{"id":19816,"date":"2022-10-24T09:21:11","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T13:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/frequency-modulator-cost-efficiency\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T21:35:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T01:35:07","slug":"frequency-modulator-cost-efficiency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/frequenzmodulator-kosteneffizienz\/","title":{"rendered":"Frequenzmodulator Kosteneffizienz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Frequency Modulator Cost Efficiency is a Starships research that makes Frequency Modulators go further when upgrading ship components, improving their base cost efficiency from 20% at level 1 to 60% at level 5. It unlocks at R&amp;D Department 24 and is one of the cheapest, fastest projects on this list.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Frequency_Modulator_Cost_Efficiency_does\"><\/span>What Frequency Modulator Cost Efficiency does<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Frequency Modulators are the special currency certain ships&#8217; components upgrade with, and supply is always tighter than demand. Cost efficiency stretches every modulator you earn, so the same weekly income levels components noticeably faster.<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Ebene<\/th>\n<th>Cost efficiency bonus<\/th>\n<th>Requires R&amp;D Department<\/th>\n<th>Research required<\/th>\n<th>Kosten<\/th>\n<th>Base time<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>20%<\/td>\n<td>24<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<td>30 3\u2605 Uncommon Refined Gas, 450K Dilithium, 140 3\u2605 <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/tag\/common-officers\/\"   title=\"Gemeinsame Beamte\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"5810\">Gemeinsame<\/a> Raffiniertes Gas<\/td>\n<td>3 d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>30%<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<td>40 3\u2605 Uncommon Refined Gas, 550K Dilithium, 280 3\u2605 Common Refined Gas<\/td>\n<td>3.2 d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>40%<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<td>U.S.S. Franklin Impulse Speed 3<\/td>\n<td>50 3\u2605 Uncommon Refined Gas, 650K Dilithium, 760 3\u2605 Common Refined Gas<\/td>\n<td>4.3 d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>50%<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<td>60 3\u2605 Uncommon Refined Gas, 920K Dilithium, 1K 3\u2605 Common Refined Gas<\/td>\n<td>4.5 d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>60%<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<td>U.S.S. Franklin Impulse Speed 5<\/td>\n<td>65 3\u2605 Uncommon Refined Gas, 1.1M Dilithium, 10 3\u2605 <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/tag\/rare-officers\/\"   title=\"Seltene Beamte\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"5811\">Seltene<\/a> Raffiniertes Gas<\/td>\n<td>4.9 d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Unlock_requirements\"><\/span>Unlock requirements<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Level 1 needs only R&amp;D Department 24, with no research prerequisites. All five levels together list under three weeks of base research time, so this is a quick line to finish.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cost_and_research_time\"><\/span>Cost and research time<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Per-level costs are in the table above. Maxing all 5 levels totals about 245 3\u2605 Uncommon Refined Gas, 3.7M Dilithium, 2.2K 3\u2605 Common Refined Gas, 10 3\u2605 Rare Refined Gas. The base research time adds up to roughly 19.9 d on paper; research speed bonuses cut real timers to a small fraction of that, so use it to compare levels, not to plan your calendar.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_Frequency_Modulator_Cost_Efficiency_worth_it\"><\/span>Is Frequency Modulator Cost Efficiency worth it?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Yes, early and fully; efficiency research on a scarce currency is about as safe as spending gets, and this one is nearly free by research standards. The rest of the branch is on the <a href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/starships-research-guide\/\">Starships Research guide<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frequency Modulator Cost Efficiency is a Starships research that makes Frequency Modulators go further when&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[378],"tags":[384],"class_list":["post-19816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-research","tag-starships-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19816"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29418,"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19816\/revisions\/29418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}