Starship Researches

## General

Researching is an incredibly important thing to do in Pixel Starships if you want to grow in the game. You need a Laboratory to start researching and once you choose a Gas  or Starbux  costing option (Never Both), you cannot remove the lab until you finish or rush the Research.

Here is a list of all of the Starship Research Options available, a small explanation is also given for every option.

## Advanced Engineering

 2
 3

**Explanation**

Researching this option increases how many Rooms you can build/upgrade at a time. So with a level 2 Advanced Engineering Research, you can upgrade or build up to four rooms at a time. Without this research, you can only have up to two builds or upgrades at a time.

## Nanotech Paint

**Explanation**

Researching this option allows you to Paint your ship a different color. Also allow you to use Skins.

## Collector Bot 3K

**Explanation**

Researching this option allows you to automatically collect items like Missiles, Androids, Crafts, Cores, Resources, and other things while offline or online. The items collected will be put in a wooden box in the Bridge, if you don't have one, it does nothing.

## Stickers

 **Stickers** | 2
 **More Stickers** | 3

**Explanation**

Researching this option increases how many Stickers you can equip on your ship. Level one allows you to add one sticker, level two lets you add 2 stickers, and level 3 lets you add 3 stickers.

## Beer

**Explanation**

Researching this option adds two "Beer Draw" options in the crew shop. The Beer Draws costs Starbux  and increases by 10% for how many Hero Crew you have. The First Beer Draw will give you a 3-5 Star crew and nothing higher or lower. The second Beer Draw works the same except it only gives 4-5 Star crew. The first draw will always give a Hero Crew. Along with this, whenever you don't draw a Hero Crew your chances of getting one increases by 1% each time.

## Advanced Training

**Explanation**

Researching this option decreases how much it costs to upgrade your Crew to the next level. This is pretty useful as Crew level up costs become incredibly expensive at the later levels. For example, if your upgrade costs 2M Gas , you will save 600K gas!

## UFO

**Explanation**

Researching this option allows you to buy Gray Ships as your playable ship.

## X-Ray

**Explanation**

Researching this option allows you to see the inside of a Starship with a scan button whenever you view or fight a ship. It costs 2 Starbux  to scan, and the person you scan receives one Starbux for your scan.

## Ammo Recycling

**Explanation**

Researching this option increases how efficient you are with your ammo. When you defend and use ammo, a certain percentage is automatically given back to you for free. Along with this, a percentage of the ammo is given back to you for free in a wooden box in the room where the ammo came from.

## Modularization

 2
 3

**Explanation**

Researching this option increases how many Sprinklers, Walls, C4, and etc. you can put in one room.

## Commerce

 2
 3

**Explanation**

Researching this option gives you access to the gBay Market. At level one you can only sell one item at a time, level two lets you sell 2 items and level 3 allows for the selling of 3 items at a time.

## Fitness

**Explanation**

Researching this option gives you more effective training options in the Gym.

## Education

**Explanation**

Researching this option increases the chance of you getting more stat enhancement at the end of training in the Academy. That means at max level Education, you're more likely to get the full advertised enhancement instead of just a percentage of it.

## Rocket

**Explanation**

Researching this option replaces the Rocket Missile with a higher level depending on the Research level.

## Jungler

**Explanation**

Researching this option adds and replaces the Jungler Missile with a higher level depending on the Research level.

## Penetrator

**Explanation**

Researching this option adds and replaces the Penetrator Missile with a higher level depending on the Research level.

## EMP Technology

**Explanation**

Researching this option adds and replaces the EMP Missile with a higher level depending on the Research level.

## Incendiary Technology

**Explanation**

Researching this option adds and replaces the Scarlet Missile with a higher level depending on the Research level.

## Interceptor

**Explanation**

Researching this option replaces the Interceptor Craft with a higher level depending on the Research level.

## Defender

**Explanation**

Researching this option replaces the Defender Craft with a higher level depending on the Research level.

## Firehawk

**Explanation**

Researching this option adds and replaces the Firehawk Craft with a higher level depending on the Research level.

## Corsair

**Explanation**

Researching this option adds and replaces the Corsair Craft with a higher level depending on the Research level.

## Service Droid

**Explanation**

Researching this option replaces the Service Droid with a higher level depending on the Research level.

## Defender Droid

**Explanation**

Researching this option adds and replaces the Defender Droid with a higher level depending on the Research level.

## Boarder Droid

**Explanation**

Researching this option adds and replaces the Boarder Droid with a higher level depending on the Research level.

## Python

 Python 2.0
 Python 3.x

**Explanation**

Researching this option lets you have more advanced AI. More info on that page.

## Ion Charge

 3
 4

**Explanation**

Researching this option replaces the Ion Core with a higher level depending on the Research level.

## Starship Blueprints

**Explanation**

Researching this option unlocks the ability to buy Dish Ships and Holiday ships when their respective holiday is near (Horizon Ships, Turkey Ships, BWR Ship).

## Prestige

**Explanation**

Researching this option lets you Prestige crew.

## Starship Hull Expansion

**Explanation**

Researching this option allows you to build special versions of the level 10 and 11 default faction ships like the Pirate Ships, Federation Ships, and Qtarian Ships. These ships have a special bit of extra space that can only be taken up by Resource Rooms. The tradeoff is that you have one less ship health compared to non-extended ships. Once researched, you can simply go to the Shipyard and buy the extension for 1.5K Starbux . After that, your able switch back and forth between your ships for free (1 Hour Delay).

## Debug Researches

These researches are only accessed via the game's files and or hacking. These are mainly used to test things or to spot hackers.

## Impossible Research

**Explanation**

You can't research this in-game as Laboratory level 99 doesn't exist.

## Test Research

**Explanation**

You can't research this in-game as Laboratory level 99 doesn't exist.

**Combat Features**

**Crew Abilities** • **EMP Damage** • **Fire Damage** • **Battles** • **Formulas**

**Ship Features**

**Fleets** • **Resources** • ****Starship Researches**** • **Starbase Researches**

**Misc. Game Features**

**Starbase** • **Tournament**