Development

(allows your race to participate in the black market, can offer slight increase to infrastructure)
Points in black market make buying and learning the tech you buy from others easier, as well as increasing your infrastructure much in the way logistics does.
Level 1 Black Market provides the following;
1 Rank: You may engage in the Black Market, maximum bid of 1 resource.
2 Ranks: When receiving technology from the black market, the time it takes to reverse engineer the technology is reduced by 1 turn (minimum 1), maximum bid of 2 resources
3 Ranks: Your maximum bid is increased to 3 resources.
4 Ranks: The infrastructure cap of your worlds is increased by 1, maximum bid of 4 resources.

Level 2 Black Market provides the following;
1 Rank: Your maximum bid is increased to 5 resources.
2 Ranks: When receiving technology from the black market, the time it takes to reverse engineer the technology is reduced by 1 turn (minimum 1), maximum bid of 6 resources
3 Ranks: Your maximum bid is increased to 7 resources
4 Ranks: The infrastructure cap of your worlds is increased by 1, maximum bid of 8 resources.

Level 3 Black Market provides the following;
1 Rank: Your maximum bid is increased to 9 resources.
2 Ranks: When receiving technology from the black market, the time it takes to reverse engineer the technology is reduced by 1 turn (minimum 1), maximum bid of 10 resources.
3 Ranks: Your maximum bid is increased to 11 resources.
4 Ranks: The infrastructure cap of your worlds is increased by 1, maximum bid of 12 resources.

*Note that black market only really begins to shine once your race has made contact with other races that are a part of the black market. This drawback is overshadowed by the fact that through this aspect you can purchase alien tech, artifacts, ships, etc without being forced to explore dangerous planets or develop the technology yourself.

(can provide a way to trade resources of one type for another, and can improve infrastructure cap)
Level 1 economics provides the following;
1 Rank: At the start of your turn you may trade 4 ore for 1 gas on a world or station, or vice-versa, may only be done once per turn.
2 Ranks: You may trade 3 for 1, once per turn, infrastructure cap increased by 1 on all worlds and stations.
3 Ranks: You may trade 2 for 1, once per turn
4 Ranks: You may trade 1 for 1, once per turn, infrastructure cap increased by 1 on all worlds and stations.

Level 2 economics provides the following;
1 Rank: You may trade 1 for 1, twice per turn
2 Ranks: You may trade 1 for 1, 3 times per turn, infrastructure cap increased by 1 on all worlds and stations.
3 Ranks: You may trade 1 for 1, 4 times per turn
4 Ranks: You may trade 1 for 1, 5 times per turn, infrastructure cap increased by 1 on all worlds and stations.

Level 3 economics provides the following;
1 Rank: You may trade 1 for 1, 6 times per turn
2 Ranks: You may trade 1 for 1, 7 times per turn, infrastructure cap increased by 1 on all worlds and stations.
3 Ranks: You may trade 1 for 1, 8 times per turn
4 Ranks: You may trade 1 for 1, 9 times per turn, infrastructure cap increased by 1 on all worlds and stations.

(offers new types of buildings, can reduce construction times and can improve building costs)
Points in industry allow more structures. At higher levels it can result in cheaper building prices and may reduce the time it takes to build new structures. See structure listing below, for more information on structures see 'Building'.

Rank 1

Light Manufacturing
Cost: 1 Ore
Infrastructure: 1
Energy: 1
Construction: +1
Production: +0

Natural Power Plant
Cost: 2 Ore or 1 Gas and 1 Ore
Infrastructure: 1
Special: +3 energy

Local Mining
Cost: 1 Ore and 1 Gas
Infrastructure: 2
Energy: 1
Special: Increases world's ore value by 1. Can only be created on a world with at least 1 base ore and cannot be upgraded.

Rank 2

Construction Yards
Cost: 3 Ore and 1 Gas
Infrastructure: 2
Energy: 1
Construction: +2
Production: +0

Dense Residential Districts
Cost: 2 Ore and 2 Gas
Energy: 2
Special: +2 Infrastructure Cap
Special Requirements: Rank 1 Economics

Light Shipyards
Cost: 3 Ore and 2 Gas
Infrastructure: 2
Energy: 2
Construction: +0
Production: +1
Special: Allows production of up to size 2 ships

Rank 3

Advanced Power Plant
Cost: 3 Ore and 3 Gas
Infrastructure: 2
Special: +8 energy

Factory
Cost: 3 Ore and 3 Gas
Infrastructure: 2
Energy: 2
Construction: +3
Production: +1

Rank 4

Heavy Shipyards
Cost: 5 ore and 4 Gas
Infrastructure: 4
Energy: 4
Construction: +0
Production: +3
Special: Allows construction of up to size 4 ships

Automated Assembly
Cost: 5 Ore and 5 Gas
Infrastructure: 1
Energy: 4
Construction: +2
Production: +2

Rank 1

Industrial Districts
Cost: 3 Ore and 3 Gas
Infrastructure: +1 to infrastructure cap
Energy: 3
Construction: +2
Production: +0

Rank 2

Advanced Power Grid
Cost: 4 Ore and 6 Gas
Infrastructure: 2
Energy: +12

Rank 3

Orbital Shipyards
Cost: 6 Ore and 6 Gas
Infrastructure: 4
Energy: 4
Construction: +0
Production: +6
Special: Allows construction of up to size 6 ships.

Rank 4

Advanced Construction
Cost: 1 Ore and 1 Gas
Infrastructure: 0
Energy: 0
Special: Upgrade costs on other structures on this world or station are reduced by 1 Ore or 1 Gas per rank, to a minimum of 1.

Rank 1

Orbital Platforming
Cost: 5 Ore and 5 Gas
Infrastructure: 2
Energy: 0
Special: Allows construction of orbital defenses (+2 to normal size limit), also provides +2 production for the use of repairs to ships and defenses and provides +2 construction value for orbital defense construction.
Special Requirement: Alternative Energy 2 and Engine 4

Rank 2

Multi-Level Structuring
Cost: 5 Ore and 5 Gas
Infrastructure: 0
Energy: 0
Special: Removes the 'Small' quality from a moon or asteroid. Each rank beyond the first increases the infrastructure cap of the world by 3. This increases the maximum infrastructure cap of your stations by 1/rank (allowing a station to exceed its normal maximum of 15 infrastructure).

Rank 3

Efficient Power-Networking
Cost: 3 Ore and 3 Gas
Infrastructure: 0
Energy: +3 energy/type of energy-generating structure on the world or station

Rank 4

Manufacturing Grid
Cost: 6 Ore and 6 Gas
Infrastructure: 5
Energy: 5
Construction: +8
Production: +8

(affects resource-trading between your worlds and can affect infrastructure cap)
Level 1 logistics provides the following;
1 Rank: When determining local resources for building a structure on a world or station, you may use one resource point (ore or gas) from another world or station of yours within 2 hexes, once per turn.
2 Ranks: May use 2 resource points from amongst any number of your worlds or stations within 2 hexes of one another.
3 Ranks: May use 3 resource points from amongst any number of your worlds or stations within 2 hexes of one another.
4 Ranks: May use 4 resource points from amongst any number of your worlds or stations within 2 hexes of one another, your infrastructure cap is increased by 1 on all worlds and stations.

Level 2 logistics provides the following;
1 Rank: May use 5 resource points from amongst any number of your worlds or stations within 4 hexes of one another.
2 Ranks: May use 6 resource points from amongst any number of your worlds or stations within 4 hexes.
3 Ranks: May use 7 resource points from amongst any number of your worlds or stations within 4 hexes.
4 Ranks: May use 8 resource points from amongst any number of your worlds or stations within 4 hexes, your infrastructure cap is increased by 1 on all worlds and stations.

Level 3 logistics provides the following;
1 Rank: May use 9 resource points from amongst any number of your worlds or stations within 6 hexes of one another.
2 Ranks: May use 10 resource points from amongst any number of your worlds or stations within 6 hexes.
3 Ranks: May use 11 resource points from amongst any number of your worlds or stations within 6 hexes.
4 Ranks: May use 12 resource points from amongst any number of your worlds or stations within 6 hexes, your infrastructure cap is increased by 1 on all worlds and stations.

(can provide information, sabotage enemy tech, assassinate important leaders, etc)
Points in subterfuge grant access to new actions (such as gathering information, or assassination), and also improve upon the ones you have. Subterfuge can hinder foes internally and provide you with valuable information. It also can prevent others from stealing technology or gathering information from you. (See ability details below)
Level 1 subterfuge provides the following;
1 Rank: You gain the 'Gather Information' ability.
2 Ranks: Your subterfuge is improved.
3 Ranks: You gain the 'Sabotage' ability.
4 Ranks: Your subterfuge is improved.

Level 2 subterfuge provides the following;
1 Rank: Your subterfuge is improved.
2 Ranks: Your gain the 'False Orders' ability.
3 Ranks: Your subterfuge is improved.
4 Ranks: You gain the 'Assassination' ability.

Level 3 subterfuge provides the following;
1 Rank: Your subterfuge is improved.
2 Ranks: Your subterfuge is improved.
3 Ranks: Your subterfuge is improved.
4 Ranks: You gain one additional use of each subterfuge ability per turn.

Subterfuge Actions
At level 1, you may only use these actions once per turn. You do not begin with all of these abilities, but unlock them through more ranks of subterfuge. Higher levels may also allow multiple uses each turn, as well as additional actions.

Gather Information: This part of subterfuge allows you to come across information you would otherwise not have access too. To gain this information, you must have access to the originator's worlds via trade routes, black market links, having ships in their systems, etc. You must also have higher subterfuge then the higher of their subterfuge or security systems/forces.

Sabotage: This part of subterfuge allows you to disrupt fleet and structures. To do so you must have access to what you are using it on. For example, you may sabotage ships from a shipyard you have access to via trade routes, black market connections or having a ship in system.

-Sabotage Structures: Your must have a ship in-system with the world or station to be targeted. When it is used, you select which one you are affecting, this may also affect buildings that are not yet completed. The building becomes disabled at the start of the player's next turn, they must spend resources equal to the base cost of the structure to get it working again that turn (based on construction speed). You must have higher subterfuge than the higher of the target's subterfuge or security forces/systems. This is declared at the end of your turn.

-Ship Sabotage: To be used on ships or stations, you must have a ship in-system with them, or have access to the shipyards they were built at or repaired in that turn. At the start of their next turn, the ships have a stat reduced by a total number of ranks equal to your sabotage ranks (divided as you choose between stations and ships). You cannot reduce a ship's/station's basic hull value below 1 in this way. These defects remain until the ships are repaired. The ranks of damage you inflict are reduced by a total amount equal to the higher of the defender's subterfuge or security forces/systems. This is declared at the end of your turn.

Level 2 subterfuge abilities

False Orders: To be used on ships, you must have a ship or station in-system with them. You issue a set of false orders, such as a ceasefire, a retreat or maybe even an attack order. The total size of the affected ships cannot exceed 1/2 of your total subterfuge ranks. The crew will not recklessly endanger themselves without good reason, and as such, a bit of persuasion may be needed for any drastic orders. The crew will immediately act on orders received however and continue to act on them until completed or for 1 full turn. You cannot issue the same order more than once to a craft. You must have higher subterfuge than the higher of the target's subterfuge or security forces/systems. This can be used at any time.

Assassination: This is used at the end of a turn, you need a ship in-system with the planet or station to be targeted. The following turn, the target planet or station provides no resources and does not gain any infrastructure that turn. Each time you use this on a target, your subterfuge rank for this ability is cumulatively reduced by 1 for future attempts on that target. You must have higher subterfuge than the higher of the target's subterfuge or security forces/systems.