I must be new or bad..or both

[justjake73]

Also be sure to research these FIRST:

Applied Research
App. Intel
Ship Construction

I start out with researching 3 techs @ ~1500 each, wait til I have enough points to have 3000 in each slot before adding another project. The AI lines up a bunch of projects then spends all their research one the first project. When it is finished, the next project will move into the slot. As a result, they may have higher tech levels in certain areas, but have an overall lower number of techs researched.