Another question. Suppose you have two labs on two different colonies that you possess. In the first armor tech is level 5 and in the second, armor tech is level 6. Is it then that ships, defenses etc gain armor strength 50%+60%=110% no matter where the ship is built? Or is it that only ships built on that planet/colony will only have that armor strength of the armor tech researched on that planet eg. 50% and not the total for all the research which is 110%?

In addition. research as shield, armor and weapons, do they refer to ships and defenses or ships alone?

That scenario is impossible. Techs have an empire-wide scope. That is, if you research armor 5, then all research labs will show armor 5, providing the building level is high enough. Any subsequent research on a different colony will carry over to other colonies, thus all ships produced will have the same armor rating.

Weapon and shield upgrades apply to both defenses and ships, but not armor. Only ships are affected by armor upgrades as defenses have no armor value, only weapon and shield.

WSA (weapons, shields, armor) level affects both ships and defenses.

Oh, brain lapse lol. I was looking at defense statistics through the defense screen. They don't show armor values there. Forgot that they do show on the CRs however.

Ok thanks a lot for the info. By the way, is there a cap on research technologies?

not to my knowledge. Some research is only good to a certain level though. Check out this thread for a more comprehensive explanation

http://www.zorgempire.com/forums/viewto ... =17&t=6535

Thanks.

No, there is no cap.