Technology

Technology in Endless Space is divided into four categories: Galactic Warfare, Applied Sciences,Exploration & Expansion, and Diplomacy & Trading. Certain technologies are specific to a faction. Discovering technologies using unlocks various types of Unlocks that advance the capabilities of youir empire.

Something that should be noted is that all technologies with an orange colouration on their thumbnail are technologies that are 'unique' to the player's faction, whether in position, description or in what it gives. This does include all Ship-providing technologies.

Galactic Warfare[]

As expected, these technologies focus on waging war - various weapons and defences, plus other modules for your ships, and defensive improvements for systems.

Applied Sciences[]

The Applied Sciences technologies allow an empire to discover and exploit Strategic Resources and improve your Industry and Research economies through improvements. It also provides a number of battle actions.

Exploration & Expansion[]

Technologies in this area provide access to new types of ship hulls, the ability to colonize and/or improve different types of planets, travel further or faster (i.e., through warpholes), etc.

Diplomacy & Trading[]

Diplomacy and Trading technologies deal with agriculture or production, improving the dust economy, negotiating options with other empires, trade routes, manage your citizenry, and increase the limits of a fleet's command points and the size of the hero academy.

List of Universal Technologies[]

The number after the "/" in Research Cost is the cost for Galactic Warfare technologies in that row.

Research Cost

Applied Sciences

Exploration & Expansion

Diplomacy & Trading

Galactic Warfare

40

/
30

Unstable Isotope Manipulation

130

/
100

PEV-Scale Accelerators

Neural Robotics

Core Mining

Efficient Shielding

Compact Fusion Reactors

Sustainability

Relativistic Economics

Particle Scanning

Specialized Isotopes

300

/
225

Photon Distortion

High-Energy Magnetics

Applied Casmir Effect

Improved Thermodynamics

Relativistic Markets

Improved Fleet Management

Botanical Scanning

Autonomous Construction

Basic G2A Systems

680

/
510

Nonbaryonic Particles

Planetary Landscaping

Advanced Fusion Power

1800

/
1350

Rudimentary Telepathics

Advanced Simulations

Atmospheric Engineering

Atmospheric Filtration

Graviton Manipulation

Quantum Communications

Optimized Logistics

Nanoscale Thermodynamics

Plasma Cage

Flawless Machining

Mobile Gauss Platforms

Active Defenses

4000

/
3000

Wave Function Control

Tectonic Engineering

Atomic Substrates

Applied Atmospherics

Deuyivan Construction

Advanced Warp Gravitics

7500

/
5625

Solar Mining

Inorganic Biology

Infinite Variable Computing

Low-Temp Hydration

Non-Baryonic Shielding

Soil Revivification

Futuristic Game Theory

Advanced Scholastics

Vocation-Oriented Society

14000

/
10500

Pervasive Etching

Self Replicating Structures

Quantum Substrates

Persistent Bodies

Exotic Thermodynamics

Personal Fields

Mass Particle Displacement

Neural Net Society

Maximized Exploitation

High-Consumption Society

Condensed Plasma

High Albedo Alloys

Hypermagnetic Shielding

Advanced Countermeasures

Stasis Fields

25000

/
18750

Quantum Devices

Black Hole Mining

Quantum Processing

Negative Mass Mechanics

Complex Regulated Systems

Dark Matter Shielding

Directed AI Computing

Long-Term Xeno Funds

Perfect Forecasting

Accelerated Evolution

Lepton Manipulation

Entangled Systems

Positron Containment

36000

/
27000

Persistent Construction

Quantum Robotics

Resilient Infrastructures

Galactic Trade Center

Seamless Construction

60000

/
45000

Dust Virtualization

Sustainable Supercities

Endless Empire

Extreme Consumption

Quantum Inert Alloys

Portable Nonbaryonics

Dark Energy Shield

High Quantum Stability

Quark Effect Weapons

Low-Entropy Materials

Anti-Graviton Fields

1212000

Pan-Galactic Society

N.B. The above table will differ somewhat from the Cravers and the Harmony technology trees. The Cravers have several unique technologies that replace existing universal technologies, and due to the Harmony's inability to use dust or heroes, their Diplomacy & Trading tree, in particular, is very different.

List of Faction-Specific Technologies[]

Amoeba[]

Research Cost	Exploration & Expansion	Diplomacy & Trading
130		Xenosociology
1800		Exotic Resource Logistics
4000		Galactic Brotherhood
7500		Advanced Scholastics
14000	Condensate Systems	Neural Net Society Perfect Negotiations Automated Wealth

Automaton[]

Research Cost	Applied Sciences	Exploration & Expansion	Diplomacy & Trading	Galactic Warfare
130			Dense Orbitals
1800		Short-Range Entanglement
4000		Deep Space Habitats	Symbiotic Satellites
7500 / 5625	Infinite Variable Computing Stasis Containment	Low-Temp Hydration		Personal Shielding
25000		Deuyivan Construction

Cravers[]

Research Cost	Exploration & Expansion	Diplomacy & Trading	Galactic Warfare
130		Relativistic Economics Radiation Hardiness
680		Accelerated Yields
1800		Quantum Swarming Groupthink
4000		Distributed Hives
25000	Extreme Extraction
45000			Anti-Graviton Fields

Harmony[]

Research Cost	Exploration & Expansion	Diplomacy & Trading	Galactic Warfare
40		Soil Xenobiology
85	Resource Leverage
300	Applied Casimir Effect
680 / 510		Relativistic Markets	Metal Memory
4000	Applied Atmospherics	Inter-Species HR
7500 / 5625			Personal Shielding
9000		Harmonize Planets
14000	Personal Fields
36000 / 27000	Dark Energy Effects	Perfect Negotiations	Systemic Unity

Technically, every technology in the Harmony Diplomacy and Trading tree (except for Extreme Consumption) is specific to them. However, these mostly entail either:

having a different position in the tree (and thus a different research cost and/or prerequisites); or
the absence of an improvement which only enhances Dust production or augments a hero (neither of which is useful to the Harmony)

Specifically listed in the table are those technologies which are unique to the Harmony or differ for reasons other than those given above.

Hissho[]

Research Cost	Diplomacy & Trading	Galactic Warfare
100		LMI Systems Applied Holography
1800	Way of the Warrior
3000		Large-Scale Neurals
27000		Entangled Production

Horatio[]

Research Cost	Applied Sciences	Exploration & Expansion	Diplomacy & Trading	Galactic Warfare
130			Galactic Nutrition
680			Futuristic Game Theory
1800	Artificial Atmosphere		Advanced Biologics Dust Cosmetics
14000		Shared Fields
25000 / 18750			Perfect Forecasting	Glassteel

Pilgrims[]

Research Cost	Exploration & Expansion	Diplomacy & Trading
130		Hoarding Systems
300	Atmospheric Filtration	Consensus Systems
680		Maximized Exploitation
1800	Deuyivan Construction Factory Missions
4000	Null-G Fields Endless Leverage	Inter-Species HR

Sheredyn[]

Research Cost	Applied Sciences	Diplomacy & Trading	Galactic Warfare
40		Xenology
130		Dust Retrieval
510			Dust to Dust
1800		Invasive Infrastructures
3000			Localized Stasis
5625			Personal Shielding
25000	Quantum Processing	Tunneled Comms
36000	Privatized Research

Sophon[]

Research Cost	Applied Sciences	Exploration & Expansion	Diplomacy & Trading
300	Augmented Virtualization
680			Self-Organizing Data
1800	Dark Matter Condensing
4000	Wave Function Control
7500	Adoptive Society		Imaginary Game Theory
14000		Adaptive Ecologies
25000			Dust Stimulation

Sowers[]

Research Cost	Applied Sciences	Exploration & Expansion	Diplomacy & Trading
300		Sociologics
680	Artificial Biologics		Planetary Landscaping
1800	Persistent Bodies	Exotic Thermodynamics	Concurrent Logistics
7500		Tundra Geomorphology

The Sowers also have unique versions of all of the colonization Empire Improvements in the Exploration and Expansion technology tree.

United Empire[]

Research Cost	Applied Sciences	Diplomacy & Trading	Galactic Warfare
130		Wealth Systems
1800		Consumption Psychology Industrial Hegemony
7500	Exploitive Algorithms
27000			Seamless Construction Secret Projects
45000			Dark Energy Shield

Vaulters[]

Research Cost	Applied Sciences	Exploration & Expansion	Galactic Warfare
100			Military-Artisanal Complex "Pocket" Portal Tech
510			Neuro-Coupled Data
3000			Stealth Satellites
4000		Natural Apertures
14000	Defcon Incubators
25000	Sub-Quantum Calorimeters