Diplomacy & Trading Technology Tree

Tier	Research Cost	Diplomacy & Trading
1	40	Xenology Soil Xenobiology
2	130	Relativistic Economics Particle Scanning *Xenosociology (Amoeba) *Dense Orbitals (Automatons) *Radiation Hardiness (Cravers) *Galactic Nutrition (Horatio) *Hoarding Systems (Pilgrims) *Dust Retrieval (Sheredyn) *Artificial Biologics (Sowers) *Wealth Systems (UE)
3	300	Relativistic Markets Improved Fleet Management Botanical Scanning Consensus Systems *Harmonize Planets (Harmony) *Consensus Systems (Pilgrims version of T3 tech)
4	680	Xenominerology Planetary Landscaping Accelerated Yields Maximized Exploration *Futuristic Game Theory (Horatio version of T7 tech) *Maximized Exploitation (Pilgrims version of T8 tech) *Self-Organizing Data (Sophons version of T8 tech)
5	1800	Quantum Communications Optimized Logistics Nanoscale Thermodynamics Quantum Swarming Concurrent Logistics Consumption Psychology *Exotic Resource Logistics (Amoeba) *Quantum Swarming (Cravers version of T5 tech) *Groupthink (Cravers) *Advanced Biologics (Horatio version of T7 tech) *Dust Cosmetics (Horatio) *Invasive Infrastructures (Sheredyn) *Industrial Hegemony (UE) *Consumption Psychology (UE version of T7 tech)
6	4000	Alien Barter Theory Inter-Species HR *Galactic Brotherhood (Amoeba) *Symbiotic Satellites (Automatons) *Distributed Hives (Cravers version of T10 tech)
7	7500	Futuristic Game Theory Advanced Scholastics Vocation-Oriented Society Advanced Biologics *Imaginary Game Theory (Sophons version of T7 tech)
8	14000	Maximized Exploitation High-Consumption Society Neural Net Society *Perfect Negotiations (Amoeba version of T10 tech) *Automated Wealth (Amoeba version of T10 tech)
9	25000	Directed AI Computing Long-Term Xeno Funds Permanent Advantage Accelerated Evolution Perfect Forecasting *Tunneled Comms (Sheredyn) *Dust Stimulation (Sophons)
10	36000	Automated Wealth Galactic Trade Center Perfect Negotiations
11	60000	Extreme Consumption