Guide to Research and Development

Research & Development

• R&D (not to be confused with the RD) consists of scientists spending (mostly) automatically generated research points on a tech web to unlock technology that can be used for various departments.

• Essentially this means that a scientist in this modern world doesn't actually have to know any of the concepts he's working with; it's all about pressing science buttons and playing with the resulting toys! Ain't life grand?

How 2 Gain More Points: 4 Dummies

Astrometry

  Astrometrics is the science of the stars, and it may just be the easiest way to gain additional points.

Asrometrics, at its base level, is quick and simple. All you need to do is find the Astrometrics computer - a blue computer usually in the R&D lab- and start scanning star sectors. This can be done by clicking on the computer, and selecting a sector to scan. This will take quite some time, but when its finished, the computer will announce it over the sci radio in a scary robotic voice.

Once you have a sector scanned, you can select any of the celestial bodies in that sector to, once again, scan. These celestial bodies could be stars, wormholes, etc. Once you finish scanning these, you will receive a hefty sum of research points, and move on to scan more stars and more systems.

Wormholes

Wormholes are the really fun things in Astrometrics. Wormholes can be found in systems just like stars, but are much more rare, and give more research points.

Even more interestingly, wormholes can be probed with a specially created torpedo. First, the torpedo warhead has to be researched and created by Science, than it needs to be assembled by Munitions, then it needs to be fired at a wormhole by the Bridge Staff. These warheads are pretty costly, so hope that they hit their stationary target first time

Once a probe torp enters a wormhole, the ship will receive a special announcement, congratulating you on your advances in science, and be gien special Wormhole research points. These points - not unlike Nanite points - can be used to develop special techs that allow the ship to FTL travel faster, or go through Wormholes.

R&D Servers

With some effort, arguably the best way to produce research points.

But you can't slap them on wherever: servers create heat and hot servers can actually negatively impact your research. Luckily, on most maps you can easily find toxins a room that you can convert into a cooler using some pipes, a freezer or a space cooling loop and build a number of additional servers. With 10 more of them, you could produce a sizeable 8000-9000 research points per minute!

While the floor space sky's the limit, the tech tree is limited, and while you could make enough servers to get 50k points per minute, the round will be over by the time you could scrounge up enough metal, and the tech tree finished 10 minutes after you complete them, so there's little point in doing it. 6 servers now are better than 20 after an hour.

Note: sadly, you can not just build servers over open space: they need an atmosphere to take heat out of them.

Tachyon-Doppler Array

Toxins bombs detonated at the test site generate points through the Tachyon-Doppler Research Array which records the size of the blast. Somehow this generates points. After a change 2018 the maximum amount of points you can get from a bomb and round is 50 000.

The formula returns the delta between the total points generated and the points that would be generated by the bomb. The above graph statically applies whether you detonate the smaller bomb first or last, the downside being that improving your bomb will still reward you but with significantly less points than before. A maxcap bomb (purple), and a 700 (red) and 1000 (orange) radius bomb are marked on the graph with horizontal lines.

Radiation Collectors/Tesla Corona Analyzers

• Radiation Collectors can be set to generate research points instead of power, if the engineers are bored and you're already rolling in power. Radiation collectors require a mix of tritium and oxygen to produce research points. These gasses are consumed at a very rapid pace when the rad collector is in research point production mode. Work together with science or atmos techs to increase the station's research point production at the temporary cost of power production. For reference, one room temperature tank with 50% tritium, 50% oxygen will produce a total of 50 research points with the most frequently used supermatter setup. More radiation will increase the rate at which research points are generated, and packing more moles of both gasses into the tank will increase the amount of time a rad collector will be able to generate research points.
• Tesla Coronas (a variant of tesla coils) can be set using a screwdriver on the circut board to generate research points instead of power, if the engineers are bored and you're already rolling in power. Unlike the radiation collector, it simply generates research points through electricity striking the object, not through variable gas mixtures. This means that although the Tesla Corona generates points more reliably, you don't have as many ways to increase the actual amount of points generated.

Tech Webs

Research points are generated at a static rate by the R&D Network (albeit more research points can be generated by the various means, as shown above) and can be spent on Technology Nodes at the console.

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

Simply click into any of the technologies to see what it requires and what it unlocks. The number next to each technology represents its cost. To unlock a technology, click the cost to spend your research points on it.

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)
• Mining sensor and magnet upgrades

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. Possibly the biggest benefit for Science from this technology is that that someone can grab an RPED and go update Cargo's Ore Redemption Machine (ORM) immediately after finishing this topic. If the ORM is upgraded before the miners bring back their first load, then right off the bat ore gathered increases 35% and miners get 35% more points to spend on directly upgrading their mining equipment... which ultimately helps them bring in more ore for Science!

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 (which let the ORM generate more mining points for miners.)
• Advanced Power Manipulation (2500) is the only one immediately available after researching Industrial Engineering (7500).

Mining sensors and magnet upgrades are two very costly but overall worth-while techs. They allow the miners to upgrade their DRADIS and Mineral Magnet, allowing them to get more and better asteroids, and thus more and better materials for you.

Explosive and Pyrotechnical Weaponry opens up nodes that, once researched, allows Munitions to build new guns for the ship.

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.

Click here to view the techtree

The nodes with this colour scheme are not avaible round start. You will need to deconstruct either Syndicate or Abductor tech to unlock these, or their prerequisits: Alien Tech and Illegal Tech.

Deconstruction

Deconstruction is done through the Destructive Analyzer:

1. Sync the Destructive Analyzer to the research computer if it's not synced.
2. Insert an item into it.
3. Use the computer.

The computer will show you the name of the object, if it unlocks any tech nodes, and how many materials you get from deconstruction.

The Destructive Analyzer will recover a portion of the materials contained inside scanned items and transfer it to a connected protolathe. Upgrading it will increase the amount recovered.

Construction

See here how to build machines out of the components you discover. This is where advanced technology you discovered by increasing tech trees will be made. Nothing exciting at first can be built, but you will get increasingly more fun devices as tech trees increase. You will unlock items for the Exosuit Fabricator as well.

Upgrading Machines

All machines are composed of components. There are better versions of many components, attained through research. They are organized in 4 tiers, and upgrading the tier of a machine's components will have different effects for each machine.

Without minerals, you can achieve up to tier 2-3; to go further you'll require ores for production.

Tier 2 parts are all unlocked with "Industrial Engineering," which also unlocks the RPED. Others are unlocked as noted.

Stock Parts

Tier 1		Tier 2		Tier 3		Tier 4		Usual Effect
	Micro-Manipulator		Nano-Manipulator		Pico-Manipulator1		Femto-Manipulator5	Improves speed and efficiency.
	Basic Matter Bin		Advanced Matter Bin		Super Matter Bin1		Bluespace Matter Bin5	Improves capacity.
	Basic Micro-Laser		High-Power Micro-Laser		Ultra-High-Power Micro-Laser2		Quad-Ultra Micro-Laser6	Improves speed and efficiency.
	Basic Scanning Module		Advanced Scanning Module		Phasic Scanning Module3		Triphasic Scanning Module5	Improves scanning precision.
	Basic Capacitor		Advanced Capacitor		Super Capacitor4		Quadratic Capacitor7	Improves power efficiency.

¹: Unlocked with High Efficiency Parts
²: Unlocked with Advanced Electromagnetic Theory
³: Unlocked with Applied Bluespace Research
⁴: Unlocked with Advanced Power Manipulation
⁵: Unlocked with Miniaturized Bluespace Research
⁶: Unlocked with Quantum Electromagnetic Technology
⁷: Unlocked with Bluespace Power Technology


Once you unlock advanced components, people around the station will probably want you to upgrade the machinery. Overall, the process is simply replacing obsolete stock parts with higher-tier parts.

The least efficient way is to upgrade by hand. Since the RPED unlocks at the same time as tier 2 parts, there's really no reason to ever do this unless your station for some incomprehensible reason just can't afford an RPED.

1. Screwdriver on the machine.
2. Crowbar on the machine.
3. Take the board and re-insert it into machine.
4. Insert parts you want to use.
5. Screwdriver the machine closed.

As a much more efficient alternative, you can use RPED (Rapid Part Exchange Device), which unlocks with the Industrial Engineering topic. That is, the RPED unlocks as soon as you actually have your first upgraded parts, so you should pretty much always be upgrading with an RPED. The RPED replaces each component in a machine with the highest component of its tier that's loaded in the RPED.

1. Load RPED with parts, such as stock parts, loaded power cells, beakers and vendor restocking units.
2. Screwdriver on the machine.
3. Click on it with RPED.
4. Screwdriver again to close the machine.

The best alternative is to use the even more advanced Bluespace Rapid Part Exchange Device (BRPED), which functions just like an RPED except that you don't need access to the machine, screwdrivers, or even adjacency! That's right: BRPED works even through camera views. Consider building a camera console in R&D once you have a BRPED instead of running all over the station. This device is unlocked with Applied Bluespace Research and operates as follows:

1. Load Bluespace RPED with parts, such as stock parts, loaded power cells, beakers and vendor restocking units.
2. Click on the machine to upgrade with the Bluespace RPED. That's it! No screwdrivering or asking the AI or people to open doors into their departments.

Here you can see how the specific machines will benefit from parts.

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Printing

Here in the future, everything is made by basically very advanced 3D printers. These machines print everything and anything using advanced materials. These materials are drained from the Ore Silo, which is filled by Miners at the ORM. If a new machine is needed, it can be linked by using a multitool on the silo, then on the machine.

As newer techs are researched, the printers technology needs to be synced with the R&D servers, by pressing the button named "Synchronise Research".

Exosuit Fabricator

• Robotics starts with two of these. This machine will build everything a roboticist needs to do his job, aside from circuits. To update its research levels:
  • Sync the R&D Research Console.
  • Sync the Robotics Research Console.
  • Sync the Exosuit Fabricator.
• Can be used directly, without the Research Console.

Items available from the start:

Exosuit Fabricator Round-Start Manufacturing List

Icon	Item	List
	Cyborg endoskeleton	Cyborg	15000
	Cyborg torso	Cyborg	40000
	Cyborg head	Cyborg	5000
	Cyborg left arm	Cyborg	10000
	Cyborg right arm	Cyborg	10000
	Cyborg left leg	Cyborg	10000
	Cyborg right leg	Cyborg	10000
	Ripley/Firefighter chassis	Ripley	20000
	Ripley torso	Ripley	20000	7500
	Ripley left arm	Ripley	15000
	Ripley right arm	Ripley	15000
	Ripley left leg	Ripley	15000
	Ripley right leg	Ripley	15000
	Hydraulic clamp	Exosuit Equip	10000
	Exosuit drill	Exosuit Equip	10000
	Exosuit extinguisher	Exosuit Equip	10000
	Cable layer	Exosuit Equip	10000
	Exosuit mining scanner	Exosuit Equip	5000	2500
	Cyborg reclassification board	Borg Upgr	5000
	Cyborg emergency reboot module	Borg Upgr	20000	5000
	Exosuit tracking beacon	Misc	500
	Power cell	Misc	700	50
	Man-machine interface	Misc	1000	500
	Synthetic flash	Misc	750	750

Reseachable items:

Exosuit Fabricator Researchable Manufacturing List

Icon	Item	List	Node
	Odysseus chassis	Odysseus	EXOSUIT: Odysseus	20000
	Odysseus torso	Odysseus	EXOSUIT: Odysseus	12000
	Odysseus head	Odysseus	EXOSUIT: Odysseus	6000	10000
	Odysseus left arm	Odysseus	EXOSUIT: Odysseus	6000
	Odysseus right arm	Odysseus	EXOSUIT: Odysseus	6000
	Odysseus left leg	Odysseus	EXOSUIT: Odysseus	7000
	Odysseus right leg	Odysseus	EXOSUIT: Odysseus	7000
	Gygax chassis	Gygax	EXOSUIT: Gygax	20000
	Gygax torso	Gygax	EXOSUIT: Gygax	20000	10000					2000
	Gygax head	Gygax	EXOSUIT: Gygax	10000	5000					2000
	Gygax left arm	Gygax	EXOSUIT: Gygax	15000						1000
	Gygax right arm	Gygax	EXOSUIT: Gygax	15000						1000
	Gygax left leg	Gygax	EXOSUIT: Gygax	15000						2000
	Gygax right leg	Gygax	EXOSUIT: Gygax	15000						2000
	Gygax armor plates	Gygax	EXOSUIT: Gygax	15000						10000	10000
	Durand chassis	Durand	EXOSUIT: Durand	25000
	Durand torso	Durand	EXOSUIT: Durand	25000	10000		10000
	Durand head	Durand	EXOSUIT: Durand	10000	15000		2000
	Durand left arm	Durand	EXOSUIT: Durand	10000			4000
	Durand right arm	Durand	EXOSUIT: Durand	10000			4000
	Durand left leg	Durand	EXOSUIT: Durand	15000			4000
	Durand right leg	Durand	EXOSUIT: Durand	15000			4000
	Durand armor plates	Durand	EXOSUIT: Durand	30000					25000		20000
	H.O.N.K. chassis	H.O.N.K.	Clown Technology	20000
	H.O.N.K. torso	H.O.N.K.	Clown Technology	20000	10000							10000
	H.O.N.K. head	H.O.N.K.	Clown Technology	10000	5000							5000
	H.O.N.K. left arm	H.O.N.K.	Clown Technology	15000								5000
	H.O.N.K. right arm	H.O.N.K.	Clown Technology	15000								5000
	H.O.N.K. left leg	H.O.N.K.	Clown Technology	20000								5000
	H.O.N.K. right leg	H.O.N.K.	Clown Technology	20000								5000
	Phazon chassis	Phazon	EXOSUIT: Phazon	20000
	Phazon torso	Phazon	EXOSUIT: Phazon	35000	10000	20000
	Phazon head	Phazon	EXOSUIT: Phazon	15000	5000	10000
	Phazon left arm	Phazon	EXOSUIT: Phazon	20000		10000
	Phazon right arm	Phazon	EXOSUIT: Phazon	20000		10000
	Phazon left leg	Phazon	EXOSUIT: Phazon	20000		10000
	Phazon right leg	Phazon	EXOSUIT: Phazon	20000		10000
	Phazon armor	Phazon	EXOSUIT: Phazon	25000		20000					20000
File:PBT "Pacifier" mounted taser.png	Pacifier mounted taser	Exosuit Equip	PBT "Pacifier" Mounted Taser	10000
	Ultra AC 2 LMG	Exosuit Equip	"Ultra AC 2" LMG	10000
	Mounted Sleeper	Exosuit Equip	Medical Exosuit Equipment	5000	10000
	Exosuit Syringe Gun	Exosuit Equip	Medical Exosuit Equipment	3000	2000
	Exosuit Medical Beamgun	Exosuit Equip	Medical Exosuit Equipment	15000	8000	3000		8000		2000
	SGL-6 grenade launcher	Exosuit Equip	Exosuit Weapon (SGL-6 Grenade Launcher)	22000			8000	6000
	Diamond-tipped exosuit drill	Exosuit Equip	Exosuit Diamond Drill	10000						6500
	Exosuit plasma converter	Exosuit Equip	Basic Plasma Research	10000	1000	5000	1000
	Exonuclear reactor	Exosuit Equip	Simple Exosuit Modules	10000	1000		500
File:LBX AC 10 "Scattershot".png	LBX AC 10 "Scattershot"	Exosuit Equip	Exosuit Weapon (LBX AC 10 "Scattershot")	10000
File:FNX-99 "Hades" carbine.png	FNX-99 "Hades" carbine	Exosuit Equip	Exosuit Weapon (FNX-99 "Hades" Carbine)	10000
	MKIV Ion Heavy Cannon	Exosuit Equip	Exosuit Weapon (MKIV Ion Heavy Cannon)	20000			6000		2000
	MKI Tesla Cannon	Exosuit Equip	Exosuit Weapon (MKI Tesla Cannon)	20000			8000
	Reactive armor booster module	Exosuit Equip	Simple Exosuit Modules	20000			5000
	Reflective armor booster module	Exosuit Equip	Simple Exosuit Modules	20000				5000
	SRM-8 missile rack	Exosuit Equip	Exosuit Weapon (SRM-8 Missile Rack)	22000			8000	6000
	Mounted wormhole generator	Exosuit Equip	Exosuit Module (Localized Wormhole Generator)	10000
File:CH-LC "Solaris" laser cannon.png	CH-PS "Immolator" laser	Exosuit Equip	Exosuit Weapon (CH-PS "Immolator" Laser)	10000
	SOB-3 clusterbang launcher	Exosuit Equip	Exosuit Module (SOB-3 Clusterbang Launcher)	20000				10000	10000
	Mounted gravitational catapult	Exosuit Equip	Exosuit Module (Gravitational Catapult Module)	10000
	Exosuit repair droid	Exosuit Equip	Advanced Exosuits	10000	5000		2000	1000
File:CH-LC "Solaris" laser cannon.png	CH-LC "Solaris" laser cannon	Exosuit Equip	Exosuit Weapon (CH-LC "Solaris" Laser Cannon)	10000
	Mounted RCD	Exosuit Equip	Advanced Exosuit Equipment	30000		25000	20000	20000
	217-D Heavy Plasma Cutter	Exosuit Equip	Advanced Plasma Research	8000	1000	2000
	Tesla energy relay	Exosuit Equip	Simple Exosuit Modules	10000	2000		3000	2000
	Mounted teleporter	Exosuit Equip	Exosuit Module (Teleporter Module)	10000						10000
	Mousetrap mortar	Exosuit Equip	Clown Technology	20000								5000
	Banana mortar	Exosuit Equip	Clown Technology	20000								5000
	HoNkER BlAsT 5000	Exosuit Equip	Clown Technology	20000								10000
	Cyborg VTEC	Borg Upgr	Cyborg Upgrades: Combat	35000	12000				10000
	Cyborg Ion Thrusters	Borg Upgr	Cyborg Upgrades: Utility	10000	6000	5000			6000
	Rapid Disabler Cooling Module	Borg Upgr	Cyborg Upgrades: Combat	20000	6000			2000		2000
	Cyborg Diamond Drill	Borg Upgr	Advanced Robotics Research	10000						2000
	Cyborg Ore Satchel of Holding	Borg Upgr	Cyborg Upgrades: Utility	10000	6000			2000	1000
	Mining Cyborg Lavaproof Tracks	Borg Upgr	Cyborg Upgrades: Utility	10000		4000					5000
	Cyborg Self-Repair	Borg Upgr	Cyborg Upgrades: Utility	15000	15000
	Illegal equipment module	Borg Upgr	Illegal Technology	15000	15000					10000
	Clown Module	Borg Upgr	Clown Technology	15000	15000							1000
	Hypospray Expanded Synthesiser	Borg Upgr	Cyborg Upgrades: Medical	15000	15000	8000			8000
	Piercing Hypospray	Borg Upgr	Cyborg Upgrades: Medical	15000	15000	8000				3000	5000
	Defibrillator	Borg Upgr	Cyborg Upgrades: Medical	8000	5000		4000	3000
	Surgical Processor	Borg Upgr	Cyborg Upgrades: Medical	5000	4000		4000
	Trash Bag of Holding	Borg Upgr	Advanced Robotics Research					2000	1000
	Advanced Mop	Borg Upgr	Advanced Robotics Research	2000	2000
	Expand	Borg Upgr	Cyborg Upgrades: Utility	200000							5000
	Engineering Cyborg RPED	Cyborg Upgr	Cyborg Upgrades: Utility	10000	5000
	Crew Pinpointer	Cyborg Upgr	Cyborg Upgrades: Medical	1000	500
	High-capacity power cell	Misc	Industrial Engineering	700	60
	Super-capacity power cell	Misc	Advanced Power Manipulation	700	70
	Hyper-capacity power cell	Misc	Advanced Power Manipulation	700	80		150	150
	Bluespace power cell	Misc	Bluespace Power Technology	800	160			120		160	300		100
	Positronic Brain	Misc	Positronic Brain	1700	1350			500
	B.O.R.I.S. AI-Cyborg Remote Control Module	Misc	Artificial Intelligence	1200	1500			200
	AI Control Beacon	Misc	Artificial Intelligence	1000	500		200

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Circuit Imprinter

• The Circuit Imprinter requires glass and occasionally gold or diamond. Here you will find circuits for most of the station's machinery and robotics' exosuits. With gold and diamonds, you can also make AI law modules.
• Information on how to construct machines is available at the Guide to advanced construction.
• Circuits cost 1000 glass each, becoming cheaper with upgrades.

Circuit Imprinter Manufacturing List

Board	Type	Required Tech	Engi	Sci	Sec	Med	Serv	Sup
Security Camera Console	Computer Boards	Computer Consoles			Yes
Research Monitor	Computer Boards	Computer Consoles		Yes
Xenobiology Console	Computer Boards	Basic Bluespace Theory		Yes
AI Core	AI Modules	Artificial Intelligence		Yes
AI Upload	Computer Boards	Artificial Intelligence		Yes					2000
Cyborg Upload	Computer Boards	Cyborg Construction		Yes					2000
Medical Records	Computer Boards	Computerized Recordkeeping				Yes
Operating Computer	Computer Boards	Biological Technology		Yes		Yes
PanD.E.M.I.C. 2200	Computer Boards	Biological Technology				Yes
DNA Machine	Computer Boards	Genetic Engineering		Yes		Yes
Communications	Computer Boards	Computer Consoles	Yes		Yes
ID Console	Computer Boards	Computer Consoles	Yes		Yes
Crew Monitoring Console	Computer Boards	Computer Consoles		Yes		Yes
Teleporter Console	Teleportation Machinery	Bluespace Travel	Yes	Yes
Security Records Console	Computer Boards	Computerized Recordkeeping		Yes
Atmosphere Alert	Computer Boards	Industrial Engineering	Yes
Helm computer	Computer Boards	Ship computer circuitry	Yes
Tactical computer	Computer Boards	Ship computer circuitry	Yes
Dradis computer	Computer Boards	Ship computer circuitry	Yes
Magnetic constrictor board	Engineering Machinery	Magnetic Constrictor of Plasma	Yes
Stormdrive Reactor contorole console	Computer Boards	Seegson RBMK RCC	Yes
Fighter Avionics	Fighter modules	Fighter Fabrication		Yes
Light Fighter Targeting Sensors	Fighter modules	Light Fighter Component Fabrication		Yes
Improved Light Fighter Targeting Sensors	Fighter modules	Improved Light Fighter Component Fabrication		Yes
Enhanced Light Fighter Targeting Sensors	Fighter modules	Enhanced Light Fighter Component Fabrication		Yes
Heavy Fighter Targeting Sensors	Fighter modules	Heavy Fighter Component Fabrication		Yes
Improved Heavy Fighter Targeting Sensors	Fighter modules	Improved Heavy Fighter Component Fabrication		Yes
Enhanced Heavy Fighter Targeting Sensors	Fighter modules	Enhanced Heavy Fighter Component Fabrication		Yes
Atmospheric Monitor	Computer Boards	Industrial Engineering	Yes
Robotics Control Console	Computer Boards	Cyborg Construction		Yes
Cloning Machine Console	Medical Machinery	Genetic Engineering				Yes
Clone Pod	Medical Machinery	Genetic Engineering				Yes
Cloning Scanner	Medical Machinery	Genetic Engineering				Yes
Limb Grower	Medical Machinery	Advanced Biotechnology				Yes
Organ Harvester	Medical Machinery	Advanced Biotechnology				Yes
Battle Arcade Machine	Computer Boards	Arcade Games	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Orion Trail Arcade Machine	Computer Boards	Arcade Games	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Slot Machine	Computer Boards	Arcade Games	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Power Monitor	Computer Boards	Industrial Engineering	Yes
Solar Control	Computer Boards	Industrial Engineering	Yes
Prisoner Management Console	Computer Boards	Computerized Recordkeeping		Yes
Exosuit Control Console	Computer Boards	Mechanical Exosuits		Yes
Mech Bay Power Control Console	Computer Boards	Mechanical Exosuits		Yes
R&D Console	Computer Boards	None		Yes
Supply Request Console	Computer Boards	Computer Consoles						Yes
Supply Console	Computer Boards	Computer Consoles						Yes
Bounty Console	Computer Boards							Yes
Outpost Status Display	Computer Boards	Computer Consoles			Yes			Yes
Telecommunications Monitoring Console	Computer Boards	Telecommunications Technology	Yes
Telecommunications Server Monitoring Console	Computer Boards	Telecommunications Technology	Yes
Messaging Monitor Console	Computer Boards		Yes
AI Integrity Restorer	Computer Boards	Artificial Intelligence		Yes
Library Console	Computer Boards	Computer Consoles	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
APC Control	Computer Boards	Industrial Engineering	Yes
Nanite Chamber Control	Computer Boards	Basic Nanite Programming		Yes
Nanite Chamber	Research Machinery	Basic Nanite Programming		Yes
Public Nanite Chamber	Research Machinery	Basic Nanite Programming		Yes
Nanite Cloud Control	Computer Boards	Basic Nanite Programming		Yes
Nanite Programmer	Research Machinery	Basic Nanite Programming		Yes
Nanite Program Hub	Research Machinery	Basic Nanite Programming		Yes
Safeguard	AI Modules	Artificial Intelligence		Yes					2000
OneHuman	AI Modules	Artificial Intelligence		Yes						6000
ProtectStation	AI Modules	Artificial Intelligence		Yes					2000
Quarantine	AI Modules	Artificial Intelligence		Yes					2000
OxygenIsToxicToHumans	AI Modules	Artificial Intelligence		Yes					2000
Freeform	AI Modules	Artificial Intelligence		Yes					10000
Reset	AI Modules	Artificial Intelligence		Yes					2000
Remove Law	AI Modules	Artificial Intelligence		Yes						2000
Purge	AI Modules	Artificial Intelligence		Yes						2000
Freeform (Core)	AI Modules	Artificial Intelligence		Yes						10000
Asimov	AI Modules	Artificial Intelligence		Yes						2000
P.A.L.A.D.I.N.	AI Modules	Artificial Intelligence		Yes						2000
T.Y.R.A.N.T.	AI Modules	Artificial Intelligence		Yes						2000
Corporate	AI Modules	Artificial Intelligence		Yes						2000
Default	AI Modules	Artificial Intelligence		Yes						2000
NTNet Relay Board	Subspace Telecomms	Telecommunications Technology	Yes	Yes
Subspace Receiver	Subspace Telecomms	Telecommunications Technology	Yes	Yes
Bus Mainframe	Subspace Telecomms	Telecommunications Technology	Yes	Yes
Hub Mainframe	Subspace Telecomms	Telecommunications Technology	Yes	Yes
Relay Mainframe	Subspace Telecomms	Telecommunications Technology	Yes	Yes
Processor Unit	Subspace Telecomms	Telecommunications Technology	Yes	Yes
Server Mainframe	Subspace Telecomms	Telecommunications Technology	Yes	Yes
Subspace Broadcaster	Subspace Telecomms	Telecommunications Technology	Yes	Yes
Automated Announcement System	Subspace Telecomms	Computerized Recordkeeping	Yes
APLU "Ripley" Central Control module	Mech	Mechanical Exosuits		Yes
APLU "Ripley" Peripherals Control module	Mech	Mechanical Exosuits		Yes
"Odysseus" Central Control module	Mech	EXOSUIT: Odysseus		Yes
"Odysseus" Peripherals Control module	Mech	EXOSUIT: Odysseus		Yes
"Gygax" Central Control module	Mech	EXOSUIT: Gygax		Yes
"Gygax" Peripherals Control module	Mech	EXOSUIT: Gygax		Yes
"Gygax" Weapons & Targeting Control module	Mech	EXOSUIT: Gygax		Yes
"Durand" Central Control module	Mech	EXOSUIT: Durand		Yes
"Durand" Peripherals Control module	Mech	EXOSUIT: Durand		Yes
"Durand" Weapons & Targeting Control module	Mech	EXOSUIT: Durand		Yes
"H.O.N.K" Central Control module	Mech	Clown Technology		Yes
"H.O.N.K" Peripherals Control module	Mech	Clown Technology		Yes
"H.O.N.K" Weapons & Targeting Control module	Mech	Clown Technology		Yes
"Phazon" Central Control module	Mech	EXOSUIT: Phazon		Yes
"Phazon" Peripherals Control module	Mech	EXOSUIT: Phazon		Yes							100
"Phazon" Weapons & Targeting Control module	Mech	EXOSUIT: Phazon		Yes							100
SMES Board	Engineering Machinery	Advanced Power Manipulation	Yes								100
Circulator	Engineering Machinery	Advanced Power Manipulation	Yes
TEG	Engineering Machinery	Advanced Power Manipulation	Yes
Power Turbine Console Board	Engineering Machinery	Advanced Power Manipulation	Yes
Power Compressor Board	Engineering Machinery	Advanced Power Manipulation	Yes
Power Turbine Board	Engineering Machinery	Advanced Power Manipulation	Yes
Emitter Board	Engineering Machinery	Industrial Engineering	Yes
Freezer/Heater Board	Engineering Machinery	Industrial Engineering	Yes	Yes
Space Heater Board	Engineering Machinery	None	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Teleportation Station Board	Teleportation Machinery	Bluespace Travel	Yes	Yes
Teleportation Hub Board	Teleportation Machinery	Bluespace Travel	Yes	Yes
Bluespace Launchpad Board	Teleportation Machinery	Bluespace Travel	Yes	Yes
Bluespace Launchpad Console Board	Teleportation Machinery	Bluespace Travel	Yes	Yes
Quantum Pad Board	Teleportation Machinery	Bluespace Travel	Yes	Yes
Sleeper Board	Medical Machinery	Biological Technology	Yes			Yes
VR Sleeper Board	Medical Machinery	Biological Technology	Yes	Yes		Yes
Cryotube Board	Medical Machinery	Cryostasis Technology	Yes			Yes
Portable Chem Dispenser Board	Medical Machinery	Biological Technology	Yes			Yes
Chem Master Board	Medical Machinery	Biological Technology	Yes			Yes
Chemical Heater Board	Medical Machinery	Biological Technology	Yes			Yes
Smoke Machine	Medical Machinery	Advanced Biotechnology				Yes
All-In-One Grinder	Medical Machinery	Biological Processing	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Biogenerator Board	Hydroponics Machinery	Botanical Engineering					Yes
Hydroponics Tray Board	Hydroponics Machinery	Botanical Engineering					Yes
Destructive Analyzer Board	Research Machinery	None		Yes
E.X.P.E.R.I-MENTOR Board	Research Machinery	None		Yes
Circuit Imprinter Board	Research Machinery	None		Yes
Protolathe	Research Machinery			Yes
R&D Server Control Console Board	Research Machinery	None		Yes
R&D Server Board	Research Machinery	None		Yes
Exosuit Fabricator Board	Research Machinery	None		Yes
Cyborg Recharger Board	Research Machinery	Cyborg Construction		Yes
Mechbay Recharger Board	Research Machinery	Mechanical Exosuits		Yes
Microwave Board	Misc. Machinery	Biological Processing	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Gibber Board	Misc. Machinery	Biological Processing	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Smartfridge Board	Misc. Machinery	Biological Processing	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Monkey Recycler Board	Misc. Machinery	Biological Processing		Yes			Yes
Dish Drive	Misc. Machinery	Biological Processing					Yes
Deep Fryer Board	Misc. Machinery	Biological Processing					Yes
Seed Extractor Board	Hydroponics Machinery	Botanical Engineering					Yes
Food/Slime Processor Board	Misc. Machinery	Biological Processing		Yes			Yes
Portable Soda Dispenser	Misc. Machinery	Biological Technology					Yes
Portable Booze Dispenser	Misc. Machinery	Biological Technology					Yes
Recycler Board	Misc. Machinery	Industrial Engineering	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Stacking Machine	Misc. Machinery	Industrial Engineering	Yes	Yes				Yes
Stacking Machine Console	Misc. Machinery	Industrial Engineering	Yes	Yes				Yes
Ore Silo	Misc. Machinery	Applied Bluespace Research						Yes
Pay Stand	Misc. Machinery	None	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Scanner Gate	Misc. Machinery	Industrial Engineering	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
AI Holopad board	Misc. Machinery	Electromagnetic Theory	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Autolathe Board	Misc. Machinery	Industrial Engineering	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Weapon Recharger Board	Misc. Machinery	Industrial Engineering	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	2000
Cell Charger Board	Misc. Machinery	Industrial Engineering	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Vendor Board	Misc. Machinery	Computerized Recordkeeping	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Donksoft Toy Vendor Board	Misc. Machinery	Illegal Technology	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ore Redemption Board	Misc. Machinery	Mining Technology	Yes	Yes				Yes
Mining Rewards Vendor Board	Misc. Machinery	Mining Technology		Yes				Yes
Tesla Coil Board	Misc. Machinery	Industrial Engineering	Yes	Yes
Grounding Rod Board	Misc. Machinery	Industrial Engineering	Yes	Yes
Radiation Collector	Misc. Machinery	Industrial Engineering	Yes	Yes
Plant DNA Manipulator Board	Hydroponics Machinery	Botanical Engineering						Yes
PACMAN-type Generator Board	Engineering Machinery	Industrial Engineering	Yes
SUPERPACMAN-type Generator Board	Engineering Machinery	Advanced Power Manipulation	Yes
MRSPACMAN-type Generator Board	Engineering Machinery	Advanced Power Manipulation	Yes

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Protolathe

• The departmental Protolathe requires materials such as metal, glass and mineable minerals. Each sheet gives 2000 units when inserted into a Protolathe or its connected Ore Silo. It allows you to build objects such as stock parts, power cells and much more, depending on department.

• Building 5 or 10 of the same item is faster than building it one at a time for 10 times; if you need lots of a particular item, mass produce them!

Techfab

• The departmental Techfabs are circuit imprinters and departmental protolathes combined, except their available circuit boards differ depending on their department.