Space Marine research

This article covers Space Marine research.

Tier 1

Research	Type	Description	Unlocks	Recipients	Requires	Base Cost
Frag Grenade	Action	Grants infantry the ability to throw anti-infantry grenades.	Frag Grenade Consumes action points Consumes movement Cooldown: 10 Technology: Frag Grenade Range: 1 Assault: Classification. Blast: Hits multiple group members of the target unit. Grenade: A small bomb thrown by hand. Upgrade: Improved Frag Casings: Increases the armour penetration of flamer, grenade, missile and blast weapons.	Apothecaries Assault Space Marines Captain Devastator Space Marines Librarian Scout Bikers Tactical Space Marines Thunderfire Cannon		36
Reclusiam	Building	Building that produces heroes as well as generates influence and increases loyalty.	Reclusiam	Orbital Relay
Orbital Scan	Operation	Operation that reveals the target tile and adjacent tiles.
Razorback	Unit	(Only with Assault Pack DLC) Tank unit that transports infantry.	Razorback	Armoury	Armoury
Tactical Doctrine	Operation	Chapter tactic that increases the accuracy of Tactical Space Marines.
Armoury	Building	Building that produces ground vehicles as well as generates requisitions and research.	Armoury	Orbital Relay

Tier 2

Research	Type	Description	Unlocks	Recipients	Requires	Base Cost
Assault Space Marines	Unit	Melee infantry unit equipped with jump packs to overcome terrain obstacles.	Assault Space Marines	Apothecarion		54
Chaplain	Unit	Zealous hero unit that raises morale and inspires loyalty.	Chaplain	Reclusiam	Reclusiam
Cluster Mines	Action	Grants Scout Bikers the ability to place cluster mines.	Cluster Mines Places cluster mines on the target adjacent tile to slow and damage enemies. Consumes action points Consumes movement Cooldown: 5 Technology: Cluster Mines Range: 1 Blast: Hits multiple group members of the target unit. Ignores Cover: Ignores the ranged damage reduction of the target unit. Upgrade: Improved Frag Casings: Increases the armour penetration of flamer, grenade, missile and blast weapons.	Scout Bikers	Armoury
Hammer of Wrath	Action	Grants Assault Space Marines, Dreadnoughts and Scout Bikers the ability to perform more devastating attacks.	Hammer of Wrath Increases the damage. Free action Cooldown: 3 Technology: Hammer of Wrath	Assault Space Marines Dreadnought Scout Bikers	At least one research of Assault Space Marines Armoury
Dormitories	Building	Building that increases population limit.	Dormitories	Orbital Relay
Krak Grenade	Action	Grants infantry the ability to throw anti-armour grenades.	Krak Grenade Consumes action points Consumes movement Cooldown: 10 Technology: Krak Grenade Assault: Classification. Grenade: A small bomb thrown by hand. Upgrade: Improved Frag Casings: Increases the armour penetration of flamer, grenade, missile and blast weapons.	Apothecaries Assault Space Marines Captain Devastator Space Marines Librarian Scout Bikers Tactical Space Marines Thunderfire Cannon

Tier 3

Research	Type	Description	Unlocks	Recipients	Requires	Base Cost
Assault Doctrine	Operation	Chapter tactic that increases the accuracy of Assault Space Marines.			Assault Space Marines	77
Fortress Expansion	Trait	Increases the tile acquisition radius of the city.	+1 City Radius
Devastator Space Marines	Unit	Infantry unit equipped to bring down heavy war machines.	Devastator Space Marines	Apothecarion
Land Speeders	Unit	Mobile hover vehicle unit that can even traverse water.	Land Speeders	Armoury	Armoury
Librarian	Unit	Hero unit with versatile psychic powers.	Librarian	Reclusiam	Reclusiam
Company Chapel	Building	Building that increases loyalty.	Company Chapel	Orbital Relay

Tier 4

Research	Type	Description	Unlocks	Recipients	Requires	Base Cost
Kraken Bolts	Trait	Increases the armour penetration of bolt weapons.		Apothecaries Assault Space Marines Captain Dreadnought Great Hall Land Raider Land Speeders Librarian Razorback Scout Bikers Stormraven Gunship Stormtalon Gunship Tactical Space Marines Terminators Only with Additional Heavy Bolters research Aquila Macro-Cannon Fortress of Redemption Predator		104
Orbital Relay	Building	Building that constructs new buildings and generates influence.	Orbital Relay	Orbital Relay
Devastator Doctrine	Operation	Chapter tactic that increases the accuracy of Devastator Space Marines and Devastator Centurions.			Devastator Space Marines
Hunter	Unit	Tank unit that is specialized in taking down skimmers and flyers.	Hunter	Armoury	Armoury
Melta Bomb	Action	Grants Tactical Space Marines, Assault Space Marines, Devastator Space Marines and Scout Bikers the ability to deploy a melta bomb that is highly effective against heavy vehicles and fortifications.	Melta Bomb Can only be used against vehicles, monstrous creatures or fortifications. Consumes action points Consumes movement Cooldown: 10 Technology: Melta Bomb Armourbane: Increases the armour penetration. Bomb: Fixed accuracy. Melee: Cannot overwatch. Upgrade: Improved Frag Casings: Increases the armour penetration of flamer, grenade, missile and blast weapons.	Assault Space Marines Devastator Space Marines Scout Bikers Tactical Space Marines
Predator	Unit	Main battle tank unit.	Predator	Armoury	Armoury

Tier 5

Research	Type	Description	Unlocks	Recipients	Requires	Base Cost
Apothecaries	Unit	Infantry unit that heals allied infantry.	Apothecaries	Apothecarion		135
Advanced Redoubts	Trait	Increases the tile acquisition radius.	+1 City Radius
Combat Shield	Trait	Increases damage reduction of Assault Space Marines.	Combat Shield: Increases the damage reduction. Requires: Combat Shield	Assault Space Marines	Assault Space Marines
Dreadnought	Unit	Heavy walker unit that crushes opponents in close combat.	Dreadnought	Armoury	Armoury
Extra Infantry Armour	Trait	Increases the armour of infantry.	Extra Infantry Armour: Increases the armour. Requires: Extra Infantry Armour	Apothecaries Assault Space Marines Captain Chaplain Devastator Centurions Devastator Space Marines Librarian Tactical Space Marines Terminators Thunderfire Cannon
Orbital Strike	Operation	Operation that bombards the target enemy unit.

Tier 6

Research	Type	Description	Unlocks	Recipients	Requires	Base Cost
Bolter Drill	Operation	Chapter tactic that increases the accuracy of bolt weapons.				171
Dozer Blade	Trait	Reduces the movement penalty for Hunters, Predators and Razorbacks in forests and imperial ruins.	Dozer Blade: Reduces the movement penalty in forests and imperial ruins. Requires: Dozer Blade	Hunter Predator Razorback	At least one research of Hunter Predator Razorback
Close Combat Mastery	Trait	Increases the armour penetration of melee weapons.		Assault Space Marines Captain Chaplain Dreadnought Librarian Terminators
Signum	Action	Grants Devastator Space Marines the ability to briefly increase their accuracy.	Signum +2 ranged Accuracy Free action Cooldown: 10 Range: Self Technology: Action Points	Devastator Space Marines	Devastator Space Marines
Thunderfire Cannon	Unit	Infantry unit that provides long-range barrage support and can clear tiles and repair vehicles.	Thunderfire Cannon	Apothecarion
Vindicator	Unit	Heavy tank unit with a devastating close-range cannon.	Vindicator	Armoury	Armoury

Tier 7

Research	Type	Description	Unlocks	Recipients	Requires	Base Cost
Launch Pads	Building	Building that produces aircraft as well as generates requisitions and influence.	Launch Pads	Orbital Relay		212
Extra Vehicle Armour	Trait	Increases the armour of vehicles.	Extra Vehicle Armour: Increases the armour. Requires: Extra Vehicle Armour	Dreadnought Hunter Land Raider Land Speeders Predator Razorback Scout Bikers Stormraven Gunship Stormtalon Gunship Vindicator	At least one research of Launch Pads Armoury
Multi-Melta	Weapon	Grants Land Speeders and Land Raiders a multi-melta weapon.	Multi-Melta Heavy: Reduces the accuracy after moving. Melta: Increases the armour penetration at half range.	Land Raider Land Speeders	At least one research of Land Raider Land Speeders
Orbital Deployment	Action	Grants units the ability to deploy via drop pod anywhere on the battlefield.	Orbital Deployment Deploys the unit from a city tile to the target tile. Consumes action points Consumes movement Technology: Orbital Deployment Cost: 20	All Space Marine units except aircraft.
Smoke Launcher	Action	Grants ground vehicles the ability to launch a smoke screen that increases the ranged damage reduction.	Create Smoke Screen Increases ranged damage reduction to the target tile and blocks line of sight. Consumes action points Consumes movement Cooldown: 10 Range: self Technology: Smoke Launcher Effect: Smoke Screen: Increases the ranged damage reduction. for 3	Dreadnought Hunter Land Raider Predator Razorback Vindicator	Armoury
Terminators	Unit	Heavily armoured infantry unit that can take on virtually every ground opponent.	Terminators	Apothecarion

Tier 8

Research	Type	Description	Unlocks	Recipients	Requires	Base Cost
Improved Frag Casings	Trait	Increases the armour penetration of flamer, grenade, missile and blast weapons.		Aquila Macro-Cannon Chaplain Devastator Centurions Hunter Thunderfire Cannon Stormraven Gunship Stormtalon Gunship Vindicator Only with Hunter-Killer Missile research Land Raider Predator Razorback Only with Fortress of Redemption Missile Silo research Fortress of Redemption Only with Frag Grenade or Krak Grenade research Apothecaries Captain Librarian Thunderfire Cannon Only with Frag Grenade or Krak Grenade or Melta Bomb research Assault Space Marines Devastator Space Marines Scout Bikers Tactical Space Marines		257
Bolster Defences	Action	Grants Thunderfire Cannons the ability to increase the ranged damage reduction of the target tile.	Bolster Defences Increases the ranged damage reduction of the target tile. Consumes action points Consumes movement Cooldown: 3 Range: 2 Technology: Bolster Defences	Thunderfire Cannon	Thunderfire Cannon
Fortress Supreme	Trait	Increases the tile acquisition radius.	+1 City Radius
Devastator Centurions	Unit	(Only with Specialist Pack DLC) Very bulky infantry unit with massive armaments.	Devastator Centurions	Apothecarion
Additional Heavy Bolters	Weapon	Grants Fortresses of Redemption, Predators and Aquila Macro-Cannons extra heavy bolters.	Heavy Bolter Bolt Weapon: The boltgun, or bolter, fires small missiles known as 'bolts'. Each self-propelled bolt explodes with devastating effect once it has penetrated its target. There are many variations of boltguns, from the short-barreled bolt pistol to the Vulcan mega-bolter often mounted on Titans and other super-heavy vehicles. Heavy: Reduces the accuracy after moving. Upgrade: Kraken Bolts Increases the armour penetration of bolt weapons.	Aquila Macro-Cannon Predator Fortress of Redemption
Siege Shield	Trait	Increases the armour of Vindicators and reduces the movement penalty in forests and imperial ruins.	Siege Shield: Increases the armour and reduces the movement penalty in forests and imperial ruins. Requires: Siege Shield	Vindicator	Vindicator
The Flesh Is Weak	Operation	Chapter tactic that increases damage reduction of infantry units.

Tier 9

Research	Type	Description	Unlocks	Recipients	Requires	Base Cost
Ceramite Plating	Trait	Increases the armour of Stormraven and Stormtalon Gunships.		Stormraven Gunship Stormtalon Gunship	Launch Pads	306
Land Raider	Unit	(Only with Reinforcement Pack DLC) Massively armoured and heavily armed transport unit.	Land Raider	Armoury	Armoury
Hotshot Power Packs	Trait	Increases the armour penetration of las weapons.		Devastator Centurions Devastator Space Marines Fortress of Redemption Great Hall Predator
Machine Empathy	Operation	Chapter tactic that restores the hitpoints of vehicle and fortification units.			Armoury
Omniscope	Action	(Only with Specialist Pack DLC) Grants Devastator Centurions the ability to bypass ranged damaged reduction.	Omniscope Ignores enemy ranged damage reduction. Requires action points Cooldown: 5 Technology: Omniscope	Devastator Centurions	Devastator Centurions
Stormraven Gunship	Unit	Heavily armed and armoured airborne transport unit.	Stormraven Gunship	Launch Pads	Launch Pads
Teleport Homer	Trait	Causes orbital deployment to not consume action points when deploying Terminators adjacent to Tactical Space Marines.		Terminators	Orbital Deployment

Tier 10

Research	Type	Description	Unlocks	Recipients	Requires	Base Cost
Aquila Macro-Cannon	Building	(Only with Fortification Pack DLC) Massive fortification with a devastating long-range cannon.	Aquila Macro-Cannon	Orbital Relay		360
Fortress of Redemption Missile Silo	Weapon	Grants Fortresses of Redemption a krakstorm missile silo.	Krakstorm Missile Silo Barrage: Does not require line of sight, but cannot overwatch. Large Blast: Hits multiple group members of the target unit. Ordnance: Increases the armour penetration against vehicles and fortifications. Not usable by infantry after moving. Upgrade: Improved Frag Casings Increases the armour penetration of flamer, grenade, missile and blast weapons.	Fortress of Redemption
Hunter-Killer Missile	Action	Grants ground vehicles the ability to fire hunter-killer missiles.	Hunter-Killer Missile Barrage: Does not require line of sight, but cannot overwatch. Heavy: Reduces the accuracy after moving. Upgrade: Improved Frag Casings Increases the armour penetration of flamer, grenade, missile and blast weapons.	Hunter Land Raider Predator Razorback Vindicator	Armoury
Hurricane Bolter	Weapon	Grants Stormraven Gunships a hurricane bolter.	6x Twin-Linked Boltgun Bolt Weapon: The boltgun, or bolter, fires small missiles known as 'bolts'. Each self-propelled bolt explodes with devastating effect once it has penetrated its target. There are many variations of boltguns, from the short-barreled bolt pistol to the Vulcan mega-bolter often mounted on Titans and other super-heavy vehicles. Rapid Fire: Doubles the attacks at half range. Twin-Linked: Increases the accuracy. Upgrade: Kraken Bolts Increases the armour penetration of bolt weapons.	Stormraven Gunship	Stormraven Gunship
Locator Beacon	Trait	Causes orbital deployment to not consume action points when deploying adjacent to Scout Bikers or Stormraven Gunships.		Orbital Deployment Deploys the unit from a city tile to the target tile. Consumes action points Consumes movement Technology: Orbital Deployment Cost: 20	Orbital Deployment
Siege Masters	Operation	Chapter tactic that increases the damage of units attacking enemy units in cities and fortifications.