Any way to reshuffle research without having to wait for one to be completed?

[Black Jesus]

The game is totally screwing me with research RNG. I need the tile clearing techs cause I need to free up space on my worlds (I prefer hard wide) but no matter how many times I research something the game will not give me one of the techs to clear tiles. And it's screwing me because I'm falling behind in the pop game. Anyway to gimmick a new set like leave research idle for a time or something?

[Ruinous]

If you have a lead researcher with the New Worlds specialisation it'll weight the presented techs towards those. Not guaranteed by any means, but it'll help. Looks like a green flag icon. Though personally I much prefer having a military theory guy in that role ;)

[Nemund]

+ research alternatives really helps with this.
You have colonised the worlds in question right? If not then you don't get them till you have a world with them on colonised.
If you haven't colonised it then you can always terraform the planet which removes every single tileblocker.

[Black Jesus]

Originally posted by nevyn0ad:

+ research alternatives really helps with this.
You have colonised the worlds in question right? If not then you don't get them till you have a world with them on colonised.
If you haven't colonised it then you can always terraform the planet which removes every single tileblocker.

Yep colonized had already did research alternative researches... Finally started getting the necessary techs before going to sleep last night. Problem is it took almost 90 years rng sucks. I had several planets colonized which is way I was asking the question after the first two planets you stop assuming bad rng.

[cooltv27]

Originally posted by Black Jesus:

is it took almost 90 years rng sucks.

thats some extremely bad luck right there, ive never gone more than 10 years before I could clear a planet

[Galactic Origins]

many of the tile clear vlocker techs are tier II or so
also, having a New Worlds society researcher helps

[Black Jesus]

Originally posted by Galactic Origins:

many of the tile clear vlocker techs are tier II or so
also, having a New Worlds society researcher helps

I had battleships unlocked when I got the first tech. I've done several games before and never had that happen.