Territory Research

Territory research is the mid-to-late economy and armada branch, unlocked through the Continuum Consulate. It governs how much you get back from refining, how fast you mine the higher resource tiers, and how hard you hit armada targets. This page lists every territory 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 Territory research does

The tree has three main jobs. Refinery-improvement research raises the resources you get from each refinery exchange (Luminous, Quantum, TC Armada, and the isogenite refineries), and because you refine constantly, these compound harder than almost anything else in the tree, so push them first. Isogen extraction and mining research speeds up the raw isogen that feeds territory play, and matters most if you hold or fight over territory. Armada research, including Armada Tactics and the armada damage lines, is core for armada players since it applies every time you join one. Cargo protection and defense lines round it out for anyone mining in contested space. Start with refinery improvements, then add isogen mining or armada damage depending on how you play.

Every Territory research

All 182 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.