Okay, so you are making books and want skilled geologists. What are your options for adding skills and how long is it going to take?
Here are a few options:
This is all based on the idea that there the production requirements don't change higher up the tree once you've produced more books. After having a look at a guide to the science system - geologist, I've just realised that my figures are wrong. However they would be the minimum requirements if 1 tome always used 1 manuscript, and 1 codex always used 1 tome (made up of 1 manuscript and 1 tome). Conclusion, it will take a long time to produce fully skilled geologists....
1. Geologist with skills to the top of the tree / Maximum skills on Codex Level.
10/15 skill points on Manuscript Level, 10/18 skill points on Tome Level, remaining 11/21 skill points on Codex Level.
Requires a minimum of: 31 manuscripts, 21 tomes and 11 codexes
Time to produce the books (unbuffed):
Level 1: (31 manus x 60 hours) + (21 tomes x 72 hours) + (11 codexes x 84 hours) = 4,296 hours = 179 days
Level 2: (31 manus x 30 hours) + (21 tomes x 36 hours) + (11 codexes x 42 hours) = 2,148 hours = 89 days 12 hours
Level 3: (31 manus x 20 hours) + (21 tomes x 24 hours) + (11 codexes x 28 hours) = 1,432 hours = 59 days 12 hours
Level 4: (31 manus x 15 hours) + (21 tomes x 18 hours) + (11 codexes x 21 hours) = 1,074 hours = 44 days 18 hours
Level 5: (31 manus x 12 hours) + (21 tomes x 14 hours 24 mins) + (11 codexes x 16 hours 48 mins) = 859 hours 12 min = 35 days 19 hours 12 mins
2. Maximum skills on Manuscript Level, other skills on Tome Level.
With 15/15 skill points on Manuscript Level, there are 16/18 skill points available at Tome Level.
Requires a minimum of: 31 manuscripts and 16 tomes.
Time to produce the books (unbuffed):
Level 1: (31 manus x 60 hours) + (16 tomes x 72 hours) = 3,012 hours = 125 days 12 hours
Level 2: (31 manus x 30 hours) + (16 tomes x 36 hours) = 1,506 hours = 62 days 18 hours
Level 3: (31 manus x 20 hours) + (16 tomes x 24 hours) = 1,004 hours = 41 days 20 hours
Level 4: (31 manus x 15 hours) + (16 tomes x 18 hours) = 753 hours = 31 days 9 hours
Level 5: (31 manus x 12 hours) + (16 tomes x 14 hours 24 mins) = 602 hours 24 min = 25 days 2 hours 24 mins
3. Maximum skills on Manuscript Level, minimum on Tome Level, remainder on Codex Level.
With 15/15 skill points on Manuscript Level and 10/18 points on Tome Level, there are 6/21 points for Codex Level.
Requires a minimum of: 31 manuscripts, 16 tomes and 6 codexes.
Time to produce the books (unbuffed):
Level 1: (31 manus x 60 hours) + (10 tomes x 72 hours) + (6 codexes x 84 hours) = 3,084 hours = 128 days 12 hours
Level 2: (31 manus x 30 hours) + (10 tomes x 36 hours) + (6 codexes x 42 hours) = 1,542 hours = 64 days 6 hours
Level 3: (31 manus x 20 hours) + (10 tomes x 24 hours) + (6 codexes x 28 hours) = 1,028 hours = 42 days 20 hours
Level 4: (31 manus x 15 hours) + (10 tomes x 18 hours) + (6 codexes x 21 hours) = 771 hours = 32 days 3 hours
Level 5: (31 manus x 12 hours) + (10 tomes x 14 hours 24 mins) + (6 codexes x 16 hours 48 mins) = 616 hours = 25 days 16 hours
4. Maximum skills on Tome Level.
Minimum skills on Manuscript Level, maximum on Tome Level, remainder on Codex Level
With 10/15 skill points on Manuscript Level and 18/18 skill points on Tome Level, there are 3/21 skill points for Codex Level.
Requires a minimum of: 31 manuscripts, 21 tomes and 3 codexes
Time to produce the books (unbuffed):
Level 1: (31 manus x 60 hours) + (21 tomes x 72 hours) + (3 codexes x 84 hours) = 3,624 hours = 151 days
Level 2: (31 manus x 30 hours) + (21 tomes x 36 hours) + (3 codexes x 42 hours) = 1,812 hours = 75 days 12 hours
Level 3: (31 manus x 20 hours) + (21 tomes x 24 hours) + (3 codexes x 28 hours) = 1,208 hours = 50 days 8 hours
Level 4: (31 manus x 15 hours) + (21 tomes x 18 hours) + (3 codexes x 21 hours) = 906 hours = 37 days 18 hours
Level 5: (31 manus x 12 hours) + (21 tomes x 14 hours 24 mins) + (3 codexes x 16 hours 48 mins) = 724 hours 48 mins = 30 days 4 hours 48 mins
This is not an exhaustive list of all the options - just the parameters of what you can do. You can either get a geologist to the top of the tree, use the maximum skills on one level, or customise it to your own requirements. The limit is 31 skill points. That's 31/54.