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Hi, how do I steal technologies from my enemy ?
By reading the descriptions of the espionage modes .. I guessed it could be espionage empire wide .. but all I get is some boring stuff about how the enemy spends his view minerals left.
Or is there another way to get all the enemies tech than complete surrender ?
I know the trades but he doesn't like me so much at the moment 
( stomped him with lvl 1 stuff ^^ full scale war from 2402-2404 .. killed by light freighters ^^ )
i read somewhere that I could get the good stuff by conquering the homeworld .. been there, done that .. no tech .. shall I conquer the last planet ? shall I wait till he surrenders ?
or should I hope intelligence does the job ?
( he sits on a small domed planet with about 200 of my fighters in orbit )
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Okay .. I thought I got tech by espionage once in a very early game. but i am not sure anymore.
but thanks to good will I could talk the enemy into a cease-fire aggreement then into a
give me all your stuff-aggreement and finally they actually surrendered
I never saw the mood terrified at a race
Remember : Pillage! then burn.
- Cpt. Kaff Tagon
Re: Intelligence ..
The steal research intel project is under Sabotage - Empire Wide.
Re: Intelligence ..
Thanks
Now lets get some inside information
Remember : Pillage! then burn.
- Cpt. Kaff Tagon
Re: Intelligence ..
Could you tell us how you got on?
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I made the second colonization rush with ice and rock and fortified my borders against the drushocka and the eee, now i am researching on quite peacefully
its a small map, and the bad guy from above was trespassing on my backyard, meaning
three systems in my back, actually i only wanted to conquer two planets in one system from him, but he declared war on me then and mounted a counter attack .. i had to defend myself.
at the moment the eee are roughing up the drushoska from behind and i think i will join in the fun soon
i really don't know why the drushocka parade a fleet around in my border system. maybe stealing tech from them will annoy them enough to check out my brand new defense stuff
Remember : Pillage! then burn.
- Cpt. Kaff Tagon
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One of the best ways to take techs is to ask for them. The AI can be sooo stupid sometimes. I take tech trading out of my games now.
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Yeah
I made a promise to the ai too.
Do not take advantage of dumb negotiaton.
After I fully colonized my systems I actually offered them a gift of their missing colonisation techs
They all accepted ^^
Its a good Idea to take it out, but I think I will leave it in, so that the AI can trade with each other .. or does it only affect players ?
Remember : Pillage! then burn.
- Cpt. Kaff Tagon
Re: Intelligence ..
I'm not sure you can directly steal technology in SEV. You may need to use Sabotage - Ships to get defectors to join you, so you can analyze their ship.
Merely conquering the homeworld doesn't get anything. You only get tech if they surrender. Conquering the last planet will eliminate the empire, but still won't get tech.
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