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				 Re: why can\'t you trade specific techs? 
 There is a way to give a specific tech.  Give them a ship with the component on it.  Then when they analyze the ship at a shipyard, they can only get tech levels that are on the ship. This is not a very cost effective method of trading. You can loan them an orbital shipyard so they can analyze the ship immediately at your base. You can even build a no engine ship to accomplish this feat.  
 I am not sure if you can pass on tech using facilities and planets.
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