Development of this technollogy has three effects:

• It allows building the spy probe and stealth bombers
• it is responsible for the amount of information you get in an espionage report
• It determines the information you see about incoming fleet in the command centre.

 
When it comes to espionage, the difference in espionage technologies is relevant. If your level is higher than the level of your opponent, you'll see more information. If your level is lower, you'll just see resources or resources and buildings, but not fleet and technologies.
 

Requirements

 
Research Lab Level 3
 

Research Costs

 

Level		Metal	Kryptonite	Spice	Research Time	Comment
1		500	2.000	300	01:05:58
2		1.000	4.000	600	02:11:57	shows total number of attacking units is a requirement for Spy probe (additional requirements: Weapons Factory Level 1 and Rocket Engines Level 3 )
3		2.000	8.000	1.600	04:23:53
4		4.000	16.000	2.400	08:47:47
5		8.000	32.000	4.800	17:35:33
6		16.000	64.000	9.600	1 D 11:11:07	shows total number of attacking units and lists their types
7		32.000	128.000	19.200	2 D 22:22:13
8		64.000	256.000	38.400	5 D 20:44:27	shows attacking unit types and their respective number is a requirement for Stealth bomber (additional requirements: Weapons Factory Level 10 and Warp Drive Level 6 )
9		128.000	512.000	76.800	11 D 17:28:53
10		256.000	1.024.000	153.600	23 D 10:57:47
11		512.000	2.048.000	307.200	46 D 21:55:33
12		1.024.000	4.096.000	614.400	93 D 19:51:07
13		2.048.000	8.192.000	1.228.800	187 D 15:42:13

 
List of Researchable Technologies