What does researching "Advanced Propulsion Tech I" and higher do in Master of Orion 1?
It looks like once you've finished researching all available technologies up to tech level 50 in a specific category, you are presented with a set of Advanced Something Tech I to X to research.
The in-game description for all these levels reads: "General improvements of existing something technology."
I couldn't find any answers on the Internet, and I don't notice a difference in the speed of ships with Advanced Propulsion Tech I.
Does anyone have information on what it actually does? Is there any actual advantage to researching it?
(You can see a full technology tree here: http://www.moo3.at/moo1/technologies.php)
Best Answer
According to the manual:
Advances in technology will reduce the cost of building existing ships and missile bases. For every ten levels above the minimum required level of technology that you have, the cost of producing that device is halved...Although there are no new devices at higher than 50th level technology, you can still decrease the costs of producing existing technology.
Along with reduced cost, advances in technology also allows you to reduce the size of existing devices so that you can fit more on your starships. The mass of a device is decreased by 25% per 10 levels of technology above the minimum required level. Weapons, however, reduce by 50% for every 10 levels...Miniaturization works on computers, ECM jammers, armor, force fields, ship engines, weapons, and most special devices.
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