Question of Race Unique Techs

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 I know thalans get different techs depending on their alignment are there any other races like this?

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Alterians do as well...but I think it's only if the go as Good, there is no neutral/evil techs.

Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

If you'r running Vista or have .NET installed on an older Windows, you can use the free Galactopedia to poke around all the tech trees.

I'm pretty sure that everyone can get a Good, Evil, or Neutral tech down the tree from Xeno Ethics, but not everyone has alignment-exclusive weapon techs like the Drengin's Psionic Beams.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

The Thalans loose out on those Xeno Ethics techs, but they get entirely new trees depending on which they chose.

Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Quoting Loupdinour, reply 3
The Thalans loose out on those Xeno Ethics techs, but they get entirely new trees depending on which they chose.
End of Loupdinour's quote

What do you mean by 'lose out?' Is it about techs that yield bonuses vs. techs that enable modules? I'm a large-map player, and I tend to value empire-wide bonuses more than almost anything else.

Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

He means they don't get the standard ethics techs that follow after Xeno Ethics. They get ethics techs, just not the standard Good & Evil and Concepts of Malice - meaning they can't get the MCC or artificial slaves center without trading for them.

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

Now, that doesn't stop them from buying the tech once someone else researches it.... I did get to pull that off one game as Evil Thalans and some other race got Concepts of Malice researched.  Buying that MCC outright that week hurt my budget...but I felt better about it afterwards (this was prior to the fixed MCC went into play).