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   * Other characters in your Group can Assist in the development of an Invention.   * Other characters in your Group can Assist in the development of an Invention.
   * Developing a prototypes may also cost other resources - Energy Chits, [[exotic substances]] or other items.   * Developing a prototypes may also cost other resources - Energy Chits, [[exotic substances]] or other items.
 +    * This may include a number of Samples with specific Keywords or combinations of Keywords.
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 +Once your theory for an Invention has been approved, it will be assigned a Development cost - this will be a number of Research points of the relevant type, as well as costs in other resources, such as Energy Chits, [[exotic substances]],​ Samples and possibly other, rarer resources. Once you have a working theory you can assign Research Points to it after an event, as if it was a sample. When you have fully paid the cost, you will receive a Prototype of the invention - this is a once-off version of the Invention that may still have some quirks.
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 +==== Completing an Invention ====
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 +  * An Invention is completed when all of the required Research Points and materials have been assigned to it.
 +  * The Invention is not considered to be Complete until end of that Downtime.
   * Once you have developed a prototype the Invention is now available to you alone.   * Once you have developed a prototype the Invention is now available to you alone.
 +  * Inventions (skills, Mods, Prototype production) can be Taught to other characters.
 +  * Invention Prototypes can be reproduced using 1 of the relevant Research Points, plus all of the Materials used in its development.
 +    * If an Invention requires Samples with specific Keywords to research, these may or may not be required to reproduce it.
 +    * You may have the opportunity to sell your Prototype to a Faction or MegaCorp - if this occurs, then it may become more widely available.
 +  * Once you have received your Prototype, you can submit another Invention to try to improve or refine it into a better version.
 +  * Another character can Research a Prototype to learn how to produce it.
  
-Once your theory for an Invention has been approved, it will be assigned a Development cost - this will be a number of Research ​points of the relevant type, as well as costs in other resources, such as Energy Chits, [[exotic substances]] ​and possibly other, rare resources. Once you have a working theory you can assign Research Points ​to it after an eventas if it was a sample. When you have fully paid the cost, you will receive a Prototype ​of the invention - this is a once-off version of the Invention ​that may still have some quirksYou can then try to spread knowledge of your Invention to others, and try to get it put into wider production and sale. If your invention is a skill, Mod, psionic power or similar, then your Prototype will take an appropriate form, like an instruction manual or psi crystal datastore - characters with this item can use it in between events to learn the skill or power you have Invented.+Once all the required ​Research ​Points ​and materials ​have been assigned ​to an Invention, it is completed at the end of that Downtime periodPrototype will be created and placed ​in your Player Pack for the next event you attend.
  
 +You can then try to spread knowledge of your Invention to others, and try to get it put into wider production and sale. If your invention is a skill, Mod, psionic power or similar, then your Prototype will take an appropriate form, like an instruction manual or psi crystal datastore - characters with this item can use it in between events to learn the skill or power you have Invented.
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