Citizens

Citizens are a mechanic introduced with the expansion Crusade. Every 10 turns one is generated for a civilization and depending on abilities and techs researched can be trained in a variety or roles, workers that boost civilian manufacturing, spies for espionage, generals that provide legions and many more.

Citizen	Cost	Effect	Required ability / tech / ideology	Promotions
Leader	Leaders can be assigned to boost any ability of your civlization on the Govern screen by over 6% and can be reassigned without penalty.
	N/A	6% to any ability in Govern screen	Interstellar Governance	N/A
General	Generals provide 5 legions of forces to your civilization. They also can provide your Civilization a 3% boost to planetary resistance or can settle on a specific colony to boost the resistance of that planet by 30%.
	N/A	5 legions Government: 3% to planetary resistance Colony: 30% + 1% per level to resistance	Xeno Combat Techniques	Supreme General
Supreme General	One of the keenest military minds in our civilization. Looks good in a uniform, too. A Supreme General increases Legions.
	10 Promethion 1 Helios Ore	5 legions Government: 3% to planetary resistance Colony: 30% + 1% per level to resistance	N/A	N/A
Administrator	Administrators provide 5 points for administration which in turn are consumed by Survey Ships, Colonies, and Starbases.
	N/A	Gives 5 administration points	N/A	Minister Mobster
Minister	A department is far more effective when it has political support, and nothing communicates that like installing a Minister there.
	10 Promethion 1 Epimetheus Pollen	Gives 5 administration points Citizen retires	N/A	N/A
Mobster	It's amazing how many people are willing to do things for you when you subtly threaten their life. Or explicitly. The Mobster can go both ways.
	10 Promethion 1 Artocarpus Viriles	Eliminates colony maintenance on assigment	Malevolent	N/A
Commander	Commanders can be assigned to Starships, boosting ship stats as the Commander levels up.
	N/A	Government: 3% boost to ship hit points Ship: 50% to hit points of ships in fleet 100% to move points of ships in fleet 25% to fleet logistics	War College	Admiral Exterminator Invader Navigator Privateer
Admiral	After spending a lifetime amongst the stars, the Admiral knows more about space combat than anyone alive. And loneliness. Upgrades to a Flagship which gives a powerful fleet wide bonus.
	10 Promethion 1 Xanthium Deposit	Ship: Flagship Increase fleet Attack and Defence by 25% Additional increase of 2% per Level	N/A	N/A
Exterminator	A heartless genius, but aren't they all, the Exterminator can use their cruel gift to wipe out all the life on a world. Converts ship into a deadly Spore ship capable of eradicating all Biological life on a planet.
	10 Promethion 1 Artocarpus Viriles	Ship: Exterminator (GC2 Terror Star) Slow moving with low weapons and no defense	Malevolant	N/A
Invader	The survivor of countless battles, and an expert on all forms of combat, the Invader hasn't met an alien yet that he can't subdue. Upgrades to a powerful Transport for invasions.
	10 Promethion 1 Xanthium Deposit	Ship: Transport	Malevolant	N/A
Navigator	No-one sees the folds of space better or can cut the corners of reality quite like a Navigator, a powerful long-range survey ship.
	10 Promethion 1 Precursor Nanite	Ship: Navigator Has huge range, high weapons and defence. Can Survey anomalies.	N/A	N/A
Privateer	A master of tricks and subterfuge, the Privateer can harry the enemy without letting them know who they really work for. Converts ship into a powerful ship that seemingly belongs to no Civilization.
	10 Promethion 1 Snuggler Colony	Ship: Best available ship, depends on Technology.	N/A	N/A
Spy	Spies can be used against Foreign Civilizations - sabotaging planets, confiscating vital information, and countering enemy Spies that may be on your worlds.
	N/A	Government: 0.1 to security level Foreign colony: disables improvement	Espionage	Infiltrator
Infiltrator	You could stare right at them and not know what they look like, the Infiltrator's only defining feature being their incredibly sticky fingers.
	10 Promethion 1 Ultra Spice	Steals random tech Citizen Dies	N/A	N/A
Worker	Workers can boost your Civilization's social construction by 3% or you can settle them on a colony and boost social production by 30% instead.
	N/A	Government: 3% to social construction Colony: 30% + 1% per level to social construction	N/A	Crunch Time Recall Forced Labor Overtime

See also

Citizen portraits