                             Concept : Technology

 The technological level of an Empire country is primarily determined  by  the
output of technology sectors (see info products for the specifics). Whenever a
technological breakthrough is produced, The technology level of the country is
typically raised by an amount in the ballpark of log10(breakthroughs)/log10(2)
(the actual amount depends on individual game configuration).

You can also dramatically supplement your own  breakthroughs  with  additional
knowledge  that  you  acquire  by studying and reverse-engineering captured or
purchased high-tech vehicles and aircraft.  The additional gain  "learned"  in
this  manner  is  usually equal to your country's education level or two times
the number of etus per update, whichever is less (use the `version' command to
find  factors  used in your particular game).  Be aware, though, that items of
more than three times your own tech level are considered incomprehensibly com-
plex,  will  not  contribute anything to learned tech, and will slowly drop in
efficiency since they are beyond your ability to maintain and repair.  In  any
case, the learned tech contribution will never cause your resultant tech level
exceed the level of your highest-tech toy.  Learned tech typically costs  $100
per point.

                             Concept : Technology

The technology level decays away with time however,  (the  technology  becomes
obsolete),  at  a  rate  of  1% per 48 time units, (i.e., usually 1% per day).
Therefore if a country has 6 technology centers each of which is able to  pro-
duce 1 technological breakthrough a day, the total daily production of techno-
logical breakthroughs will be 6 and the technology level of the  country  will
approach 600, where the 1% daily loss exactly equals the daily gain of 6.

The technology level affects the range that guns  can  fire,  the  range  over
which  radar  is  effective,  the range that planes can fly and the range that
torpedoes can travel, among other things.

The nation command will display your current technology level  and  technology
factor.

See also : innards, nation, research

