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== Starting Research ==

{{ note box | To qualify for any research missions you must first have trained:

*Science to Level 5

*Science to Level 5.

*One or more of Mechanics, CPU Management~~, and/~~or Power Grid Management ~~to level 5~~

*One or more of the following skills trained to level 5: Mechanics, CPU Management or Power Grid Management.

*The science skill related to the data core you wish to research, trained to the agent’s level or higher.

* The science skill related to the data core you wish to research, trained to the agent’s level or higher. (may not be requred anymore)

~~And, to use a particular research agent you need to have ''a personal~~ standing with ~~that~~ agent~~'s corporation specifically''~~. This rule is there to prevent players from grinding up faction standings in order to start research with ~~corporate~~ agents. | italics = no }}

Either corporation standing of 5.00 or faction standing 5.00 and corporation standing 3.00 with the agent. This rule is there to prevent players from grinding up faction standings in order to start research with all of that faction's agents. | italics = no }}

To acquire missions from a research agent, you must first "hire" the agent and initiate the research process. You do this by clicking on the "Start Research" button that appears on the agent's conversation window. If you try to get a mission before you have started working with the agent, he or she will tell you that they have nothing for you at this time.

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When you press the "Start Research" button, a window will pop up to ask you what kind of research you want to do. There will be two or more choices of which you must (and can only) choose one. The choices available will depend on the agent's science specialty fields. To be able to choose a field you must have trained this kind of science to a level at least equal to the level of the agent.

Once you have chosen a field, the agent will tell you how happy ~~he or she is~~ to be working with you. From this point on, until you terminate research with this agent, the agent will add daily Research Points to your account. These points will accrue whether you are logged on or not.

Once you have chosen a field, the agent will tell you how happy they are to be working with you. From this point on, until you terminate research with this agent, the agent will add daily Research Points to your account. These points will accrue whether you are logged on or not.

At some point after you start the research, usually within a few days, you will receive an email communication from the agent. ~~He or she~~ will be in need of some service that you will be asked to provide. This is usually either a short courier run to another station, or supplying the agent with a small amount of Tritanium (The amount varies by agent level). Completion of a mission will add one day's worth of bonus Research Points to your account.

At some point after you start the research, usually within a few days, you will receive an email communication from the agent. They will be in need of some service that you will be asked to provide. This is usually either a short courier run to another station, or supplying the agent with a small amount of Tritanium (The amount varies by agent level). Completion of a mission will add one day's worth of bonus Research Points to your account.

From then on, you will receive similar messages from the agent on a regular basis. But even if you do not receive a message, a new mission will be available from the agent each day. Acceptance of these missions is optional. The agent might warn you that "research will halt", but that warning can be ignored. The regular, daily research points will continue ... it is only the bonus, mission points that you will not receive.

R&D missions are similar to normal courier/trade missions in they give you standings gains with the agent and the corporation, and they count towards the sixteen missions required for a storyline mission to be offered.

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 == Starting Research ==
 {{ note box | To qualify for any research missions you must first have trained:
-*Science to Level 5
+*Science to Level 5.
-*One or more of Mechanics, CPU Management, and/or Power Grid Management to level 5
+*One or more of the following skills trained to level 5: Mechanics, CPU Management or Power Grid Management.
-*The science skill related to the data core you wish to research, trained to the agent’s level or higher.
+* The science skill related to the data core you wish to research, trained to the agent’s level or higher. (may not be requred anymore)
-And, to use a particular research agent you need to have ''a personal standing with that agent's corporation specifically''. This rule is there to prevent players from grinding up faction standings in order to start research with corporate agents. | italics = no }}
+Either corporation standing of 5.00 or faction standing 5.00 and corporation standing 3.00 with the agent. This rule is there to prevent players from grinding up faction standings in order to start research with all of that faction's agents. | italics = no }}
 To acquire missions from a research agent, you must first "hire" the agent and initiate the research process. You do this by clicking on the "Start Research" button that appears on the agent's conversation window. If you try to get a mission before you have started working with the agent, he or she will tell you that they have nothing for you at this time.
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 When you press the "Start Research" button, a window will pop up to ask you what kind of research you want to do. There will be two or more choices of which you must (and can only) choose one. The choices available will depend on the agent's science specialty fields. To be able to choose a field you must have trained this kind of science to a level at least equal to the level of the agent.
-Once you have chosen a field, the agent will tell you how happy he or she is to be working with you. From this point on, until you terminate research with this agent, the agent will add daily Research Points to your account. These points will accrue whether you are logged on or not.
+Once you have chosen a field, the agent will tell you how happy they are to be working with you. From this point on, until you terminate research with this agent, the agent will add daily Research Points to your account. These points will accrue whether you are logged on or not.
-At some point after you start the research, usually within a few days, you will receive an email communication from the agent. He or she will be in need of some service that you will be asked to provide. This is usually either a short courier run to another station, or supplying the agent with a small amount of Tritanium (The amount varies by agent level). Completion of a mission will add one day's worth of bonus Research Points to your account.
+At some point after you start the research, usually within a few days, you will receive an email communication from the agent. They will be in need of some service that you will be asked to provide. This is usually either a short courier run to another station, or supplying the agent with a small amount of Tritanium (The amount varies by agent level). Completion of a mission will add one day's worth of bonus Research Points to your account.
-From then on, you will receive similar messages from the agent on a regular basis. But even if you do not receive a message, a new mission will be available from the agent each day.  Acceptance of these missions is optional. The agent might warn you that "research will halt", but that warning can be ignored. The regular, daily research points will continue ... it is only the bonus, mission points that you will not receive.
+From then on, you will receive similar messages from the agent on a regular basis. But even if you do not receive a message, a new mission will be available from the agent each day. Acceptance of these missions is optional. The agent might warn you that "research will halt", but that warning can be ignored. The regular, daily research points will continue ... it is only the bonus, mission points that you will not receive.
 R&D missions are similar to normal courier/trade missions in they give you standings gains with the agent and the corporation, and they count towards the sixteen missions required for a storyline mission to be offered.