No Trade Tech Available (Probable newb question)

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Hello, sirs. I'm brand new to GC2 (discovered it only yesterday, unfortunately), but as soon as I played the demo I knew I had been missing out on something that is quite possible the most well suited game for my tastes (love grand epic space strategy but _hate_ RTS).

 

I've done a couple of tiny sample games just to get the feel of the interface etc and now am starting a campaign game (I purchased the ultimate edition, but I assume I'm starting at the beginning of the original game campaign since I didn't choose otherwise that I'm aware of). In this first mission, I was intending to go with diplomacy and trade as my goals to victory, but now that I've made my way into the tech tree a little bit, I'm seeing that there's no Trade technology at all. Is this technology not available in the campaign missions? Are there per-mission exceptions for technology that will be available, etc? If so, how do I figure that out before having already committed myself to a strategy that won't be possible?

 

Or am I just missing something else entirely? Fully willing to believe that.

 

Thanks for your time.

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Are there per-mission exceptions for technology that will be available, etc?

Yep.

You can simply look at the tech tree at the start of each mission before deciding your strategy; unavailable techs will be completely absent.

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Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

I'm confused, every race has different techs. Try a different race. Did you update the game to 2.03. Assumung your Terran, it's different for each one. Heres how you get trade. Xeno communications, universal translator, diplomacy, trade.

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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Nah it was as kryo seemed to suggest. I was Terran, but there was no Trade tech in the tree. The tree was (I believe) different from the tree you get in a non-campaign game, presumably for the purpose of introductory levels. This would have been only the first or second mission in the campaign. I didn't continue with it and am now playing a 10-race large game on normal difficulty for the first time using non-terrans. I'm playing as the Yor and playing evil and warmongering for a change.