Noob question: How to steal technology from other civs?

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i thought it was from espionage, so ive been pumping money in to spying on the alterians, which i know have about 6 techs i dont have. i keep getting more messages about what they are doing, but how to steal techs? is it from destabalizing?
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
u can't lol

there is an event where a minor civ will steal their tech, and u can trade them for the tech :D
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
noooooooooooooooooooooooo

actually ive found one way to steal a tech is to conquer one of another races's star systems =P
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
Hey, wait a sec... Didn't I read that espionage eventually culminated in the stealing of an advesary's technology? I'm pretty sure it was in the manual, unless that ability was squashed.

-Anx
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
The times I stole techs, my spying was top notch. I got all the techs from Arceans like this once ;p
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
If the AI has a high tech level and you have high espionage spending (not level), you have a chance of stealing techs. It's not a regular thing unless you are spending nearly your entire income on espionage and the AI has a much higher overall tech level than you do.

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Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
Ask Alexians, they'd know. They stole techs from my enemies on more than one occasion.
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
I usually stop spending on espionage when the amount I have invested in a civ is 1800-1900 or so. That's when you get the last message informing you of your progress, and since I've never seen anything come from any further investment I save major money by stopping it at that time. I've forgotten a couple of times to stop it and had the value invested reach ungodly sums, never did anythign that I could tell.
Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top
Let's just say that due to my espionage someone stole techs from someone else and was willing to trade with me for the "right" price. Problem was I didn't find them and had no chance of finding them until I had those techs myself. They were on the other side of a huge galaxy and out of my range for most of the game.