Processing and phase

Tier 2 processing

Tier 2: the first real ceiling lift - material finally worth fitting into warships.

Tier 1 builds the colony. Tier 2 builds the machines that build the fleet. This is where mid-game hardware stops feeling like scavenged kit and starts feeling like designed power.

Hulls, early engines, and the first serious components all lean on this ceiling. Raise it, or watch every blueprint ask for a tier you cannot print.

What it does

Raises the refinement tier ceiling to tier 2, up to level 15. Gates Solid phase transfer, Small hull design, Nuclear-thermal engines, the Component vault, the Solid phase press, and Tier 3 processing - the first big step into fight-ready and travel-ready hardware.

Requirements

Research lab · level 2 or higher
Solid processing · level 1 or higher

Level 1 cost

Costs shown for the first level. Later levels scale up and can demand higher-tier materials.

Pig iron2,200
Crystal1,500

Maximum level: 15
Base research time: 1m 50s

Unlocks

Everything below becomes reachable once this entry is in place.

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