Delta-v/Resources/ServerInfo/Guidebook/Science/Science.xml

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# Epistemics

[color=#c96dbf]Epistemics[/color], often called Research and Development, is a job made up of both generating research points to unlock new technologies as well as using said technologies to produce new items at lathes to help out the station.

## Personnel
[color=#c96dbf]Epistemics[/color]' staff is made up of Research Assistants, Scientists, the chaplain, the archivist, and the Psionic Mantis. [color=#c96dbf]Epistemics[/color] is run by the Mystagogue.

<!--Delta V: Renamed Research Director to Mystagouge-->
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   <GuideEntityEmbed Entity="ToyFigurineScientist" Caption="Scientist"/>
   <GuideEntityEmbed Entity="ToyFigurineResearchDirector" Caption="Mystagouge"/>
   <GuideEntityEmbed Entity="ToyFigurineChaplain" Caption="Chaplain"/>
   <GuideEntityEmbed Entity="ToyFigurineLibrarian" Caption="Archivist"/>
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## Technologies
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    <GuideEntityEmbed Entity="ComputerResearchAndDevelopment"/>
    <GuideEntityEmbed Entity="ResearchAndDevelopmentServer"/>
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The most important thing inside your department is the R&D server, which stores unlocked technologies, and the R&D computer, which allows you to unlock [color=#a4885c]technologies[/color].

Each technology costs [color=#a4885c]Research Points[/color] and unlocks recipes at lathes. Some technologies will also have prerequisites you have to unlock before you can research them.

[textlink="Click here to see a list of technologies." link="Technologies"].

## Disciplines
Technologies are spread over 4 different Disciplines:
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    <GuideEntityEmbed Entity="Wrench" Caption="Industrial"/>
    <GuideEntityEmbed Entity="WeaponTetherGun" Caption="Experimental"/>
    <GuideEntityEmbed Entity="ComputerTelevision" Caption="Civil Services"/>
    <GuideEntityEmbed Entity="WeaponXrayCannon" Caption="Arsenal"/>
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<GuideEntityEmbed Entity="ComputerResearchAndDevelopment"/> Use your nearest R&D console to take note of which kind of research is locked behind each Discipline tree.

## Tiers
Each Discipline tree has up to 3 tiers of technologies. At the start the only tier that is open and available for you is tier 1.

In order to progress further, you have to research [color=brown]all[/color] of the current tier to move to the next one. So in order to unlock T2 researches you need to research the entirety of T1.

## Lathes
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    <GuideEntityEmbed Entity="EpistemicsTechFab"/>
    <GuideEntityEmbed Entity="CircuitImprinter"/>
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    <GuideEntityEmbed Entity="ExosuitFabricator"/>
    <GuideEntityEmbed Entity="MedicalTechFab"/>
    <GuideEntityEmbed Entity="SecurityTechFab"/>
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At a lathe, you can choose a server to allow it print whatever recipes you have unlocked. Recipes require various materials (steel, glass, plastic, gold, plasma) which can be acquired at Logistics or Salvage.

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