Round 3:Tech Tree

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Advancement in technology is vital to a planets growth. In Planetarion, this advancement is done by building structures and gaining knowledge through research. The more constructions you have completed and the more researches you have gone through, the more options become available in the game. Certain powerful ships require a great deal of research and constructions before they can be produced, so as long as you have incomplete constructions or researches, you should start them as soon as possible.

You can only build one construction at a time, and you can only research in one field at the time, Please note that you can both construct and research at the same time.

In the beginning, you only have 3 items to construct. As soon as you have completed your first research, a new construction will appear here. To get the overview of what you can build and research, you should take a look at the Tech Tree here in the manual. It shows which constructions lead to which researches and vice versa.

There are 6 paths altogether, each leading to different technologies; War, Defense, Waves, Science, Mining and Jump gates. The further "down" the path you follow, the more advanced technology is made available to you. A galaxy would benefit from having access to all technology, so consider it good advice to talk to your closest planets to hear what they are building, so not everyone chooses the same.

Also note, that the further "down" a path you follow, the more resources and time it takes to complete the construction.

Construction	Time	Metal	Crystal	Enables
Light Factory	8	2 000	400	Interceptors
War Academy	16	8 000	1 600	Phoenixes
War Factory	32	32 000	6 400	War Frigates
Destroyer Factory	48	96 000	19 800	Devastators
Cruiser Factory	72	216 000	43 000	StarCruisers
Battleship Factory	72	432 000	86 400	Dreadnaughts
Spider Factory	12	800	4 000	Spiders
Wraith Factory	24	3 200	16 000	Wraiths
Black Widow Facility	48	12 800	64 000	Black Widows
Ghost Factory	72	28 800	144 000	Ghosts
Tarantula Compound	72	57 600	288 000	Tarantulas
Spectre Factory	72	115 200	576 000	Spectres
Mining Center	8	28 800	144 000	1500 M per tick
Crystal Refinery	16	4 800	4 800	1500 C per tick
Eonium Laboratory	32	19 200	19 200	1500 E per tick
Advanced Metal Mine	48	57 600	57 600	3000 M per tick
Advanced Crystal Mine	72	115 200	115 200	3000 C per tick
Advanced Eonium Mine	72	230 400	230 400	3000 E per tick
Scope Amplifier	12	800	4 000	Asteroid Locations
Wave Filter	24	3 200	16 000	Unit Patterns
PDS Signal Receiver	48	12 800	64 000	PDS Scans
Anti Wave Centre	72	28 800	144 000	Wave Reflectors
Decryption Centre	72	57 600	288 000	Military Scans
Ion Field Receiver	72	115 200	576 000	News Scans
PDS Control Center	8	1 600	800	Meson Cannon
Amplified Laser Facility	16	6 400	3 200	Hyperon Turret
Plasma Coil Generator	32	25 600	12 800	Neutron Emitter
Photon Recharge Facility	48	76 800	38 400	Photon Cannon
Ion Particle Dispatcher	72	172 800	86 400	Ion Turret
Rift Generator	12	2 400	2 400	Reduces traveltime by 1 tick
Warpfield Regulator	24	9 600	9 600	Reduces traveltime by 2 ticks
Vortex Stabiliser	48	38 400	38 400	Reduces traveltime by 3 ticks
JumpGate	72	115 200	115 200	Reduces traveltime by 4 ticks

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