Trade Goods, Minor Races, and general trading questions

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In a game I'm playing now, I've luckily have gotten 4 trade goods with only a minor race getting the Alloy of the +20% hitpoints one :( . My questions are these.

1. If I trade for a trade good is it with me permanently or can they suspend the trade of it later on?

2. If I don't trade for it and I take them over culturally will the trade good become MY monopoly to trade as I see fit or does it disappear completely?

3. If I trade for it and then take them over does the good become mine or I still keep it and can't trade it?

4. If I trade someone a trade good can I later take it away from them, so they can't use it anymore or it's there's to keep forever?

5. Do the minor races trade with other civs or minor races if I were to trade something to them?

6. Do the major races trade to minor races, with other major races, or both?


~SDC~
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
1. If you trade for it, you have it as if you made it with the difference being that you yourself don't have it available to trade to other races.

4. You trade it, they have it, no take-backs. :)

5. Minors trade like everyone else, so if you trade them some wizkill tech don't be surprised if they trade it off to others.

6. I'm 90% sure the answer is 'yes'.

As to the conquering thing, I need to gather more data on that. I conquered The Terraformer from the Altarians earlier (suckers snuck it in on me, I was saving building it until I had 95% of the galaxy under my control, I got a little overconfident) and gaining possession of it had no effect on my planets, but then I didn't expect it to. What I need to do is conquer a planet that has an item that gives a set % to something and see if my stat for that goes up or not. It should IMO, but it's possible that the game sets that stat increase upon completion of the item, in which case conquering the planet that has it wouldn't trigger your stat being increased. I'll try to make sure and test this next game, maybe someone will read this that knows the answer already.
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Hmm... I wonder if you use say Tidal Disruptors on a planet with a wonder on it... if the wonder gets destroyed can somebody build a new one?

I've already learned the hard way that when a minor race gets wiped out, nobody can reinvent their trade goods.

I tried to get them to trade near the end, silly Scottlingas grr.
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
6) yes. The AI trades with and bullies the minor races for money.

You shouldn't be able to create a wonder after the original one gets destroyed, and I'm pretty sure that taking over a planet with a trade good built on it doesn't give you access to the tradegood.
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
I'm not just talking about taking over one planet what about taking them over COMPLETELY as in they won't exist after I take them over? I still won't get the trade good? Guess I should trade it to them before I take them over.



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