i started responding to you in the comment section, but there is a max for one thousand letters per comment and i didnt want to spam the mod's comment section

@jptrrs, my issue with the mod revolves around some aspects of it being not needed, dont add anything and are just kinda annoying;
for example, the books themselves, why do they need to exist? they dont do anything, you can just remove them from the game, double the research cost and keep the pawns learning from study desks the same, all it does is make it less annoying to create books, and problems that come with it, for example, if you got a book being made in progress and someone is carrying it to haul, then your pawn will start a new book, if you already got two unfinished books that your pawn can access, then they simply wont do anything, till you delete some of them, there are a lot more issues with those books, they just dont need to exist at all

another thing that i found this mod not needing to exist, is the pawns need to study a new technology and train a weapon
after 200+ hours of using this mod, i found that whole ordeal to be unnecessary at all, it did not add any challenge, all it did was increase the time and annoyance that it took me to find a weapon that my pawn can study and then train, it was not difficult, just annoying and time consuming

enemy pawns attacking you with their guns, and them knowing how to use the gun so you might consider recruiting them for that part, is simply just a more convoluted bio-coded weapons for the most part, and it breaks the reason for weapon learning to exist, the idea of weapon learning is so you dont have super strong weaponry when your technology isnt there yet, but you can simply recruit your army from the enemy pawns attacking you, granted they wont be as perfect as your other pawns, but its not an issue, having a pawn with a super strong weapon is much more important, i still had to make a conscious effort to not make myself too strong, and purposely not choosing those pawns, or destroy/selling their weapons

things that i like about this mod:
the random research aspect of it, granted it exists in another mod already, but i still like it, the difficulty did not increase at all when i used this mod over the other random research mod, it was just more frustrating, and a lot of micro managing

i like that you cant use weapons till you researched it, but that also exists with a different mod, and using this over the other did not increase the difficulty either

i like the idea of training, but not as its done right now, instead i would prefer it instead:
a pawn can use any weapon right away but at reduced performance till the research is complete and training is done

i also like the androids from a different mod cant learn technology, as it makes them more unique, but they are already weak generally, so it unbalanced them for the most part

most of my problems with this mod come from it not being automatic enough, having issues with other mods, or something
for example, if i right clicked on a training dummy with a pawn, it would freeze my game till i close it, and there is incompatibility with techprinting mod, not allowing me to apply the tech shards, if they are even needed, im not sure whats the problem is, i did not test it, it might be only for me, because i use 250+ mods
for some reason i also cant have my pawns document technology on their own, or it lags my game,so i do it manually, thousands of times i need to choose a pawn and tell them to document and the need to choose a gun, see if they can learn it and then train them with it

the building aspect did add some challenge at the beginning, at first when i needed things done quickly but my builder didnt know the technology yet so it was delayed, but thats it, after that point it made so little impact that i forgot that its actually a thing till i re-read the description of this mod to make this feedback

to summarize, my experience with this mod can be copied with two other mods, and reducing the amount of research being done, with a game stat, without all the hassle, mod incompatibilities and issues, im sorry, i hope i didnt make you sad or broke your spirit, there are a lot of mods and things you can do, i hope i will like this mod in the future or your other ones