Empire specific components, tech - possible?

[geoschmo]

Elowan, what you are trying to do is the definition of a racial trait, and it is impossible without changing the racial traits file.

However you are slightly incorrect. You can change the racial traits all you want, you just can't add or subtract racial traits form the file without redoing all the .emp files. You could make severl dummy racial traits that have no value and give no tech, and then change them later and set them up the way you want and it won't cause problems with the .emp files.

Geoschmo