Introduction
People are puzzled on how Aito Kusanagi gets to high research levels in such a short amount of time with just the items produced in the lab and with no materials from mining.
This guide is for people who have mid-tier or entry level experience in R&D and wish to improve their efficiency and speed.
(NOTE: This guide is only to max out research levels with no external help. Illegal technologies will not be discussed in this guide yet.)
But how do you get that technology?
In the R&D Lab there are levels and the ways to increase those levels are:
Deconstructing an item with a technology equal to the one you have
Deconstructing an item with a higher technology level equal to the one you have.
how do i level up
Goto the Research console > Settings > Device Linkage Menu > "Re-sync with Nearby Devices"
Now, we can start deconstructing for more R&D levels. The list to deconstruct follows, all of these can be found or made inside your lab.
Once you have deconstructed that list, you will hit a wall where most of the items to deconstruct do not have a high enough reliability.
This problem can be resolved by upgrading the parts in your Deconstructive Analyzer. With your current Research Levels, you should be able to construct a pico-manipulator, a high-power micro laser and an advanced scanning module. These parts will upgrade the stock parts in your Deconstructive Analyzer.
DO NOT USE THE RAPID PART EXCHANGE DEVICE FOR THIS STEP. This is mainly due to the deconstructive analyzer being bugged and not being able to deconstruct lower reliability items when parts are exchanged with the RPE rather than manually.
So, you must screwdrive the panel open on the deconstructive analyzer, crowbar the parts out and replace the circuit board and upgraded parts, then you can proceed to deconstruct the following list. Don't forget to re-link your deconstructive analyzer through the R&D console!
Your research levels should be:
Materials: 6
Engineering: 5
Phoron: 2
Power: 6
Bluespace: 5
Biological: 5
Combat: 5
EMP: 5
Data Theory: 5
This will allow you to produce many advanced prototypes for the crew right off the bat without any assistance from Robotics or Mining, making R&D self reliant to get to these levels of technology.
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This next list is assuming you have all of the materials received from mining, this will maximize your research levels.
Upgrade your deconstructive analyzer with a phasic scanning module and an ultra-high-power micro-laser and re-link the deconstructive analyzer.
Finish off with this list:
You should finish R&D with these levels, if you've followed the guide:
Materials: 7
Engineering: 6
Phoron: 5
Power: 7
Bluespace: 5
Biological: 5
Combat: 6
EMP: 6
Data Theory: 5