"petition" for MM to add starting techs

[dmm]

A program to edit the SaveGame file would give players this ability plus so much more!

You could set up any beginning scenario that you wanted. For a game with multiple (human, real world) players, you'd need to get a "Galaxy Master" to do this.

Speaking of GMs, they could even set up cooperative scenarios that would allow two or more players to act as allies, with victory criteria limited only by the GMs' imaginations.

I'd rather press MM for that. The community could have an AWFUL lot of fun with it, and would be kept so busy that MM could then concentrate on improving the AI or putting in TCP/IP.