Posted by: EarthquakeDamage
« on: December 18, 2010, 10:05:58 AM »Whenever two (or more) empires have colonies on the same body, technology 'spill-over' occurs - that is, obsolete (two or three levels) lower versions of any newly-researched technology is shared with your neighbours.
That explains it. I had a colony on their homeworld for a long time.