I figured it out. I was putting in a number 11111 dot 11 (with no spaces) and the forum was converting that to a URL and thinking I was trying to post a link.

<t> I made a mistake - I thought I was on Combat Armor but I was on personal armor optimization (a linear tech) - so that was the issue.<br/>
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It would probably be helpful to see some kind of differentiation on the list when choosing techs to know if you're going into a linear tech vs. having ...

Military research council says 11111 BP/turn needed to 1% gain in research. My total BP is about 3.5k/turn and I'm only on turn 100 or so. This is in version 1.05 c - I also tested it with 1.05 beta7 and it persisted through a couple of turns.

I couldn't post on the Shadow Empire forum so this is a test to see if I can post here. I figured I could delete the message after but I don't see a delete button. Sorry.

<t> Specifically it says: "You are not allowed to post links, emails or phone numbers for 7 days from the date of your tenth post. go back?"<br/>
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Tried it again but still failed - weird that I could start this thread but not one in that forum.<br/>
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And again - this is only the 2nd ...

Tried to start a new thread in the Shadow Empire tech support board but it says "You can't post for 7 days after your tenth post" But I've never posted before!