Odd Racial/Unique Tech Reqs

[jimbob]

SJ:
I thought about this for the Last little bit. Something like the parasite missiles then should be entirely stealable (and tradable) because it would be a type B technology/component.

Organic (type A) ---> Organic Weapons (type B)

This should be true of all racial components because they are all the result of type B research projects... but I've never been successful in trading/stealing another trait weapon! What am I missing here?

[QuarianRex]

You have to remove the racial number from the techareas of the components that you want to steal. If there is a racial number in the techarea then you need that racial trait to to acquire that tech.

However, if you remove the racial number from a techarea but not its prerequisite (ie. organic weapons but not organic manipulation) then you can steal that tech but not research it.

[jimbob]

Oh, so I should be looking in the flipping TechArea text file (data) not just the component file. Yet another blunder.
Thx. Now I fully understand.

[Suicide Junkie]

Yep. Organic weapons are Type As, since they have the racial tag.