Round 3:Tech Tree
Advancement in technology is vital to a planets growth. In Planetarion, this advancement is done by building structures and gaining knowledge through research. The more constructions you have completed and the more researches you have gone through, the more options become available in the game. Certain powerful ships require a great deal of research and constructions before they can be produced, so as long as you have incomplete constructions or researches, you should start them as soon as possible.
You can only build one construction at a time, and you can only research in one field at the time, Please note that you can both construct and research at the same time.
In the beginning, you only have 3 items to construct. As soon as you have completed your first research, a new construction will appear here. To get the overview of what you can build and research, you should take a look at the Tech Tree here in the manual. It shows which constructions lead to which researches and vice versa.
There are 6 paths altogether, each leading to different technologies; War, Defense, Waves, Science, Mining and Jump gates. The further "down" the path you follow, the more advanced technology is made available to you. A galaxy would benefit from having access to all technology, so consider it good advice to talk to your closest planets to hear what they are building, so not everyone chooses the same.
Also note, that the further "down" a path you follow, the more resources and time it takes to complete the construction.
Construction |
Time | Metal | Crystal | Enables |
| Light Factory | 8 | 2 000 |
400 |
Interceptors |
| War Academy | 16 | 8 000 |
1 600 |
Phoenixes |
| War Factory | 32 | 32 000 |
6 400 |
War Frigates |
| Destroyer Factory | 48 | 96 000
|
19 800 |
Devastators |
| Cruiser Factory | 72 | 216 000 |
43 000 |
StarCruisers |
| Battleship Factory | 72 | 432 000 |
86 400 |
Dreadnaughts |
| Spider Factory | 12 | 800 |
4 000 |
Spiders |
| Wraith Factory | 24 | 3 200 |
16 000 |
Wraiths |
| Black Widow Facility | 48 | 12 800 |
64 000 |
Black Widows |
| Ghost Factory | 72 | 28 800 |
144 000 |
Ghosts |
| Tarantula Compound | 72 | 57 600 |
288 000 |
Tarantulas |
| Spectre Factory | 72 | 115 200 |
576 000 |
Spectres |
| Mining Center | 8 | 28 800 |
144 000 |
1500 M per tick |
| Crystal Refinery | 16 | 4 800 |
4 800 |
1500 C per tick |
| Eonium Laboratory | 32 | 19 200 |
19 200 |
1500 E per tick |
| Advanced Metal Mine | 48 | 57 600 |
57 600 |
3000 M per tick |
| Advanced Crystal Mine | 72 | 115 200 |
115 200 |
3000 C per tick |
| Advanced Eonium Mine | 72 | 230 400 |
230 400 |
3000 E per tick |
| Scope Amplifier | 12 | 800 |
4 000 |
Asteroid Locations |
| Wave Filter | 24 | 3 200 |
16 000 |
Unit Patterns |
| PDS Signal Receiver | 48 | 12 800 |
64 000 |
PDS Scans |
| Anti Wave Centre | 72 | 28 800 |
144 000 |
Wave Reflectors |
| Decryption Centre | 72 | 57 600 |
288 000 |
Military Scans |
| Ion Field Receiver | 72 | 115 200 |
576 000 |
News Scans |
| PDS Control Center | 8 | 1 600 |
800 |
Meson Cannon |
| Amplified Laser Facility | 16 | 6 400 |
3 200 |
Hyperon Turret |
| Plasma Coil Generator | 32 | 25 600 |
12 800 |
Neutron Emitter |
| Photon Recharge Facility | 48 | 76 800 |
38 400 |
Photon Cannon |
| Ion Particle Dispatcher | 72 | 172 800 |
86 400 |
Ion Turret |
| Rift Generator | 12 | 2 400 |
2 400 |
Reduces traveltime by 1 tick |
| Warpfield Regulator | 24 | 9 600 |
9 600 |
Reduces traveltime by 2 ticks |
| Vortex Stabiliser | 48 | 38 400 |
38 400 |
Reduces traveltime by 3 ticks |
| JumpGate | 72 | 115 200 |
115 200 |
Reduces traveltime by 4 ticks |
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