Astrophysics

Base Cost
Metal:	4000
Crystal:	8000
Deuterium:	4000
Energy:	0

Astrophysics Technology

Upgrading this technology allows you to go on more expeditions and to colonize more planets.

Your maximum planet count goes up with every second level of this technology, starting with two planets on level 1 (then one more on 3, 5, 7, and so on). You can also send one more expedition in deep space with every square level of the technology, starting with one expedition on level 1 (then one more on 4, 9, 16 and so on). It also enables the expeditions to be longer, with +1 hour per level of technology, starting at one hour on level 1. Also, the Planet Slots in a system which you can colonize changes at levels 4 (3-13), 6 (2-14) and 8 (any position in a system).

Requirements:

• Espionage Technology (level 4)
• Impulse Drive (level 3)
• Research Lab (level 3)

Is Required For:

• Expeditions to Outer Space
• Gaining more Colonies. (Colonization)

In-Game Description:

Further findings in the field of astrophysics allow for the construction of laboratories that can be fitted on more and more ships. This makes long expeditions far into unexplored areas of space possible. In addition these advancements can be used to further colonize the galaxies. For every two levels of this technology an additional planet can be utilized.

Cost

This is the only technology, apart from Graviton Technology, that doesn't double in cost every level. The exact formula is as follows:

$NextLevelCost=BaseCost*1.75^{NextLevel-1}$ rounded to the closest 100

Level Table

Level	Upgrade Costs (~1.75x)			Maximum Planets*	Maximum Expeditions**	Positions***
	Metal	Crystal	Deuterium
0	0	0	0	1	0	N/A
1	4,000	8,000	4,000	2	1	4 - 12
2	7,000	14,000	7,000	2	1	4 - 12
3	12,300	24,500	12,300	3	1	4 - 12
4	21,400	42,900	21,400	3	2	3 - 13
5	37,500	75,000	37,500	4	2	3 - 13
6	65,700	131,300	65,700	4	2	2 - 14
7	114,900	229,800	114,900	5	2	2 - 14
8	201,100	402,100	201,100	5	2	1 - 15
9	351,900	703,700	351,900	6	3	1 - 15
10	615,700	1,231,500	615,700	6	3	1 - 15
11	1,077,600	2,155,100	1,077,600	7	3	1 - 15
12	1,885,700	3,771,500	1,885,700	7	3	1 - 15
13	3,300,000	6,600,000	3,300,000	8	3	1 - 15
14	5,775,000	11,550,100	5,775,000	8	3	1 - 15
15	10,106,300	20,212,600	10,106,300	9	3	1 - 15
16	17,686,000	35,372,100	17,686,000	9	4	1 - 15
17	30,950,600	61,901,200	30,950,600	10	4	1 - 15
18	54,163,500	108,327,000	54,163,500	10	4	1 - 15
19	94,786,100	189,572,300	94,786,100	11	4	1 - 15
20	165,875,800	331,751,500	165,875,800	11	4	1 - 15
21	290,282,600	580,565,100	290,282,600	12	4	1 - 15
22	507,994,500	1,015,989,000	507,994,500	12	4	1 - 15
23	888,990,400	1,777,980,800	888,990,400	13	4	1 - 15
24	1,555,733,200	3,111,466,300	1,555,733,200	13	4	1 - 15
25	2,722,533,000	5,445,066,100	2,722,533,000	14	5	1 - 15
26	4,764,432,800	9,528,865,700	4,764,432,800	14	5	1 - 15
27	8,337,757,500	16,675,514,900	8,337,757,500	15	5	1 - 15
28	14,591,075,500	29,182,151,100	14,591,075,500	15	5	1 - 15
29	25,534,382,200	51,068,764,400	25,534,382,200	16	5	1 - 15
30	44,685,168,800	89,370,337,700	44,685,168,800	16	5	1 - 15
31	78,199,045,500	156,398,090,900	78,199,045,500	17	5	1 - 15
32	136,848,329,600	273,696,659,100	136,848,329,600	17	5	1 - 15
33	239,484,576,800	478,969,153,500	239,484,576,800	18	5	1 - 15
34	419,098,009,300	838,196,018,600	419,098,009,300	18	5	1 - 15
35	733,421,516,300	1,466,843,032,600	733,421,516,300	19	5	1 - 15
36	1,283,487,653,500	2,566,975,307,100	1,283,487,653,500	19	6	1 - 15

* E.g. at level one you have your Home Planet and one colony for a total of 2 planets. The formula for colonies (excluding homeworld) is AstroPhysicsLevel / 2 rounded up.

** The number of simultaneous expeditions allowed is the square root of the level rounded down (ex: $\sqrt{1}=1, \sqrt{2}\approx 1.4, \sqrt{3}\approx 1.7, \sqrt{4}=2,$ so levels 1 through 3 will allow one expedition at a time, while beginning at level 4 you may have 2 fleets on expedition missions at the same time, 3 beginning with level 9, etc.)

*** Solar system slot positions that can be colonized