Star Trek Fleet Command research

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Welcome to the Star Trek Fleet Command research article. Here we will talk about two different Star Trek Fleet Command research branches – Station and Combat. At the end of this page, we included several tables filled with data about the requirements for different technologies, their research cost ( time and resources) as well as the benefit that each technology provides.

Combat Research Branch

Combat Research Branch covers bonuses that can directly increase the combat capability of your ships, like the improved hull health, Shield/Armor Health, and Deflection, damage bonus, etc. However, Star Trek Fleet Command research will also enable you to unlock new, more powerful ships. When choosing the next technology to research prioritize something that will provide the most benefit to your primary combat ship. For example, it would be useless to research Kinetic Shockwave (improves kinetic damage), if your primary combat ship is Turas – explorer that has Energy weapons only. If you’re not sure what combat stats are the most important for your ship class, check out our Star Trek Fleet Command Ships page. It will help out with the choice of Star Trek Fleet Command research so that you can maximize the strengths (main stats) of your preferred combat ship. Quick tip (if you don’t wish to read through our Ships page) about prioritizing of Star Trek Fleet Command research considering the most important stats for different ship classes:

For Battleships – armor, hull health, shield pierce
Explorers – shield deflection, shield health, accuracy
Interceptors – dodge, attack,armor pierce, critical chance/damage

Station Research Branch

In Star Trek Fleet Command research under this branch mostly improves non-combat technologies like resource generation, warehouse capacity, etc. However, there are a few technologies that will indirectly increase your combat capabilities, like improved repair speed – this will enable you to get the damage ships back into the action faster, and that’s very useful in PvP. Besides that, Station branch also covers research of the defensive technologies, that will improve your defensive platforms or grant direct combat bonuses to your ships while they’re defending the Star Base.

Star Trek Fleet Command Research (Tables with data)

NOTE: Upgrade cost/time values include all possible research/buildings bonuses for a given level, excluding Prime technologies.

Combat Research Branch

1.1. Hull Density

Hull Density Level	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Hull Health Bonus	Requirement
1	–	–	–	–
2	100 Tritanium, 15 Dilithium	18m 21s	50	–
3	200 Tritanium, 25 Dilithium	36m 02s	80	–
4	300 Tritanium, 50 Dilithium	01h 07m	120	–
5	357 Tritanium, 80 Dilithium	01h 45m	200	Grade 2 Ship Research, R&D Department Lvl 9
6	560 Tritanium, 216 Dilithium	02h 58m	600	R&D Department Lvl 11
7	763 Tritanium, 420 Dilithium	06h 32m	1,200	Survey Hull Integrity Lvl 1, R&D Department Lvl 13
8	–	–	–	–

2.1. Battle Tactics

Battle Tactics Level	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Damage Bonus vs Hostiles	Requirement
1	15 Dilithium	13m 00s	5%	–
2	50 Dilithium	24m 04s	7%	–
3	105 Dilithium	01h 27m	10%	Shield Modulation Lvl 3
4	195 Dilithium	02h 20m	14%	–
5	474 Dilithium	03h 51m	20%	Hull Density Lvl 6

2.2. Unlock Orion Corvette

COMING SOON!!!

2.3. Defensive Tactics

Defensive Tactics	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Reduced Damage from Hostiles	Requirement
1	20 Tritanium, 5 Dilithium	09m 31s	5%	–
2	40 Tritanium, 20 Dilithium	18m 21s	10%	–
3	120 Tritanium, 70 Dilithium	01h 07m	15%	Shield Modulation Lvl 3
4	160 Tritanium, 120 Dilithium	01h 48m	20%	–
5	224 Tritanium, 289 Dilithium	02h 58m	30%	Hull Density Lvl 6

3.1. Prime Damage

COMING SOON!!!

3.2. Shield Modulation

Shield Modulation Level	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Shield Health Bonus	Requirement
1	100 Tritanium, 10 Dilithium	18m 31s	50	Unlock Orion Corvete, R&D Department Lvl 6
2	200 Tritanium, 30 Dilithium	36m 42s	90	–
3	300 Tritanium, 60 Dilithium	01h 07m	140	R&D Department Lvl 8
4	446 Tritanium, 134 Dilithium	02h 59m	200	Grade 2 Ship Research, R&D Department Lvl 10
5	678 Tritanium, 309 Dilithium	04h 52m	400	R&D Department Lvl 12
6	–	–	–	–
7	–	–	–	–
8	–	–	–	–
9	–	–	–	–
10	–	–	–	–

4.1. Shield Efficiency

Shield Efficiency Level	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Shield Deflection Bonus	Requirement
1	120 Tritanium, 35 Dilithium	29m 38s	25%	–
2	180 Tritanium, 65 Dilithium	54m 03s	50%	Hull Density Lvl 4
3	268 Tritanium, 179 Dilithium	02h 23m	80%	Shield Modulation Lvl 4
4	336 Tritanium, 289 Dilithium	02h 22m	130%	Hull Density Lvl 6
5	–	–	–	–

4.2. Reinforced Bulkheads

Reinforced Bulkheads Level	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Armor Bonus	Requirement
1	120 Tritanium, 35 Dilithium	29m 38s	25%	–
2	171 Tritanium, 62 Dilithium	54m 03s	50%	Hull Denisty Lvl 4
3	263 Tritanium, 175 Dilithium	02h 23m	80%	Shield Modulation Lvl 4
4	336 Tritanium, 289 Dilithium	02h 22m	130%	Hull Density Lvl 6
5	–	–	–	–

4.3. Evasive Maneuvers

Evasive Maneuvers Level	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Dodge Bonus	Requirement
1	120 Tritanium, 35 Dilithium	29m 38s	25%	–
2	167 Tritanium, 60 Dilithium	54m 03s	50%	Hull Density Lvl 4
3	263 Tritanium, 175 Dilithium	02h 23m	80%	Shield Modulation Lvl 4
4	336 Tritanium, 289 Dilithium	02h 22m	130%	Hull Density Lvl 6
5	–	–	–	–

5.1. Grade 2 Ship Research

COMING SOON!!!

6.1. Prime Hulls

Prime Hulls Level	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	+100% Hull Health for all Ships	Requirement
1	67.6k Dilithium, 125 3* Uncommon Refined Ore	06h 58m	+100% Hull Health	–

6.2. Unlock Phindra

COMING SOON!!!

6.3. Prime Shields

Prime Shields Level	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	+100% Shield Health for all Ships	Requirement
1	62.6k Dilithium, 100 3* Uncommon Refined Gas	06h 58m	+100% Shield Health	–

7.1. Exploit Weakpoints

Exploit Weakpoints Level	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Critical Hit Damage Bonus	Requirement
1	224 Tritanium, 362 Dilithium	03h 34m	1%	Unlock Phindra
2	276 Tritanium, 526 Dilithium	05h 56m	2%	Battle Tactics Lvl 5
3	–	–	–	–
4	–	–	–	–
5	–	–	–	–
6	–	–	–	–
7	–	–	–	–
8	–	–	–	–

7.2. Pinpoint Targeting

Pinpoint Targeting Level	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Critical Hit Chance Bonus	Requirement
1	543 Dilithium	04h 27m	1%	Unlock Phindra, Astronautics Studio 11
2	–	–	–	–

8.1. Piercing Shot

Piercing Shot	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Armor Piercing Bonus	Requirement
1	276 Tritanium, 474 Dilithium	03h 53m	10%	Exploit Weakpoints Lvl 1
2	305 Tritanium, 634 Dilithium	05h 13m	15%	Survey Firepower Lvl 1, Astronautics Studio Lvl 13
3	–	–	–	–
4	–	–	–	–
5	–	–	–	–
6	–	–	–	–
7	–	–	–	–
8	–	–	–	–

8.2. Targeting Array

Targeting Array	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Accuracy Bonus	Requirement
1	271 Tritanium, 466 Dilithium	03h 53m	10%	Exploit Weakpoints Lvl 1
2	305 Tritanium, 634 Dilithium	05h 13m	15%	Survey Firepower Lvl 1, Astronautics Studio Lvl 13
3	–	–	–	–
4	–	–	–	–
5	–	–	–	–
6	–	–	–	–
7	–	–	–	–
8	–	–	–	–

8.3. Shield Penetration

Shield Penetration Level	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Shield Penetration Bonus	Requirement
1	271 Tritanium, 466 Dilithium	03h 53m	10%	Pinpoint Targeting Lvl 1
2	305 Tritanium, 634 Dilithium	05h 13m	15%	Survey Firepower Lvl 1, Astronautics Studio Lvl 13
3	–	–	–	–
4	–	–	–	–
5	–	–	–	–
6	–	–	–	–
7	–	–	–	–
8	–	–	–	–

9.1. Unlock Turas

COMING SOON!!!

10.1. Survey Hull integrity

Survey Hull Integrity Level	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Hull Health bonus for all Survey ships	Requirement
1	763 Tritanium, 420 Dilithium	06h 32m	30%	Unlock Turas Lvl 1
2	1,023 Tritanium, 617 Dilithium	08h 11m	40%	Shipyard Lvl 14
3	–	–	–	–
4	–	–	–	–
5	–	–	–	–
6	–	–	–	–
7	–	–	–	–
8	–	–	–	–

10.2. Survey Firepower

Survey Firepower Level	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Weapon Damage bonus for all Survey ships	Requirement
1	1355 dilithium	10h 50m	60%	Unlock Turas Lvl 1
2	–	–	–	–
3	–	–	–	–
4	–	–	–	–
5	–	–	–	–
6	–	–	–	–
7	–	–	–	–
8	–	–	–	–

10.3. Survey Shield Array

Survey Shield Array Level	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Shield Health bonus for all Survey ships	Requirement
1	763 Tritanium, 420 Dilithium	06h 32m	30%	Unlock Turas Lvl 1
2	1,023 Tritanium, 617 Dilithium	08h 11m	40%	Shipyard Lvl 14
3	–	–	–	–
4	–	–	–	–
5	–	–	–	–
6	–	–	–	–
7	–	–	–	–
8	–	–	–	–

11.1. Unlock Talla

Unlock Talla	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Unlocks Talla Grade 2 Battleship	Requirement
Level 1	1,635 Tritanium, 3,008 Dilithium	12h 17m	Talla Unlocked	Survey Shield Array Lvl 1, Survey Hull Integrity Lvl 1, Suvey Firepower Lvl 1, R&D Department Lvl 14

Station Research Branch

1.1. Construction Speed

Construction Speed Research Level	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Construction Speed Bonus	Requirement
1	460 Parsteel, 30 Dilithium	11m 26s	3%
2	770 Parsteel, 80 Dilithium	36m 42s	7%	Parsteel Fusion Lvl 1, R&D Department Lvl 7
3	1,830 Parsteel, 268 Dilithium	01h 45m	11%	Parsteel Fusion Lvl 3, R&D Department Lvl 9
4	3,644 Parsteel, 712 Dilithium	02h 55m	15%	Parsteel Fusion Lvl 5, R&D Department Lvl 11
5	5,254 Parsteel, 1,025 Dilithium	04h 52m	20%	–
6	–	–	–	–
7	–	–	–	–
8	–	–	–	–
9	–	–	–	–
10	–	–	–	–
11	–	–	–	–
12	–	–	–	–
13	–	–	–	–
14	–	–	–	–
15	–	–	–	–

2.1. Parsteel Fusion

Parsteel Fusion Level	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Parsteel Generation Bonus	Requirement
1	205 Parsteel, 15 Dilithium	22m 38s	5%	–
2	325 Parsteel, 45 Dilithium	41m 17s	12%	Parsteel Generator A Lvl 8
3	540 Parsteel, 90 Dilithium	01h 04m	20%	Parsteel Generator A Lvl 9
4	695 Parsteel, 127 Dilithium	01h 43m	32%	Parsteel Generator A Lvl 10
5	966 Parsteel, 212 Dilithium	01h 45m	50%	–

2.2. Fleet Commander

Fleet Commander Level	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Requirement
1	305 Parsteel, 20 Dilithium	19m 03s	–
2	–	–	–
3	–	–	–
4	–	–	–
5	–	–	–

2.3. Parsteel Storage

Parsteel Storage Level	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Parsteel Storage Capacity Bonus	Requirement
1	305 Parsteel, 25 Dilithium	27m 31s	5%	Construction Speed Lvl 1, Parsteel Warehouse Lvl 6
2	490 Parsteel, 60 Dilithium	50m 41s	12%	Parsteel Warehouse Lvl 8
3	732 Parsteel, 103 Dilithium	01h 18m	20%	Parsteel Fusion Lvl 3, Parsteel Warehouse Lvl 9
4	1,462 Parsteel, 267 Dilithium	02h 11m	32%	Parsteel Warehouse Lvl 11
5	2,097 Parsteel, 386 Dilithium	03h 39m	50%	Parsteel Fusion Lvl 5, Parsteel Warehouse Lvl 12

3.1. Tritanium Fusion

Tritanium Fusion Level	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Tritanium Generation Bonus	Requirement
1	325 Parsteel, 48 Dilithium	41m 40s	5%	–
2	482 Parsteel, 80 Dilithium	01h 03m	12%	–
3	732 Parsteel, 134 Dilithium	01h 47m	20%	–
4	1,398 Parsteel, 309 Dilithium	02h 55m	32%	Tritanium Generator A Lvl 12
5	2,140 Parsteel, 466 Dilithium	03h 59m	50%	Tritanium Generator A Lvl 13

3.2. Prime Resources

COMING SOON!!!

3.3. Tritanium Storage

Tritanium Storage	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Tritanium Storage Capacity Bonus	Requirement
1	490 Parsteel, 60 Dilithium	51m 36s	5%	Parsteel Storage Lvl 1, Tritanium Warehouse Lvl 7
2	739 Parsteel, 104 Dilithium	01h 21m	12%	Tritanium Warehouse Lvl 9
3	1,089 Parsteel, 170 Dilithium	02h 14m	20%	Tritanium Fusion Lvl 3, Tritanium Warehouse Lvl 10
4	2,097 Parsteel, 386 Dilithium	03h 39m	32%	Tritanium Warehouse Lvl 12
5	3,044 Parsteel, 556 Dilithium	04h 59m	50%	Tritanium Fusion Lvl 5, Tritanium Warehouse Lvl 13

4.1. Assembly Line

Assembly Line Level	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Ship construction speed bonus	Requirement
1	225 Dilithium	02h 15m	3%	Tritanium Fusion Lvl 1, Shipyard Lvl 9
2	329 Dilithium	03h 43m	7%	Tritanium Fusion Lvl 3, Shipyard Lvl 10
3	534 Dilithium	03h 39m	11%	Shipyard Lvl 11
4	1,103 Dilithium	08h 10m	15%	Tritanium Fusion Lvl 5, Shipyard Lvl 13
5	–	–	–	–
6	–	–	–	–
7	–	–	–	–
8	–	–	–	–
9	–	–	–	–
10	–	–	–	–
11	–	–	–	–
12	–	–	–	–
13	–	–	–	–
14	–	–	–	–
15	–	–	–	–

4.2. Unlock Fortunate

Unlock Fortunate	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Unlock Fortunate Grade 1 Survey Ship	Requirement
Level 1	360 Tritanium, 250 Dilithium	01h 43m	ESC Fortunate Unlocked	–

4.3. Repair Diagnostics

Repair Diagnostics Level	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Ship repair speed bonus	Requirement
1	300 Dilithium	02h 17m	5%	Tritanium Storage Lvl 1
2	439 Dilithium	03h 43m	12%	Dilithium Fusion Lvl 1
3	1,025 Dilithium	06h 05m	20%	Dilithium Fusion Lvl 2
4	1,468 Dilithium	08h 10m	32%	Dilithium Fusion Lvl 3
5	2,996 Dilithium	12h 31m	50%	Dilithium Fusion Lvl 4

5.1. Unlock Astronautics

Unlock Astronautics	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Unlock Astronautics	Requirement
Level 1	1,360 Parsteel, 300 Dilithium	03h 09m	Astronautics Unlocked	–

6.1. Prime Build Speed

Prime Build Speed	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Construction Speed Bonus	Requirement
Level 1	80 3* Uncommon Refined Gas, 48.8k Dilithium	06h 58m	100%	–

6.2. Unlock Refinery

Unlock Refinery	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Unlocks Refinery Building	Requirement
Level 1	1,830 Parsteel, 446 Dilithium	05h 13m	Refinery Unlocked	–

6.3. Prime Research Speed

Prime Research Speed	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Construction Speed Bonus	Requirement
Level 1	150 3* Uncommon Refined Crystal, 75.1k Dilithium	06h 58m	100%	–

7.1. Dilithium Fusion

Dilithium Fusion Level	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Dilithium Generation Bonus	Requirement
1	732 Parsteel, 134 Dilithium	01h 47m	5%
2	966 Parsteel, 212 Dilithium	01h 45m	10%	Dilithium Generator A Lvl 11
3	2,036 Parsteel, 444 Dilithium	03h 59m	16%	Dilithium Generator A Lvl 13
4	2,824 Parsteel, 626 Dilithium	05h 00m	23%	Dilithium Generator A Lvl 14
5	–	–	–	–
6	–	–	–	–
7	–	–	–	–
8	–	–	–	–

7.2. Dilithium Storage

Dilithium Storage Level	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Dilithium Storage Capacity Bonus	Requirement
1	1,070 Parsteel, 167 Dilithium	02h 12m	5%	–
2	1,462 Parsteel, 267 Dilithium	02h 11m	10%	Dilithium Fuison Lvl 2, Dilithium Warehouse Lvl 11
3	3,044 Parsteel, 556 Dilithium	04h 59m	16%	Dilithium Warehouse Lvl 13
4	4,198 Parsteel, 779 Dilithium	06h 15m	23%	– Dilithium Fuison Lvl 4, Dilithium Warehouse Lvl 14
5	–	–	–	–
6	–	–	–	–
7	–	–	–	–
8	–	–	–	–

8.1. Station Defenses

Station Defenses Level	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Shield Deflection, Armor, Dodge for Ships at he Station	Requirement
1	500 Dilithium	04h 05m	10%	Dilithium Fusion Lvl 1, Dilithium Storage Lvl 1
2	675 Dilithium	06h 42m	20%	–
3	–	–	–	–
4	–	–	–	–
5	–	–	–	–
6	–	–	–	–
7	–	–	–	–
8	–	–	–	–

9.1. Interceptor Repairs

Interceptor Repair Bonus Level	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Interceptor Repair Speed Bonus	Requirement
1	1,889 Parsteel, 466 Dilithium	04h 47m	3%	Station Defenses Lvl 1, Repair Diagnostics Lvl 3
2	2,838 Parsteel, 692 Dilithium	06h 25m	5%	–
3	6,015 Parsteel, 1,466 Dilithium	10h 01m	9%	–
4	–	–	–	–
5	–	–	–	–
6	–	–	–	–
7	–	–	–	–
8	–	–	–	–

9.2. Defense Platforms

Defense Platforms Level	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	A new defense platform is available for construction at each level	Requirement
1	3,327 Parsteel, 976 Dilithium	08h 31m	2^nd Defense Platform	Dilithium Fusion Lvl 1, Dilithium Storage Lvl 1
2	–	–	–	–
3	–	–	–	–
4	–	–	–	–
5	–	–	–	–

9.3. Research Optimization

Research Optimization Level	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Resource cost efficiency bonus for base resources	Requirement
1	1,292 Dilithium	04h 52m	6%	Station Defenses Lvl 1, R&D Department Lvl 12
2	1,825 Dilithium	06h 32	11%	R&D Department Lvl 13
3	–	–	–	–
4	–	–	–	–
5	–	–	–	–
6	–	–	–	–
7	–	–	–	–
8	–	–	–	–
9	–	–	–	–
10	–	–	–	–
11	–	–	–	–
12	–	–	–	–
13	–	–	–	–
14	–	–	–	–
15	–	–	–	–

10.1. Parsteel Safeguarding

Parsteel Safeguarding Level	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Parsteel Protection is increased	Requirement
1	3,817 Parsteel, 702 Dilithium	08h 10m	5%	Interceptor Repairs Lvl 1, Parsteel Storage lvl 5, Operations Lvl 13
2	–	–	–	–
3	–	–	–	–
4	–	–	–	–
5	–	–	–	–
6	–	–	–	–
7	–	–	–	–
8	–	–	–	–

10.2. Prime Protection

Prime Protection	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Station Resource Protection Bonus	Requirement
Level 1	40 3* Rare Refined Ore, 105.2k Dilithium	1d 01h	100%	–

11.1. Explorer Repairs

Explorer Repairs Level	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Explorer Repair Speed Bonus	Requirement
1	4,135 Parsteel, 1,023 Dilithium	08h 11m	3%	Parsteel Safeguarding Lvl 1, Repair Diagnostics Lvl 4
2	–	–	–	–
3	–	–	–	–
4	–	–	–	–
5	–	–	–	–
6	–	–	–	–
7	–	–	–	–
8	–	–	–	–

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