Technologies break or bend the regular rules in specific ways, allowing you to create zones that are more productive than regular zones, start special projects not available to most factions or gain special advantages.

• Using technologies
• Trading & Researching technologies
• List of technologies

To use a technology, your world only needs to have the technology. It is not necessary to have a technology's prerequisites to use it, nor do you have to pay the research costs to use a technology. If your world has it, you can use it.

The effect of a technology is described on the technology page. This page will also link to any special projects are other rules you need to be aware of when using the technology. Some technologies have a direct effect, or offer you additional options. Other technologies are used to unlock Special Projects, and a few technologies are only there as fundamental developments, that allow you access to a wider spectrum of technological advances.

See Available Technologies for a list of technologies that are currently in the game.

Your world can get existing technologies by researching them, or by buying them from other worlds.

A world that knows a technology can transfer it to others. So, your world can acquire technologies by trading with other worlds who already have the technology available.

Because of cultural and scientifical diversity between worlds, the world receiving the technology has to pay a technology adaptation cost. The world receiving the technology has to spend 25% of the technology's research cost as on a technology adaptation project as they have to improve their understanding of the background knowledge and specifics of the technology.

Both the sending and the receiving player should note the technology transfer in their turn report. In addition,

• The player that sends the technology should note to whom they transfer the technology,
• The player receiving the technology should note the taxes paid for the technology adaptation project under their expenses

The technology adaptation cost can be paid over multiple turns, just like other projects. The adaptation cost must be paid in full before the technology can be used or transferred on to a third party.

For example: suppose your world trades a technology costing 2000 to another world. Before they can use the technology, they must pay a transfer cost 500 to get access to the technology themselves.

This is about IC research to get a technology, see Designing Technologies for the OOC aspect of getting new technologies into the game.

By researching technologies, your world can gain access to new technologies.

Before a world can research a technology, they must have all prerequisite technologies. When a world has acquired all prerequisite technologies, they can start a research project.

Each technology has a research cost in both and . The research cost in is the total amount of resources that need to be put into research and development to acquire this technology. The research time is the minimum number of it takes to develop the technology.

A world can research multiple technologies at the same time. Like other projects, research should be noted on your turn report.

You are allowed to send the technology to someone else in the same turn that you complete the research project. Trading technologies explains the rules on technology transfers in detail.

There are special rules for doing research in collaboration with other worlds.

Before a group of worlds can research a technology, they must have all prerequisite technologies. It doesn't matter which worlds have the prerequisites, only that each prerequisite is known by at least a single world in the group. Once the prerequisite knowledge is available, the collaborative research can start.

Each world will have to do a part of the research. The total research cost is calculated from the technology cost by [cost + cost * 0.15 * (number of collaborators - 1) ]. Each collaborator only has to pay their share ([total cost / number of collaborators] rounded up) to complete their research project. The minimum number of remains unchanged from the normal rules.

Once committed, all collaborators that start the technology together must finish the technology together. This means that once the work has started each world does their own slice of the research. On their turn report they note their own payment and their own turn ticking.

The technology is finished when all the collaborators have finished their work. After the turn report is approved, every collaborator gets the technology.

For example, if three collaborators work together to develop a technology of 2000 that takes at least 5 . The total development cost is 2600 (which is 2000 + (2000 * 15%) * 2); each collaborator has to do their share of 867 taking at least 5 . The technology is finished once all three collaborators have finished their part, and everyone receives technology at the same time.

The following technologies are available:

	Technology	Description	Tags
	Accelerated Ecosynthesis	Removes or creates climates from the Flora and Fauna group	Terraformation
	Active Hyperspace Signature Tracking	This technology unlocks the Hyperspace Tracking Vessels military fleet upgrade.	Military
	Adaptive Megadome Regulation	Allows the construction of Megadome Cities on Outposts	Colonization
	Advanced Multi-Field Research Cooperation	Allows upgrading of Research Augmentation Zone; prerequisite for further research.	Fundamental
	Assisted Apomictic Parthenogenesis	This technology enables large-scale same-sex reproducation and unlocks the Same-sex Reproduction Catalysts project	Population
	Astai Genetic Lineage Analysis	Enables the construction of the Astai racial upgrade to the Genealogical Archives	Population
	Astroengineering	Allows the construction of Superstructure Components Zones to produce	Fundamental, Superstructure
	Atmospheric Conditioning	Removes or creates climates from the Atmosphere group	Terraformation
	Atmospheric Purification	Upgrades a Type IV atmosphere to Type III on a goldilocks world	Terraformation
	Biogenesis	Adds Natural Life to a habitable goldilocks world	Terraformation
	Civil Infrastructure Planning	Allows you to refurbish zones into Augmentation Zones	Economy, Fundamental
	Cold Orbit Megadome Adaption	Allows the construction of Megadome Cities on worlds	Superstructure
	Compacted Defence Facilities	Allows the construction of Planetary Defence Grid	Military
	Complex Financial Products	Enables the establishment of a Banking Corporation to create credits, and through it the saving of money	Economy
	Compositional Pattern Engineering	Allows upgrading of ICT Technology Augmentation Zone; prerequisite for further research.	Fundamental
	Corporate Logistics	Enables the establishment of a Shipping Corporation, and through it the creation of Trade Routes	Economy
	Dark Energy Expansion Deceleration	Increases understanding of , allows construction of the Blue Power Transformer	Power
	Deep Polar Melting	Adds a water ocean to a goldilocks world	Terraformation
	Echani Hyperspace Signature Damping	Allows a fleet upgrade that damps its hyperspace signature	Military
	Echani Reverse Engineering	Allows the reverse engineering of Echani technologies	Military
	Echani Sensor Echo Projectors	Allows a fleet upgrade that confuses enemy sensors, offering a defensive boost	Military
	Extra-dimensional Detector Arrays	Allows upgrading of Exotic Matter Devices Augmentation Zone; prerequisite for further research.	Fundamental
	Extra-dimensional Particle Collectors	Allows the construction of a Rare Elements Zone on a system's star.	Economy
	Fundamental Genetics Research	Allows upgrading of Healthcare Products Augmentation Zones; prerequisite for further research	Fundamental
	Generalized Accelerated Ecosynthesis	A generalisation of the Accelerated Ecosynthesis technology, allowing deployment on other worlds.	Terraformation
	Generalized Adaptive Megadome Regulation	A generalisation of the Adaptive Megadome Regulation technology, allowing deployment on other worlds.	Superstructure
	Generalized Atmospheric Conditioning	A generalisation of the Atmospheric Conditioning technology, allowing deployment on other worlds.	Terraformation
	Generalized Atmospheric Purification	A generalisation of the Atmospheric Purification technology, allowing deployment on other worlds.	Terraformation
	Generalized Biogenesis	A generalisation of the Biogenesis technology, allowing deployment on other worlds.	Terraformation
	Generalized Cold Orbit Megadome Adaption	A generalisation of the Cold Orbit Megadome Adaption technology, allowing deployment on other worlds.	Superstructure
	Generalized Deep Polar Melting	A generalisation of the Deep Polar Melting technology, allowing deployment on other worlds.	Terraformation
	Generalized Fleet Logistics	Allows your Fleet Zones to act as a supply base instead of fleet home port	Military
	Generalized Hot Orbit Megadome Adaption	A generalisation of the Hot Orbit Megadome Adaption technology, allowing deployment on other worlds.	Superstructure
	Generalized Hyperactive Stromatolites	A generalisation of the Hyperactive Stromatolites technology, allowing deployment on other worlds.	Terraformation
	Generalized Microclimate Integration	A generalisation of the Microclimate Integration technology, allowing deployment on other worlds.	Superstructure
	Generalized Photosynthetic Rebalancing	A generalisation of the Photosynthetic Rebalancing technology, allowing deployment on other worlds.	Terraformation
	Generalized Planetary Geoengineering	A generalisation of the Planetary Geoengineering technology, allowing deployment on other worlds.	Terraformation
	Generalized Solar Radiation Management	A generalisation of the Solar Radiation Management technology, allowing deployment on other worlds.	Terraformation
	Generalized Surface Heating	A generalisation of the Surface Heating technology, allowing deployment on other worlds.	Terraformation
	Genetic Filtering	Allows smaller populations to gain boosts as if they were bigger	Population
	Genetic Lineage Analysis	Enables the construction of Genealogical Archives	Population
	Hemet Veolian Genetic Lineage Analysis	Enables the construction of the Hemet Veolian racial upgrade to the Genealogical Archives	Population
	High-Level Sensor Fusion	Allows upgrading of Electronics Augmentation Zones; prerequisite for further research	Fundamental
	Holocommute Workstation Deployment	Enables the establishment of a Banking Corporation, and through it the saving of money	Economy
	Holonet Universal Base Code Analysis	Allows the improvement of Holonet Relay Stations to Duplex Stations	Infrastructure
	Hot Orbit Megadome Adaption	Allows the construction of Megadome Cities on worlds	Superstructure
	Hyperactive Stromatolites	Upgrades a Type III atmosphere to Type II on a world with natural life	Terraformation
	Hyperspace Energy Conduits	Enables the construction of Lagrange Point Conduit Stations	Economy, Power
	Industrial Services Repurposing	Allows you to refurbish zones into Power zones and Open Market zones	Economy
	Interstellar Migration	You can move population between systems.	Colonization
	Large Scale Recycling Processes	Allows the construction of Planet-Wide Waste Handling Infrastructure and further research into recycling.	Economy
	Mandalorian Design Patterns	Allows upgrading of Weapons Augmentation Zone; prerequisite for further research.	Fundamental
	Mass Migration	You can move population between worlds in the same system.	Population
	Microclimate Integration	Allows the integration of all megadomes on a world with Megadome Microclimate Interconnectivity Regulators	Superstructure
	Micro-Singularity Power Extraction	Allows the Micro-Singularity Extractor upgrade on Power Zones	Power
	Multi-segment platform stabilization	Allows the construction of Astroid Infrastructure Platforms.	Superstructure
	Network Centric Colonization	Setting up the colony as a network rather than a single large colony allows the colony to be upgraded more efficiently units added fluently rather than running into limitations of scale.	Colonization
	Non-Baryonic Production Processes	Allows upgrading zones with the Quintessence Field Projectors zone upgrade	Economy, Power
	Orbital Crystals Processing	Allows the construction of Crystals Processing Platforms	Economy
	Orbital Docking Platform Optimizations	Removes the requirements of a and Type I Atmosphere from the Shipping Corporation	Economy
	Orbital Gasses Processing	Allows the construction of Gasses Processing Platforms	Economy
	Orbital Hibernation	Enables the hibernation of Trade Fleets to free up a support slot for another fleet.	Economy
	Orbital Information Processing	Allows the construction of Information Processing Platforms	Economy
	Orbital Lifting Mechanics	Allows the construction of the Space Elevator special project zone	Economy, Superstructure
	Orbital Metals Processing	Allows the construction of Metals Processing Platforms	Economy
	Orbital Organics Processing	Allows the construction of Organics Processing Platforms	Economy
	Orbital Rare Elements Processing	Allows the construction of Rare Elements Processing Platforms	Economy
	Parallel Logistics Management	Allows for upgrading open market zones that support an additional trade fleet.	Infrastructure
	Passive Hyperspace Monitoring	Unlocks Passive Hyperspace Scanning Array project to upgrade Survey Fleets with +1 Scanning range	Colonization
	Photosynthetic Rebalancing	Upgrades a Type II atmosphere to Type I on a Goldilocks world	Terraformation
	Planetary Geoengineering	Removes or creates climates from the Planet Composition group	Terraformation
	Population Mobility	By extending life support systems and combining them with stasis pods, it becomes easier to carry colonists with the first ships flying towards a colony.	Colonization
	Praetorian Genetic Lineage Analysis	Enables the construction of the Praetorian racial upgrade to the Genealogical Archives	Population
	Prefabrication	Through pre-fabrication and efficient shipping, many components of the colony can be pre-built in an environment where construction is more efficient, thus reducing total cost.	Colonization
	Racial Recycling Infrastructure Affinity	Allows the upgrading of Planet-Wide Waste Handling Infrastructure with Harmonized Industrial Recycling Awareness	Economy
	Recessive Augmentation Inducement	Allows 5% additional augmented individuals	Population
	Sensor Vessels	This technology increasing the efficiency and speed at which surveys are done.	Colonization
	Solar Radiation Management	Removes or creates climates from the Climates and Seasons group	Terraformation
	Solar Wind Generator Array	Allows the construction of a Power Zone on a system's star.	Power
	Specialised Industrial Recycling Analysis	Allows the construction of the Industrial Recycling Facilities and Raw Material Refining Facilities recycling upgrades.	Economy
	Standard Template Construction	Allows upgrading of Construction Materials Augmentation Zone; prerequisite for further research.	Fundamental
	Stationary Hyperspace Monitoring Installations	Allows for the construction of a Hyperspace Monitoring Grid.	Infrastructure
	Sundarian Genetic Lineage Analysis	Enables the construction of the Sundarian racial upgrade to the Genealogical Archives	Population
	Surface Heating	Adds a Type IV atmosphere to a goldilocks world with no atmosphere	Terraformation
	Teprogrenus Genetic Lineage Analysis	Enables the construction of the Teprogrenus racial upgrade to the Genealogical Archives	Population
	Twi'lek Genetic Lineage Analysis	Enables the construction of the Twi'lek racial upgrade to the Genealogical Archives	Population
	Unidirectional Flow Logistics	Removes the necessity of assigning a trade fleet to a trade route	Infrastructure
	Veolian Genetic Lineage Analysis	Enables the construction of the Veolian racial upgrade to the Genealogical Archives	Population
	Xeno-obstetrics	Allows switching of growth between different races on the same planet	Population
	Zero Impulse Fast Tracking	Allows the Hyperspace Arrival Calibration Grid upgrade on Military Fleets	Military

If you wish to design your own technology, have a look at On technology design, or contact a Storyteller.