Diplomatic proposal...what to answer ?

[raynor]

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Originally posted by Viking:
I see, thats interesting. But.....do i have to share my tech with these species ? I'm kinda greedy and doesn't want to share anything with anybody =) So thats probably why i say no.... I have been thinking...if they get angry, let them get angry...them fools doesn't have Cruisers and Shields III and other valuable tools of destruction LIKE I DO..

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No.

The research treaty doesn't mean that you trade tech levels. It just means that if your colonies produce 50,000 research points per turn that the empires with a research treaty will get 1%, 2% up to 20% of your research points. BTW, these points aren't lost to you. It's just that the other empire gets the benefit of them as well.

IMHO, if you are playing a reasonably good gam, even with 20% of your total, even the #2 empire behind you is still going to be *WAY* behind you in research. As Baron Munchausen said, best to strive for peace with all your neighbors even if it means you give them a small research boost.

Sorry for not making it more clear that you don't have to give other empires tech levels as part of the research treaty.