Replace Tech Lockout With Softcap

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Description

This PR fully replaces the "Tier 3 Tech Lockout" with a research softcap. How it works is that technologies are allowed to set a softcap contribution, meaning that they multiplicatively increase the cost of all other research by a certain amount. By default, this is done by all Tier 3 Technologies. Essentially, this means that you're no longer limited to a single research category's tier 3 selections. Instead the costs of research increase the more capstones you unlock. The current cost increase for research is displayed on the console.

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• remove: Removed the "Tier 3 Tech Lockout" mechanic. You are no longer limited to 1 discipline worth of t3 research.
• add: Research is now "Softcapped" by Tier 3 unlocks. Each unlocked Tier 3 technology multiplicatively increases the cost of all other research. Rushing a capstone can be quite expensive, as will be getting multiple capstones. I hope you're glad that you can build more than one prober now without guaranteeing the station will explode.