Raises attack damage for every ship and planetary defence by 10% per level.

Raises shield points for every ship and planetary defence by 10% per level.

Raises armour points for every ship and planetary defence by 10% per level.

Raises Light and Heavy Laser firepower by 2% per level and opens the advanced defence branch.

Raises Ion Cannon firepower by 2% per level while advancing the plasma-defence chain.

Raises Plasma Turret firepower by 2% per level and unlocks the strongest standard defence weapon.

Makes cargo ships and recyclers 10% faster per level.

Establishes hyperspace physics required by advanced drives, orbital industry and capital projects.

Makes cruisers and colony ships 20% faster per level.

Makes battleships and heavy warships 30% faster per level.

Speeds all research by 2.5% per level and opens major propulsion, weapons and power branches.

Raises metal production by 2% per level on every colony.

Raises crystal production by 2% per level on every colony.

Raises deuterium production by 2% per level on every colony.

Improves probe stealth, report depth and your advantage against enemy counter-intelligence.

Adds one simultaneous fleet slot per level and supports advanced command infrastructure.

Unlocks expeditions and improves their positive discovery chance and rich-field rewards.

Provides the exotic-physics gate required by Titan Construction Technology.

Unlocks Planetary Scan missions and improves rare discovery chances by 2% per level, capped at 15%.

Adds 12% research speed per level by linking advanced laboratories across the empire.

Unlocks configurable military hulls; level 5 and every second level after it adds one universal module slot to all military hulls.

Raises your colony limit at levels 1, 2, 5 and 10: 9, 18, 36, 45, then 54.

Completes the research program required to construct Titan-class capital ships.

Level 1 unlocks Deflector Screens; every level adds 2% shield strength to that module.

Level 1 unlocks Armour Plates; every level adds 2% armour strength to that module.

Level 1 unlocks Barrier Generators; every level adds 2% shield strength to that module.

Level 1 unlocks Reinforced Armour; every level adds 2% armour strength to that module.

Level 1 unlocks the Capital Fold Drive; every level adds 2% thrust to that drive.

Level 1 unlocks Capital Aegis; every level adds 2% shield strength to that module.

Level 1 unlocks Ablative Citadels; every level adds 2% armour strength to that module.

Unlocks the ground-war system and the infrastructure needed to take or liberate planets.

Raises troop attack and defence by 10% per level for attackers and defenders.

Adds 250 troop capacity to every Troop Transport per level.