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Research Agreement

After the Jol-Nar player researches a technology that is not a faction technology: Gain that technology. Then, return this card to the Jol-Nar player.
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After the Jol-Nar player researches a technology that is not a faction technology:

Gain that technology.

Then, return this card to the Jol-Nar player.

Source: Base game

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  • If the Jol-Nar player will research several technologies in a row, then after each, the player holding Research Agreement may play it. The Jol-Nar player does not decide the next technology they will research until after the player holding the Research Agreement plays it or declines to.
  • If a player receives Research Agreement in a transaction immediately after the Jol-Nar player researched a technology, that player may play it immediately to gain that technology.
    • The active player may perform a transaction with each other player at most once per turn. As such, the active player cannot receive Research Agreement more than once per turn.
    • Once a player has used Research Agreement after the Jol-Nar player researches a technology, no other player may use Research Agreement for that same Jol-Nar research instance to gain the same technology.
    • If the active player received the Research Agreement on a previous turn, they may play it and immediately perform a transaction with the Jol-Nar player to regain it. They may then play it when the Jol-Nar player researches their next technology.
  • Any deal between the Jol-Nar player and another player regarding when Research Agreement will be played, if made before Research Agreement is exchanged, is non-binding.
  • If a faction has a faction-specific unit upgrade as one of their faction technologies, they cannot gain that unit upgrade from Research Agreement when the Jol-Nar player researches the generic version of that unit upgrade.
  • Research Agreement may be triggered when the Jol-Nar player researches a technology outside of the Technology strategy card. For example, it may be triggered by the Divert Funding action card, the Focused Research action card, the Reveal Prototype action card, the Technology Rider action card, the Ixthian Artifact agenda, the Wormhole Research agenda, or the Enigmatic Device exploration card.
    • Research Agreement cannot be triggered by a game effect that instructs the Jol-Nar player to directly gain a technology, without researching. For example, it cannot be triggered by the Fire of the Gashlai Muaat faction promissory note, the Plagiarize action card, the Research Grant Reallocation agenda, or the Maw of Worlds relic.
    • Research Agreement cannot be triggered when the Jol-Nar player resolves Genetic Memory.

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