Iconians and limited research trade capability

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Question, I thought I saw somewhere that with the Iconians having precursor technology that they wouldn't be able to trade this technology being they don't fully understand it.

Was I dreaming I can't find this mentioned anywhere?

Because if this was true I was going to ask why I am trading the Iconians for what appears to be precursor technology so I thought this was an error.
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Well, what are you trading them for? They get precursor archives right off and can research precursor libraries fairly quick. Then they get a few other precursor items sprinkled throughout the tech tree. The archives and the libraries together can give them quite a tech jump early game, but at a HUGE upkeep cost.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Yes I've noticed I can trade for, gain through conquest or steal the technology needed to make precursor libraries and I think it's a bug 2 from the description.
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I don't recall anything saying specifically that they wouldn't be able to trade it, just that they can't really improve on it. Though root racial techs should probably be untradeable either way.
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Though root racial techs should probably be untradeable either way.
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