{"id":22004,"date":"2022-11-11T16:59:54","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T21:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/?p=22004"},"modified":"2026-09-29T08:12:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T12:12:23","slug":"rd-department-level-59","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/rd-abteilung-ebene-59\/","title":{"rendered":"F&amp;E-Abteilung Ebene 59"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>R&amp;D Department Level 59 is a late-game station mission in Star Trek Fleet Command with a single objective: upgrade your R&amp;D Department to level 59. It needs only warp 1, and unlike the early station <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/missionsleitfaden\/\"   title=\"Star Trek Fleet Command Dienstreisen\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"13068\">Missionen<\/a> it carries a recommended level of 59, which matches the building level it asks for. The reward is 800 Ultra Recruit Tokens. The upgrade itself is the long part; the mission just pays out when it lands.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"R_D_Department_Level_59_objectives\"><\/span>R&amp;D Department Level 59 objectives<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Es gibt ein Ziel und keine Verzweigung:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Upgrade to R&amp;D Department Level 59.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>No system, hostile or donation is involved. The mission completes as soon as your <a href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/rd-abteilung\/\">F&amp;E-Abteilung<\/a> reaches level 59.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_and_what_warp\"><\/span>Wo und welcher Warp<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Warp 1 to start and warp 1 to complete, with no pickup system. Everything happens on your station.<\/p>\n<p>The recommended level is 59. In practice the building is the gate: the mission cannot finish until R&amp;D Department 59 is built, and that upgrade has heavy requirements of its own.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"R_D_Department_Level_59_rewards\"><\/span>R&amp;D Department Level 59 rewards<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The reward is 800 Ultra Recruit Tokens. In the game&#8217;s station mission chain, completing it unlocks the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/tag\/science-class-officers\/\"   title=\"Beauftragte f\u00fcr die wissenschaftliche Klasse\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"13063\">Wissenschaft<\/a> Lab Level 59 mission.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_R_D_Department_59_costs\"><\/span>What R&amp;D Department 59 costs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Current building data puts the upgrade at these <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/ressourcen\/\"   title=\"Star Trek Fleet Command Resources\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"26760\">Ressourcen<\/a>, before any cost reductions:<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Ressource<\/th>\n<th>Amount<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/parsteel\/\"   title=\"Parsteel\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"13070\">Parsteel<\/a><\/td>\n<td>30,880,100,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/dilithium\/\"   title=\"Dilithium\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"13069\">Dilithium<\/a><\/td>\n<td>47,304,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5\u2605 Gemeinsam verfeinert <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/gas\/\"   title=\"Rohgas\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"13067\">Gas<\/a><\/td>\n<td>236,600<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5\u2605 <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/tag\/uncommon-officers\/\"   title=\"Uncommon-Offiziere\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"13064\">Ungew\u00f6hnlich<\/a> Raffiniertes Gas<\/td>\n<td>126,300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The unboosted build time is 2,749 days 20 hours 48 minutes, so speed ups matter far more than the raw timer. Before you can start, you need <a href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/operationen\/\">Operations<\/a> 59, <a href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/akademie\/\">Akademie<\/a> 59 and Tritanium Vault 59.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/tritanium\/\"   title=\"Tritanium\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"13065\">Tritanium<\/a> Vault 59 is the requirement that sets this level apart. R&amp;D Department 58 and 60 only ask for Operations and Academy at the matching level.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_it_compares_with_other_R_D_Department_missions\"><\/span>How it compares with other R&amp;D Department missions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The late R&amp;D Department missions change reward type at level 51. Current game data:<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Mission<\/th>\n<th>Recommended level<\/th>\n<th>Belohnung<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>R&amp;D Department Level 49<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>160 100K Dilithium Token, 60 8 Hour Speed Up<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>R&amp;D Department Level 50<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>230 100K Dilithium Token, 60 8 Hour Speed Up<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>R&amp;D Department Level 51<\/td>\n<td>51<\/td>\n<td>800 Ultra Recruit Token<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>R&amp;D Department Level 53<\/td>\n<td>53<\/td>\n<td>800 Ultra Recruit Token<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/rd-abteilung-ebene-57\/\">R&amp;D Department Level 57<\/a><\/td>\n<td>57<\/td>\n<td>800 Ultra Recruit Token<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>R&amp;D Department Level 59<\/td>\n<td>59<\/td>\n<td>800 Ultra Recruit Token<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>From level 51 onwards the reward stays flat at 800 Ultra Recruit Tokens while the upgrade cost keeps climbing, so these missions are a steady bonus rather than a reason to rush.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tips\"><\/span>Tips<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Check Tritanium Vault first. It is the one requirement that does not appear at the neighbouring levels, and it is easy to overlook until the upgrade refuses to start.<\/p>\n<p>The R&amp;D Department raises research speed with every level, reaching 245% at level 60, so this upgrade pays off in faster research as well as the tokens.<\/p>\n<p>Other station and story missions sorted by level are on the <a href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/missionsleitfaden\/\">Missionsleitfaden<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>R&#038;D Department Level 59 in STFC: a station mission paying 800 Ultra Recruit Tokens, plus what the level 59 upgrade costs and requires.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35092,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[169],"tags":[399],"class_list":["post-22004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-missions","tag-research-building-missions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22004","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=22004"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42360,"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22004\/revisions\/42360"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}