Research

Description

Research costs nothing to do, and can be cancelled at no cost with the Cancel Research button at the top of the screen. However, doing so will waste all the time that has been spent so far on researching that technology.

Research takes longer the higher up the branch you are. For example, level 2 travel time takes 32 ticks, whereas the first travel time research takes 16. Research times can be modified by building the appropriate Construction (Research Laboratories), by setting 'research' as a priority for Engineers, or by capturing the Golden Research Asteroid (reduces time by 5%).

The research lab bonus is determined by what percentage of your constructions are research labs. The maximum such bonus is 20%.

The tech scan will reveal what technology your target has.

Research limits are the major method of restricting free accounts.

Available research areas

Travel

Improve the time it takes for your fleets to travel outside of your galaxy

Constructions

Improve your infrastructure so you can have more constructions

Ships

Improve your ship research , so you can have better ships

Scanning

Improve your waves research, so more types of scans are available.

Core Mining

An additional source of income for your planet

Spying Techniques

Improve your covert operations , so more types of operation are available

Cargo transfers

Improve your asteroid mining management systems, so you can handle the mining of more asteroids

Advantages/Disadvantages

Certain races have an advantage / disadvantage when it comes to research, see the Race page for further information.