Posted by: Maltay
« on: December 13, 2012, 02:36:14 PM »1-2 labs per 100 million is my rule of thumb for a high-tech conventional society. (25-50% of the TN-starting default, 100-200% of the conventional default). Low tech societies and factions that depend on tech-transfer to gain research typically have about half the lab:population ratio of research focused factions. I never give one of my factions less than 1 lab per 200 million or 1/3 the ratio of the tech leaders without exceptional circumstances.
Edit: I also always go ahead and give everyone the cornerstone TN technology at the very least. I find things really aren't that interesting until factions start to diversify their research goals anyway.
Thank you sublight, much appreciated.