Okay, this is way too confusing

[MasteroftheMelee]

What the hell is with the tech tree? When I play as imperial I can't access Fighter Designs III unless I research a bunch of stuff that has nothing to do with fighters. As far as I can tell Imperials are over dependant on technology. This is an especially big problem since their corvettes and frigates suck meaning I have to head straight for destroyers, which require every odd research avaliable. Any alliance player overwhelms me immediately with crappy MC-80s and I just can't destroy them fast enough.

 

Can someone point out where I can find the tech tree for Imperials, like a diagram? I can power through it fast enough as Alliance but Imperial seems like its in shambles.