One thing that I really loves about Master of Orion (the original) was that there were 6 different tech trees, even though they were pretty primitive. This, I think, is a much better simulation of a real galactic research-wide effort than being able to research only weapons for several weeks, then suddenly switch gears and research government, for example. And there was nothing like getting beaten down by another race when all of the sudden 3 techs you really needed come through and you're back in the game. I would love to see the tech tree divided into major groups and allow simultaneous efforts in all of them a la MOO. Thoughts?