Research and Development

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Research and Development is the crafting system of Star Trek Online. It uses materials to create components, both of which are in turn needed to craft various items, including "tech upgrade tokens" that can be used to improve already existing items. The R&D system unlocks for all players once they reach level 15.

Schools

There are currently seven R&D schools plus two special schools without levels. Each normal school has 20 levels and offers a range of items to fabricate. An increasing R&D level improves the chance that the crafting of a high quality item of that school is successful. In addition, each school has a 20 hour R&D project that provides the player with 6,000 crafting school XP.

Research and Development Schools
School	Craftable items	Trait
Beams	Beam Arrays, Dual Beam Banks, Beam consoles Special: Omni-Directional Beam Arrays
Cannons	Cannons, Dual Cannons, Dual Heavy Cannons, Turrets, Cannon consoles Special: Wide Arc Dual Heavy Cannons
Engineering	Engineering Consoles, Body Armor, Impulse Engines, Singularity Cores, Matter-Antimatter Warp Cores Special: Aegis Hyper-Impulse Engines, Conductive RCS Accelerator
Ground Weapons	Ground weapons Special: TR-116B Rifle
Kits and Modules	Kits and Modules Special: Passive Kit Modules
Projectiles	Torpedo Launchers, Mine Launchers, Torpedo & Mine consoles Special: Particle Emission Plasma Torpedo Launcher
Science	Deflector Dishes, Secondary Deflectors, Science Consoles Special: Aegis Deflector Array, Exotic Particle Field Exciter
Shields	Ship Shields, Personal Shields Special: Aegis Covariant Shield Array, Hyper-Capacitor Shield Array
Officer Training	Training Manuals	n/a
Special Projects	Omega Tech Upgrades and other special projects for time-limited events	n/a
Aegis	Aegis Space Set	n/a

Ingredients

If you have the materials on hand, you can fabricate a wide range of components and equipment for you and your ship.

Materials

Research and Development Materials
	Common	Uncommon	Rare	Very Rare	Ultra Rare
Minerals
Gases
Particle
Technology

Components

Research and Development Components
School	Common		Uncommon		Rare		Very Rare
Beams
Cannons
Engineering
Ground Weapons
Kits and Modules
Projectiles
Science
Shields

R&D School Duty Officers (for level 15 items)

Name	R&D School	Specialization	Faction
[Gumarre]	Aegis	Research Lab Scientist
[Ririna Tenksi]	Beams	Energy Weapons Officer
[Baoscan]	Beams	Energy Weapons Officer
[Doptid]	Beams	Energy Weapons Officer
[Drolid]	Beams	Energy Weapons Officer
[Q'stet]	Engineering	Technician
[Emarek]	Cannons	Energy Weapons Officer
[Sul Ivandi]	Cannons	Technician
[Derroti Ohnorso]	Cannons	Technician
[Doin]	Cannons	Energy Weapons Officer
[Phlox]	Cannons	Energy Weapons Officer
[Mizuab]	Cannons	Technician
[Hesla Zyhrill]	Engineering	Security Officer
[S'Ral]	Engineering	Security Officer
[Korgitta]	Engineering	Damage Control Engineer
[Seyituul]	Engineering	Damage Control Engineer
[Niabroi]	Engineering	Warp Core Engineer
[Zorin]	Engineering	Warp Core Engineer
[Moriah Allison Gardner]	Engineering	Warp Core Engineer
[Goyazig]	Engineering	Warp Theorist
[Tanin]	Engineering	Fabrication Engineer
[Paloxoa]	Engineering	Fabrication Engineer
[K'nen]	Engineering	Security Officer
[Rilromma]	Engineering	Systems Engineer
[Phetixa]	Engineering	Research Lab Scientist
[Hinni]	Ground	Assault Squad Officer
[Zissiox]	Ground	Assault Squad Officer
[Soreb]	Ground	Assault Squad Officer
[Rruhoam]	Projectiles	Armory Officer
[T'vaas]	Projectiles	Projectile Weapons Officer
[Mycroft Bert Swanson]	Projectiles	Projectile Weapons Officer
[Kimo]	Projectiles	Fabrication Engineer
[Ametis]	Science	Matter-Antimatter Speciallist
[Cogiiesawi]	Science	Research Lab Scientist
[Noom]	Science	Research Lab Scientist
[Zursalla]	Science	Deflector Officer
[Molam Thyzra]	Science	Deflector Officer
[Amsoti]	Science	Matter Antimatter Specialist
[Tuwwirrma]	Shields	Shield Distribution Officer
[Ordo Bramehlo]	Shields	Shield Distribution Officer
[Mokimro]	Shields	Shield Distribution Officer
[Q'stat]	Shields	Research Lab Scientist
[Coadia]	Beams	Energy Weapons Officer
[Girnar]	Beams	Energy Weapons Officer
[Doimma]	Beams	Energy Weapons Officer
[Zuuwub]	Cannons	Technician
[Liunn]	Cannons	Technician
[Ainsuri]	Cannons	Technician
[Juniti]	Engineering	Systems Engineer
[Ssulhai]	Engineering	Security Officer
[Noronvo]	Engineering	Security Officer
[Revilae]	Engineering	Damage Control Engineer
[Desel]	Engineering	Warp Core Engineer
[Darret]	Engineering	Warp Core Engineer
[Murvein]	Engineering	Warp Theorist
[Kolrimm]	Engineering	Systems Engineer
[Zumamt]	Engineering	Research Lab Scientist
[Kuristalla]	Ground	Assault Squad Officer
[Kraang]	Ground	Assault Squad Officer
[Zuain]	Ground	Assault Squad Officer
[Shirrathra]	Projectiles	Armory Officer
[Blutoppo]	Projectiles	Armory Officer
[H'ssash]	Projectiles	Projectile Weapons Officer
[Magrio]	Projectiles	Projectile Weapons Officer
[Rommarol]	Projectiles	Fabrication Engineer
[Mrr'asho]	Science	Research Lab Scientist
[Rualla]	Science	Research Lab Scientist
[K'Murrti]	Science	Deflector Officer
[Ixmuat]	Science	Matter Antimatter Specialist
[Silinas]	Shields	Shield Distribution Officer
[Kimdomma]	Shields	Shield Distribution Officer

Skill

The crafting system is skill based; you gain skill points by leveling a school. As your skill levels increase you gain access to more items and have a higher chance to create better items. Items such as one-use Catalysts can boost a player's final skill level, while higher quality Duty Officers have the same effect.

Level Curve

School Level	Crafting Skill	School XP Required	Amount for Next Level
Level 0	0	0	30
Level 1	10	30	230
Level 2	20	260	9740
Level 3	30	10,000	20000
Level 4	40	30,000	18000
Level 5	50	48,000	20400
Level 6	60	68,400	25200
Level 7	70	93,600	27000
Level 8	80	120,600	28800
Level 9	90	149,400	30600
Level 10	100	180,000	72000
Level 11	110	252,000	81000
Level 12	120	333,000	90000
Level 13	130	423,000	99000
Level 14	140	522,000	108000
Level 15	150	630,000	252000
Level 16	160	882,000	270000
Level 17	170	1,152,000	288000
Level 18	180	1,440,000	306000
Level 19	190	1,746,000	324000
Level 20	200	2,070,000

Crafting Items

Items can be crafted by opening the Duty Officer interface and selecting the "R&D" tab. Selecting a school reveals a list of craftable components and items. Selecting an item allows players to configure the mark of the item and the variation (e.g. Energy type for weapons). Components required depend on the parameters of the item selected, with higher mark items requiring more components. Duty Officers of varying specialisations are also required to initiate a craft.

Each item has a difficulty rating, which varies based on the parameters selected. This is compared with the player's skill rating to return the odds of returning Common, Uncommon, Rare, Very Rare and for special items Ultra Rare items. Components have a chance of returning a critical, which triples the number of items created. Crafting skill can be boosted by using higher quality Duty Officers, or using consumable "Catalysts".

Items require time to craft, ranging from seconds to up to 20 hours. The crafting school XP generated by each project varies depending on the duration. Projects can be completed early for a cost in Dilithium.

Accolades

• Research and Development General Accolades

Notes

• Materials and components do not need to be in the player's inventory to be able to craft an item; items stored in the bank are also used seamlessly. This does NOT apply to the Account Bank.
• Each crafting school has several Accolades and Titles that are unlocked by progressing through different levels of that school.
• The current crafting system introduced with Season 9.5 is very different from its predecessor. Beginning with Season Three: Genesis, a system involving schematics was developed. These schematics could be researched with basic data samples and were required ingredients for almost all items. Schematics came in 20 types (however, [Schematic: Bat'leth] was exclusive to KDF and [Schematic: Lirpa] was exclusive to Federation), for various personal equipment, starship weapons, or starship components. In addition to the common data samples, there were ten rare anomalies called particle traces. These particle traces were used to craft very rare items.

External link

• Official STO forum - Everything you need to know about R&D Crafting and Upgrading