Through repeated experimentation, and the recording of results, the scientific process moves ever forward. Trial & Error describes the basic process of research that all new Cultures must re-learn when they find themselves trapped in the Sphere. Some old rules have been altered in subtle ways and others discarded entirely to make way for new physics, biology and social structures. Only the that embraces this change will be able to move forward and only those that try, and aren't afraid to fail, will thrive in the alien landscape.

Trial & Error allows for the construction of the Research Facility, the most basic of research buildings.