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Only level 4 agents produce datacores in useful quantities. Because the good Gallente R&D agents are scattered between three corporations, they are not an optimal choice, unless you have already started grinding missions there, or are otherwise committed to their faction.

~~Each R&D~~ agent ~~requires~~ a ~~certain level~~ of ~~standing with~~ their ~~corporation '''~~and~~''' their faction~~, ~~before they are willing~~ to ~~talk to you~~. ~~That is~~, ~~even if~~ you have faction ~~standings high enough~~ to use ~~a normal level 4~~ agent~~, it won~~'~~t do you any good~~ with ~~the R&D agents~~. To see what faction and corporation standings you need to speak with an R&D agent, select "Show Info" on that agent, go to the "Agent Info" tab, and look at the "Compatibility" section at the bottom. It will say something like: "You need a minimum effective corp standing of at least 4.80, in addition to an effective faction, corp, or personal standing of at least 6.80 to use this agent." So, if you had 8.0+ standings with the agent's faction and 0 with his/her corp, you couldn't use that agent. However, if you had 8.0 faction standing and 4.8 corp standing, ''or'' if you had 6.8+ corp standing, then you could.

To access a research agent, you must fulfill both a normal standings requirement for an agent of their Level and Quality, as well as a requirement for Corporate or Personal standings at 2.0 less than the normal standings requirement. For example, to use a Level IV research agent, your effective personal standings must be 3.00 or higher toward that agent's corporation, and you must have an effective personal standing of 5.00 or higher toward this agent, the agent's faction, or the agent's corporation, in order to use that agent's services.

Note that attaining the required Corporate standing automatically fulfills the lower requirement. The extra requirement exists only to prevent those with high Faction standing from accessing top-level researchers without actually working for that corporation.

To see what faction and corporation standings you need to speak with an R&D agent, select "Show Info" on that agent, go to the "Agent Info" tab, and look at the "Compatibility" section at the bottom. (If there is no "Compatability" section, then you arleady have access to that agent!) It will say something like: "You need a minimum effective corp standing of at least 4.80, in addition to an effective faction, corp, or personal standing of at least 6.80 to use this agent." So, if you had 8.0+ standings with the agent's faction and 0 with his/her corp, you couldn't use that agent. However, if you had 8.0 faction standing and 4.8 corp standing, ''or'' if you had 6.8+ corp standing, then you could.

This means that a certain amount of mission grinding with an R&D agent's corporation is unavoidable, but a high faction standing can reduce the amount of mission running required.

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 Only level 4 agents produce datacores in useful quantities. Because the good Gallente R&D agents are scattered between three corporations, they are not an optimal choice, unless you have already started grinding missions there, or are otherwise committed to their faction.
-Each R&D agent requires a certain level of standing with their corporation '''and''' their faction, before they are willing to talk to you.  That is, even if you have faction standings high enough to use a normal level 4 agent, it won't do you any good with the R&D agents.  To see what faction and corporation standings you need to speak with an R&D agent, select "Show Info" on that agent, go to the "Agent Info" tab, and look at the "Compatibility" section at the bottom. It will say something like: "You need a minimum effective corp standing of at least 4.80, in addition to an effective faction, corp, or personal standing of at least 6.80 to use this agent."  So, if you had 8.0+ standings with the agent's faction and 0 with his/her corp, you couldn't use that agent.  However, if you had 8.0 faction standing and 4.8 corp standing, ''or'' if you had 6.8+ corp standing, then you could.
+To access a research agent, you must fulfill both a normal standings requirement for an agent of their Level and Quality, as well as a requirement for Corporate or Personal standings at 2.0 less than the normal standings requirement. For example, to use a Level IV research agent, your effective personal standings must be 3.00 or higher toward that agent's corporation, and you must have an effective personal standing of 5.00 or higher toward this agent, the agent's faction, or the agent's corporation, in order to use that agent's services.
+Note that attaining the required Corporate standing automatically fulfills the lower requirement. The extra requirement exists only to prevent those with high Faction standing from accessing top-level researchers without actually working for that corporation.
+To see what faction and corporation standings you need to speak with an R&D agent, select "Show Info" on that agent, go to the "Agent Info" tab, and look at the "Compatibility" section at the bottom. (If there is no "Compatability" section, then you arleady have access to that agent!) It will say something like: "You need a minimum effective corp standing of at least 4.80, in addition to an effective faction, corp, or personal standing of at least 6.80 to use this agent."  So, if you had 8.0+ standings with the agent's faction and 0 with his/her corp, you couldn't use that agent.  However, if you had 8.0 faction standing and 4.8 corp standing, ''or'' if you had 6.8+ corp standing, then you could.
 This means that a certain amount of mission grinding with an R&D agent's corporation is unavoidable, but a high faction standing can reduce the amount of mission running required.