R&D - Ongoing tech-beeline discussion (early game)

[AndiD]

This post will be updated regularly with our tech progress and plans. Discussion takes place below

Researched:
- none -

Future plan:
1) Information Networks

(Any two of the next three, in any order. NOT all three though). (We're currently thinking IndEcon->CentEcol.)
Industrial Economics
Centauri Ecology
Biogenetics

4) Planetary Networks
5) Industrial Automation
6) The other one of the three above (Probably Biogenetics currently)

Previous early game tech discussion can be found here (from our old off-site forum):

http://www.apolyton.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=118102

[AndiD]

*bump* after copying over lots of threads from our off-site forum

[Impaler[WrG]]

So can we confirm that Ind Econ will be our first choice and that we will then imediatly take FM? Is their any desire out their for us to take something else (like Biogen)? Also I asume all this Bee-lining has been confirmed by the MMM3 Tec Spread sheet (I would do that by currently Excel is broken on my computer). How will we be effected by a free tec out of a Pod?

[Whoha]

sounds good.

[arginine]

FM is good.

[Chaunk]

Ind Econ wasn't offered, so it had to be InfNetworks as our first tech. IndEcon will be our second tech.

[jtsisyoda]

I think that's what Imp was getting at. My opinion is that IA without Biogen is do-able, but IA without CE is not so good. Skip Biogen for now, despite it's great benefits.