What research order should you go in?

[Empress Lina]

The research is very confusing. Starting I want to do terraforming but the third row gets locked. And I still cannot make any miltary ships

[RottenTomato]

It depends what faction you are playing and your play style. There is no perfect answer to your question. Terraforming should not be done early in the game as you would waste resources and time which you can utilize to colonize other planets or build an army to counter pirates.
The reason the third row is locked out because you have not researched the techs in the previous row/Era 2. Hence the third row is locked out.
The only way to unlock Era 3/Third row techs before researching Era 2/Second row techs is if you play sophons(maybe vaulters not sure)which has a science law active that lets you research next era tech or if you unlock this law when playing other factions.
You can make the basic military ships. If you want more powerful ships and techs, you will have to research/unlock them.

[Empress Lina]

Originally posted by RottenTomato:

It depends what faction you are playing and your play style. There is no perfect answer to your question. Terraforming should not be done early in the game as you would waste resources and time which you can utilize to colonize other planets or build an army to counter pirates.
The reason the third row is locked out because you have not researched the techs in the previous row/Era 2. Hence the third row is locked out.
The only way to unlock Era 3/Third row techs before researching Era 2/Second row techs is if you play sophons(maybe vaulters not sure)which has a science law active that lets you research next era tech or if you unlock this law when playing other factions.
You can make the basic military ships. If you want more powerful ships and techs, you will have to research/unlock them.

how do i make the milltiary ships? i just see settle and patrol

[Groo the one]

Ship hulls are located in the (upper) left part of the research tree/wheel. You could also try to make use of search function and search for ship or hull, i.e.

[Empress Lina]

Originally posted by Groo the one:

Ship hulls are located in the (upper) left part of the research tree/wheel. You could also try to make use of search function and search for ship or hull, i.e.

ok i was confused. I thought all that stuff would be in milltary.