The technology screen is accessed by clicking on the gears icon at the top. It presents a list of five characters assigned to each research field, along with the total number of yearly research points.
Research points are determined by the number of Citizens in a given province, and can be increased depending on the character in the Civic technology role. Additionally, some government types may have a position that also increases research.
Characters in these offices office:
- Give +1 senate influence per point of Charisma (for republics only)
- Give a +10% bonus to research rate of their office per point of finesse.
Land
Characters in this office:
- Provide +1% land organization and -3% siege time per point of martial
- Personally receive +0.5 wealth per month, +0.25 prominence per month, and +30 prominence.
Characters in this office:
- Provide +1% naval organization and +1.3% blocade efficiency per point of martial.
- Personally receive +0.5 wealth per month, +0.25 prominence per month, and +30 prominence.
Construction
Characters in this office:
- Provide -1.5% build cost and -1.5% build time per point of charisma.
- Personally receive +0.5 wealth per month, +0.25 prominence per month, and +30 prominence.
Civic
Characters in this office:
- Provide +1.3% research points and +3.0% civilization value spread per point of charisma.
- Personally receive +1 wealth per month, +0.33 prominence per month, and +50 prominence.
This position is important for republics, as characters who were formerly employed in this position may be assigned to lead armies.
Religious
Characters in this office:
- Provide +1.5% omen success chance, -2.0 Omen failure penalty per point of charisma
- Personally receive +0.7 wealth per month, +0.25 prominence per month, and +40 prominence.
If left without an omen, the high priest may automatically declare a random omen.
This position is important for republics, as characters who were formerly employed in this position may be assigned to lead armies.
Technology levels
Each of these five fields has a technology level, which is evenly researched. Although it may be possible to research things faster than normal, researching technologies ahead of their time causes a significant slowdown.