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I would like to see where your not able to see ship designs of enemy or friendlies unless you have a treaty or until you have made contact with that particular ship.

Surely it's feasible that one empire would buy/trade enemy ship-design data from another. I agreee that this shouldn't happen automatically when you reach a certain treaty level, but that's only because I would like to see a more flexible, adaptable treaty system.