As the summary says, I'm wondering if it's possible to make materialisation prediction and biodetection independent of the laboratories. Currently the aforementioned abilities require opto-electronic, computer or biological laboratory to be built under a player's or his ally's control. (apart from specific technologies required to be researched)

The change I'd love to see would be either a SAIL command or a variable within the .txt files that would allow a person to assign the ability to any building, weapon, vehicle or profession type.

Why did I mention the last two options? As always, modders. A custom faction could - for example - feature a non-combat class that specialises in localising objects and revealing the area. Basicly a human version of a radar combined with aforementioned abilities. It's a fun example to think of if the feature gets added.