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In previous games as the Angels I have led in tech so was not able to witness/ verify their faction ability to "hack" techs known to 3 others. However, in my current game I have seen in it action and noticed some curious quirks to it.
When finally I got some probes off my tiny island and around the globe to infiltrate other factions, there were many techs I was behind in, and several I'd chosen not to pursue. Notably Social Psych and SotHB. I suspected there'd be three others who had it (confirmed by infiltration) so I did not pursue that branch (going instead for crawlers and lifting of restrictions).
With the third infiltration, I expected to see the techs flowing in like waters. No such luck. No Social Psych, no SotHB, no nothing. Big bummer.
A few turns later, as I was resigning myself to having to steal all those techs, they started arriving in the mail. Adv Mil Alg, Adv Sub Theory, Optical Computers, Superconductor, Fusion Power (I did say I was behind in tech). But still no Soc Psy or SotHB.
So my question has to do with the techs granted by the Angels' hacking. No low-level techs? Only techs for which the prerequisites are known? Any experiences which might help shed some light on the subject?
When finally I got some probes off my tiny island and around the globe to infiltrate other factions, there were many techs I was behind in, and several I'd chosen not to pursue. Notably Social Psych and SotHB. I suspected there'd be three others who had it (confirmed by infiltration) so I did not pursue that branch (going instead for crawlers and lifting of restrictions).
With the third infiltration, I expected to see the techs flowing in like waters. No such luck. No Social Psych, no SotHB, no nothing. Big bummer.
A few turns later, as I was resigning myself to having to steal all those techs, they started arriving in the mail. Adv Mil Alg, Adv Sub Theory, Optical Computers, Superconductor, Fusion Power (I did say I was behind in tech). But still no Soc Psy or SotHB.
So my question has to do with the techs granted by the Angels' hacking. No low-level techs? Only techs for which the prerequisites are known? Any experiences which might help shed some light on the subject?
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