While dusting off old data, rummaging through junk piles and kicking the rats (yummy) out of storage cabinets, we've found a decryption program that broke the code on a Data Disc we've also found; here you can see an image and a number. There are many of such libraries of knowledge, and grabbing each will be a solid boost to our fame.
Data Discs can sometimes be seized from our enemies. Some can contain the data we've mentioned; most others will describe some piece of technology or equipment.
Much has been lost in this wild world we inhabit. While the Stellar Empire has brought technology, it also took away our means of understanding it. We can tinker, match and mix, but not really improve. We need to find some well-informed allies, as well as gain the knowledge of Old Earth books - either through Discs (that can only be decrypted here) or random interrogation of anyone who seems smart, and then start the 'Back To School' project.