Items
Technotrons, Nanotrons and Production Boosters, from expeditions and special events.
Items are found on Expeditions and kept in your Inventory until you use them. Each comes in Bronze, Silver and Gold. A fourth tier, Platinum, is awarded at special events.
| Item | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum | Works on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Technotron | −15 min or 10% | −1 hour or 20% | −4 hours or 30% | −16 hours or 40% | The research in progress; use it on the planet doing the research |
| Nanotron | −15 min or 10% | −1 hour or 20% | −4 hours or 30% | −16 hours or 40% | The building being constructed on the selected planet |
| Production Booster | +10% | +20% | +30% | +40% | One planet's mines and synthesizer, for 24 hours |
Rules
- Technotrons cut your current research by a fixed time or a share of what's left, whichever is bigger. Bronze: 15 min or 10%. Silver: 1 h or 20%. Gold: 4 h or 30%. Platinum: 16 h or 40%. Early on they finish short jobs; later they take hours or days off long ones.
- Nanotrons work the same way on the building under construction: Bronze 15 min or 10%, Silver 1 h or 20%, Gold 4 h or 30%, Platinum 16 h or 40% of the time left.
- For example, a Gold item takes 4 hours off any job with up to 13 h 20 m left, and 30% off anything longer: about 4.2 days off a 14-day research. Using several applies each one to what's left at that moment.
- A Platinum item takes 16 hours off any job with up to 40 hours left, and 40% off anything longer: about 5.6 days off a 14-day research.
- Platinum items are not found on expeditions. They are awarded at special events in the universe: Conferences.
- The fixed times are real time and are the same on every universe, whatever its speed.
- Time items apply to one specific job. Time they can't use (for example, 4 hours on a job with 1 hour left) is lost; it doesn't carry over to the next job.
- Nanotrons don't work on demolitions or shipyard production.
- A planet can have one booster at a time; a second can't be used until the first ends. Boosters work on planets, not moons. They do combine with the Geologist officer. See Officers.
- Every item shows a preview and asks you to confirm before it's used.