Technology

Technology is the set of developments researched by a space program to increase efficiencies and unlock new items and ships.

Technologies

Chemical Efficiency

1+.05 Spaceflight Efficiency per level, 1+.10 Near Surface Efficiency per level

Level	Credit Cost	Techpoints	Time
1	0
3	200	0	15m?
4	250	0	20m?
5	300	0	25m
6	350	0	30m
7	400	0	35m
8	450	0	40m
9	500	0	45m
10	550	0	50m
11	600	1	55m
12	650	2	1h
13	700	3	1h 5m
14	750	4	1h 10m
15	800	5	1h 15m
16	850	6	1h 20m
17	900	7	1h 25m
18	950	8	1h 30m
19	1000	9	1h 35m
...
30	1550	20	5h
Maxed out

Aerospike Propulsion

1.50 + .10 Spaceflight Efficiency per level, 2.00 + .15 Near Surface Efficiency per level

Level	Credits	Techpoints	Time	Prerequisites
1	5000	25	30m	Chemical Efficiency 10
2	750	2	1h 15m
3	1000	4
4	1250	6
5	1500	8
6	1750	10
...
11	3000	20
...
27	7000	52
28	7250	54	7h 45m
29	7500	56	8h
30	7750	58
Maxed out

Ion Efficiency

Level	Credits	Techpoints	Time	Prerequisites
1	750			Chemical Efficiency 3
2	200	0	20m
3	300	0	30m
4	400	0	40m
5	500	0	50m
6	600	1

Plasma propulsion

2.00 + .20 efficiency per level(spaceflight and near surface)

Level	Credits	Techpoints	Time	Prerequisites
1	1500	20	30m	Ion efficiency 5
2	500	20	1h
3	750	20	1h 30m
4	1000	20	2h
5	1250	20	2h 30m
6	1500	20	3h
7	1750	20	3h 30m
8	2000	20	4h
9	2250	20	4h 30m
10	2500	20	5h
11	2750	14	5h 30m
12	3000	15	6h
13	3250	16	6h 30m
14	3500	17	7h
15	3750	18	7h 30m
16	4000	19	8h
17	4250	20	8h 30m
18	4500	21	9h
19	4750	22	9h 30m
20	5000	23	10h
21	5250	24	10h 30m
22	5500	25
23	5750	26
24	6000	27
25	6250	28
26	6500	29
27(+)	6750	30	12h30m

Off-World Operations

Level	Credits	Techpoints	Time
1	5000	50	4h
Maxed out

Single-use space crafts

Chemical powered satellite

+1.0 AU Range / Level

Level	Credits	Time
3	100
4	150
5	200
6	250

Ion powered satellite

+5.0 AU Range per Level. Prerequisites: Ion Propulsion lvl 1

See Ion Satellite page for full research and upgrade table.

Plasma Powered Satellite

+10.0 AU Range / Level

Level	Credits	Techpoints	Time	Prerequisites
1				Plasma propulsion lvl 1
2(+)	200	5

First Moon Lander

+0.3 AU Range / Level

Level	Credits	Techpoints	Time
1	-	0	-
2	25	0	1m
3	50	0	2m
4	75		3m
5	100		4m
6	125		5m
7	150		6m
8	175		7m
9	200		8m
10	225		9m
Maxed out

Bullet Mk 1

+0.5 AU Range / Level

Level	Credits	Techpoints	Time
1	500	0
2	100	0	4m
3	200	0	6m
4	300	0	8m
5	400	0	10m
6	500	0	12m
7	600		14m
8	700		16m
9	800		18m
10	900		20m
11	1000

Bullet Mk II

+1.0 AU Range / Level

Level	Credits	Techpoints	Time	Prerequisites
1	1250	20	15m	Chemical Efficiency lvl 3; Bullet Mk 1 lvl 1
2	200	1	30m
3	400	2	45m
4	600	3	1h
5	800	4	1h 15m
6	1000	5	1h 30m
7	1200	6	1h 45m
8	1400	7	2h
9	1600	8	2h 15m

Single use supply craft

+1.0 AU Range / Level

Level	Credits	Techpoints	Time	Prerequisites
1	750	5		Bullet Mk 1 lvl 5
2	125	1	15m
3	250	2	25m
4	375	3	35m
5	500	4	45m
6	625	5	55m
7	750	6	1h 5m

Medium Supply Craft

+1.0 AU Range / Level

Level	Credits	Techpoints	Time	Prerequisites
1	1000	15	15m	Bullet Mk II lvl 5
2	200	2	30m
3	400	4	45m
4	600	6	60m
5	800	8	1h 15m

Re-usable Space crafts

Dragon

+3.0 AU Range per Level. Prerequisites: Chemical Efficiency lvl 5; Bullet MK II lvl 1\

See Dragon page for full research and upgrade table.

Dragon Extended

+3.0 AU Range per Level. Prerequisite: Dragon lvl 5

See Dragon Extended page for full research and upgrade table.

Interplanetary colonization vessel (Harpy Eagle)

+5.0 AU Range / Level

Level	Credits	Techpoints	Time	Prerequisites
1	5000	45		Chemical Efficiency lvl 10, Dragon lvl 1
2	500	4

Aerospike Shuttle

+5.0 AU Range / Level

Level	Credits	Techpoints	Time	Prerequisites
1	3000	15	45m	Aerospike Propulsion
2	500	3	1h 30m
3	1000	6	2h 15m?
4	1500	9	3h
5	2000	12	3h 45m

Medium Aerospike Shuttle

+5.0 AU Range / Level

Level	Credits	Techpoints	Time	Prerequisites
1	5000	30	1h 30m	Aerospike Shuttle lvl 5
2	500	4

Black Hawk

+10.0 AU Range / Level

Level	Credits	Techpoints	Time	Prerequisites
1	10000	60		Plasma Efficiency Lvl 1, Harpy Eagle Lvl 1

Building & Crafting

Radar Effectiveness

+50km^2 to manual scan per level

Level	Credits	Techpoints	Time
1	250	5	30m
2	500	10	1h
3	750	15	1h 30m
4	1000	20	2h
...
10
Maxed out

Radar Module For Workers

Level	Credits	Techpoints	Time
1	2000	30	4h
Maxed out

Transport

TODO Update for new vehicles.

Rover-class

Smaller all-purpose vehicles for initial exploration, light mining, early tourism, and small planetary bases.

Rover

+10 km Range / Level, +5 Durability / Level

Level	Range	Durability	Credits	Techpoints	Time
1	30 km	25
2	40 km	30
3	50 km	35
4	60 km	40	500
5	70 km	45	600	1
6	80 km	50
7	90 km	55	700	2
...
10
Maxed out

Quad

+15 km Range / Level, +10 Durability / Level

Level	Range	Durability	Credits	Techpoints	Time	Prerequisites
1	65 km	50	250	10		Rover lvl 5
2	80 km	60	500	1
3
4
5	125 km	90
6	140 km	100	1500	5
...
10
Maxed out

Scarab

+15 km Range / Level, +10 Durability / Level

Level	Range	Durability	Credits	Techpoints	Time	Prerequisites
1	65 km	50				Quad lvl 5
2	80 km	60	750	2	1 hr
3	95 km	70	1000	4	1hr 30m
4
5
...
10
Maxed out

Buddy

+15 km Range / Level, +5 Durability / Level

Level	Range	Durability	Credits	Techpoints	Time	Prerequisites
1	65 km	50	500	15		Quad lvl 5
2
...
10
Maxed out

Explorer-class

Moderately sized vehicles for long-range expeditions, established tourism, and fully-realized planetary bases.

TODO add the explorer vehicles.

Truck-class

Large vehicles for heavy mining operations.

TODO add the truck vehicles.

Transport (deprecated?)

Rover

+20 km Range / :Level

Level	Credits	Techpoints	Time
1	50	0
2	100	0
3	150	0
4	200	0
5	250
6	300	5	30m
7	350	6	35m
8	400	7	40m
9	450	8	45m
10	500	9	50m

Buggy

Level	Credits	Techpoints	Time	Prerequisites
1	1000	5		Rover lvl 5
2	100	5
3	200	5
4	300	5	40m
5	400	5
...
10
Maxed out

Truck

Level	Credits	Techpoints	Time	Prerequisites
1	1500	20	15m	Buggy lvl 5
2	250	0	30m
3	500	5

Rover durability

Level	Credits	Techpoints	Time	Prerequisites
1	250	10		Rover lvl 5
2	500	10	1h 30m	Rover lvl 10

Buggy durability

Level	Credits	Techpoints	Time	Prerequisites
1	500	20		Buggy lvl 5
2				Buggy lvl 10
3				Buggy lvl 15 (unreachable)

Truck durability

Level	Credits	Techpoints	Time	Prerequisites
1	1000	30		Truck lvl 5