Редактирование: Guide to Research and Development (раздел)

== Tech Webs ==
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'''Up to date version of the entire techweb can be found [[Research_and_Development_Tech_Web|here!]]'''

Research points are generated at a static rate by the R&D Network and can be spent on Technology Nodes at the console.

This is what your console will look like at the start of the round.

Under each technology, there's a panel showing the items it unlocks. By clicking "details", you may see what technologies it requires (irrelevant in the default "available" tab but not if browsing the "future" tab), and what technologies it unlocks. You may research a technology by hitting the "research" button

The console will update the screen to reflect your new research and send out a notification in chat.

At the start of a round, if you don't have any other research directives you should strongly consider aiming for: 
*Industrial Engineering
*Applied Bluespace Research 
*Mining Technology and Advanced Mining Technology 
*Tier 3 stock part technologies (High Efficiency Parts, Advanced Electromagnetic Theory, Applied Bluespace Research, and Advanced Power Manipulation)

'''Industrial Engineering''' is available as soon as you get your first 7500 research points, unlocks tier 2 stock parts for machine upgrades, and unlocks the RPED. It's also a pre-requisite for ALL of the other research items suggested here, so it's probably a good idea to consider doing it first of all. You can discount this by 5000 points by performing a simple experiment. As points will be scarce early on, this is highly recommended. 

'''Mining Technology''' and, later, '''Advanced Mining Technology''' will give mining the tools needed to bring back much more ore to stock your protolathe. That makes these high-priority topics for most rounds. To research Mining Technology (2500) requires Industrial Engineering (7500) first, then Basic Plasma Research (2500). Advanced Mining Technology requires a bit more work and you will research most of the tier 3 stock parts or their prereqs on your journey to researching it. 

'''Applied Bluespace Research''' allows miners to get Mining Satchels of Holding and also opens up the Bluespace RPED, which makes machine upgrades (your responsibility!) trivial. This technology is available for 5000 research points after unlocking first-tier research topics Industrial Engineering (7500) and Basic Bluespace Theory (2500). This is also a Tier 3 stock part technology.

The Tier 3 stock part technologies are listed above. 
*Applied Bluespace Research (5000) requires Industrial Engineering (7500) and Basic Bluespace Theory (2500). It is also a good topic to research for you and mining, as mentioned above. 
*High Efficiency Parts (7500) requires Industrial Engineering (7500) and the basic research topic Data Theory (2500). 
*Advanced Electromagnetic Theory (3000) ONLY requires Electromagnetic Theory (2500), but you are basically spending 5500 points just for laser parts. 
*Advanced Power Manipulation (2500) is the only one immediately available after researching Industrial Engineering (7500). 

Certain round circumstances may call for different research early on, talk to your fellow scientists and '''listen to your Research Director!'''

The progression is not linear and many research options require multiple pre-requisite technologies. 

Provided below is a diagram of the entire techweb. Note that some of the content, such as nanites, has since been removed. For an up-to-date version, go [[Research_and_Development_Tech_Web|here]]
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