Tech Tree

The tech tree is beta 2 is still in a semi-finished state. There is a lot of work left to be done on the techs.

The research costs for some techs are artificially high because the support code to actually implement them is not present.

The only ways to "finish" the game at present are:
1. Technology win (research all techs)
2. Conquer everyone else
3. You and your allies conquer everyone else

The galactic peace and domination techs flash up a "you have won" text but the game continues.

'I have found that the tech tree is too big or some items take too long to reserch, or the reserch speed is too slow.'

Some techs are artifically inflated because the code for them is not in. Also, some of those techs will add ways to further increase your research rate once they are implimented (Artifical Planets/Stellar Creation, perhaps). Starbases may also get research modules in the upcoming build.

'Also if you do reserch Galactic peace or domination it does'nt finish the game is this right?'

The morality code is incomplete. Once it's in, only good races will be able to research Galactic Peace, and it will be a game winning tech (currently Beyond Human is the only one that does win theh game). The opposite will be true of Galactic Domination.

'To get to galactic peace I had to researh wormholes. Why can't I travel from one end of the universe to the other in a blink of an eye, is this likly in the next beta.'

I recall it being mentioned that controlled wormholes were dropped because the AI wouldn't be able to use them very well.

'Is there a problem when trading techs? If I get a tech Does it come off the tech tree to be reserched. I remember getting battlship technology, being able to buil battlships but still having to reserch it to get dreadnought tech.'

There are a few quirks if the tech you trade for doesn't appear on your research list, or if you are currently researching the tech you trade for, but it does usually come off the list.

'(incidentally is battleship 5 in yet? I reserched it but I could'nt work out how to build one'

Roughly 60% of the game is still unimplimented, and Excalibur class ships are one of them. That specific item will probably be appearing relatively soon. I'd have to guess that it's mostly the artwork that's holding it back.