[Tomgs]

I like the religious tech area because it is not all powerful but does have some good infrastructure effects. The war shrine and death shrine aren't that useful yet but if the AI gets more powerful they might be very useful. The Religious Talisman is very powerful for Beam weapons making them at least considered over missles in the mid to late game especially on the larger ships that can use larger mounts. Its not an offensive powerhouse like Organic (which also has some good infrastructure and armor making it IMO the most powerful of the racial picks). But I don't always want to have the most powerful race in the game sometimes its better to play the race that has to capture aliens to sacrifice to its death shrines (they should make a negative population growth modifier for the death shrine facility).