what do you think of the racial techs?

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Originally posted by suicide_junkie:
Against AIs you get a pure military challenge, not insurmountable.
Against Humans, you've gotta sell your advantages:
"I'll give you 5,000 KT of ships, any design you like (incl. racial techs A, B & C), if you give me the non-racial techs required"
Sure, you may not have a good chance of winning, but that's not the point. Your gifted ships can influence the balance of power in the galaxy.

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SJ you have first to do the research to get this advantages! And for several racial technologies this will take a long time, in which your empire is quite vulnerable. Don't forget that you used all your racial points too for this while other races may have used them for quicker research, lower maintenance, better space combat and so on.
In a low starting technology game with hostile races nearby this may be fatal.