High self-esteem.

Rockets are generally the worst weapon option, in my opinion. Lasers won't shoot you down in flight. And there are options against shields. Crystal technologies are easily unlocked by studying the remains of neutral monsters. Engineering has some useful technologies, but not all of them, as half of the branch consists of useless stations and not the best weapons. But physics and sociology are different. Well, at least that's how it was before the patch.