(Old) Science - LSFN/Design GitHub Wiki

=Description= Science is the essential research mechanism through which new technologies can be discovered. Ships with scanning mechanisms can obtain data and physical samples from the universe while ships with research mechanisms can have scientists study these data and samples. Ships may have both scanners and scientists. Effort applied in science will turn into research.

==Scanners== Scanners are point-and-shoot data gathering devices. The longer the scanners are pointed towards the entity of interest, the more data is accumulated.

==Samples== Samples are physical materials originating from the entity of interest. These are very hard to gather as it requires things like containment units, special analysis equipment and the actual act of retrieving the physical material.

==Scientists== This involves crew member speciality. Scientists can do research using the data gathered in laboratories. Whilst scientists work best in a laboratory, they may work at other computer terminals. TODO write article on crew and specialisations.

==Laboratories== These are rooms that contain research equipment. Scientists work best in these rooms however a laboratory can only support a certain number of scientists.