Research Window

Description

| This window allows you to select research projects for your empire to undertake. Research projects are activities that your empire engages in discover new components, facilities, ship sizes, intelligence projects, and more. See Research for more details. |

Controls

| Research Points Available | This is the total amount of Research Points available to your empire this turn. Each of your planets produces research points if it has Research Center Facilities on it. You can spend the research points in this window to attain new technology levels through research projects.
| Research Projects | This is a listing of the available technology areas that your empire knows of. New technology areas can be discovered by research in the existing areas. The technology areas are listed in groups based on their general purpose. Each technology area is also listed with its total cost in research points. By left-clicking on a technology area, you will add it to the "Current Projects" list below. You can also right-click a technology area to see a description of it.
| Current Projects | This is a listing of the research projects that your empire is currently executing. You may have up to 12 total projects going at once, with 4 displayed at a time in this list. You can view the other projects being executed by pressing the tab buttons listed below.

Each executing project is listed with its name, the specific level that you are trying to attain, the estimated number of years until its completed, and the actual cost per turn in research points. At the bottom of the project is a bar which fills in as the project is completed. When the bar reaches all the way to the right of the box, the project will be completed.

If you left-click a current project, it will be removed from the current projects list. Be careful not to remove projects that are nearing completion. You can also right-click on a current project to get a brief description about it.

Buttons

| Projects 1 - 4 | Causes the "Current Projects" list to display projects 1 through 4.
| Projects 5 - 8 | Causes the "Current Projects" list to display projects 5 through 8.
| Projects 9 -12 | Causes the "Current Projects" list to display projects 9 through 12.
| Repeat Projects | This option means that when a project completes, it will automatically get added back again to the list. This way, you can keep your projects running continually without any input from you.
| Divide Pts Evenly | Normally, research points are divided up evenly between the projects. So if you generate 1000 points per turn, and you have 4 projects, then each project will receive 250 points per turn. If you turn this option off, projects will be given points in order from left to right. The points are applied until the project is completed. So if you have 10000 points, and 3 projects which cost 4000 each, then the first two projects will get 4000 points each applied, and the third project will get 2000.
| Tech Tree | This button is only displayed if you have selected the option "Players can see complete tech tree" in the Game Setup - Game Settings Window. Pressing this button will display the Technology Tree Window. This window will allow you to view the entire tech tree and see what requirements there are to reach each level, and what you receive from achieving each level.
| Reorder Projects | Selecting this option will display the Reorder Window so that you can reorder your research projects.
| Close | This will close the window and return you to the Main Window.

Special Notes

| None |

Related Areas

| Main Window |