"Original" organic armor? You mean the one that didn't regenerate after combat? What's so great about that?
Me, I like playing a variety of traits in different games, though I must say I like the combo of Crystalline + Temporal I picked for the Strange Races game... I originally picked it because the Temporal gives shield depleting weapons and the Crystalline gives armor piercing, which complement each other nicely, but some ways into the game I discovered the facility combos... how about Events Predictor (don't get hit much) + Energy Transmission Lens (even when you do, it's only shields)... or (even better) Temporal Spaceyard (build stuff REAL fast) + Crystalline Restructuring Plant (and you can even afford it!)
(Though I must say the +10 Maintenance Reduction I picked helped out a wee bit
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