[douglas]

The Talisman removes a very large part of the game by making combat sensors, ecm, training and experience completely irrelevant. It might be balanced at a cost of around 5000 race points and a much higher research cost, but as it is in stock, it's practically suicide to not take Deeply Religious if it isn't Banned and the game isn't expected to be very short. Low tech cost makes it even worse, as the Talisman will be researched much sooner.