{"id":22489,"date":"2022-11-11T17:02:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T22:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/?p=22489"},"modified":"2026-09-29T08:23:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T12:23:13","slug":"upgrade-rd-department-to-level-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/upgrade-rd-abteilung-zu-ebene-40\/","title":{"rendered":"Aufr\u00fcstung der F&amp;E-Abteilung auf Stufe 40"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Upgrade R&amp;D Department to Level 40 is a station mission in Star Trek Fleet Command with one objective: bring your R&amp;D Department to level 40. It runs at warp 1 from start to finish and the game lists a recommended level of 1, so the upgrade itself is the whole requirement. The reward is 10,000,000 <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=\"12357\">Tritanium<\/a> and four 3 Hour Repair Speed Ups, and finishing it unlocks the Shipyard level 40 mission. It is one of the larger Tritanium payouts in the R&amp;D line.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Upgrade_R_D_Department_to_Level_40_objectives\"><\/span>Upgrade R&amp;D Department to Level 40 objectives<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The story line says the R&amp;D Department unlocks additional upgrades for the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/werft\/\"   title=\"Shipyard\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"16309\">Shipyard<\/a> and ships. There is a single objective and no choice split:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Upgrade R&amp;D Department to Level 40.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>No system, hostile or donation is involved. The mission completes the moment the <a href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/rd-abteilung\/\">F&amp;E-Abteilung<\/a> reaches level 40.<\/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. The mission happens entirely on your station.<\/p>\n<p>The recommended level is listed as 1, but nothing completes until R&amp;D 40 is built, so the upgrade is the real gate.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_the_level_40_upgrade_costs\"><\/span>What the level 40 upgrade costs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Current game data for the R&amp;D Department at level 40 and the milestones before it:<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Ebene<\/th>\n<th>Kosten<\/th>\n<th>Build time (unboosted)<\/th>\n<th>Anforderungen<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<td>15.9M Parsteel, 117,000 Dilithium, 1,600 3\u2605 Common Refined Gas, 330 3\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=\"12354\">Ungew\u00f6hnlich<\/a> Raffiniertes Gas<\/td>\n<td>4d 22h 12m<\/td>\n<td><a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/operationen\/\"   title=\"Operations\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"16308\">Operations<\/a> 30, Academy 30, Tritanium Warehouse 28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>35<\/td>\n<td>137.3M <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=\"16307\">Parsteel<\/a>, 1.01M Dilithium, 3,100 3\u2605 Common Refined Gas, 820 3\u2605 Uncommon Refined Gas<\/td>\n<td>16d 0h 24m<\/td>\n<td>Operations 35, Academy 35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>40<\/td>\n<td>3.44B Parsteel, 9.03M Dilithium, 50,000 4\u2605 <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/tag\/common-officers\/\"   title=\"Common-Offiziere\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"25309\">Gemeinsame<\/a> Raffiniertes Gas<\/td>\n<td>80d 19h 12m<\/td>\n<td>Operations 40, Academy 40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Level 40 is the first of these to ask for 4\u2605 refined <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=\"26780\">Gas<\/a>, and the Parsteel bill is roughly 25 times the level 35 cost. You need Operations 40 and <a href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/akademie\/\">Akademie<\/a> 40 first. At level 40 the building&#8217;s research speed bonus reaches 111%, up from 89% at level 35.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Upgrade_R_D_Department_to_Level_40_rewards\"><\/span>Upgrade R&amp;D Department to Level 40 rewards<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Belohnung<\/th>\n<th>Amount<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Tritanium<\/td>\n<td>10,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3 Hour Repair Speed Up<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Completing it also unlocks the next station mission, Shipyard Level 40.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_level_40_compares_with_other_R_D_missions\"><\/span>How level 40 compares with other R&amp;D missions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Current game data for the R&amp;D Department <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=\"12356\">Missionen<\/a> with published guides:<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Mission<\/th>\n<th>Belohnung<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/upgrade-rd-abteilung-auf-stufe-20\/\">Level 20<\/a><\/td>\n<td>17,200 Tritanium, 2 \u00d7 10 Minute Repair Speed Up<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/upgrade-rd-abteilung-zu-ebene-30\/\">Level 30<\/a><\/td>\n<td>700,000 Tritanium, 1 \u00d7 1 Hour Repair Speed Up<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Level 40<\/td>\n<td>10,000,000 Tritanium, 4 \u00d7 3 Hour Repair Speed Up<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/rd-abteilung-ebene-42\/\">Stufe 42<\/a><\/td>\n<td>23 100K <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=\"26779\">Dilithium<\/a> Tokens, 50 \u00d7 8 Hour Speed Up<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Level 40 pays more than 14 times the Tritanium of level 30. By level 42 the reward has moved to Dilithium tokens and general speed ups instead.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tips\"><\/span>Tips<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Plan the start of this build. At over 80 days unboosted, level 40 is a long upgrade, and general speed ups saved from other missions are the way to trim it.<\/p>\n<p>Use the Tritanium on the next milestones. Shipyard 40 comes next in the station line, and it costs 30.1M Tritanium on its own, so this reward covers a third of it.<\/p>\n<p>The four 3 Hour Repair Speed Ups are best saved for a heavy combat day, when a big ship needs a long repair in a hurry.<\/p>\n<p>Previous mission: <a href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/akademie-stufe-40\/\">Academy Level 40<\/a>, which pays 800 Ultra Recruit Tokens. Next mission: <a href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/werft\/#upgrade-missions\">Schiffswerft Stufe 40<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upgrade R&#038;D Department to Level 40 in STFC: a station mission paying 10,000,000 Tritanium and four 3 Hour Repair Speed Ups, plus the upgrade cost.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35037,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[169],"tags":[399],"class_list":["post-22489","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\/22489","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=22489"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42494,"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22489\/revisions\/42494"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}