Research is a means of unlocking Augmentations, Weapons, and Gear.
The player can find the research menues in the game menues.
How to
- Use funds over time to unlock the equipment
- Staffed researchers are $2/seconds/researcher
- outsourced researchers are $3/second/researcher
- The more researchers assigned the faster and more costly the item is finished.
- Items have a minimum number of researchers needed, from 1 to 9
Research Staff
Using 
World Scan (or get lucky by hovering over a random civilian) the player can find VIP's that will have the Research emblem next to their health bar. Once identified, they player acn end any agent to bribe the researcher into joining the player's "Staff." The total current staff are indicated next to the player's current cash.
- some [!] Missions will grant a researcher
- a researcher must be bribed for $200 to $1000 to join the team
| Researchers - | Bribe Cost |
|---|---|
| 1-2 | $200 |
| 3-4 | $225 |
| 5-6 | $250 |
| 7-9 | $300 |
| 10 | $350 |
| 11 | $400 |
- Research will pause when there are not enough funds, but auto resume
Blueprints and Prototypes
- first player must get something to research
- Blueprints are sometimes gained from missions or bought from Mitch Clifford, the Black Market dealer.
- Prototypes are often gained from missions and can be used, but if the agent dies with it the prototype is lost
- having both the prototype and blueprint will automatically finish the research