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Originally posted by Tnarg:
Could this be simulated with the Point Generation "Research" ability or Planet Point Generation Modifier to give automatic research or boost research.

I do not know about the point generation abilities, so test them. I do know for a fact that the modifiers (used by Central Computer Complexes in stock SE4, for example) do work fine as planet abilities, at least the Planet specific ones. I have been using them in FQM for a while now.