[Karibu]

I think this has been noticed before, but I have not seen it said anywhere:

When you spy enemy/capture ship, you should have the knowledge of enemy's tech level (at least of those parts you have found out) so that when you propose trade with him, in your trading list of technology are NOT those technologies you already know enemy possess.

For example: I capture enemyship and see "Hey he has Level 3 PD, Emergency supply 2 and ion engines level 2". Then I make peace with him and propose trading. There should be removed those technologies.

Tech trading also needs correction. When I decide to trade with some player, I should be able to give him those techs I want, not the latest tech of that one branch he does not have.

For example: We agree that I trade him Level 3 engines and he gives me level 3 DUC. Naturally I assume that he has Level 2 engines and he assumes that I have level 2 DUC. And I know he has level 5 DUC and he knows I have level 6 engines. Now he has lied to me and he has level 4 engines already and he knows when we trade, he will get the "next engine level" which is level 5. I have been honest and I get level 3 DUC. That was not what I intended to trade. This is the reason I want in the tech trade that I can define explicitly that I give another player level 3 engines and not just "next engine level" to what he possess. This would not be very hard to implement. It would also be more clear when trading.

Same thing with starcharts. The trading list should not include those system maps I know enemy possess. How to define this? Simple: Remove those maps from the list, when enemy ship and my ship has been in the same system so, that I have seen the enemy ship. Naturally I know then that enemy knows this system. Also remove those system charts which include enemy colonies I know of. Also remove those charts when I have seen enemy ship in that system through partnership of another race. There are also few other definitions to this but you know what I mean (I hope so).