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33 lines
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# Techtree
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Not a tree per se
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research only in single player mode
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Gather resources in multiplayer mode to spend them on for (very expensive)
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research in singleplayer mode
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## FTL technology
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### Warp
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Continuous drive, requires negative energy, rather stealthy
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### Slingshot
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Discrete drive, not stealthy at all, nomen est omen
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ship gets accellerated to near lightspeed by internal means. Because of photons
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"reflecting" from the ship it generate a characteristic radiation pattern, which
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can be observed far and wide.
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### Jump drive
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Discrete drive, computation heavy, can be unreliable at targeting
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### Gateways
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Discrete drive, needs specialized structures/stations
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### Tachyon sails
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Continuous drive
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