Changes: Research Lab

Research Lab
Ingame Description
	Research Lab is used to study science and technology. The speed of research increases correspondingly to Research Lab level. With the development and exchange of technology between researchers, new science and technology findings can be used among all planets.

Latest revision as of 17:01, 10 July 2018

The Research Lab is a building in-game. It is used to research technology which is required for further advancement in the game.

Details:[]

The Research Lab is the R&D of your entire colony or civilization.
From this building you can research Laser Tech, Energy Tech, Ion Tech, and more.
Every researched investment will apply to all your planets no matter where they're located.
The higher the level of your Research Lab, the faster you will be able to research technologies.

The Research Lab is split up into three different categories: Basic Tech, Advanced Tech, and Combat Tech, and you can research a total of sixteen different technologies within those categories.
The Research Lab also affects what Ships you can build at your Shipyard, for all Ships require certain technology to be researched before they can be built.
Always look at the Tech Tree to be sure how much research you have to complete before you can build a Ship. This can be found in the Shipyard and at the bottom-right corner of a Ship-type.

Combat Tech and Advanced Tech impact your Ships' and in-game abilities respectively, so these should always be upgraded when possible.
Most Basic Tech upgrades alone have little effect except for achieving the research needed to build certain Ships (though Energy Tech and Hyperspace Tech do provide benefit).
One strategy is to have two Research Labs on two different Planets, and have one upgrading while one is researching. This allows you to always be constantly researching something while improving your research time concurrently. However, some players presume this strategy to be a large waste of resources and time, but opinions and preferences differ between players.

What Can be Researched[]

Basic

Advanced

Combat

Upgrade Cost for Research Lab[]

Level
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	25K	51K	25K
9	51K	102K	51K
10	102K	204K	102K
11	204K	409K	204K
12	410K	819K	410K
13	819K	1.63M	819K
14	1.63M	3.27M	1.63M
15	3.27M	6.55M	3.27M
16	6.55M	13.1M	6.55M
17	13.1M	26.2M	13.1M
18	26.2M	52.4M	26.2M
19	52.4M	104M	52.4M
20	104M	209M	104M
21	209M	419M	209M
22	419M	838M	419M
23	838M	1.68B	838M
24	1.68B	3.35B	1.68B
25	3.35B	6.70B	3.35B

Build / Upgrade Time[]

Rows: Goal Upgrade Level
Columns: Robotics Facility Level
Result: Upgrade Time
Note: Times recorded using a Commander Lv1. which confers a construction time -10%

Time for each Upgrade Level (U) for each Robotics Facility Level (R)
	1	2	3	4	5	7
U1	5s	5s	5s	5s	5s
2				15s
3				2m 34s
4				5m 10s
5						6m 28s
6				20m 43s		12m 57s
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25

Formulas[]

Time to Build[]

The time to build formula is:

t=(1-d)\cdot \frac { A }{ (r+1) } \cdot { e }^{ B\cdot l }

with the following variables:

t = time [seconds]
d = Bonus Discount [%]
r = Robotics Facility Level
l = Upgrade Level

And the following constants

As derived from the following Equations:

Solve for B

B\quad =\quad \frac { \ln { \left( \frac { { t }_{ 2 }({ r }_{ 2 }+1)(1-{ d }_{ 1 }) }{ { t }_{ 1 }(1-{ d }_{ 2 })({ r }_{ 1 }+1) }  \right)  }  }{ \left( { l }_{ 2 }-{ l }_{ 1 } \right)  }

And Solve for Constant A

A=\frac { t(r+1) }{ { e }^{ Bl }(1-d) }

(Best Value as of Apr 25, 2014)

A = Constant = 178.641766771527
B = Constant = 0.522122844299938

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 |description=Research Lab is used to study science and technology. The speed of research increases correspondingly to Research Lab level. With the development and exchange of technology between researchers, new science and technology findings can be used among all planets.
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-Research App is a building in the game. It is used to research technology, witch is required for the further course of the game.
+The [[Research Lab]] is a building in-game. It is used to research technology which is required for further advancement in the game.
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 ==Details:==
 *The [[Research Lab]] is the R&D of your entire colony or civilization.
 *From this building you can research [[Laser Tech]], [[Energy Tech]], [[Ion Tech]], and more.
-*Every researched investment will apply to all your [[planets]], no matter where they're located.
+*Every researched investment will apply to all your [[planets]] no matter where they're located.
 *The higher the level of your [[Research Lab]], the faster you will be able to research technologies.
-*The [[Research Lab]] is split up into three different categories: [[Basic Tech]], [[Advanced Tech]], and [[Combat Tech]] for a total of 16 different techs.
+*The [[Research Lab]] is split up into three different categories: [[Basic Tech]], [[Advanced Tech]], and [[Combat Tech]], and you can research a total of sixteen different technologies within those categories.
-*[[Research Lab]]s also effect the building of [[Ships]] at your [[Shipyard]].
+*The [[Research Lab]] also affects what [[Ships]] you can build at your [[Shipyard]], for all [[Ships]] require certain technology to be researched before they can be built.
+*Always look at the [[Tech Tree]] to be sure how much research you have to complete before you can build a [[Ships|Ship]]. This can be found in the [[Shipyard]] and at the bottom-right corner of a [[Ships|Ship-type]].
-*All [[Ships]] requires a different amount of research to be able to construct.
-*Always look at the [[Tech Tree]] to be sure how much research you have to do.
-*[[Combat Tech]] and [[Advanced Tech]] are very important, never stop upgrading these.
+*[[Combat Tech]] and [[Advanced Tech]] impact your [[Ships|Ships']] and in-game abilities respectively, so these should always be upgraded when possible.
-*Most of basic tech upgrades alone have no effect (with the exception of [[Hyperspace Tech]]), but are instead used to research [[ships]], and other research
+*Most [[Basic Tech]] upgrades alone have little effect except for achieving the research needed to build certain [[Ships]] (though [[Energy Tech]] and [[Hyperspace Tech]] do provide benefit).
+*One strategy is to have two [[Research Lab|Research Labs]] on two different [[Planets]], and have one upgrading while one is researching. This allows you to always be constantly researching something while improving your research time concurrently. However, some players presume this strategy to be a large waste of resources and time, but opinions and preferences differ between players.
-*A good strategy is to have two [[Research Lab]]s on different [[Planets]] and have one upgrading while one is researching.
-*This allows you to always be constantly researching something while improving your research time costs, which is the most important aspect of game.
 =='''What Can be Researched'''==
 '''Basic '''