Maverick Research

Maverick research is an endgame faction branch tied to the Maverick faction and the Conqueror Borg Solo Armadas, with most nodes gated at R&D Department 55 and up. It sharpens high-tier ships for hostile and armada play, speeds Maverick faction grinding, and adds defenses built for Conqueror Borg content. This page lists every maverick research with what it does, the Operations Level, ab dem sie freigeschaltet wird, der Anzahl der Level, den Kosten bis zum Maximum, der Forschungszeit und den Voraussetzungen.

What Maverick research does

The tree does three jobs. The G5-and-up FKR PvE lines raise critical damage, isolytic damage, mitigation, and base damage for your high-tier ships against hostiles and armadas, which is the broad combat value. The Maverick faction lines, including Deeds, Glory, Patrons, and the intel efficiency node, cut the milestone points you need and boost the Renown and Maverick Credits you earn from solo faction tasks, so they pay back fast if you grind the faction. The Conqueror Borg lines, covering Isolytic Defense and Apex Shred against Conqueror Borg Solo-Armadas, are targeted survival and damage for that specific content. A few 7-star resource cost-efficiency nodes and the Borg-Sphäre warp range round it out. If you run Conqueror Borg armadas, take the faction-grind boosts and the Conqueror Borg defenses first.

Maverick Credits, Periphery Intel and Renown

Maverick research is paid almost entirely in Maverick Periphery Intel: 18 of the 22 projects use it, 605.1K in total to max them all. Periphery Intel is used to upgrade Maverick research nodes and comes from the Maverick Faction Store. The other four projects are the one-level faction nodes (Deeds, Glory and Patrons of the Mavericks, plus Prime Maverick Intel Efficiency), which cost 5K each of a separate currency and take 4 minutes of base research time. Prime Maverick Intel Efficiency increases the cost efficiency of Periphery Intel across the tree, so it is the first node to take.

Maverick Credits and Maverick Renown are not spent in this tree, but the tree boosts both. Maverick Credits buy chests in the Maverick Faction Store and come from Maverick Faction Tasks or the store itself. Maverick Renown takes you to the next tier of Maverick reputation and comes from Maverick Faction Tasks. Patrons of the Mavericks increases the Maverick Credits you get from solo Maverick Faction Tasks by 40%, Glory of the Mavericks increases the Renown from them by 40%, and Deeds of the Mavericks reduces the milestone points those tasks need by 20%. Each one activates at the next task refresh after the research completes.

Maverick tasks and The Warp Dive Bar

Locked Maverick Faction Tasks open with Maverick Task Keys, which you get every week from the Maverick Faction Store once you upgrade The Warp Dive Bar. The weekly key chest grows with the building: 100 keys at level 20, 200 at level 30 and 300 at level 40. The Warp Dive Bar also gates the tree itself, since G5+ FKR PvE Critical Damage needs The Warp Dive Bar 1 alongside R&D Department 55. More keys mean more tasks, and more tasks mean more Credits and Renown for the three faction nodes above to multiply. The Conqueror Borg lines in the table pay off against the targets on the Borg armadas .

Every Maverick research

Alle 22 Forschungsprojekte, sortiert nach Freischaltungslevel (für die meisten Projekte zählt das Gebäude F&E-Abteilung; einige nutzen Operations oder ein anderes Gebäude). Die Kosten bis zum Maximum sind die gesamte Ressourcensumme über alle Level. Die Forschungszeit ist die Basiszeit vor deinen Boni auf die Forschungsgeschwindigkeit, die sie im Spiel stark verkürzen. Betrachte sie also als relativen Vergleichswert zwischen Projekten und nicht als echte Uhrzeit.