Research and Development requires a set of different materials to fabricate components and items.
- Materials can be found in the form of scanning nodes on system and surface maps, as well as in sector space and some episode mission space maps.
- All materials can be received from the Research and Development Pack
- Common and Uncommon Materials can be found as rewards from various Duty Officer assignments that used to reward Data Samples.
- Rare materials can be found as rewards from critical successes from the old Data Samples Duty Officer Assignments, as well as are rewarded from various PvE Queues.
- Very Rare materials are rewarded from various advanced or elite level PvE Queues.
- Ultra Rare materials are rewarded from every elite level PvE Queue.
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