Research
From Starfleet Commander
Wars are fought with technology and technology is discovered through research. All research is done at your Research Lab, where you can improve your existing technologies, and discover new ones. Technologies do different things, such as improve units or unlock new technologies and ships. Once learned, technology is shared amongst all your planets and are not lost by abandoning the planet it was researched on. Research can be canceled anytime previous to completion for a full refund of resources.
Base Costs and Requirements
| Tech | Lab Level |
Starting Ore* | Starting Crystal* | Starting Hydrogen* | Tech Requirements | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARCNet | 10 | 150,000 | 200,000 | 80,000 | FTL AI |
7 8 |
| AI | 1 | 0 | 400 | 600 | ||
| Armor | 2 | 1,000 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Energy | 1 | 0 | 800 | 400 | ||
| Espionage | 3 | 200 | 1,000 | 200 | ||
| Expedition | 3 | 4,000 | 8,000 | 1,000 | Espionage | 4 |
| FTL | 7 | 0 | 4,000 | 2,000 | Energy Shield |
5 5 |
| Jet Drive | 1 | 400 | 0 | 600 | Energy | 1 |
| Laser | 1 | 200 | 100 | 0 | Energy | 2 |
| Particle | 4 | 1,000 | 300 | 100 | Laser Energy |
5 4 |
| Plasma | 4 | 2,000 | 4,000 | 1000 | Energy Laser Particle |
8 10 5 |
| Pulse Drive | 2 | 2,000 | 4,000 | 600 | Energy | 1 |
| Shield | 6 | 200 | 600 | 0 | Energy | 3 |
| Warp Drive | 7 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 6,000 | FTL | 3 |
| Weapons | 4 | 800 | 200 | 0 | ||
*Each level requires double the resources to research.
