The thing is, even if you max out Advanced Materials Collection, that gives you +20% to RO collection. Planets that I colonize with a stated RO generation rate of +40u actually generate +1u once I put a colony there (I'd be curious what the logic is behind this as well). Unless I'm misunderstanding how those techs work, 20% of +1u brings me to a whopping +1.2u! That hardly seems like a worthwhile investment of days of research time.

I really hope I'm misunderstanding how these techs work, because obviously that is ridiculous.