Technologies
Technologies
You can improve your company by researching technologies.
Unlocking technologies
Technologies can be unlocked permanently in the technology menu. To unlock a technology, you need to pay the displayed cost. You can only unlock technology with a level inferior or equal to your current technology level.
The cost of a technology depends on its level and your technology inflation ratio.
Cost = BaseCost Level InflationRatio
The base cost is 20 research points.
The inflation ratio is 1 and is multiplied by 1.3 each time your technology level increase (or 1.22 if you have the instruments technology)
Example:
- Mining is a technology level 1. At the start of the game its cost is 20 ( 20 1 1). Unlock it multiply the inflation ratio by 1.3 to 1.3
- Quick repair is a technology level 2. After buying a technology, its cost is 52 (20 2 1.3). The inflation ratio is increase to 1.69 (1.3 * 1.3)
- I now unlock Metallurgy (level 2). Its cost is 67 (20 2 1.69). The inflation ratio is increase to 2.197
- To purchase the level 4 technology Bombing, I need 175 research points (20 4 2.197)
Technology level
Your technology level increase by one each time you buy a technology.When your technology level increases, your Inflation Ratio is also increased.
Research points
The research points needed to unlock technology can be gained in multiple ways:
- Contract Reward
- Research Station
- Capture ships and stations
Technologies list
General
- Instruments
- Quick Repair
- Diplomacy
- Fast Travel
Economy
| Technology | Reward |
|---|---|
| Science | unlock Research Station Orbital Telescope |
| Logistics | unlock Solar Power Plant Habitation Center Repair Outpost |
| Mining | unlock Ice Mine Iron Mine Silica Mine |
| Chemicals | unlock Plastic Production Plant Carbon Refinery Farm |
| Metallurgy | unlock Arsenal Steelworks Tool Factory |
| Shipyard | unlock Shipyard |
| Orbital pumps | unlock Methane Pumping Station Hydrogen Pump Station Helium Pump Station |
| Advanced stations | unlock Station Complex Trading Hub Foundry Fusion Power Plant |
Military
- Early warning
- Advanced radar
- Pirate Tech
- Negociations
- Flak
- Bombing