{AC}= Auxilia Coalition - Research & Development Sector

[Auxilia Coalition]

How to start a research

First of all you must request a research assignment (Individually or as "Mercenary Council Group") to the leader or wait for an assignment from the leader (via S.K.Y.P.3. protocol or direct communication channel). Once you obtained it, proceed in this way, depending on what kind of technology you're researching:

Commencing Ship Researchs

Ships designed by the Auxilia Coalition derived from the knowledge of other ships' technologies since not all the members are scientists or engineers. Depending on what equipment or weapon has been researched, every single ship research must be completed following a precise list of tasks. So there isn't a precise way to do ship research but there's no need to be afraid; when it's the moment, the leader will publish the instructions.

Commencing Equipment Researchs

The equipment obtained must be tested on various ways. The first thing to do, for safety, is obtaining enough examples of the equipment to test in order to get ready to use another of them in case of destruction of the example. Depending on what kind of equipment must be tested, there are different ways to achieve the research. For example in case of cloaking devices, this one must be activated enough times to test the cloak activation time and then maintained it until the exhaustion of the batteries, to test the cloaking time. Every equipment to test has a limit to reach depending on the type and power of the equipment (For example, a cloaking device Mk I must be activated 20 times and maintained it until exhaustion). The objectives to reach will be communicated during the commencing research announcement.

In case of Researching and building of a faction equipment, material requirements to deliver to build and test the component/s will be announced during the commencing research announcement.

Commencing Weapons Researchs

Weapons obtained must be tested in various ways. The first thing to do, for safety, is obtaining enough examples of the weapon to test in order to get ready to use another of them in case of destruction of the example. Every weapon must be tested reaching a "kill count" against every kind of target: Enemies, aliens, buoys, asteroids. (For example, a specific weapon must hit 1000 targets). All this according to the following values:

• Hit asteroids = 1 point
  
• Hit neutral buoys or big asteroids = 10 points per energy exhaustion (Fire with only the weapont to test until the energy exhaust. In case of "infinite power", every 2 minutes)
  
• Destroy aliens and common targets (//NPCs) = 500 points
  
• Destroy specific targets (//Players) = 1000 points
  

The objectives to reach will be communicated during the commencing research announcement.

In case of Researching and building of a faction weapon, material requirements to deliver to build and test the component/s will be announced during the commencing research announcement.

Collecting Scientific Commodities

Some of collected items could not be able to be tested in space so the Research & Development Sector will occupy about them in their labs. The only thing to do, to contribute for the researchs of these unknown items is just collecting high amounts of them.

Every proof of research progresses can be communicated in this thread.