Material Science

Material Science is one of the eight types of science in Terra Invicta. It reflects developments in chemistry, materials science, and structural engineering.

As of v1.0.53, material science technologies have a combined cost of 460,000 research (12.13% of the total), and material science projects have a combined cost of 546,900 (5.15% of the total).

Bonuses

Orgs

Org Stars	Stats and Missions	Bonuses and Resource Incomes	Affinities and Requirements	Purchase Cost
Random Research51	50%: 1	10%: 1% to 3% 5% 25%: -1 to 1 10 to 20		50 to 150
Random Research53	1 to 3	20%: 1% to 4% 30%: 1% to 7% 15% 25%: -4 to 4 30 to 40	Advanced Atomic Manipulation	1000 to 1500 10 to 20
Intrepid Consulting	5 Advise Hostile Takeover	1% 2 to 5	Affinity: Banned:	750 to 1250
Kinetic Pressure Control Limited	2 Advise	2% 2	Affinity:	250 to 500
Formosa Industries	4 to 5 2 Sabotage Project	3% 2 20 to 30	Affinity: Banned: Arrival Economics Taipei	1000 to 1500
Random Research52	1 to 2	10%: 1% to 2% 20%: 1% to 5% 10% 25%: -2 to 2 20 to 30	Advanced Carbon Manipulation	250 to 500
Random Resource13	50%: 1	4% to 6% 3% to 7% 3% 50 to 100 25%: 1 25%: 1 to 2	Affinity:	500 to 750 10 to 30
Random Resource12	25%: 1	2% to 4% 2% to 5% 2% 20 to 50 2 to 4	Affinity:	200 to 400
Random Resource11		1% to 2% 1% to 3% 1% 10 to 20 50%: 1 to 2	Affinity:	50 to 100

Hab Modules

Tier 1		Tier 2		Tier 3
Module	Effects	Module	Effects	Module	Effects
Materials Lab	Build cost: 0.04 0.68 0.88 0.4 30 Days Monthly expenses: 2 0.1 0.1 6 3 Crew Monthly income: 5 Special Rule: Add 3% Military Priority if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +30%. Adds 2.5% Material Science	Materials Research Center	Build cost: 0.2 3.4 4.4 2 90 Days Monthly expenses: 6 1 1 1 0.5 24 25 Crew Monthly income: 10 Special Rule: Add 6% Military Priority if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +30%. Adds 10% Material Science	Materials Institute	Build cost: 1.6 27.2 35.2 16 180 Days Monthly expenses: 18 3 3 3 1.5 72 125 Crew Monthly income: 15 Special Rule: Add 10% Military Priority if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +30%. Adds 25% Material Science
Bonuses start from tier 2		Nanofactory	Build cost: 3.75 9.75 1.5 270 Days Monthly expenses: 10 3 3 10 1 40 30 Crew Monthly income: 90 Special Rule: Add 2% Economy Priority if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +30%. Can build new T2 Habs in System. Can build new T1 Habs in System. Adds 1% Material Science 0.75× base time modifier to hab module construction.	Nanofacturing Complex	Build cost: 30 72 18 360 Days Monthly expenses: 20 10 10 30 3 120 150 Crew Monthly income: 300 Special Rule: Add 5% Economy Priority if in Earth interface orbit. Capped at +30%. Can build new T3 Habs in System. Can build new T2 Habs in System. Can build new T1 Habs in System. Adds 2% Material Science 0.6× base time modifier to hab module construction.

Councillor Traits

Name	Description	Cost	Tech Bonus	Upgrades From	Income	Stat Bonus(es)
Chemist	An expert in the study of Materials.		15%		5
Chemist II	A prominent scientist in the field of Materials.	20 XP	25%	Chemist	10	1
Chemist III	A distinguished scientist in the study of Materials.	40 XP	35%	Chemist II	2 20	2

Projects

Project	Type	Research Cost	Full Cost	Base Unlock Chance	Available To:	Guaranteed Unlock for:
Foamed Metal Armor		2500	21250	100%	All
Adamantine Armor		10000	142250	100%	All
Remass Scoop		1000	69750	100%	All
Slush Hydrogen Tankage		1000	57000	100%	All
Diphu Pass Opening		2500	15500	20%	All
Solar Mirror Array		5000	87950	100%	All
Malacca Strait Bridge		2500	15500	20%	All
Construction Module		1000	22850	100%	All
Gallium Mist Radiator		20000	173250	50%	All
Salvage Bay		5000	39250	100%	All
Lake Tanganyika Bridge		1000	14000	20%	All
Water Purification Techniques		15000	33250	40%	All
Wakhan Corridor Project		2500	15500	20%	All
Liquid Hydrogen Containment		250	1500	100%	All
Bering Strait Crossing		10000	40500	20%	All
Quantum Batteries		2500	16250	100%	All
Cobalt Dust Radiator		5000	12250	100%	All
Hybrid Armor		10000	192275	100%	All
Ionic Dust Radiator		3000	8750	100%	All
Antimatter Harvester		1000	80350	100%	All
Exotic Heat Sinks		5000	38775	100%	All
Talsinki Tunnel		5000	18000	20%	All
Solar Mirror		2500	6450	100%	All
Nevelskoy Strait Tunnel		1000	14000	20%	All
Antimatter Farm		1500	352850	100%	All
Strait of Tiran Causeway		2500	15500	20%	All
Shipyard		1500	35850	100%	All
Superconducting Coil Batteries		5000	120750	100%	All
Tin Droplet Radiator		10000	30750	100%	All
Lithium Heat Sinks		2500	89250	100%	All
Hybrid Air-Breathing Rockets		1000	15250	33%	All
Fuel Cell II		250	8500	100%	All
Composite Armor		1000	3250	100%	All
Automated Solar Mirror		1000	65950	100%	All
Nanotube Armor		5000	10750	100%	All
Thermal Mining Techniques		5000	14250	100%	All
Nanotube Filament Radiator		2000	10250	100%	All
Space Dock		500	1850	100%	All
Dusty Plasma Radiator		40000	316750	100%	All
Strait of Gibraltar Crossing		5000	35500	20%	All
Ultracold Neutron Containment		10000	142775	100%	All
Slag Valorization		15000	84250	50%	All
Gold Rush		2500	31825	100%
Bridge of the Horns		2500	15500	20%	All
Maglev Trains		15000	32000	40%	All
Rapid Repairing Materials		10000	74750	40%	All
Component Armoring		1000	69750	100%	All
Zanzibar Channel Bridge		1000	14000	20%	All
Rapid Military Prototyping		10000	84775	40%	All
Nanofacturing Complex		15000	265850	100%	All
Battery Farms		10000	39250	40%	All
Industrial Atomic Assemblers		10000	114275	40%	All
Plasma Extraction Techniques		20000	147250	50%	All
Rapid Fissile Enrichment		20000	111750	40%	All
Molecular Beneficiation		20000	86750	40%	All
Army Nuclear Hardening		10000	284775	50%	All
Deep Space Metallurgy		15000	81750	100%	All
Rapid Distillation Techniques		15000	45250	40%	All
Spaceworks		5000	230850	100%	All
Molybdenum Pipe Radiator		500	1750	100%	All
Molten Salt Heat Sinks		1500	5250	50%	All
Armor Struts		1000	19750	90%	All
Potassium Heat Sinks		250	4000	100%	All
Palk Strait Bridge		2500	15500	20%	All
North Channel Crossing		7500	38000	20%	All
Exotic Spike Radiator		10000	101275	100%	All
Soletta		20000	508450	100%	All
Fuel Cell III		350	127350	40%	All
Antimatter Trap		500	65100	100%	All
Sodium Heat Sinks		1000	4750	100%	All
Materials Lab		300	400	100%	All
Graphene Batteries		1000	3250	100%	All
Darien Gap Road		5000	18000	20%	All
Repair Bay		500	7750	100%	All
Soya Strait Bridge		7500	20500	20%	All
Lithium Spray Radiator		30000	183250	50%	All
Urban Armoring		10000	210750	40%	All
Sunda Strait Bridge		2500	15500	20%	All
Nanofactory		1000	48350	100%	All
Materials Research Center		1500	61150	100%	All
Exotic Armor		10000	108775	100%	All
Materials Institute		10000	260650	100%	All
Hydron Trap		5000	140525	50%	All