crass_monkey

Aside from the Humans, Altarians, and Yor, what's to say that the other race leaders aren't female? (besides your assumptions) If anything, this thread indicates lack of imagination on the players' parts as to what constitutes female. I'm glad the developers decided to avoid the classic "star trek" error of having every second planet populated green women with large human mammaries. Humanoid doesn't mean human. These are aliens.

imo, ymmv, yadda, yadda, etc... In the real world, who the heck trades techs anyway! I'd like to see techs spread by: 1. lower research costs as more civs know a given tech. 2. espionage. 3. a high level of allies agreeing to joint research. 4. NO outright trading. I'll second that, with the potential additio