Inheritance Systems help

[Natfka 0]

Inheritance Systems is a racial technology for the L1X1X that says the following ...

When researching technology using the technology strategy card, you may spend 2 additional resources to ignore the technology's prerequisites.

Does this mean the entire tech tree is open for an additional cost of 2?

Or does it mean they can ignore one prerequisite, or on one set of pre-requisites? It says prerequisities, so I am assuming it means you can just get whatever tech you want. This seems a little overpowered.

Can someone enlighten me on how this works.

[ken_watson76 0]

Your interpretation is consistent with mine.  Powerful?  Yes.  Overpowered?  Up for debate.  You do have to pay for it each time you use it, and at 5 resources, it is an expensive race-specific tech.  But it's the quickest way to Type IV Drives (and other assorted awesomeness).

[Natfka 0]

Powerful, but if the player can get the technology card, you can get the racial tech for an easy  5 production. Definetly worth while if you can get ahold of the technology card (not as easy as it sounds most games).

[Steve-O 473]

Natfka said:

Powerful, but if the player can get the technology card, you can get the racial tech for an easy  5 production. Definetly worth while if you can get ahold of the technology card (not as easy as it sounds most games).

DO you need to get a hold of the Technology card?  Unless the OP misquoted, I don't see anything that says you have to be using the Primary...

[Kerrin3 1]

It sounds like Natfka means that it's cheaper if you have the Technology strategy card so you can execute the primary vs. executing the secondary.

[Fnoffen 96]

Kerrin2 said:

It sounds like Natfka means that it's cheaper if you have the Technology strategy card so you can execute the primary vs. executing the secondary.

+1