Ship type availability before tech researched

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I can build ships with Tiny and Small hulls before I research the tech which allows me to build these (albeit researching that tech does give me two additional hull types, but this addition is purely cosmetic).
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
researching that tech does give me two additional hull types, but this addition is purely cosmetic

I guess you have missunderstood the point of the link between hull and tech. It is to unlock usable hulls in the ship designer, not to allow you to build all hulls in a specific class.
The starting hulls have no associated tech to unlock them. And this allow to use them from the start
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Heh? The link between hull and tech is very clear. In the ship designer, I can build ships with tiny and small hulls without ever having researched anything; and when I research "advanced hulls", I then gain access to ... tiny and small hulls, that is: something I already have access to. It makes "advanced hulls" redundant, or at least in need of explanation.
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I then gain access to ... tiny and small hulls, that is: something I already have access to

Nope. You gain acces to NEW small and tiny hulls
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I then gain access to ... tiny and small hulls, that is: something I already have access to

Nope. You gain acces to NEW small and tiny hulls