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When can you activate a Tech card after placing its last ship?
The rulebook does not state the waiting rule; it comes from a quoted FAQ entry and community posts.
- Cosmic Encounter rulebook · Rulebook · Technology Variant
- Bill Martinson · Designer · 2010-07-22
- The Warp · Designer · 2010-07-24
- SparkingConduit · Community · 2011-06-16
- oatesatm · Community · 2010-07-23
- dougtempel · Community · 2017-02-27
Not in the same encounter in which you placed the last ship. The FAQ quoted in the thread forbids researching and completing one tech within a single encounter, so the earliest you can complete it is the start of a later Regroup Phase (many players say 'the turn after'). Once completed, it can be used as its card allows. The rulebook only says to flip the tech faceup when the ships reach its research number, so the waiting limit comes from the FAQ and community play.