Klackon = Poor in Propulsion research.Will likely have worse shielding than the other races. Alkari = Poor in Force Fields research.Will likely have less space available on ships for systems. Mrrshan = Poor in Construction research.Spying can be important in a lot of Silicoid strategies and because of that they will need the best Computers at all times. Like the Darloks, the Silicoids are likely to overweight Computers because their spending is most effective in this category. Silicoid = Also has a rating of good in Computers research.Players of this race will probably overweight Computers research against the other fields and this combined with the good research rating should keep them ahead of most races in the field. Will very likely have better targeting and ECM systems. Darlok = Good rating in Computers research.May have slightly better systems than normal in these categories. Bulrathi = Good in both Construction and Weapons technology.The +2 factory controls racial bonus allows them to make larger ships easily. Meklar = Galactic experts in Computers technology, will likely have top of the line targeting computers and ECM systems.Psilon = Good rating in every research field, and an additional 50% bonus to research spending will often have access to the newest systems before even the galactic expert races have that access in their best fields.They also have a decent production bonus allowing for easier construction of larger ships Will likely have more space available for ship systems than other races. Klackon = Galactic experts in construction.Good rating research in the Propulsion and Planetology fields as well.

Humans = Galactic experts in Force Field technology, will likely have better shields than other races.

Galactic experts in Propulsion which allows them to develop better engines faster and move faster in and out of combat and to move farther out of it.

Alkari = Combat maneuverability acts as if it were 3 levels higher for the purposes of dodging enemy attacks, doesn't make you move additional spaces in the grid.

Galactic experts in weaponry, will likely have better weapons than other races.

Mrrshan = Targeting computer acts as if it were 4 Mark levels higher.

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