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Organic may work. Its also a strong Racial tech, but I believe it has its main advantages in the early/mid game (unlike Crystalline and Religious).

The Organic weapons are good, but the regenerating feature of Organic Armor is virtually useless in late game big battles. The organic armor is however extremely effective in the early/mid battles (up to something like 50 medium tech LC’s on each side) where the first line of ships actually have a chance to survive several rounds of action.

IIRC (long time since I tested); an Organic race will need something like 1.25 to 1.5 times the Mineral value (+ the orgs) to be even with a Talsiman fleet (late game / large fleets).