New Racial Tech Traits Ideas

[QuarianRex]

One racial tech that I'm testing out right now is simply called Technocrat.

It's basically advanced designs of existing techs and some ne wtechs thrown in. I included things like advanced sensors, meson beams, null-space projectors, missiles, etc. The new techs are things like nanotech [gives access to tech areas like nano-spaceyards, nano armor (high structure armor that eventually allows research into regenerative nano armor, emmissive nano armor, and nano reactive sheath - a combination of the previous two), and applied nanotech (30kt repair components that reduce maintainance)], planetary defense grids (planetary shielding), and spatial ship design (fitting dreanaught classed components into a fighter hull, sort of a tardis like effect, but with bonuses of +10 to attack and +20-30 to defense so that with ship and fleet training it would be equivalent to the appropriate fighter. Also added combat move to hull to be fighter equivalent).

All the advanced techs have prodigious tech requirements and high costs (usually about 100k or more). Even with that I boosted the racial cost to 2500 to balance things out. Also, virtually all the techs are capturable/stealable/tradable.

I also added some compact prototype component mounts. Those for ships and bases available with applied research 2, and those for sats/wp's/drones available at research 3.

Still working with it though.