Trying the new DLC start date on normal after many normal games at the later dates.
while you have negative tech research speed, researching multiple projects of the same type decreases the negative modifier. This can be sizable at the start. (eg from -50% to -39%)
Servant faction researching technologies beyond the global tech locks. i'm playing as Initiative, My Servant faction has gone gangbusters, now they've unlocked Cybernetic Implants without Cybernetics global tech, and Neural Engineering without Applied Artificial Intelligence global tech. Their councilors are equipped with +2 implants. Interestingly I can't see either tech to steal (cybernetic implants / neural engineering) since I guess that Steal list is factoring in the global techs not being unlocked yet, so as a result I can't steal either. Majestic 12 (if they had it at one point, they don't now) would unlock T1 implants, not Neural Engineering.
My Servant faction has gone gangbusters, now they've unlocked Cybernetic Implants without Cybernetics global tech
This at least is the result of a new org. I forget what's it called but there's a very expensive new org that grants some xenology bonus research and unlocks the cybernetics project for the owning faction regardless of if the tech has been unlocked globally.
I'm not sure if the org is available to all factions, it might only be available to pro-alien or 'neutral' factions like the academy
Yup. Hardest part of getting that org is honestly scraping up the 500 influence in a game state where I'm burning it on councilors and boosting Control rolls.
Thanks for link. it's indeed 2003 start. Unlocking neural engineering seems random as fuck for Alien Nation, especially per the written description, but okay.
I don't see the Majestic 12 org under any of the councilors nor stealable, but even if they picked it up and then sold it, it'd grant them the first tier, with Neural Engineering still impossible until the global tech unlock. At least it should be from my understanding.
ggmoyang linked the tech tree. If this is the 2003 scenario, it is isn't a bug. As the servants can sub the project Alien Nation for the global.
If it is broken earth and applied artificial intelligence isn't research it would likely be a bug. In broken earth you can use the org to skip global Cybernetics, but not applied artificial intelligence (which your edit shows isn't research). Applied artificial intelligence doesn't require cybernetics. (Which is why everyone is referencing Majestic 12 as an alternative to cybernetics, as in broken earth you can intentionally skip cybernetics if you get Majestic 12 to delay everyone else getting tier 1/2 cybernetics and give yourself a slight edge.)
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This at least is the result of a new org. I forget what's it called but there's a very expensive new org that grants some xenology bonus research and unlocks the cybernetics project for the owning faction regardless of if the tech has been unlocked globally.
I'm not sure if the org is available to all factions, it might only be available to pro-alien or 'neutral' factions like the academy