Official rule text
90.5 If an ability instructs a player to gain a technology, they do not 90.12 When researching technology, a player must satisfy each research it; they take it from their technology deck and place it of a technology’s prerequisites to research it. To satisfy in their play area, ignoring prerequisites. a technology’s prerequisites, that player must own one technology of the matching color for each prerequisite symbol
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Source: Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition - Living Rules Reference: Prophecy of Kings
Expansion: Prophecy of Kings
Version: 2.0
Reference: Rule 90.5