Abilities

Abilities are distinct from traits in that they represent the culture of a given race, rather than any innate characteristics.

Name	Description	Requirements
Adaptable	Can colonize tier 1 extreme worlds
Amphibious	Can colonize water worlds early game, with no penalty. Can terraform 1 extra water tile each tech age.	Mercenaries expansion
Ancient	Gets Research from Precursor Artifacts
Coercive	Planets can adjust their planetary Production manually.
Colonizers	First improvement on all new colonies is free.
Discreet	Receives a free random tier 1 mercenary every game, when they first encounter the Bazaar.	Mercenaries expansion
Engineers	Shipyard production decays at half of the normal rate.
Entrepreneurs	Trade Routes give Approval bonuses to both parties and 2 extra Trade Routes
Intuitive	Starts with free Research (250 research)
Knowledgeable	Starts knowing the location of other homeworlds
Paranoid	Free drones defend planets, shipyards and starbases
Prolific	Planets start with 100% more population than is brought on the Colony ship
Scavengers	Have a 25% chance capturing the ships of your vanquished foes.	Revenge of the Snathi DLC
Starfaring	All starbases get the first module free. All ships are immune to Nebula
Synthetic	Disables Food and natural Growth. Instead an Assembly project is used to produce Citizens.
Unrelenting	Invasions never cost credits
Unwavering	Colonies are much harder to Culture flip
Vigilant	Starbase have larger Areas of Effect. Enemy ships are slowed, and player ships gain an attack bonus, while in the area of any starbase.	Mercenaries expansion
Warriors	Ignore 10% of all damage done to their ships. All weapons have 10% longer range.	Mercenaries expansion
Wealthy	Starts with tourism enabled and with extra credits (+2500bc)
Zealots	Get an Ideology point each time you invade a planet (15 points to dominant Ideology)