Hi Ed,
I have seen you quite a bit on the forums and thank you for your insights. Looking at your posts in the past (and you bet I looked at your Antares alpha mod), you are a bigger fan of MOO than even I am.
As for the techs, the Death Ray is a tough one for me, although I thought I saw Bearclaw had one in his DN Mod as an Ancient Unique Tech. The Quantum Detonator, Patticle Beam, Interphased Drive and Xentronium Armor are all reletively easy to duplicate. The Damper Field I would like to ask for CK's input on, I think. What about the Spacial Compressor?
A little off topic, but I also have roots in Cincinnati (namely friends/family in NKY). What is your favorite chili?
Lastly, I have been working on a quadrant mod (about 70% done) which converts each system into a sector, with 3-12 systems per sector (the planets are stacked one on top of another like BotF). Specials are edited in via the map editor
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GB