[Arkcon]

Originally posted by couslee:

since I can't scrap and analyse the organic componented unit, how do I retro fit the Ion1 engines off of it? or can I.

No, you can't upgrade the engines and leave the organic components. Your new design with advanced engines can only have components you can make.

As a result, the AI pychic races are often flying around with shard cannon destroyers or temporal burst light cruisers, mounting ion engine 1's ... while everyone else has fleets of quantum engine dreadnoughts.

Psychic is not much of a bonus for the AI