编辑“工程学研究”（章节）

== Materials ==
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The {{iconify|Materials}} tech tree focuses on advanced and strategic resources and ship armor.
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! 科技
! 花费
! Tier
! 效果
! 前提
! 权重与修正
! width="25%" class="unsortable" | 描述
|- id="Nano-Circuit Assembly"
| {{icon|Nano-Circuit Assembly}} || Nano-Circuit Assembly
| align= center | 3000 || align= center | 1
| {{icon|building}} Civilian Fabricators
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* {{icon|Industrial Base|21px}} {{tech|start|Industrial Base}}
* {{icon|rare crystals|21px}} Access to Rare Crystals through tech or galactic market
* {{icon|no|21px}}{{iconify|Gestalt Consciousness|21px}} unless Rogue Servitor
| data-sort-value="90" | '''基础：''' 90
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* {{green|1.25x}} leading scientist has {{icon|materials}} Expertise: Materials trait}}
| ''With pre-programmed nano-circuits, many consumer products can be rapidly assembled in fabricators.''
|- id="Replicator Kiosks"
| {{icon|Replicator Kiosks}} || {{tech||Replicator Kiosks}}
| align= center | 8000 || align= center | 3
| {{icon|building}} Civilian Repli-Complexes
| 
* {{iconify|Colonial Centralization|21px}}
* {{iconify|Nano-Circuit Assembly|21px}}
* {{icon|no|21px}}{{iconify|Gestalt Consciousness|21px}} unless Rogue Servitor
| data-sort-value="130" | '''基础：''' 130
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* {{green|1.25x}} leading scientist has {{icon|materials}} Expertise: Materials trait}}
| ''These kiosks can replicate any pre-approved object if its pattern has been stored within their memory banks.''
|- id="Holographic Casts"
| {{icon|Holographic Casts}} || {{tech||Holographic Casts}}
| align= center | 3000 || align= center | 1
| {{icon|building}} Alloy Mega-Forges
| 
* {{icon|Industrial Base|21px}} {{tech|start|Industrial Base}}
* {{icon|volatile motes|21px}} Access to Volatile Motes through tech or galactic market
| data-sort-value="90" | '''基础：''' 90
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* {{green|1.25x}} leading scientist has {{icon|materials}} Expertise: Materials trait}}
| ''Solid holographic casts can alter their shapes at a moment's notice, speeding up alloy production.''
|- id="Nano-Separators"
| {{icon|Nano-Separators}} || {{tech||Nano-Separators}}
| align= center | 8000 || align= center | 3
| {{icon|building}} Alloy Nano-Plants
| 
* {{icon|Colonial Centralization|21px}} Colonial Centralization
* {{iconify|Holographic Casts|21px}}
| data-sort-value="65" | '''基础：''' 130
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* {{green|1.25x}} leading scientist has {{icon|materials}} Expertise: Materials trait}}
| ''Nano-separators are a revolutionary new step in the creation of alloys, simplifying the casting process while improving overall production quality.''
|- id="Ceramo-Metal_Alloys"
| {{icon|Ceramo-Metal Alloys}} || {{tech||Ceramo-Metal Alloys}}
| align= center | 4000 || align= center | 2
| {{icon|metallurgist}} {{green|+10%}} Metallurgists Output
| 
* {{icon|Holographic Casts|21px}} Holographic Casts
* {{iconify|Ceramo-Metal Materials|21px}}
| data-sort-value="170" | '''基础：''' 170
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* {{green|1.25x}} leading scientist has {{icon|materials}} Expertise: Materials trait}}
| ''The widespread use of advanced ceramics in industry can improve metallurgical yields.''
|- id="Durasteel-Laced_Alloys"
| {{icon|Durasteel-Laced Alloys}} || {{tech||Durasteel-Laced Alloys}}
| align= center | 16000 || align= center | 4
| {{icon|metallurgist}} {{green|+10%}} Metallurgists Output
| 
* {{icon|Ceramo-Metal Alloys|21px}} Ceramo-Metal Alloys
* {{iconify|Nano-Separators|21px}}
* {{iconify|Durasteel Materials|21px}}
| data-sort-value="90" | '''基础：''' 90
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* {{green|1.25x}} leading scientist has {{icon|materials}} Expertise: Materials trait}}
| ''By replacing antiquated ceramo-metal equipment with cutting edge technology, we can run our forges hotter and longer, increasing production.''
|- id="Exotic Gas Refining"
| {{icon|Exotic Gas Refining}} || {{tech||Exotic Gas Refining}}
| align= center | 4000 || align= center | 2
| 
* {{icon|Building}} Exotic Gas Refineries
* {{icon|exotic gases}} Can use Exotic Gases resource
| {{icon|Industrial Base|21px}} {{tech|start|Industrial Base}}
| data-sort-value="170" | '''基础：''' 170
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* {{green|1.25x}} leading scientist has {{icon|materials}} Expertise: Materials trait
* {{red|0.5x}} no celestial body within borders has a deposit of {{iconify|Exotic Gases}}}}
| ''Exotic Gas can be produced artificially, but it is a difficult process that requires advanced refinery equipment.''
|- id="Rare Crystal Manufacturing"
| {{icon|Rare Crystal Manufacturing}} || {{tech||Rare Crystal Manufacturing}}
| align= center | 4000 || align= center | 2
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* {{icon|Building}} Synthetic Crystal Plants
* {{icon|rare crystals}} Can use Rare Crystals resource
| {{icon|Industrial Base|21px}} {{tech|start|Industrial Base}}
| data-sort-value="170" | '''基础：''' 170
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* {{green|1.25x}} leading scientist has {{icon|materials}} Expertise: Materials trait
* {{red|0.5x}} no celestial body within borders has a deposit of {{iconify|Rare Crystals}}}}
| ''The crystallization process is complicated and difficult, but synthetic crystals can be manufactured by using specialized industrial plants.''
|- id="Exotic Gas Extraction"
| {{icon|Exotic Gas Extraction}} || {{tech||Exotic Gas Extraction}}
| align= center | 4000 || align= center | 2
| 
* {{icon|Building}} Gas Extraction Wells
* {{icon|exotic gases}} Can use Exotic Gases resource
| 
* {{icon|Offworld Construction|21px}} {{tech|start|Offworld Construction}}
* {{iconify|Exotic Gases}} deposit within borders
| data-sort-value="170" | '''基础：''' 170
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* {{green|1.25x}} leading scientist has {{icon|materials}} Expertise: Materials trait}}
| ''Pockets of Exotic Gas are rare and often inaccessible by conventional means. Such deposits can only be reached by using special extractor technology.''
|- id="Rare Crystal Mining"
| {{icon|Rare Crystal Mining}} || {{tech||Rare Crystal Mining}}
| align= center | 4000 || align= center | 2
| 
* {{icon|Building}} Crystal Mines
* {{icon|rare crystals}} Can use Rare Crystals resource
| 
* {{icon|Offworld Construction|21px}} {{tech|start|Offworld Construction}}
* {{iconify|Rare Crystals}} deposit within borders
| data-sort-value="170" | '''基础：''' 170
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* {{green|1.25x}} leading scientist has {{icon|materials}} Expertise: Materials trait}}
| ''Mining these crystals without damaging or even destroying them is an extremely delicate process. It requires advanced equipment capable of pinpoint precision.''
|- id="Betharian Refining"
| {{icon|Betharian Refining}} || {{tech||Betharian Refining}}
| align= center | 2500 || align= center | 2
| {{icon|Building}} Betharian Power Plant
| 
* {{icon|Offworld Construction|21px}} {{tech|start|Offworld Construction}}
* [[File:D_betharian_deposit.png|21px]] Betharian Fields planetary feature on any colony
| data-sort-value="190" | '''基础：''' 190
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* {{green|2x}} leading scientist has {{icon|materials}} Expertise: Materials trait}}
| ''The Betharian minerals appear to have originated from singular source, but were scattered across the galaxy millennia ago. The minerals are most often encountered as pebble-sized clusters, and are highly flammable.''
|- id="Living Metal Tech"
| {{icon|Living Metal tech}} || {{tech|acquire|Living Metal}}
| align= center | 32000 || align= center | 5
| {{icon|living metal}} Can use Living Metal resource
| 
* {{icon|Offworld Construction|21px}} {{tech|start|Offworld Construction}}
* {{icon|living metal}} Discovered Living Metal
|
| ''Mining and processing the rare living metals is exceedingly difficult, but successful application of the mutable alloys yields incomparable advantages.''
|- id="Nanite Transmutation"
| {{icon|Nanite Transmutation}} || {{tech|rare|Nanite Transmutation}}
| align= center | 6000 || align= center | 2
| {{icon|building}} Nanite Transmuter
| 
* {{iconify|Distant Stars|21px}} Distant Stars DLC
* {{iconify|Nanites}} deposit within borders
| data-sort-value="35" | '''基础：''' 35
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* {{green|1.5x}} {{iconify|Technological Ascendancy|21px}} ascension perk
* {{green|1.25x}} leading scientist has {{icon|materials}} Expertise: Materials trait}}
| ''The mass-production of these rare resources require particularly capable nanites.''
|- id="Nanocomposite Materials"
| {{icon|Nanocomposite Materials}} || {{tech|start|Nanocomposite Materials}}
| || align= center | 0
| [[File:Ship part armor 1.png|24px]] Nanocomposite Armor
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| ''Reinforced nanocomposite hull plating can provide an extra layer of protection that could be the difference between life and death in a combat situation.''
|- id="Ceramo-Metal Materials"
| {{icon|Ceramo-Metal Materials}} || {{tech||Ceramo-Metal Materials}}
| align= center | 2500 || align= center | 1
| [[File:Ship part armor 2.png|24px]] Ceramo-Metal Armor
| {{icon|Nanocomposite Materials|21px}} {{tech|start|Nanocomposite Materials}}
| data-sort-value="118.75" | '''基础：''' 118.75
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* {{green|1.25x}} leading scientist has {{icon|materials}} Expertise: Materials trait}}
| ''A combination of different metals and ceramics that result in a strong armor without sacrificing flexibility.''
|- id="Plasteel Materials"
| {{icon|Plasteel Materials}} || {{tech||Plasteel Materials}}
| align= center | 5000 || align= center | 2
| [[File:Ship part armor 3.png|24px]] Plasteel Armor
| {{iconify|Ceramo-Metal Materials|21px}}
| data-sort-value="93.75" | '''基础：''' 93.75
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* {{green|1.25x}} leading scientist has {{icon|materials}} Expertise: Materials trait}}
| ''Plasteel is an elastic material that combines many of the qualities of plastics and metal. It is relatively cheap to produce and can be used to augment ship armor.''
|- id="Durasteel Materials"
| {{icon|Durasteel Materials}} || {{tech||Durasteel Materials}}
| align= center | 10000 || align= center | 3
| [[File:Ship part armor 4.png|24px]] Durasteel Armor
| {{iconify|Plasteel Materials|21px}}
| data-sort-value="75" | '''基础：''' 75
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* {{green|1.25x}} leading scientist has {{icon|materials}} Expertise: Materials trait}}
| ''This strong yet flexible material is capable of withstanding severe punishment. It serves well as ship armor.''
|- id="Neutronium Materials"
| {{icon|Neutronium Materials}} || {{tech||Neutronium Materials}}
| align= center | 20000 || align= center | 4
| [[File:Ship part armor 5.png|24px]] Neutronium Armor
| {{iconify|Durasteel Materials|21px}}
| data-sort-value="50" | '''基础：''' 50
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* {{green|1.25x}} leading scientist has {{icon|materials}} Expertise: Materials trait}}
| ''This incredibly dense and strong material can resist firepower that would turn armor made of any other alloys into slag.''
|- id="Artificial Dragonscales"
| {{icon|Artificial Dragonscales}} || {{tech|acquire|Artificial Dragonscales}}
| align= center | 50000 || align= center | 5
| {{icon|Component}} Dragonscale Armor
| {{icon|lev|21px}} [[Ether Drake]]  or [[File:Aquatics.png|21x21px]] [[Sky Dragon]] outcome
|
| ''The Ether Drake's scales are made up of multiple layers of unique mineral nanostructures. Unorthodox manufacturing techniques allow us to closely emulate these self-repairing structures.''
|- id="Matter Compression"
| {{icon|Matter Compression}} || {{tech|repeat|Matter Compression}}
| align= center | {{hover|Each level increases the cost by 5000|50000}} || align= center | 5
| {{icon|ship armor}} {{green|+5%}} Armor Hit Points
| {{iconify|Plasteel Materials|21px}}
| data-sort-value="12.5" | '''基础：''' 12.5
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* {{red|0.01x}} another repeatable tech was drawn}}
| ''Compressing suitable materials into ultra-dense forms is a cheap and efficient way to improve their ability to absorb weapons-grade impacts.''
|- id="Crystal-Infused Plating Tech"
| {{icon|Crystal-Infused Plating tech}} || {{tech|acquire|Crystal-Infused Plating}}
| align= center | 6000 || align= center | 2
| [[File:Ship part crystal armor 1.png|21px]] Crystal-Infused Plating
| {{icon|yes|21px}} [[Spaceborne_aliens#Crystalline_entities|Crystalline entities]] outcome
| 
| ''By infusing armor plating with Crystalline matter we are able to further increase the durability of our ships' protective hulls.''
|- id="Crystal-Forged Plating Tech"
| {{icon|Crystal-Forged Plating tech}} || {{tech|acquire|Crystal-Forged Plating}}
| align= center | 16000 || align= center | 4
| [[File:Ship part crystal armor 2.png|21px]] Crystal-Forged Plating
| {{icon|yes|21px}} Destroying [[Spaceborne_aliens#Crystalline_entities|Crystal Nidus]]
| 
| ''Introducing Crystalline matter into the forging process further improves the ultra-hard qualities of crystal-infused metals.''
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