Is the intermediate tech area really necessary? It should work the same without it, except the previously racial techs wouldn't be able to be researched if the intermediate is stolen through ship capture (if any components come from the intermediate) or Tech Espionage ops. Besides, the racial techs are supposed to be something that only certain races can comprehend (at least IMHO), thus analyzing components will allow you to see where everything fits, but not actually how it works (a la "Contact"... see alien blueprint, build machine on alien blueprint, have no clue what machine on alien blueprint does).
Anyway, looks quite interesting... I'll add it to my mental list of things to eventually (read: in two or so years) put in the mod I'll eventually (read: in two or so years, minus two or so weeks) make.
Re: Capturable Racial Techs
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