Balancing Race Construction

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Hardy Industrialists can be worthwhile, depending on how you usually operate, and combined with construction aptitude, can make superlative builders. It is also interesting that it affects only planetary shipyards, so don't replace it. I wouldn't make it any cheaper, either.

I strongly disagree that Propulsion Experts is overvalued. I would say it is actually far too cheap. Should be 1500 or more. Speed, especially FREE speed that is directly ADDED to other speed, is a massive tactical and economic advantage.

I think the racial techs are pretty well balanced with equal points.

Emotionless has the "happiness refund" and yes it does deny you some easy Jubilant bonuses when things are going well. As soon as you get in a serious war and lose a system or two full of planets, though, you will find out why it is an advantage, as all of your planets go to rioting, your 200-planet empire goes bankrupt in a few turns, all your construction queues halt due to lack of resources, your allies' economies are wrecked by their loss of trade income from you you, and your ships start falling apart and have to be mothballed, etc etc.

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