Research Lab

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Base Cost
Metal:	200
Crystal:	400
Deuterium:	200
Energy:	0

The Research Lab allows you to conduct Research. Each level of the Research Lab allows faster researching times.

Most levels of Research Lab (up to level 12) allow new technologies to be researched.

Having multiple research labs on multiple colonies does not allow multiple technologies to be researched at the same time: you are still limited to one research at a time. With the Intergalactic Research Network, research labs on several planets may be joined so that they can research new technologies much faster (but still limited to a single research at a time). Some players like having high level research labs on every planet, but that can be very costly, and even using IRN can be expensive, for example level 5 IRN costs 3.84M Metal, 6.4M Crystal and 2.56M Deuterium.

It is possible to cancel the research of a technology. When it is canceled, the resources that had been subtracted from the planet are given back. This can be used as a good method for saving resources. It is possible to save resources from plunder by first starting a research and then canceling it when the danger passes.

The building costs of the research lab double at every level, though costs for each technology are different from those of the research lab and other technologies.

Required for

• Energy Technology (Level 1)
• Computer Technology (Level 1)
• Combustion Drive (Level 1)
• Laser Technology (Level 1)
• Armour Technology (Level 2)
• Impulse Drive (Level 2)
• Astrophysics (Level 3)
• Espionage Technology (Level 3)
• Ion Technology (Level 4)
• Plasma Technology (Level 4)
• Weapon Technology (Level 4)
• Shielding Technology (Level 6)
• Hyperspace Technology (Level 7)
• Hyperspace Drive (Level 7)
• Intergalactic Research Network (Level 10)
• Graviton Technology (Level 12)

Level Costs for Research Lab

Level	Upgrade Cost			Sum
	Metal	Crystal	Deuterium	Metal	Crystal	Deuterium
1	200	400	200	200	400	200
2	400	800	400	600	1,200	600
3	800	1,600	800	1,400	2,800	1,400
4	1,600	3,200	1,600	3,000	6,000	3,000
5	3,200	6,400	3,200	6,200	12,400	6,200
6	6,400	12,800	6,400	12,600	25,200	12,600
7	12,800	25,600	12,800	25,400	50,800	25,400
8	25,600	51,200	25,600	51,000	102,000	51,000
9	51,200	102,400	51,200	102,200	204,400	102,200
10	102,400	204,800	102,400	204,600	409,200	204,600
11	204,800	409,600	204,800	409,400	818,800	409,400
12	409,600	819,200	409,600	819,000	1,638,000	819,000
13	819,200	1,638,400	819,200	1,638,200	3,276,400	1,638,200
14	1,638,400	3,276,800	1,638,400	3,276,600	6,553,200	3,276,600
15	3,276,800	6,553,600	3,276,800	6,553,400	13,106,800	6,553,400
16	6,553,600	13,107,200	6,553,600	13,107,000	26,214,000	13,107,000
17	13,107,200	26,214,400	13,107,200	26,214,200	52,428,400	26,214,200
18	26,214,400	52,428,800	26,214,400	52,428,600	104,857,200	52,428,600
19	52,428,800	104,857,600	52,428,800	104,857,400	209,714,800	104,857,400
20	104,857,600	209,715,200	104,857,600	209,715,000	419,430,000	209,715,000
21	209,715,200	419,430,400	209,715,200	419,430,200	838,860,400	419,430,200
22	419,430,400	838,860,800	419,430,400	838,860,600	1,677,721,200	838,860,600
23	838,860,800	1,677,721,600	838,860,800	1,677,721,400	3,355,442,800	1,677,721,400
24	1,677,721,600	3,355,443,200	1,677,721,600	3,355,443,000	6,710,886,000	3,355,443,000

See also

• Research Screen