So I was bored
but faaaar too tired to actually finish redesigning the Tiger (I have actually done that since I started writing this...) so I instead came up with a new branch to the tech tree. It seems like a good idea but that might just be the sleep deprivation talking.
Advanced Eezo Theory (200)
You've already got an excellent grasp on the hows and whys of Eezo, after all you created your first perpetual motion device years ago, but with your work on the Arc Reactor, the attack on Mindoir and creating Paragon Industries you haven't really had a chance to familiarize yourself with the more cutting edge and exotic ideas. (Small bonus to all Eezo Tech)
Alternate Core Design (400)
Over the years there have been countless attempts at improving the design of Eezo cores, which have never notably improved from the Prothean drives discovered by numerous species, ranging from spinning torus cores to multiple cores to external rings but even though the math works for some of these designs none of them have ever panned out. But none of these attempts have been done by Revy Shepard! (Increased Drive Endurance)
Compact Core Design (800)
Building on top of your revolutionary drive design the next thing to do is make it smaller. Smaller drives would make FTL cheaper and let things like Fighters, Shuttles or even things like the Tiger* capable of interstellar travel. So what if they say it's impossible, what do they know! And who are they anyway? (Increased FTL speed**, Compact FTL Drives become available)
Ultra-Compact Core Design (1600)
You were told it couldn't be done but you made FTL drives that could fit in light vehicles. Now it's time to do it again and make an FTL drive you can fit in your suit. You always liked the idea of flying around the galaxy superman style in one. Time to make it happen! (Increased FTL Speed, Ultra-Compact FTL Drive becomes available)
Improved Communication Relays (400)
Nothing is more irritating then when your seconds away from winning a game of Warhammer 40k online and then some Bureaucrat designs he needs to download the latest Blasto movie
right now on his government terminal and you lose your real time connection. Guess the only way to solve it is to build a better relay. (Increases communications bandwidth)
Advanced Communication Relays (800)
//Flavor Text Goes Here - Help?// (Increases communications bandwidth)
Miniature Relays (1600)
//Flavor Text Goes Here - Help?// (Allows for the creation of Relays capable of transporting objects no more then 100t in mass) (Locked until Study of Prothean Relay)
Relays (6400)
//Flavor Text Goes Here - Help?// (Allows for the creation of full scale Relays)
Quantum Entanglement Communication (800)
Scientists have been poking and prodding entanglement and various other forms of spooky action at a distance for centuries. It's only been in recent years that any breakthrough have been made. While everyone else is still decades/years away*** from a working prototype your sure you can do it faster. (Quantum Entanglement Communicators available for construction)
High Bandwidth (1600)
QECs are great for chatting with Brian, or keeping in contact with your labs on other worlds but they are just too low bandwidth to replace the com relay system. That you can change however. While your old QECs only used a single par of particles these ones will have numerous pairs that allow for significantly more bandwidth. (Increases QEC bandwidth)
Peer-to-Peer (1600)
//Flavor Text Goes Here - Help?// (Allows for QECs to connect to multiple partners)
*To be updated as/if needed
**Basically the idea is that to make compact drives you need to make Eezo more efficient by increasing the mass reduction per unit of Eezo. Which means that a Frigate could get by on a smaller drive, making it cheaper, or keep using a drive of the same size but go faster.
***Update as/if needed
I'm sure there will be issues and things that need to be discussed. The whole thing might end up getting thrown out and redone. But I hope this provides a good starting point.
