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Starships research is the largest ship-specific branch, and it works differently from the rest of the tree: instead of buffing all ships, most nodes buff one named ship or ship line, such as the Franklin against the Swarm or the Serene Squall’s transogen mining. This page lists every starships research with what it does, the Betrieb level it unlocks at, the number of levels, the cost to max, the research time, and prerequisites.

What Starships research does

Because the buffs are tied to specific ships, this is an a la carte tree, not one you max top to bottom. Work the lines for the ships you actually fly and mine with. For mining ships, the per-ship yield research pays for itself quickly and is the easiest win. For combat and event ships, the armada damage and per-ship weapon, warp, and critical lines are worth it only if you use that ship in that content. There is also a block of armada research and the Prime Raffinerie nodes that return resources from swarm and event grinding. The rule is simple: unlock what your fleet uses, skip the ships you have shelved, and do not spend research on a hull you never undock.

Every Starships research

All 242 research projects, sorted by unlock level (most projects gate on your R&D Department; some use Operations or another building). Cost to max is the full resource total across every level. Research time is the base time before your research-speed bonuses, which cut it heavily in play, so treat it as a relative gauge between projects rather than a real-world clock.