Talk:Intergalactic Research Network

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This is quite confusing .. what exactly does this mean?? -- 66.65.94.121

Does it mean that

• if I have a L3 lab and a L4 lab I can resarch Hyperspace Engine - which requires level 7?
• If I have 3 L7 labs and L2 I.R.N., research will complete in 1/3 (1/n) or 1/9 (1/n^2) or 1/8 (1/2^n) of the time?

Help, I don't speak German Engrish. --Einstein9073 22:39, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

To answer your first question, if you have a L3 and L4 lab then you can only research tech which requires level 3 or lower. But this is impossible because you need at least a level 10 lab to have IRN. So a better question would be whether you can research hyperspace tech if you have a level 10 lab and a level 4 lab. The answer is yes, you can on the planet that has the level 10 lab, but you will not get any benefit from the IRN. To get any benefit, you next highest lab must be at least level 7, the level required to do the chosen research. I hope that clears things up.

-WNxFireDrake

Obviously, Google is the answer.

http://www.ogametips.com/79/intergalactic-research-network

The article suggested that if you have several level 12 labs and link three of them together, you will research at the same speed as if you had one level 36 lab. --Einstein9073 22:49, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

i have irn8 in org.uni3

[edit] Planets on the IRN seems mobile

I just completed my first IRN to realize this very interesting fact:

IRN seems to link *ANY* two planets at the moment at which you start your actual science. More precisely, at lvl 1, it will link the *CURRENT* planet from which you start your research with the highest other lab available.

Example:

With LVL 1 IRN, if I look at the time for Espionnage 7:

From my homeworld with LVL 10 Lab: 4h 2m 31s (Linked with a LVL 8 Lab) - Total 18 Labs

From *ANY* colony with LVL 8 Lab: 4h 2m 31s (Links with my LVL 10 Lab) - Total 18 Labs

From *ANY* colony with LVL 6 Lab: 4h 31m 3s (Links with my LVL 10 Lab) - Total 16 Labs

So apparently, since I have LVL 1 IRN, I can use it with any of my colonies, and it will link the lab of that colony with the highest available lab around. I suppose that with LVL 2 IRN, it will link the lab of the colony starting the research to the biggest 2 available labs...

Can anyone else confirm this? —preceding unsigned comment by 74.58.5.173 (talk • contribs)

[Edit by Spock] Yes, that's right. The IRN takes the research lab from the world you are on and adds the highest others to it. Like all other research, once it is learned on one planet, it is available on all other planets. Might I also suggest that the article be changed to include a more relevant example? The one included is for Graviton using level 12 and 10 labs. The research time for Graviton will not change as a result of buiding the IRN, or building anything else for that matter, which makes it a weak example. It should also be noted that the IRN will help ANY research time as long as the second (and third, etc.) lab is level 6, as any research requiring a higher lab level is either required for the IRN itself (ie. Hyperspace Technology 8 requires Research Lab 7, and upgrading Hyperspace Technology past level 8 does nothing), or will not be affected by the IRN (ie. Graviton). That is not to say, however, that upgrading secondary research labs PAST level 6 is a waste, because as long as they are connected to the IRN, the higher the level, the faster the research time. [End Edit by Spock] —preceding unsigned comment by 206.116.144.57 (talk • contribs)