Negative-Time Keys
ComputingNegative-Time Keys is a tier 4 physics technology (Computing) in Stellaris 4.5.2. Its base cost is 10,000 research. It needs Simultaneous-Collapse Storage. Console: research_technology tech_encryption_3.
Negative-Time KeysComputing· tier 4
10,000What Negative-Time Keys does
Modifiers as the game prints them, from the technology's modifier block; then the unlock lines its research card shows.
- +2Encryption
How to get Negative-Time Keys
Research in Stellaris is drawn: each area offers 3 cards at a time, weighted by each technology's draw weight (here 50) and its weight modifiers. Tier 4 opens after 6 tier 3 technologies of the same area.
The whole research path: 6 technologies, 18,000 base research with this one
In the game
Our latest advances in encryption exploit recently discovered quirks of physics to require inputting a specialized key before it has been generated.
Console command
Typed in the game's console (the ~ key); achievements are off for that game.
research_technology tech_encryption_3Draw weight script, as in common/technology/00_phys_tech.txt
modifier = {
factor = 0.1
NOR = {
is_ai = yes
has_country_flag = first_spynetwork
}
}
modifier = {
factor = 5
has_tradition = tr_subterfuge_adopt
}Negative-Time Keys: questions
How do I get Negative-Time Keys in Stellaris?
Research Simultaneous-Collapse Storage first (6 technologies in the whole chain); then Negative-Time Keys can be drawn as one of the 3 physics research options.
What does Negative-Time Keys do?
It gives +2 Encryption.
What is the ID of Negative-Time Keys?
The technology's ID is tech_encryption_3. To get it with the console: research_technology tech_encryption_3 (Stellaris 4.5.2).
How much does Negative-Time Keys cost?
10,000 physics research before modifiers. In game the cost grows with empire size (+0.2% per point above the base, common/defines) and the galaxy's tech cost setting.
Source: common/technology/00_phys_tech.txt and localisation/english, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776). Base numbers before empire-size and difficulty modifiers.