Technologies

You can improve your company by researching technologies.

Unlock technology
Technologies can be unlock permanently in the technology menu. To unlock a technology, you need to pay the displayed cost. You can only unlock technology with a level inferior or equal to your technology level.

The cost of a technology depend on its level and your technology inflation ratio.

Cost = BaseCost * Level * InflationRatio

The base cost is 30 research points. The inflation ratio is 1 and is multiplied by 1.3 each time your technology level increase (or 1.22 if you have the instruments technology)

Example:
 * Mining is a technology level 1. At the start of the game its cost is 30 ( 30 * 1 * 1). Unlock it multiply the inflation ratio by 1.3 to 1.3
 * Quick repair is a technology level 2. After buying a technology, its cost is 78 (30 * 2 * 1.3). The inflation ratio is increase to 1.69 (1.3 * 1.3)
 * I now unlock Metallurgy (level 2). Its cost is 101 (30 * 2 * 1.69). The inflation ratio is increase to 2.197
 * To purchase the level 4 technology Bombing, I need 263 research points (30 * 4 * 2.197)

Technology level
Your technology level increase by one each time you buy a technology. When it increase, your Inflation Ratio is also increase.

Research points
The research points need to unlock technology can be gained from multiple way:


 * contract reward
 * research station
 * Capture ships and stations

General

 * Instruments
 * Quick Repair
 * Diplomacy
 * Fast Travel

Economic

 * Science
 * Logistics
 * Mining
 * Chemicals
 * Metallurgy
 * Shipyard
 * Orbital pumps
 * Advanced stations

Military

 * Early warning
 * Advanced radar
 * Pirate Tech
 * Negociations
 * Flak
 * Bombing