ResearchAlienTechnology

Research Alien Technology
Solution
Research the "Alien Technology" project when it becomes available.
Description		Resolution
We've taken the first steps towards understanding the alien technology, but there's a long way to go. If we can figure out how their tech works, maybe it'll give us some clues about how to beat them.		We've finally managed to get a handle on the principles the alien tech is built on, and for once, we've got some good news. We've definitely confirmed that every piece of alien technology we've looked at has been built right here in our solar system, using mostly materials from the planets and asteroids around our Sun. The fact that the aliens are using weapons and ships that they built here, and not just bringing a fleet of battleships straight from their home, suggests they're operating under some harsh resource constraints. If we can destroy their Solar System manufacturing facilities, they'll be crippled. There is, however, a catch. Almost every single piece of alien tech contains some kind of alloy that our scientists can't identify at all. The materials boys claim that it's this alien alloy that allows their ships to do what they do. Unfortunately, even if we melted down every piece of alien tech we've got, we still wouldn't have enough of the stuff for a proper study. We're going to need something bigger.
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We're learning and adapting, Colonel.
Prerequisite Objective(s)
Salvage Alien Technology
Can be completed by Project:		Alien Technology
Unlocks Project(s):		Deep Space Telescope
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Research Alien Technology
Solution
Research the "Alien Technology" project when it becomes available.
Description		Resolution
Our research teams are clamoring to study the recovered alien technology. We hope to not only significantly enhance our own studies, but also to come to better understand our invaders.		Our research has been fruitful. First, we have confirmed that all of the pieces of alien equipment we have thus far examined were constructed primarily out of elements and materials found in our Solar System. This is perhaps unsurprising; considering the massive energies required to traverse the vast distances between stars, it is logical that an interstellar invader would seek to rely on a defender's resources rather than haul their own. Second, and more importantly, every sample studied contains some trace of a unique, artificial alloy of extrasolar origin. From silver conduit wiring to steel struts, the alloy is as common in alien construction as it is nonexistent in our own. At present, the composition of this alloy is a mystery. If we wish to continue to reverse-engineer alien technology, analyzing this alloy is the next step. All of our research thus far indicates that the aliens are heavily dependent on this substance – if we wish to gain any real understanding of their technology, we must understand this material first. Unfortunately, performing such an analysis will require a far larger quantity and variety of samples than we currently possess. We will have to acquire these alloys in bulk.
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I have a progress report, Commander.
Prerequisite Objective(s)
Salvage Alien Technology
Can be completed by Project:		Alien Technology
Unlocks Project(s):		Deep Space Telescope
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Research Alien Technology
Solution
Research the "Alien Technology" project when it becomes available.
Description		Resolution
Research on the alien technology continues. Our science and engineering teams continue to hope that we may soon be able to reverse-engineer some of the alien designs.		Our attempts to understand the alien technology have unfortunately run up against a wall. Though advanced, the majority of the alien designs are not fundamentally dissimilar to our own, and as mentioned, the bulk of their mass is comprised of standard elements mined and processed here in our Solar System. However, every single piece of alien technology of any importance has been found to contain substances that are clearly extrasolar in origin. Our teams are certain that it is these substances that allows the alien designs to outperform ours so comprehensively. To match the alien performance, we must understand how to effectively use them. Unfortunately, to properly study these exotic materials, we need more of them ... much more. The salvage and samples we have acquired so far do not contain anywhere near enough for the tests we have in mind.
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We are making progress, Director, but we need additional samples of advanced alien artifacts to go forward.
Prerequisite Objective(s)
Salvage Alien Technology
Can be completed by Project:		Alien Technology
Unlocks Project(s):		Deep Space Telescope
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Research Alien Technology
Solution
Research the "Alien Technology" project when it becomes available.
Description		Resolution
The alien technology carries the potential for enormously increased efficiency and profit. We have contacted some professionals in the field of industrial espionage and tasked them with reverse-engineering it.		While our research has produced some results of mild interest, there are a notable lack of clear avenues by which we can exploit the alien designs. It appears that the majority of the alien technological superiority is due to some kind of high-tech alloys used extensively throughout their equipment. Our researchers have claimed that they require a larger quantity of these exotic alloys to learn anything further. Incentives and forceful encouragements directed towards our research teams have unfortunately failed to motivate them to do more with less.
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We have developed only limited opportunities for new products thus far.
Prerequisite Objective(s)
Salvage Alien Technology
Can be completed by Project:		Alien Technology
Unlocks Project(s):		Deep Space Telescope
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Research Alien Technology
Solution
Research the "Alien Technology" project when it becomes available.
Description		Resolution
We now have enough working pieces of alien technology to begin to analyze their workings in more detail.		The tools of our invaders begin to give up their secrets. Every day, I come to my desk to read excited messages from our research teams about how they have discovered the workings of some new piece of machinery. They talk elatedly about the new devices we might create, the new ships we might build. I find it all depressing. Hardly any of our researchers seem to grasp the distinction between science and technology. Yes, we are learning the mechanics of the alien designs, their mechanisms and working patterns, but we lack the theoretical framework that allowed the aliens to conceive these designs in the first place. Without a proper scientific understanding, we are merely aping their efforts. But more importantly, our researchers seem so drawn to the prospect of technological power that they are sparing no attention as to what it might be used for. Science and technology, divorced from culture and civilization, are mindless monsters. After all, the aliens have these technologies too, and what have they used them for? Conquest, war, and death. I fear that should we attempt to emulate the aliens' tools, we may become little different from them.
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We are making progress understanding the alien artifacts, Chancellor, although most seem to be tools of warfare.
Prerequisite Objective(s)
Salvage Alien Technology Or Contact the Aliens
Can be completed by Project:		Alien Technology
Unlocks Project(s):		Deep Space Telescope
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Research Alien Technology
Solution
Research the "Alien Technology" project when it becomes available.
Description		Resolution
In addition to their language teaching devices, the aliens have granted us several items referred to as technology subpersona cores. Their role is to teach us the secrets of the aliens' technology ... or at least those parts of it that the aliens are willing to share. Clean energy, climate adjustment, environmental repair, medical research ... there are so many advances that could transform life here on Earth. If the aliens will only teach us their secrets, then, unpleasant as it may sound, the lives we have lost will be more than worth it.		We have finished studying the alien subpersona cores. The contents are ... not what I had hoped. The cores are not designed to teach us about climate science, or medicine, or the environment. Instead, they are focused exclusively upon military engineering and space-to-ground weapons. Perhaps there has been some sort of mistake? A recording has surfaced of our disastrous first contact. It claims that several members of our delegation broke and fled, and that the aliens gave the order to have them shot down. The Council has agreed that this must be a forgery, designed to sow discord among those factions advocating for peace. All copies of the recording are to be deleted from our internal networks.
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Commissioner, I'm sure there is a reasonable explanation for this, but I'm not sure what it is.
Prerequisite Objective(s)
Contact the Aliens
Can be completed by Project:		Alien Technology
Unlocks Project(s):		Deep Space Telescope
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