Talk:Synthetic Control Core/@comment-217.147.38.103-20130302131709/@comment-70.71.107.184-20130302234006

You can pay 515 Platinum to do Level 1 Research without buying a Core separately.

Presumably, after doing Level 1 Research you can them also pay (a fortune) to Train each Troop. In other words, for $100, you can be the first (idiot) to have one Incineraptor Troop.