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Mirror Research

Mirror research is an endgame branch, unlocked at Operations 40, tied to the Mirror Universe arc and heavily focused on player-versus-player defense. This page lists every mirror research with what it does, the Operations level it unlocks at, the number of levels, the cost to max, the research time, and prerequisites.

What Mirror research does

The most important lines are the versus-players defenses: Apex Barrier against players, plus the critical-hit chance and critical-damage reduction that blunt an enemy alpha strike. These are core endgame PvP survival research and should come first if you fight other players. A second group targets Mirror Universe hostiles, raising your Apex Barrier against them and the Raw Trellium they drop, which matters if you grind the Mirror arc. Cost-efficiency and damage lines fill out the tree, and a few premium nodes buff specific ships like the NSEA Protector or add the Omega-13 survival effect. The rarity labels of Common, Uncommon, and up are the same buff at higher strength. Push the versus-players defense lines first, then the Mirror-hostile loot research if you farm the arc.

Every Mirror research

All 99 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.

Research What it does Unlocks at (building level) Research levels Base research time to max Cost to max Prerequisites to max
Ω Mirror Space Warp Path Efficiency Increases base Cost Efficiency on Uncommon Rift Keys when traveling in Mirror Space. 15 1 h 7.3K Omega Mirror Dust Ω Critical Damage Floor, Ω Protector Mirror Hostile Loot
Ω NSEA Protector Apex Barrier Increases base Apex Barrier for the NSEA Protector (does not apply to Armadas or while defending station). 15 1 h 9.8K Omega Mirror Dust Ω Mirror Space Warp Unlock, Ω Faction Warfare Apex Barrier
Ω Omega-13 Device Increases the amount of maximum Hull Health own ships survive battle with while protected by the NSEA Protector Omega-13 ability. 5 20 min 4.2K Omega Mirror Dust Ω Critical Damage Floor
Ω Protector Mirror Hostile Loot Increases base Raw Trellium gained when defeating Mirror hostiles with the NSEA Protector. 10 40 min 5.1K Omega Mirror Dust Ω Mirror Space Warp Unlock, Ω NSEA Protector Apex Barrier
Common Apex Barrier vs Mirror Hostiles Increases base Apex Barrier on all ships when fighting Mirror Universe hostiles. Ops 40 10 40 min 13.5K Common Mirror Dust None
Common Battleship Apex Barrier vs Players Increases base Apex Barrier on Battleships when fighting Player targets (does not apply while defending station). Ops 40 10 40 min 45.1K Common Mirror Dust Common Damage vs Players
Common Crit Chance Reduction vs Players Reduces the Critical Hit Chance of enemy Players (does not apply while defending station). Ops 40 5 20 min 32.4K Common Mirror Dust None
Common Crit Damage Reduction vs Players Reduces the Critical Hit Damage of enemy Players (does not apply while defending station). Ops 40 10 40 min 45.1K Common Mirror Dust Common Crit Chance Reduction vs Players
Common Damage vs Hostiles Increases base damage against hostiles. Ops 40 10 40 min 45.1K Common Mirror Dust None
Common Damage vs Players Increases base damage against Player targets. Ops 40 10 40 min 45.1K Common Mirror Dust Common Damage vs Hostiles
Common Explorer Apex Barrier vs Players Increases base Apex Barrier on Explorers when fighting Player targets (does not apply while defending station). Ops 40 10 40 min 45.1K Common Mirror Dust Common Crit Damage Reduction vs Players
Common Interceptor Apex Barrier vs Players Increases base Apex Barrier on Interceptors when fighting Player targets (does not apply while defending station). Ops 40 10 40 min 45.1K Common Mirror Dust Common Ship Repair Efficiency
Common Mirror Hostile Loot Increases base Raw Trellium gained when defeating Mirror hostiles. Ops 40 10 40 min 43.1K Common Mirror Dust Common Survey Trellium Mining
Common Shield Health Increases base Shield Health for all ships. Ops 40 10 40 min 45.1K Common Mirror Dust Common Survey Trellium Mining
Common Ship Repair Efficiency Increases base Cost Efficiency on Parsteel, Tritanium and Dilithium when repairing ships. Ops 40 10 40 min 45.1K Common Mirror Dust Common Station Module Resource Efficiency
Common Station Module Resource Efficiency Increases base Cost Efficiency on Parsteel, Tritanium and Dilithium when upgrading Station Modules. Ops 40 10 40 min 45.1K Common Mirror Dust None
Common Survey Trellium Mining Increases the base mining rate on Surveyors when mining Trellium Mines in Mirror space. Ops 40 9 36 min 11.6K Common Mirror Dust Common Apex Barrier vs Mirror Hostiles
Encrypted Section 31 Credits Unlocks a daily free claim of Section 31 Credits and Mirror Credits in the Section 31 Faction store. R&D 40 1 Instant 1K Encrypted S31 Particle None
Epic Ship Materials Efficiency Increases base Cost Efficiency on Ore, Gas and Crystal when upgrading ships. Ops 40 10 40 min 14.9K Epic Mirror Dust, 55.2K Common Mirror Dust Epic Station Module Materials Efficiency
Epic Ship Parts Efficiency Increases base Cost Efficiency on Ship Parts when upgrading ships. Ops 40 10 40 min 14.9K Epic Mirror Dust, 55.2K Common Mirror Dust Epic Ship Materials Efficiency
Epic Ship Resource Efficiency Increases base Cost Efficiency of Parsteel, Tritanium, Dilithium, Σ-Parsteel, Σ-Tritanium and Σ-Dilithium when upgrading ships. Ops 40 10 40 min 14.9K Epic Mirror Dust, 55.2K Common Mirror Dust Rare Hull Health
Epic Station Module Materials Efficiency Increases base Cost Efficiency on G4-G6 Ore, Gas and Crystal when upgrading Station Modules. Ops 40 10 40 min 14.9K Epic Mirror Dust, 55.2K Common Mirror Dust Epic Ship Resource Efficiency
Epic Voyager Sample Mining Bonus Gives a bonus amount of mined Anomaly Samples of all grades upon collection when using the Voyager. Ops 40 10 40 min 3.7K Epic Mirror Dust, 13.8K Common Mirror Dust Rare Hull Health
Mirror Refinery Advancement Increases the Mirror Refinery payouts and costs. Ops 40 11 44 min 58.6K Common Mirror Dust Common Survey Trellium Mining
Premium Battleship Apex Barrier vs Players Increases base Apex Barrier on Battleships when fighting Player targets (does not apply while defending station). Ops 40 10 40 min 13K Premium Mirror Dust Premium Interceptor Apex Barrier vs Players
Premium Cargo Increase Increases base Max Cargo of all ships. Ops 40 10 40 min 13K Premium Mirror Dust None
Premium Crit Chance Reduction vs Players Reduces the Critical Hit Chance of enemy Players (does not apply while defending station). Ops 40 10 40 min 6.5K Premium Mirror Dust Premium Crit Damage Reduction vs Players
Premium Crit Damage Reduction vs Players Reduces the Critical Hit Damage of enemy Players (does not apply while defending station). Ops 40 5 20 min 6.4K Premium Mirror Dust Premium Positive FKR Reputation
Premium Critical Damage vs Hostiles Increases Critical Hit Damage against hostiles. Ops 40 10 40 min 13K Premium Mirror Dust Premium Critical Damage vs Players
Premium Critical Damage vs Players Increases Critical Hit Damage against Player targets. Ops 40 10 40 min 13K Premium Mirror Dust Premium Crit Chance Reduction vs Players
Premium Damage vs Hostiles Increases base damage against hostiles. Ops 40 10 40 min 13K Premium Mirror Dust None
Premium Damage vs Players Increases base damage against Player targets. Ops 40 10 40 min 13K Premium Mirror Dust Premium Damage vs Hostiles
Premium Explorer Apex Barrier vs Players Increases base Apex Barrier on Explorers when fighting Player targets (does not apply while defending station). Ops 40 10 40 min 13K Premium Mirror Dust Premium Battleship Apex Barrier vs Players
Premium Hostile Combat Hull Repair Repairs a percentage of hull damage taken during each round of combat against non-Armada hostiles. Ops 40 5 20 min 5.2K Premium Mirror Dust Premium Damage vs Players
Premium Hull Health Increases base Hull Health for all ships. Ops 40 10 40 min 13K Premium Mirror Dust Premium Critical Damage vs Hostiles
Premium Interceptor Apex Barrier vs Players Increases base Apex Barrier on Interceptors when fighting Player targets (does not apply while defending station). Ops 40 10 40 min 13K Premium Mirror Dust Premium Isolytic Defense
Premium Isolytic Defense Increases base Isolytic Defense for all ships. Ops 40 10 40 min 10K Premium Mirror Dust Premium Ship Parts Efficiency, Premium Hull Health
Premium Positive FKR Reputation Increases base positive reputation gained from defeating Federation, Klingon and Romulan hostiles. Ops 40 10 40 min 6.5K Premium Mirror Dust None
Premium Shield Health Increases base Shield Health for all ships. Ops 40 10 40 min 13K Premium Mirror Dust Premium Hostile Combat Hull Repair
Premium Ship Materials Efficiency Increases base Cost Efficiency on Ore, Gas and Crystal when upgrading ships. Ops 40 10 40 min 13K Premium Mirror Dust Premium Shield Health
Premium Ship Parts Efficiency Increases base Cost Efficiency on Ship Parts when upgrading ships. Ops 40 10 40 min 13K Premium Mirror Dust Premium Ship Materials Efficiency
Premium Station Module Materials Efficiency Increases base Cost Efficiency on G4-G6 Ore, Gas and Crystal when upgrading Station Modules. Ops 40 10 40 min 13K Premium Mirror Dust Premium Ship Parts Efficiency
Premium Syndicate XP Unlocks a daily Syndicate XP bundle in Gifts. Higher levels increase the Syndicate XP amount in the bundle. Ops 40 10 40 min 13K Premium Mirror Dust Premium Explorer Apex Barrier vs Players
Prime Apex Barrier Increases base Apex Barrier on all ships when fighting Hostiles, or Player targets (does not apply to Armadas or while defending station). Ops 40 2 8 min 2K Prime Mirror Particle None
Prime Isolytic Damage Increases base Isolytic Damage for all ships. Ops 40 1 4 min 1K Prime Mirror Particle None
Prime Liquid Trellium-D Refining Increases the Mirror Refinery payouts of Liquid Trellium-D. Ops 40 1 4 min 1K Prime Mirror Particle None
Prime Mirror Research Efficiency Increases base Cost Efficiency on Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, and Omega Mirror Dust in the Mirror Research Tree. Ops 40 1 4 min 1K Prime Mirror Particle None
Prime Raw Trellium Mining Bonus Gives a bonus amount of mined Raw Trellium-A and Raw Trellium-D upon collection with any ship. Ops 40 1 4 min 1K Prime Mirror Particle None
Prime Wave Defense Central Entity HHP Increase Increases the Health of the Central Entity in Wave Defense once Wave Defense starts (Stacks with other players in your Wave Defense) Ops 40 1 4 min 1K Prime Mirror Particle None
Prime Ω Advanced Warfare Increases base weapon damage for all ships. R&D 40 1 4 min 1K Omega Prime Particle None
Prime Ω Critical Damage Floor Critical Hit Damage cannot be reduced by enemy Players or Hostiles below a base percentage. R&D 40 1 4 min 1K Omega Prime Particle None
Prime Ω Liquid Omega-Trellium Refinery Increases Liquid Omega-Trellium in the NSEA Refinery by 100% and reduces the amount of Raw Omega-Trellium needed by 60% R&D 40 1 4 min 1K Prime Q Sigil None
Rare Apex Barrier vs Players Increases base Apex Barrier on all ships when fighting Player targets (does not apply while defending station). Ops 40 10 40 min 28.4K Rare Mirror Dust, 38.9K Common Mirror Dust Rare Positive FKR Reputation
Rare Damage vs Mirror Hostiles Increases base damage against Mirror Universe hostiles. Ops 40 10 40 min 11K Rare Mirror Dust, 19.5K Common Mirror Dust Uncommon Ship Parts Efficiency
Rare Hull Health Increases base Hull Health for all ships. Ops 40 10 40 min 21.9K Rare Mirror Dust, 38.9K Common Mirror Dust Rare Ship Repair Efficiency, Rare Material Mining Bonus Survey
Rare Material Mining Bonus Survey Gives a bonus amount of mined Ore, Gas and Crystal of all grades upon collection on Survey ships. Ops 40 10 40 min 21.9K Rare Mirror Dust, 38.9K Common Mirror Dust Rare Material Mining Rate Survey
Rare Material Mining Rate Survey Increases the base mining rate of Ore, Crystal and Gas on Survey ships. Ops 40 10 40 min 21.9K Rare Mirror Dust, 38.9K Common Mirror Dust Rare Damage vs Mirror Hostiles
Rare Mirror Space Warp Path Efficiency Increases base Cost Efficiency on Common Rift Keys when traveling in Mirror Space. Ops 40 5 20 min 10.8K Rare Mirror Dust, 24.5K Common Mirror Dust Rare Damage vs Mirror Hostiles
Rare Positive FKR Reputation Increases base positive reputation gained from defeating Federation, Klingon and Romulan hostiles. Ops 40 10 40 min 21.9K Rare Mirror Dust, 38.9K Common Mirror Dust Uncommon Ship Parts Efficiency
Rare Ship Repair Efficiency Increases base Cost Efficiency on Parsteel, Tritanium and Dilithium when repairing ships. Ops 40 10 40 min 21.9K Rare Mirror Dust, 38.9K Common Mirror Dust Rare Station Module Resource Efficiency
Rare Station Module Resource Efficiency Increases base Cost Efficiency on Parsteel, Tritanium and Dilithium when upgrading Station Modules. Ops 40 10 40 min 21.9K Rare Mirror Dust, 38.9K Common Mirror Dust Rare Apex Barrier vs Players
Terran Insignia Avatar Unlocks the Terran Insignia Avatar. Ops 40 1 4 min 13.3K Epic Mirror Dust, 37.5K Common Mirror Dust Epic Station Module Materials Efficiency
Terran Insignia Frame Unlocks the Terran Insignia Frame. Ops 40 1 4 min 20.7K Uncommon Mirror Dust, 18.7K Common Mirror Dust Uncommon Critical Damage vs Players
Uncommon Battleship Apex Barrier vs Players Increases base Apex Barrier on Battleships when fighting Player targets (does not apply while defending station). Ops 40 10 40 min 25.1K Uncommon Mirror Dust, 31.9K Common Mirror Dust Common Battleship Apex Barrier vs Players
Uncommon Critical Damage vs Hostiles Increases Critical Hit Damage against hostiles. Ops 40 10 40 min 25.1K Uncommon Mirror Dust, 31.9K Common Mirror Dust Uncommon Explorer Apex Barrier vs Players, Uncommon Interceptor Apex Barrier vs Players, Uncommon Battleship Apex Barrier vs Players
Uncommon Critical Damage vs Players Increases Critical Hit Damage against Player targets. Ops 40 10 40 min 25.1K Uncommon Mirror Dust, 31.9K Common Mirror Dust Uncommon Critical Damage vs Hostiles
Uncommon Explorer Apex Barrier vs Players Increases base Apex Barrier on Explorers when fighting Player targets (does not apply while defending station). Ops 40 10 40 min 25.1K Uncommon Mirror Dust, 31.9K Common Mirror Dust Common Explorer Apex Barrier vs Players
Uncommon Interceptor Apex Barrier vs Players Increases base Apex Barrier on Interceptors when fighting Player targets (does not apply while defending station). Ops 40 10 40 min 25.1K Uncommon Mirror Dust, 31.9K Common Mirror Dust Common Interceptor Apex Barrier vs Players
Uncommon Isolytic Damage Increases base Isolytic Damage for all ships. Ops 40 5 20 min 29.6K Uncommon Mirror Dust, 7.2K Common Mirror Dust Uncommon Isolytic Defense
Uncommon Isolytic Defense Increases base Isolytic Defense for all ships. Ops 40 10 40 min 25.1K Uncommon Mirror Dust, 31.9K Common Mirror Dust Uncommon Explorer Apex Barrier vs Players, Uncommon Interceptor Apex Barrier vs Players, Uncommon Battleship Apex Barrier vs Players
Uncommon Ship Materials Efficiency Increases base Cost Efficiency on Ore, Gas and Crystal when upgrading ships. Ops 40 10 40 min 25.1K Uncommon Mirror Dust, 31.9K Common Mirror Dust Uncommon Station Module Materials Efficiency
Uncommon Ship Parts Efficiency Increases base Cost Efficiency on Ship Parts when upgrading ships. Ops 40 10 40 min 25.1K Uncommon Mirror Dust, 31.9K Common Mirror Dust Uncommon Ship Materials Efficiency
Uncommon Station Module Materials Efficiency Increases base Cost Efficiency on G4-G6 Ore, Gas and Crystal when upgrading Station Modules. Ops 40 10 40 min 25.1K Uncommon Mirror Dust, 31.9K Common Mirror Dust Uncommon Critical Damage vs Players
Ω Advanced Warfare Increases base damage for all ships. R&D 40 10 40 min 9.5K Omega Mirror Dust Ω Faction Warfare Apex Barrier, Ω Faction Warfare Isolytic Damage, Ω Energy Weaponry, Ω Resonance Cannon Batteries, Ω Kinetic Weaponry
Ω Artifact Gallery Efficiency Increases the base Cost Efficiency of Artifact Gallery Schematics when upgrading the Artifact Gallery. R&D 40 10 40 min 6.3K Omega Mirror Dust Ω Protector Mirror Hostile Loot, Ω Efficient Research Materials, Ω District 56 Efficiency
Ω Critical Damage Floor Critical Hit Damage cannot be reduced by enemy Players or Hostiles below a base percentage. R&D 40 5 20 min 5.3K Omega Mirror Dust Ω Critical Damage Reduction
Ω Critical Damage Reduction Reduces the Critical Hit Damage of enemy Players (does not apply while defending station). R&D 40 10 40 min 8K Omega Mirror Dust Ω District 56 Efficiency, Ω Artifact Gallery Efficiency, Ω War Room Efficiency, Ω Critical Damage Floor, Ω Faction Warfare Apex Barrier
Ω District 56 Efficiency Increases the base Cost Efficiency of Mirror Fragments when upgrading District 56. R&D 40 10 40 min 6.4K Omega Mirror Dust Ω Protector Mirror Hostile Loot, Ω NSEA Protector Apex Barrier, Ω War Room Efficiency, Ω Mirror Space Warp Path Efficiency, Ω Rapid Scrapping
Ω Efficient Research Materials Increases base Cost Efficiency of Ore, Gas, and Crystal when upgrading Research. R&D 40 10 40 min 8.4K Omega Mirror Dust Ω Invading Entity Weakpoints, Ω Efficient Research Resources, Ω Artifact Gallery Efficiency, Ω War Room Efficiency, Ω District 56 Efficiency
Ω Efficient Research Resources Increases base Cost Efficiency of Parsteel, Tritanium and Dilithium, and Σ-Parsteel, Σ-Tritanium and Σ-Dilithium when upgrading Research. R&D 40 10 40 min 8.5K Omega Mirror Dust Ω Invading Entity Weakpoints, Ω Rapid Scrapping, Ω Artifact Gallery Efficiency, Ω War Room Efficiency, Ω District 56 Efficiency, Ω Efficient Research Materials
Ω Energy Weaponry Increases base damage of Energy Weapons for all ships. R&D 40 10 40 min 8K Omega Mirror Dust Ω Kinetic Weaponry, Ω Critical Damage Floor
Ω Faction Warfare Apex Barrier Increases base Apex Barrier for Federation, Klingon, and Romulan ships when fighting Player targets (does not apply to Armadas or while defending station). R&D 40 10 40 min 8.9K Omega Mirror Dust Ω Energy Weaponry, Ω Kinetic Weaponry, Ω Faction Warfare Isolytic Damage, Ω Faction Warfare Isolytic Defense, Ω Advanced Warfare, Ω Critical Damage Reduction
Ω Faction Warfare Isolytic Damage Increases base Isolytic Damage against enemy Players for Federation, Klingon, and Romulan ships. R&D 40 10 40 min 8.3K Omega Mirror Dust Ω Critical Damage Reduction, Ω Energy Weaponry, Ω Faction Warfare Isolytic Defense
Ω Faction Warfare Isolytic Defense Increases base Isolytic Defense against enemy Players for Federation, Klingon, and Romulan ships. R&D 40 10 40 min 8.3K Omega Mirror Dust Ω Critical Damage Reduction, Ω Kinetic Weaponry, Ω Advanced Warfare, Ω Faction Warfare Isolytic Damage
Ω Invading Entity Weakpoints Increases base damage when fighting Invading Entities. R&D 40 10 40 min 7K Omega Mirror Dust Ω Faction Warfare Isolytic Damage, Ω Faction Warfare Isolytic Defense, Ω Advanced Warfare
Ω Kinetic Weaponry Increases base damage of Kinetic Weapons for all ships. R&D 40 10 40 min 8K Omega Mirror Dust Ω Rapid Scrapping, Ω Critical Damage Floor, Ω Energy Weaponry, Ω Critical Damage Reduction
Ω Mirror Space Warp Unlock Grants a mission in the Gifts section to unlock a warp path in Mirror Space between Mirror Nausicaa and Mirror Romii. R&D 40 1 4 min 810 Omega Mirror Dust Ω Mirror Space Warp Path Efficiency
Ω Protector Isolytic Damage vs I.S.S. Enterprise-E Increases Isolytic damage dealt to the [HMP] I.S.S. Enterprise-E while using the NSEA Protector R&D 40 6 24 min 2.2K Omega Mirror Dust Ω Critical Damage Floor
Ω Quantum Flux Drive Enhancement Increases the base Warp Range of the NSEA Protector. R&D 40 10 40 min 6.1K Omega Mirror Dust None
Ω Rapid Scrapping Increases base scrapping speed. R&D 40 10 40 min 5.8K Omega Mirror Dust Ω Efficient Research Resources, Ω Efficient Research Materials
Ω Resonance Cannon Batteries Increases number of weapon shots of the NSEA Protector. R&D 40 1 4 min 1.1K Omega Mirror Dust Ω Energy Weaponry, Ω Kinetic Weaponry
Ω War Room Efficiency Increases the base Cost Efficiency of Emblems of Honor when upgrading the War Room. R&D 40 10 40 min 6.3K Omega Mirror Dust Ω NSEA Protector Apex Barrier, Ω Artifact Gallery Efficiency, Ω Efficient Research Resources
Premium Isolytic Damage Increases Isolytic damage dealt Ops 51 1 4 min 7.5K Premium Mirror Dust Premium Syndicate XP
Epic G6 Ship Repair Efficiency Increases base Cost Efficiency on Σ-Parsteel, Σ-Tritanium and Σ-Dilithium when repairing G6 ships. Ops 61 10 40 min 15.2K Epic Mirror Dust, 57.1K Common Mirror Dust Epic Σ Station Module Resource Efficiency
Epic Σ Station Module Resource Efficiency Increases base Cost Efficiency on Σ-Parsteel, Σ-Tritanium and Σ-Dilithium when upgrading Station Modules. Ops 61 10 40 min 15.2K Epic Mirror Dust, 57.1K Common Mirror Dust Epic Voyager Sample Mining Bonus
Premium G6 Ship Repair Efficiency Increases base Cost Efficiency on Σ-Parsteel, Σ-Tritanium and Σ-Dilithium when repairing G6 ships. Ops 61 10 40 min 13K Premium Mirror Dust Premium Σ Station Module Resource Efficiency
Premium Σ Station Module Resource Efficiency Increases base Cost Efficiency on Σ-Parsteel, Σ-Tritanium and Σ-Dilithium when upgrading Station Modules. Ops 61 10 40 min 13K Premium Mirror Dust Premium Station Module Materials Efficiency
Uncommon G6 Ship Repair Efficiency Increases base Cost Efficiency on Σ-Parsteel, Σ-Tritanium and Σ-Dilithium when repairing G6 ships. Ops 61 10 40 min 26.7K Uncommon Mirror Dust, 34.1K Common Mirror Dust Uncommon Σ Station Module Resource Efficiency
Uncommon Σ Station Module Resource Efficiency Increases base Cost Efficiency on Σ-Parsteel, Σ-Tritanium and Σ-Dilithium when upgrading Station Modules. Ops 61 10 40 min 26.7K Uncommon Mirror Dust, 34.1K Common Mirror Dust Uncommon Isolytic Damage