RESEARCH DEAs

The Efficiency of a DEA is a measure of how much a worker can produce and is computed thus:

Efficiency Modifiers represent circumstantial modifiers affecting Research Efficiency, each of which is multiplied into the formula as show below:

The above summarizes how to determine a Research DEA’s Efficiency, what follows are the specifics:

The Base Research Efficiency for a Research DEA is ten (10).

To this value is added the additional interface efficiency from each building within that Research DEA. The amount that each of these buildings adds is listed below:

Certain planetary structures also enhance the test tube output of each Research DEA on that planet. The amount that each of these buildings adds is listed below:

Certain technological achievements also enhance the test tube output of each Research DEA throughout that civilization. The amount that each of these achievements adds is listed below:

In addition, the Race Picks listed below can affect the quantity of test tubes produced by DEAs in regions populated by that race:

Adding the above gives you the total efficiency value of test tubes produced at a single Research DEA. That value is then multiplied by several factors beginning with the Infrastructure Level of the region where that Research DEA is located (see "Economic Infrastructure").

If the planet’s Association Level is ‘Annex,’ the owning civilization’s current Occupation Policy is multiplied into the equation thus:

Designer's Note: We've gone back and retrofitted this Occupation Policy stuff backward into the Bioharvest, Mining and Manufacturing DEAs, where mean policies get you extra of that stuff.

The next multiplier reflects the morale of the region where that DEA is located as follows:

The planet’s gravity is then considered. By cross-indexing the race of the population group in the region where the Mineral DEA is located with that race’s preferred gravity, we see the multiplier on the table below (This is the same Gravity table in the other DEA data dumps, people.)

If any of these Leaders affect that planet, the multiplier is:

That value for each Leader is then multiplied into the efficiency value.

Government Type is the next influence on the research efficiency list. Look up the government type multiplier on the following list and multiply that value into the research efficiency equation:

Next is any reduction in efficiency from pollution. See "Accumulated Pollution Problems" for the details, but the result will always be a multiplier of 1.00 or less.

Then planetary and regional specials are figured into the mix. Each one is multiplied into the research efficiency separately where they exist. Such specials might include:

The above value gives a Research DEA’s efficiency. This is then multiplied by its capacity to get the final number of test tubes produced by that Research DEA.

The capacity of a DEA is measure of its size or extensiveness. This also determines the size of the workforce needed to operate that DEA at full capacity.

The Base Research Capacity starts at one.

The above summarizes how to determine a Research DEA’s Capacity, what follows are the specifics:

Add one (1) to the following list of buildings within that Research DEA to get a sum:

Then add in the following race pick and government agenda to get a sum:

For FLUs (Forced Labor Units), we will examine the Organic and then Robotic types separately. Note that there can never be more of each of these two types of FLUs working at a DEA than the sum of the above (i.e., Base Capacity + buildings).

Organic FLUs increase a DEA’s capacity value by:

Robotic FLUs increase a DEA’s capacity value by:

That sum (the capacity value of that DEA) is then multiplied by the efficiency value (determined above) to get the final test tube output value for that Research DEA.

The test tubes produced by all the DEAs on a planet are added together, and to this sum is added the "bonus on top" for those races that have the Natural Extractors race pick. Simply examine each region on that planet and add to the planet’s total number of test tubes produced an amount equal to the following formula:

Similar to turning cement into production points, so too do we add money to turn test tubes into research points. It is these research points that are spent in all fundamental research and project applications.

The number of test tubes produced on a planet represents the amount of AUs that can be converted into research points on a 1 for 1 basis. That is, where 1 AU is spent to purchase 1 research point (and that research point, in turn, is spent by the central government in its effort to discover, develop, and/or institutionalize ideas and devices).

So, for example, if a planet created 78 test tubes this turn, anywhere from 1 to 78 AUs could be spent on that planet to obtain a like number of research points.

A planet can generate more production points during a single turn than the amount of cement it produces. By spending AUs at a less efficient than 1:1 ratio for additional production points, building on that plant can be hastened. In other words, by using additional money to "water down the cement" and make it go further. For each multiple of amount of cement produced on that planet that turn, the number of AUs required to generate each additional production point increases as shown on the table below:

Continuing with the above example, if a planet purchased 79th research point that turn, it would cost 2 AUs, for a total expense of 81 AUs (1 AU each for the first 78 research points, plus 2 AUs for the 79th). If it wanted to purchase 212 research points that turn, the costs would be: 78 AUs (for the first 78 research points) + 156 AUs (for the second 78 research points) + 168 AUs (for the remaining 56 research points). This makes 212 research points for a total cost of 402 AUs.

So, you can overdrive a planet’s research point output, but it’s going to cost you if you go too far too fast. Note that a planet cannot convert more than six times its test tube output that turn into research points.