Lumi's helpful handbook of how to R&D like a non retard v1.4

Lumi's helpful handbook of how to R&D like a non retard v1.4

Now with enhanced bio and illegal
Marginally more elegant then 1.2

So you want to max R&D in 5 minutes but don't want to leave R&D, let alone science? Well to bad, that's not going to happen. This guide however, is fairly close.


Firstly, the fast list, for people that know what they're doing and just want a list of things to deconstruct.

Micro manipulator 			- Materials 2, Data 2
Capacitor 				- Power 2
High cap battery 			- Power 3
Analyser 				- Engineering 2, Emp 2
Drill					- Power 4, Engineering 3, Materials 3
Destructive analyser board 		- Emp 3, Data 3
Flamethrower 				- Combat 2, Plasma 2
Plasma sheet 				- Plasma 3
Sec hud 				- Emp 4, Bio 2
Sleeper board				- Material 4, Engineering 4, Bio 3, Data 4
Chem dispenser board 			- Material 5, Engineering 5, Plasma 4, Bio 4, Data 5
Tracking beacon 			- Bluespace 2
Teleporter board 			- Bluespace 3
Mech syringe gun			- Bio 5, Emp 5
Super cap battery			- Power 5
Super cap battery			- Power 6
Wormhole generator  			- Bluespace 4
Teleporter station board  		- Bluespace 5
Teleporter hub board  			- Bluespace 6, Engineering 6
Durand weapon board  			- Combat 3
Durand weapon board 			- Combat 4
Durand weapon board  			- Combat 5
Pico manipulator  			- Material 6
Phasic scanning module 			- Emp 6
Combat shotgun  			- Combat 6
Xray laser gun  			- Illegal 2
Tyrant board  				- Illegal 3, Material 7
E-bow					- Illegal 4
Thermal implant				- Bio 6


Secondly, the more in depth guide.

Get a sheet of plasma from the testing lab (worth taking the metal and glass also).
Head back to R&D, you won't have to leave again.
Grab a micro manipulator, a capacitor and a high cap battery. Also take a full toolbox, and the welder from the 2nd toolbox.
Insert some metal and glass into the protolathe and circuit machine, plus the acid. Make a flamethrower (screwdriver the welder, add a rod, don't need to add anything else for this), then get to deconstructing.

Stage 1

Micro manipulator 				- Materials 2, Data 2
Capacitor 					- Power 2
High cap battery 				- Power 3
Analyser 					- Engineering 2, Emp 2
Drill (Protolathe) 				- Power 4, Engineering 3, Materials 3

Now print a nano manipulator and an RPE.
Upgrade the circuit machine with the nano manipulator and re link it to the console.

Destructive analyser board (circuit imprinter) 	- Emp 3, Data 3
Flamethrower 					- Combat 2, Plasma 2
Plasma sheet 					- Plasma 3
Sec hud (Protolathe) 				- Emp 4, Bio 2
Sleeper board (Circuit imprinter) 		- Material 4, Engineering 4, Bio 3, Data 4
Chem dispenser board (Circuit imprinter) 	- Material 5, Engineering 5, Plasma 4, Bio 4, Data 5

This should leave you with the following levels. If you don't have these, you're a fucking idiot and didn't read the guide.

Material	5
Engineering	5
Plasma		4
Bluespace	1
Bio		4
Power		4
emp		4
Data		5
Combat		2
Illegal		1

After that, Sync your research, both for robotics and in case you lose all your research due to FUN.

Then print x5 pico manipulators and x5 super matter bins. upgrade all three machines and re-link them to the console.

Print another Chem dispenser board, and a exosuit fabricator board, and build them in R&D.
You'll need to print some more parts to make them, just make sure you use the best parts you have available.

Once built, use the chem dispenser to top up your acid in the circuit imprinter, stick some metal and glass into the exosuit fab, and get to work.

Stage 2

Tracking beacon (Protolathe) 			- Bluespace 2
Teleporter board (Circuit imprinter) 		- Bluespace 3

Now sync the console, and then sync the exofab.

Mech syringe gun (exofab) 			- Bio 5, Emp 5
Super cap battery				- Power 5
Super cap battery				- Power 6
Wormhole generator (Exofab) 			- Bluespace 4
Teleporter station board (Circuit imprinter) 	- Bluespace 5
Teleporter hub board (Circuit imprinter) 	- Bluespace 6, Engineering 6
Durand weapon board (Circuit imprinter) 	- Combat 3
Durand weapon board (Circuit imprinter) 	- Combat 4
Durand weapon board (Circuit imprinter) 	- Combat 5

Sync all your shit, and your research should look like this.

Material	5
Engineering	6
Plasma		4
Bluespace	6
Bio		5
Power		6
emp		5
Data		5
Combat		5
Illegal		1

At this point, you've done everything you can without external help. To progress further, you'll need miners to bring you minerals, and cargo to get you a combat shotgun.

Feel free to harass or bribe them to try get these faster (miners usually do their job, the shotgun sometimes can take effort).
Once you have that shit, you can finish up R&D.

Firstly, put a few sheets of every mineral into the protolathe - you can usually just dump the rest in the exofab, or leave them on the floor until needed.

Then fully upgrade your un-upgraded machines (mainly the destructive analyser, but might as well do the chem dispenser and exofab while you're at it).

Stage 3

Pico manipulator (Protolathe) 			- Material 6
Phasic scanning module (Protolathe) 		- Emp 6
Combat shotgun (Cargo) 				- Combat 6
Xray laser gun (Protolathe) 			- Illegal 2
Tyrant board (Circuit Imprinter) 		- Illegal 3, Material 7
E-bow (Protolathe)				- Illegal 4
Thermal implan					- Bio 6

And that's it, if you followed this exactly, you'll have all research maxed as far as you need for (almost) everything. Just remember to sync the console and exofab, and you're set to build whatever you want.

Material	7
Engineering	6
Plasma		4
Bluespace	6
Bio		6
Power		6
emp		6
Data		5
Combat		6
Illegal		5

If you can see a faster way to do this, that doesn't involve shit from outside R&D/chopping up machines, feel free to let me know.