Research Lab

The Research Lab is where you build new technologies. Generally technologies can do one of the following things:

• Improve existing items. For instance, upgrading weapons tech gives all of your ships 10% extra weapons power in battle.
• Unlock new technologies.
• Unlock new ships, buildings, and defenses.

Some technologies have certain prerequisites, such as a certain level Research Lab or a certain level of another technology. They will not appear in your Research Lab until you've reached the requisite minimums.

Costs

Level	Ore	Crystal	Hydrogen
1	200	400	200
2	400	800	400
3	800	1,600	800
4	1,600	3,200	1,600
5	3,200	6,400	3,200
6	6,400	12,800	6,400
7	12,800	25,600	12,800
8	25,600	51,200	25,600
9	51,200	102,400	51,200
10	102,400	204,800	102,400

Researching

Your empire can only research one technology at a time. The time it takes to research a new technology is determined by the following formula:

Time(hours) =

Ore Cost + Crystal Cost 1000 * (1+Research Lab Level)

Dependencies

Requires

(none)

Required For

• Energy Tech (level 1)
• AI Tech (level 1)
• Jet Drive (level 1)
• Laser Tech (level 1)
• Armor Tech (level 2)
• Pulse Drive (level 2)
• Espionage Tech (level 3)
• Expedition Tech (level 3)
• Particle Tech (level 4)
• Plasma Tech (level 4)
• Weapons Tech (level 4)
• Shield Tech (level 6)
• FTL Tech (level 7)
• Warp Drive (level 7)