Will their be an ability to create spies so who can steal technology, which are unique to a race such as weapon systems, so that you can use/add it to your ships

Hi there!

Spying will not be part of the initial release, I'm sorry. But of course we are keeping the concept in the back of our heads.

You can, however, take over enemy ships in battle (if you have the right technology on your ship) and use them and all of the weapons on board. But you will not be able to use those weapons on other ships. So you should take good care of that ship once you have taken it over.

Many greetings,
Chris