Research

Technologies can provide the player with various strategical or tactical advantages.

Researching

Researching a technology costs a certain amount of research points.

Researching a technology will take 1 turn. The technology a player is researching in any given turn will therefore become available at the start of the next turn.

There can only be one active research project at a time. Categories of Technologies

There are three categories of technologies that can be researched by the player:

• Economic technologies provide income and resource bonuses

• Military technologies provide units and combat advantages

• Science technologies offer increased research point production and the science victory

Research Points

Every player generates 2 per turn.

Research points can be spent to research technologies or traded on the market.

There are several science technologies available that increase the production of research points:

Icon	Technology	Cost	Effect
	Idea Generation	3	+1 Research Point per Turn
	Scientific Method	4	+1 Research Point per Turn
	Medical Research	6	+2 Research Point per Turn
	Neuronal Networks	8	+2 Research Point per Turn
	Artificial Intelligence	12	+3 Research Point per Turn

Research Screen