Officers & Research

Where can I find officers? What do the stats / perks do?

Most content in the game has a chance to drop officers. Scannable missions – token of gratitude, liaison rewards, strikes, weekly missions and salvage from enemies drop officers.

There are also daily / weekly purchasable officers in the market. With the daily on costing credits and weekly ones costing adamant

For info on what officers do, see the tab ‘Officers List & explanation’ in this document (starts at E2). Note that officer with active abilities is quite rare, but still drop from the same locations as the other officers.

Officer Cryopods has a chance to give you a higher rarity then the rarity of the item, with chances increasing with a higher rarity pod (So a common pod has a lower chance to drop an epic as to a rare pod).

Cryopod Level Up Rewards are structured so that every 50 levels, an uncommon cryopod drops, at 250 levels, the minimum rarity is Rare, and on the 1250 level mark, the minimum is Epic.

Should I level up my officers / can I sell my insignias?

Yes and no, in the early game leveling up your officers will be too costly for its benefit. Use the credits for other upgrades like blueprints from the market. Although you will need the credits early on, you will need a ton of insignias to upgrade your officers. After you have bought all the blueprints you need, it might be wise to save those insignias for later use.

How do you get Research points (RP)?

Research points are automatically generated in your research lab. Go to your internal view -> research. In there you can see a number on the left stating xxx RP available. Press that to collect it.

Note that you can’t collect RP when you’re researching something. RP will still be generated on the background but can only be collected after the research upgrade is done and the slot is free.

By switching loadouts, accumulated RP will be automatically collected. You can use this to collect RP whilst you are currently researching something.

The (base) generation rate for RP is 50 per hour. With a (base) cap of 200 (so 4 hours before you reach your cap)

How do I get more research?

Research is divided in three branches, a middle path – which is your main source of research. A top path that unlocks new units and gear and a bottom path that has mostly stat upgrades.

The middle path only needs you to research the previous upgrades. For T2, you need to have 2 levels into the previous upgrade. For T3m it is 3 levels. The top and bottom paths, however, needs you to find various schematics in missions.

Schematics can be found in Liaisons, strikes and scannable missions. Each mission type has a different loot-table so to collector all research, you must do all three types.

What do the different research upgrades do / what is the complete research list?

Research is based on a research tree, with a main middle path, and branches to the top and bottom. The middle path unlocks basic gear and stat upgrades, whilst the top mostly has unlocked for more uncommon types of gear.

and the bottom path has mostly stat upgrades for different gear buffs. Aside from upgrades in the middle path, you will need to find certain Schematics to unlock upgrade from the top and bottom paths.

Hyperspace – Middle

  • Hyperspace jump limit T1 (Increases the cap on hyperjump strength stat for engines) – Chapter 6 – Declaration
  • Hyperspace jump limit T2 (Increases the cap on hyperjump strength stat for engines) – Chapter 16 – Laboratories
  • Hyperspace jump limit T3 (Increases the cap on hyperjump strength stat for engines) – Chapter 23 – Temple Tonaati

Mining – Middle

  • Resource Collector T2 (unlocks T2 collector)
  • Mining yield: ore A (increases T2A yield)
  • Mining yield: ore B (increases T2B yield)
  • Mining yield: ore C (increases T2C yield)
  • Resource Collector T3 (unlocks T3 collector)
  • Mining yield: ore A (increases T3A yield)
  • Mining yield: ore B (increases T3B yield)
  • Mining yield: ore C (increases T3C yield)

Mining – Top

  • Resource controller schematics (Unlocks T2 resource controllers) – can be found in the Iyatequa liaison requisitions (20 T2 Research code fragments)
  • Resource controller schematics (Unlocks T3 resource controllers) – can be found in the Iyatequa liaison requisitions (30 T3 Research code fragments)

Mining – Bottom

  • Mining speed: Ore M (Increases M yield) – can be found in the Iyatequa liaison requisitions (20 T2 Research code fragments)
  • Mining speed: Ore A (Increases A yield) – can be found at liaisons- can be found in the Iyatequa liaison requisitions (20 T2 Research code fragments)
  • Resource collector hull (Increases collector hull) – can be found in the market (160 prestige)
  • Resource controller hull (Increases controller hull) – can be found in the Iyatequa liaison requisitions (30 T3 Research code fragments)
  • Mining speed: Ore B (Increases B yield) – can be found in the Iyatequa liaison requisitions (30 T3 Research code fragments)

Strike Craft- Middle

  • Interceptor schematics (unlocks T2 interceptors) – Chapter 17 – Cangacian Attacks
  • Strike craft speed (increases speed, acceleration and deceleration of T2 strike craft)
  • Strike craft hull (Increases hull of T2 strike craft)
  • Strike craft hull damage (Increases hull damage of T2 strike craft)
  • Strike craft armor damage (Increases armor damage of T2 strike craft)
  • Interceptor schematics (unlocks T3 interceptors)
  • Strike craft speed (increases speed, acceleration and deceleration of T3 strike craft)
  • Strike craft hull (Increases hull of T3 strike craft)
  • Strike craft hull damage (Increases hull damage of T3 strike craft)
  • Strike craft armor damage (Increases armor damage of T3 strike craft)

Strike Craft – Top

  • Plasma bomber schematics (Unlocks T2 plasma bombers) – can be found in the market (160 prestige)
  • Assault corvette schematics (Unlocks T2 assault corvettes) – can be found in the Tanoch liaison requisitions (20 T2 Research code fragments)
  • Pulsar corvette schematics (Unlocks T2 pulsar corvettes) – can be found in the market (20 T2 Research code fragments)
  • Plasma bomber schematics (Unlocks T3 plasma bombers) – can be found in the market (640 prestige)
  • Assault corvette schematics (Unlocks T3 assault corvettes) – can be found in the Tanoch liaison requisitions (30 T3 Research code fragments)
  • Pulsar corvette schematics (Unlocks T3 pulsar corvettes) – can be found in the Yaot liaison requisitions (30 T3 Research code fragments)

Strike Craft – Bottom

  • Interceptor evasion (increases the change to dodge and agility of all interceptors) – can be found in the market (160 prestige)
  • Interceptor speed (increases speed, acceleration and deceleration of all interceptors) – can be found in the market (160 prestige)
  • plasma bombers evasion (increases the change to dodge and agility of all plasma bombers) – can be found in the Tanoch liaison requisitions (30 T3 Research code fragments)
  • plasma bombers armor damage (increases armor damage of all plasma bombers) – can be found in the Tanoch liaison requisitions (30 T3 Research code fragments)

Escort – Middle

  • Assault frigate schematics (Unlocks T2 assault frigates) – Chapter 19 – Lazarus Repairs
  • Escort ship hull (Increases the hull of T2 escorts)
  • Escort ship hull damage (Increases the hull damage of T2 escorts)
  • Escort ship armor (Increases the armor of T2 escorts)
  • Escort ship armor damage (Increases the armor damage of T2 escorts)
  • Assault frigate schematics (Unlocks T3 assault frigates)
  • Escort ship hull (Increases the hull of T3 escorts)
  • Escort ship hull damage (Increases the hull damage of T3 escorts)
  • Escort ship armor (Increases the armor of T3 escorts)
  • Escort ship armor damage (Increases the armor damage of T3 escorts)

Escorts – Top

  • Torpedo frigate schematics (Unlocks T2 torpedo frigates) – can be found in the market (20 T2 Research code fragments)
  • Destroyer schematics (Unlocks T2 destroyers) – can be found in the market (320 prestige)
  • Torpedo frigate schematics (Unlocks T3 torpedo frigates) – can be found in the Tanoch liaison requisitions (30 T3 Research code fragments)
  • Ion cannon frigate schematics (Unlocks T3 ion cannon) – can be found in the market (30 T3 Research code fragments)
  • Destroyer schematics (Unlocks T3 destroyers) – can be found in the market (1280 prestige)

Escorts – Bottom

  • Scouting frigate vision (increases the scouting frigate sensor range) – can be found in the market (160 prestige)
  • Explorer hull (increases the hull of explorer class flagships) – can be found in the market (20 T2 Research code fragments)
  • Assault frigate hull damage (increases the hull damage of all assault frigates) – can be found in the Tanoch liaison requisitions (20 T2 Research code fragments)
  • Carrier hull (Increases the hull of carrier class flagships) – can be found in the market (30 T3 Research code fragments)
  • Ion cannon targeting range (increases the targeting range of ion frigates) – can be found in the Yaot liaison requisitions (30 T3 Research code fragments)
  • Battlecruiser hull (increases the hull of battlecruiser class flagships) – can be found in the market (30 T3 Research code fragments)

Weapons – Middle

  • Capital mass driver schematics (Unlocks T2 Kinetic weapons) – Chapter 22 – Flagship T2
  • Kinetic turret rate of fire (Increases the rate of fire of T2 kinetics)
  • Missile turret rate of fire (Increases the rate of fire of T2 missiles)
  • Beam turret rate of fire (Increases the rate of fire of T2 ions)
  • Capital mass driver schematics (Unlocks T3 Kinetic weapons)
  • Kinetic turret rate of fire (Increases the rate of fire of T3 kinetics)
  • Missile turret rate of fire (Increases the rate of fire of T3 missiles)
  • Beam turret rate of fire (Increases the rate of fire of T3 ions and pulsars)

Weapons – Top

  • Missile launcher schematics (Unlocks T2 missile weapons) – can be found in the Tanoch liaison requisitions (20 T2 Research code fragments)
  • Ion cannon schematics (Unlocks T2 ion weapons) – can be found in the market (20 T2 Research code fragments)
  • Repair module schematics (Unlocks T2 repair modules) – can be found in the Iyatequa liaison requisitions (20 T2 Research code fragments)
  • Missile launcher schematics (Unlocks T3 missile weapons) – can be found in the Tanoch liaison requisitions (30 T3 Research code fragments)
  • Ion cannon schematics (Unlocks T3 ion weapons) – can be found in the Yaot liaison requisitions (30 T3 Research code fragments)
  • Repair module schematics (Unlocks T3 repair modules) – can be found in the Iyatequa liaison requisitions (30 T3 Research code fragments)
  • Pulsar turret schematics (Unlocks T3 pulsar weapons) – can be found in the Yaot liaison requisitions (30 T3 Research code fragments)

Weapons – Bottom

  • Kinetic turret hull damage (increases the hull damage for kinetic weapons) – can be found in the Tanoch liaison requisitions (20 T2 Research code fragments)
  • Missile turret armor damage (increases the armor damage for missile weapons) – can be found in the Tanoch liaison requisitions (20 T2 Research code fragments)
  • Beam turret hull damage (Increases the hull damage of ions and pulsar weapons) – can be found in the Yaot liaison requisitions (30 T3 Research code fragments)
  • Kinetic turret armor damage (increases the armor damage for kinetic weapons) – can be found in the market (640 prestige)