2 turns.
  Cost:
  • 2700
  • 2700
  • 2700
  • 540
  • 540
  • 540
  • 540
  • 540
• Level 10 - Line of Sight of 5 sectors all around. Cooldown takes 1 turns.
  Cost:
  • 3000
  • 3000
  • 3000
  • 600
  • 600
  • 600
  • 600
  • 600

The picture below illustrates the information of all the levels: