Ability Test
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| Likeable4 - |
Modifies other players' attitude toward you |
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| Rich4 - |
Modifies how quickly credits are gained |
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| Farmer1 - |
Makes advanced farming technologies available. |
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| ResilientAbility - |
Resilient | Ships immune to nebula and have access to special Hyperion improvements. |
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| ResourcefulAbility - |
Resourceful | Starts with some useful Resources. |
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| Rich2 - |
Modifies how quickly credits are gained |
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| WatcherAbility - |
Watchful | Grants the Cosmic Eye Executive Order. The Cosmic Eye can reveal a part of the galaxy and grants additional research or a new technology when used on another player's planet.+5 Sensor Range for Planets.+1 Sensor Range for Ships and Starbases. |
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| FertileAbility - |
Fertile | Start with 2 additional workers and population grows 25% faster. |
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| ScoutingFleet - |
Scout Fleet | Begins with a colony ship and three probes. |
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| StartingIdeology_Individualism - |
Individualism | Believes in the primacy of individual rights, personal freedom, and self-reliance, often over the needs and interests of the community or society. |
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| NocturnalAbility - |
Nocturnal | Developed to work in cycles, each lasting 15 months.Season of Waking: Manufacturing and Growth are boosted.Season of Dreaming: Research and Influence are boosted. |
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| WarriorsAbility - |
Warriors | Ignore 10% of all damage done to their ships. All weapons do 10% more damage. |
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| GenocidalAbility - |
Genocidal | Massive advantage in conquering planets due to not caring in the least about collateral damage. Can convert other species unfortunate enough to end up on their planets into living neural network batteries. |
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| CraftsmanAbility - |
Craftsman | +50% Income from Trade Routes |
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| ConstructorsStartingShip - |
Constructors | Start with two Constructors that start to quickly tap the galactic resources. |
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| CertainAbility - |
Certain | Believes their philosophy should be universal, increased (+2) influence, special planet improvements. 30 Research every time a Culture Trait is unlocked. |
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| ExperiencedAbility - |
Experienced | All Ships receive 25% more Experience Points from battles. |
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| IntuitiveAbility - |
Intuitive | Starts with access to Xeno Anthropology technologies and a free Culture trait. |
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| SlaversAbility - |
Slavers | Gain the ability to enslave your citizens, reducing their approval, production and food consumption. But they never protest. Gain access to Slaving Technologies. |
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| Productive3 - |
Modifies how quickly improvements are built on your planets |
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| ArchaeologistAbility - |
Archaeologist | Whenever artifact charges are earned an additional charge is gained. |
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| Trait_Sentinels - [[File:|alt=|left|24px|frameless]]' | Precursor Sentinels |
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| Persuasive3 - |
Modifies your chance to use Persuasion in events and diplomacy |
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| VigilantAbility - |
Vigilant | Starbases have larger Areas of Effect. Enemy ships are slowed, and player ships gain an attack bonus, while in the area of any starbase. Makes available techs that increase movement speed. |
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| AmphibiousAbility - |
Aquatic | Aquatic species live most of their lives deep in the oceans, giving them access to several unique Aquatic Techs. They can colonize Oceanic worlds with no penalty. |
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| Persuasive4 - |
Modifies your chance to use Persuasion in events and diplomacy |
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| Courageous2 - |
Modifies the ability to resist Invasions |
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| Influential2 - |
Modifies how quickly borders are expanded |
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| ScoutsStartingShip - |
Scouts | Start with three tiny Probes that quickly explore the galaxy. |
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| Productive2 - |
Modifies how quickly improvements are built on your planets |
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| Fast1 - |
Modifies how far your ships can travel each turn |
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| Trait_DreadLords - [[File:|alt=|left|24px|frameless]]' | DreadLords |
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| Fast2 - |
Modifies how far your ships can travel each turn |
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| Intimidating3 - |
Modifies your chance to use Intimidation in events and diplomacy |
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| Clever2 - |
Modifies how quickly technologies are learned |
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| RadiatedAbility - |
Radiated | Can colonize Radioactive Worlds. Gains the Abhorent Infection Executive Order after several months.Abhorent Infection raises the Pollution level on a target planet. |
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| UnrelentingAbility - |
Unrelenting | +10 Control. Planets generate +1 more Influence per month. |
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| Courageous1 - |
Modifies the ability to resist Cultural Influence effects |
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| Explorer1 - |
Modifies how far your ships can travel from your borders |
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| StartingIdeology_Nihilism - |
Nihilism | Believes in the rejection or denial of inherent meaning or value in life. Causing pain to others is a valid purpose. |
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| SurveyStartingShip - |
Flag Ship | Begin with a Flag Ship that explores the galaxy and investigates valuable Anomalies. |
Starting Ship | |
| Trait_PirateSmarts - [[File:|alt=|left|24px|frameless]]' | Pirate Research |
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| PatrioticAbility - |
Bureaucrats | Starts with 50 Control and access to coordination technologies. |
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| Likeable3 - |
Modifies other players' attitude toward you |
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| Intimidating4 - |
Modifies your chance to use Intimidation in events and diplomacy |
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| Influential1 - |
Modifies how quickly borders are expanded |
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| ProliferationAbility - |
Proliferation | When a ship is constructed, two ships are constructed instead. But all ships have -25% Hit Points. |
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| Militant3 - |
Decreases your starting Control |
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| Persuasive2 - |
Modifies your chance to use Persuasion in events and diplomacy |
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| Productive1 - |
Modifies how quickly improvements are built on your planets |
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| Trait_Pirates - [[File:|alt=|left|24px|frameless]]' | Pirates |
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| Deceptive4 - |
Modifies your chance to use Deception in events and diplomacy |
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| HopefulAbility - |
Hopeful | Believes any civilization capable of space travel must be a potential friend. Higher Approval on planets. |
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| ColonyStartingShip - |
Colony Ship | Begins with a Colony Ship and probe to quickly find and colonize new worlds. |
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| InspiredAbility - |
Inspired | An additional Leader is available for recruitment and Leaders cost 25% less to recruit. |
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| SiliconBasedAbility - |
Silicon | Silicon lifeforms are built from rocks and rare minerals. They have no need for food, though their Growth is slow unless they have access to plentiful amounts of Promethion. |
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| HiveMindAbility - |
Hive Mind | Ships in your territory gain additional Hit Points per colony controlled. |
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| EngineersAbility - |
Engineers | Colony and asteroid production decays at half of the normal rate. |
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| TutorialStartingShips - |
Scout Fleet | Begins with a colony ship and three probes. |
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| Bureaucrat1 - |
Makes additional organizational technologies available |
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| Deceptive1 - |
Modifies your chance to use Deception in events and diplomacy |
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| DisableRepairAbility - [[File:|alt=|left|24px|frameless]]' | Disable Repair | This civilization does not repair normally. |
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| PromethionBornAbility - |
Promethion Born | Ships have double the normal Hit Points but don't heal normally. |
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| Urbanite1 - |
Has access to more advanced city building technologies |
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| TutorialTrackerAbility - |
Scout Fleet | Begins with a colony ship and three probes. |
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| AmmoniaBasedAbility - |
Ammonia | Ammonia lifeforms thrive on volatile gases and complex nitrogen compounds. While they do consume food, their growth rate significantly accelerates in environments rich in pollutants. |
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| Explorer2 - |
Modifies how far your ships can travel from your borders |
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| WarFleet - |
Siege Fleet | Begins with Fighters and a Siege ship. |
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| Trait_PirateGold - [[File:|alt=|left|24px|frameless]]' | Pirate Income |
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| ExplorersAbility - |
Voyagers | +2 Ship Sensor Range.+1 Ship Moves. |
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| Trait_PirateMoves - [[File:|alt=|left|24px|frameless]]' | Pirate Moves |
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| StarfaringAbility - |
Starfaring | +25% Ship Range. Starts with the ability to detect and travel on Subspace Streams. |
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| EntrepreneursAbility - |
Traders | Starts with freighter, has a significant boost to Persuasion and receives 3 free trade licenses. |
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| Courageous4 - |
Modifies the ability to resist Invasions |
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| StartingIdeology_Egalitarianism - |
Egalitarianism | Believes in the fundamental equality of all sentient beings, advocating for equal rights and opportunities regardless of species, origin planet, or other characteristics. |
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| Trait_SpaceMonsters - [[File:|alt=|left|24px|frameless]]' | Space Monsters |
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| AncientAbility - |
Ancient | Gets Research from Precursor Artifacts and anomalies. Starts with an additional Policy slot. |
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| CyberneticAbility - |
Cybernetic | Gives Access to more powerful technologies and Improvements for races who are not afraid to interface with superior technologies. |
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| XenophobicAbility - |
Xenophobic | +50% Research, -75% Influence and -3 to Diplomacy. |
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| Explorer3 - |
Modifies how far your ships can travel from your borders |
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| DevoutAbility - |
Devout | Starts with a Cleric citizen and a Krynniac Temple on their homeworld. Culture grows every time they add to their ideology. |
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| UnwaveringAbility - |
Unwavering | Colonies are much harder to Culture flip, and access to the Unbroken Spirit technologies. |
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| AdaptableAbility - |
Adaptable | Can colonize extreme worlds. |
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| RaidersAbility - |
Raiders | -50% Manufacturing and -50% Income on all worlds. Gain +100 Credits and +20 Manufacturing for winning battles. Gain +500 Credits and +200 Manufacturing for conquering planets. Starts with the Armed Shuttles Tech. |
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| Persuasive1 - |
Modifies your chance to use Persuasion in events and diplomacy |
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| EmpathyAbility - |
Empathy | Increases Diplomacy by +1, Persuasion by +15%, Reduces Crime by 10%. |
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| Brutal4 - |
Modifies the success of Planetary Invasions |
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| Clever4 - |
Modifies how quickly technologies are learned |
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| DrenginTutorialStartingShips - |
Scout Fleet | Begins with a colony ship and three probes. |
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| LoyalAbility - |
Loyal | Leaders all have +10 Loyalty and cost 25% less to recruit. +1 Cultural Point when a Leader is assigned to a Command Ship. |
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| AllianceAscendant_Campaign_FlagAbility - |
Voyagers | +2 Ship Sensor Range.+1 Ship Moves. | ||
| CrimelordAbility - |
Crime Lord | Starts allied with the Pirates. Also grants access to the 'Look the Other Way' Policy, improvements unlocked by increased Crime and Executive Orders to claim Pirate fleets and worlds. |
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| Veteran3 - |
Modifies how quickly your ships gain experience |
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| Militant4 - |
Decreases your starting Control |
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| Rich3 - |
Modifies how quickly credits are gained |
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| Clever1 - |
Modifies how quickly technologies are learned |
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| StartingIdeology_Pacifism - |
Pacifism | Believes in opposing war and violence, advocating for the resolution of conflicts through peaceful negotiations and mutual respect. |
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| ExterminatorsAbility - |
Exterminators | Transport ships are replaced with planet killing Spore Ships. |
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| Intimidating1 - |
Modifies your chance to use Intimidation in events and diplomacy |
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| SporesAbility - |
Spores | Starts with the ability to deploy spores to a dead world to restore life. Each time a new Culture Trait is gained another charge is earned. |
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| CartographerAbility - |
Cartographer | Starts knowing the location of other homeworlds. They also receive 3 charges of the Dimensional Mirror power which reveals a portion of space and they gain an additional charge each time a Culture Trait is earned. |
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| Deceptive2 - |
Modifies your chance to use Deception in events and diplomacy |
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| Veteran1 - |
Modifies how quickly your ships gain experience |
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| OverlordStartingShip - [[File:|alt=|left|24px|frameless]]' | Flag Ship | Begin with a Flag Ship that explores the galaxy and investigates valuable Anomalies. |
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| Productive4 - |
Modifies how quickly improvements are built on your planets |
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| CarbonBasedLife - |
Carbon Based | Carbon-based species use water and hydrocarbons as the basis of their chemistry. Their populations require food in order to grow. |
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| RavenousAbility - |
Ravenous | Receives 1,000 Credits and +10% Approval for 25 months after conquering a planet. It also grants the ability to consume aliens and spawn new Festron citizens. |
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| StartingIdeology_Collectivism - |
Collectivism | Believes in prioritizing the group, community, or society over individual interests, often with a focus on shared responsibility and collective action. |
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| Courageous3 - |
Modifies the ability to resist Invasions |
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| WarProfiteersAbility - |
War Profiteers | Receives 200% bonus from trade routes established with warring races. |
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| ParanoidAbility - |
Paranoid | Ships receive +25% Hit Points and Attack when they are within their borders. |
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| WealthyAbility - |
Wealthy | Starts with 2000 more credits and the Universal Translator technology. Receives access to Interstellar Banking technologies. |
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| Brutal1 - |
Modifies the success of Planetary Invasions |
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| Veteran2 - |
Modifies how quickly your ships gain experience |
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| ColonyStartingFleet - |
Colony Fleet | Begins with two Colony Ships to quickly find and colonize new worlds. |
Starting Ship | |
| Likeable2 - |
Modifies other players' attitude toward you |
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| Likeable1 - |
Modifies other players' attitude toward you |
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| Deceptive3 - |
Modifies your chance to use Deception in events and diplomacy |
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| Trait_UnlimitedRange - [[File:|alt=|left|24px|frameless]]' | Unlimited Range |
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| Intimidating2 - |
Modifies your chance to use Intimidation in events and diplomacy |
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| StartingIdeology_Progressivism - |
Progressivism | Advocates for social reform and new ideas. Progressives are often open to change and seek to address social inequalities and injustices through innovation and reform. |
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| StartingIdeology_Traditionalism - |
Traditionalism | This philosophy values historical continuity and emphasizes the importance of customs, practices, and institutions that have endured over time. Traditionalists often resist rapid social change and maintain a deep reverence for cultural heritage. |
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| SyntheticLife - |
Synthetic | Synthetics are robotic lifeforms that do not require food to survive, and can operate in a variety of environments. Unlike squishy organic species, Synthetics fabricate their population and can grow virtually unfettered. |
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| Influential4 - |
Modifies how quickly borders are expanded |
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| Veteran4 - |
Modifies how quickly your ships gain experience |
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| Influential3 - |
Modifies how quickly borders are expanded |
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| Miners1 - |
Increases output from asteroid mining. |
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| Militant1 - |
Increases your starting Control |
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| Brutal3 - |
Modifies the success of Planetary Invasions |
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| StartingIdeology_Totalitarianism - |
Totalitarianism | Believes in absolute power and control by the state, with all aspects of public and private life under the governance of a single authority. |
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| Explorer4 - |
Modifies how far your ships can travel from your borders |
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| Militant2 - |
Increases your starting Control |
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| TelepathyAbility - |
Telepathy | Can use telepathic executive orders to place thoughts in the minds of all citizens on a planet, for good or evil. |
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| Brutal2 - |
Modifies the success of Planetary Invasions |
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| Rich1 - |
Modifies how quickly credits are gained |
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| Clever3 - |
Modifies how quickly technologies are learned |
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