You'll get the chance to develop the same options later on. Receiving the end result will not be automatic, you will have to spend actions, you will have to succeed at them, and they will probably cost more money in the grand scheme of things.
You get to improve your shinobi's skills very quickly with only one action, you get to develop professional psionic healers with only one action, or they become academics that teach their skills over a long period of time and open up extra research options instead.
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Thanks for the further clarification, and sorry if I sounded combative. But yes, I still think this option is for the best, even with the emphasis put on the additional time, uncertainty and money. Because at least the last of those will be nearly a non-factor if we manage to in our invasion to the Federation. And while the uncertainty and additional time/actions required would be an actual problem, there still exists a chance for the same results.
Also, I'm interested in stuff like research beyond even the cutting-edge stuff around the world. I'm even holding out hopes for
really long-term stuff like finding out the biological and other mechanisms of how the psionics actually work, and if it would be possible to artificially awaken such abilities. Or strengthen them.
But on a more medium term, Jaeger does have that option for opening a psionic school/university/(???) in his tech-tree. And these two siblings as academics would improve upon that option even further. Yes, maybe not with as laser-sharp focus with fast results in a couple of fields. But the fruits of the long-term research if manage to build good enough foundations for such an organziation...
However, I will point out here that I don't think that the Psionic Medical Corps would be a bad idea. Especially the limited amount of Learning actions available would sting somewhat when looking to go for further research.
But that applies to the to the two other options too, if we are thinking about the invasion. Because based on what Slayer has said, I assume that getting even the partial benefits in time for it would be an action in either Intrigue (for the Shinobi) or Piety (for the Medical Corps) in the next Phase. Which is pretty much locked down for Piety (weapon/artifact analysis and maybe Mantle Questline?) as well as Intrigue (have to finish Shadow Administration and take an action to pre-infiltrate before the invasion).
I just see slightly more value at the moment for aiming for something other than the low-hanging fruits, as we are likely either to not benefit at all or only moderately from them in the time for our interference in the civil war from them. Making them insufficiently low-hanging for my tastes in this scenario, when there are bigger rewards available if we have the patience.
And again, the immediate organic experimentation bonuses would be a thing. Which makes me pretty stoked about finally finishing Jaeger's initial research branch. We shouldn't sideline that when discussing about what we would be receiving.
