Hyperinformation Theory

Description
Significantly eases the efforts of the Telemetry Director in decoding scans by automating the first stage of their job - bonus points for teamwork*

*No actual bonus points will be awarded for teamwork.



Cost
- One MAJOR PHYSICS research

Impact
Once researched, all subsequent scans conducted by your agency (including backscatter scans) will include the first band, guaranteed.

This will physically change the results for scans in some sectors to forcibly set Band 1 to the correct level. For example, if the element was Hydrogen (atomic number 1) then the first band must necessarily be LOW if it is to be included. If previously you had scanned a sector where Band 1 was HIGH but evaluated to exclude then if you rescanned the sector after this upgrade you would see Band 1 had changed to LOW so it doesn't affect the final result. This research doesn't mean the underlying elements change, just how quickly you can read the first band of the scan.

Future Research
Information theory is very closely linked to mis-information theory as a field of research. After completing this research, you could turn your attention to Active Message Cloaking