diff --git a/sharedPlugins/researchSync/config.js b/sharedPlugins/researchSync/config.js
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+
+
+module.exports = {
+    // Name of package. For display somewhere I guess.
+    name: "researchSync",
+    version: "1.0.0",
+    // Binary entrypoint for plugin. Don't let it crash. Stdout is sent to game as server chat (run /c commands from here for interface)
+    // Make sure its cross platform somehow.
+    binary: "nodePackage",
+    arguments: ["index.js"],
+    description: "syncs research across servers",
+    // We'll send everything in this file to your stdin. Beware.
+    scriptOutputFileSubscription: "researchSync.txt",
+}
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diff --git a/sharedPlugins/researchSync/dumpResearch.lua b/sharedPlugins/researchSync/dumpResearch.lua
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+/silent-command
+
+for _, tech in pairs(game.forces["player"].technologies) do
+    local dict = {};
+    dict[tech.name] = tech.researched;
+    game.write_file("researchSync.txt",serpent.line(dict));
+end
+
diff --git a/sharedPlugins/researchSync/index.js b/sharedPlugins/researchSync/index.js
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+var fs = require('fs');
+const nodelua = require('node-lua');
+const needle = require("needle");
+
+
+
+class ResearchSync {
+    constructor(slaveConfig, messageInterface){
+        this.functions = this.loadFunctions();
+        this.config = slaveConfig;
+        this.messageInterface = messageInterface;
+
+        this.research = {};
+        this.lua = new nodelua.LuaState();
+        this.isMaster = this.config.master == this.config.unique;
+
+        messageInterface("ResearchSync enabled");
+        if (this.isMaster) {
+            setInterval(function () {
+                this.pollResearch.call(this);
+            }.bind(this), 3000);
+        }
+    }
+
+    pollResearch() {
+        this.messageInterface("Polling Research\n")
+        this.messageInterface(this.functions.dumpResearch);
+        console.log(this.config.master, this.config.unique, this.isMaster);
+        needle.post(this.config.masterIP + ':' + this.config.masterPort + '/api/editSlaveMeta', {
+            instanceID: this.config.unique,
+            password: this.config.clientPassword,
+            meta: {research: this.research}
+        }, function (err, resp) {
+            // success?
+        });
+    }
+
+
+    loadFunctions() {
+        return {
+            dumpResearch: this.loadFunc("dumpResearch.lua")
+        };
+    }
+
+    loadFunc(path) {
+        return fs.readFileSync("sharedPlugins/researchSync/" + path,'utf-8').replace(/\r\n/g,' ');
+    }
+    scriptOutput(data){
+        try {
+            this.lua.DoString("a = " + data);
+            this.lua.GetGlobal("a");
+            let currentResearch = this.lua.ToValue(-1);
+            this.research = Object.assign(this.research, currentResearch);
+            this.lua.Pop();
+        } catch (e) {
+            console.log(e);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+module.exports = ResearchSync;
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