It would be nice to be able to click on items in the negotiation screen to see a level of the item so you can get an idea of the value of it without having to keep it all in your head. Also, the ability to introduce items to the UP agenda would be cool. An in-game tech tree would be handy too. ~SDC~
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I think that either having the production points go to other planets (what I had thought originally happened) or have it go into a sort of "trade goods" sort of thing. The idea being that the money/effort is going into a sellable effort and so the money is either being returned at 100% of the value or maybe even higher. On second thought, that would be a great researchable option. Start out with the money going down the drain, until a trade option is available through research to allow