[[File:RnDscreen.png|600px|thumb|The R&D computer at the start of the Round with no technologies researched.]]
[[File:RnDscreen.png|600px|thumb|Outdated image of the R&D computer at the start of the Round with no technologies researched.]]
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In the R&D computer new technologies can be unlocked via points.
In the R&D computer new technologies can be unlocked via points.
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The Circuit Imprinter is a machine capable of printing machine boards used for creating machines and computers. They require steel, glass and sometimes gold.
The Circuit Imprinter is a machine capable of printing machine boards used for creating machines and computers. They require steel, glass and sometimes gold.
== Technology Trees ==
== Technology Tiers and Categories ==
New tech will usually unlock new recipes for machines which have synchronized their database with the R&D Server in use. New technology builds on the old: to unlock the secrets of space-time technology, you'll need to learn plenty of other things along the way. Technologies are roughly grouped, but some items may require research from outside its "tree."
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New tech will usually unlock new recipes for machines which have synchronized their database with the R&D Server in use.
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<br />'''Basic Research Technology'''
== Unlockable Equipment ==
<br />Prerequisites: Basic Research
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<br />Points: 2,500
<br />Recipes: Mug, Metal Mug, Metamorphic Glass
=== Machines ===
<br />This is always the starting point of your journey.
:Recipes: Ripley Central Control Module, Ripley Peripherals Control Module, Hydraulic Clamp, Ripley Harness, Ripley Left Arm, Ripley Right Arm, Ripley Left Leg, Ripley Right Leg
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Revision as of 18:37, 25 January 2025
This page needs revising! This page contains information that is either out-of-date or from a different source (e.g. Upstream SS14). Some information on this page may differ from how it actually works on Delta-V. Reason for revision: "Extremely outdated due to the Rebase Update. Page info needs to reflect new technology trees, new technologies and ways of researching."
Research and Development
Research and Development (commonly called R&D or RnD) is the job of the Scientists in Epistemics. Through scientific analysis of alien artifacts and obsequious service to a talking statue, you'll unlock the secrets of new technology for the entire station.
R&D gameplay largely revolves around the acquisition and use of research points to gain new technologies for the station.
Point Generation
Research points can be acquired through a few different sources.
Research points are generated passively by active Glimmer Probers. Your passive generation is limited to (7,500 * Probers). You can also generate points actively by activating alien artifacts and obeying The Oracle. The Oracle is a stone statue somewhere on the station that requests different items be given over to it. In exchange, you will be granted research points disks and bluespace crystals.
A profitable form of point generation is Xenoarcheology, which is the process of analyzing and activating different randomly generated artifacts that can be found via events or salvage debris. Most artifacts have more than one "Stimulus-Reaction" combination (known as Nodes), so make sure to scan and activate as many of them as you can before destroying the artifact for points, selling it to Logistics, or keeping it around because it's effects are cool enough to warrant keeping.
Another highly valuable source of research points is Anomalous Research. Most Epistemics departments come equipped with an Anomaly Generator, Anomalous Particle Emitters (A.P.E.) and Anomaly Vessels, which are used to spawn, interact with, and generate points from anomalies respectively. Anomalies can come in different forms, ranging from raging balls of pink-hot matter, to electrically-discharging motes of light, to radioactive gravity wells, so make sure to wear some protective gear while studying them.
Points can also be acquired through research disks, which can be found in maintenance, salvaged from space, given as a result of identifying a disease or from giving the Oracle what it desire.
Equipment
R&D Computer
Outdated image of the R&D computer at the start of the Round with no technologies researched.
In the R&D computer new technologies can be unlocked via points.
To research a technology, click on it if it's in the Unlockable technologies column. Technologies in the Future technologies are locked behind others, requiring you to research a previous technology (in the Unlockable technologies column). Technologies in the Unlocked technologies section have already been researched.
Protolathe
Your protolathe holds most of your researched recipes. All of the bluespace crystals go here. You can use them to make cool stuff like bags of holding, quantum spin inverters, and so on.
Circuit Imprinter
The Circuit Imprinter is a machine capable of printing machine boards used for creating machines and computers. They require steel, glass and sometimes gold.
Technology Tiers and Categories
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New tech will usually unlock new recipes for machines which have synchronized their database with the R&D Server in use.
Unlockable Equipment
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Machines
Image
Name
Technology
Category and Tier
Description
Source
Industrial Ore Processor
Salvage Equipment
Industrial 1
Upgrade of the regular ore processor. Consumers less ore per material and allows production of plasteel
In the R&D computer new technologies can be unlocked via points.
To research a technology, click on it if it's in the Unlockable technologies column. Technologies in the Future technologies are locked behind others, requiring you to research a previous technology (in the Unlockable technologies column). Technologies in the Unlocked technologies section have already been researched.
