My first 10 Tech Tree Goals:

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1:Biogenitics.
Reason: Recycling Tanks!
2:Centauri Ecology.
Reason: Formers!
3:Industrial Economics.
(also needed: Industrial Base).
Reason: Free Market!!, Energy Bank!
4lantary Networks.
(also needed: Information Networks).
Reason: Virtual World!!, Network Node!
5:Industrial Automation.
Reason: Supply Crawlers!!, Hab Complex!
6:Gene Splicing.
(also needed: Social Psych, Ethical Calculus).
Reason: 3+ Nutrients!
7:Ecological Engineering.
Reason: 3+ Minerals!
8:Adv. Military Algorithms.
Reason: Punnishment Shere!!, Power!
9:Non-linear Mathematics.
Reason: Conquer.
10: Super-conductor.
Reason: Conquer.

 

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My first six tech tree goals:

1) Centauri Ecology - formers
2) Industrial Automation - crawlers
3) Ethical Calculus - popbooming
4) Environmental Economics - tree farms
5) Doctrine: Air Power - needlejets
6) Mind/Machine Interface - choppers and game over