Origins

• Homeworld: Initial District Mining Districts replaced with District Generator Districts
• Home System: Arc Furnace: Equatorial Band constructed around a Molten World
• Additional Starting Technologies: Engineering Research Arc Furnace
• Guaranteed Research Options: Engineering Research Mega-Engineering upon constructing a second Arc Furnace

• Initial Pops: Species from Pre-FTL Civilizations across the galaxy
• Starting Planet: $concept_free_at_last_broken_shackles$ Planetary Modifier, Crashed Slaver Ship Planetary Feature, Spaceship Wreckage
• Starting System: Crashed Slaver Ship Archaeology Site
• One Advanced AI Empire and several Pre-FTL Civilization regardless of the Galaxy Settings
• One Pre-FTL Civilization: Will be this empire's species and homeworld
• One Pre-FTL Civilization: Uplifted with the Payback origin

• Homeworld: Ancient Clone Vat: +2
• Species Traits: $concept_clone_soldier_infertile$
• Additional Starting Technologies: Society Research Cloning, Society Research Gene Banks

• Species Traits: Malleable Genes
• Situation: Adaptive Evolution
• Homeworld: Genetic Soup

Home System: Pre-FTL Civilization created by a Separatist Faction, formerly part of your Empire, granting events and benefits

• Space Fauna: Disperse Seed Pods throughout the galaxy
• Available Starbase Buildings: Starseed Gardens
• Available Bombardment Stances:
• Home System: in a neighboring system

Home System: Dormant Gateway

• Homeworld: Colony Modifiers: Battlefield Recoveries
• Home System: Contains a Tomb World with an Archaeology Site related to a decimated Pre-FTL Civilization
• Species Traits: Limited access to Cybernetic Traits, Cyber Commandos, Unplugged

• Nomadic Origin
• Periodically chased by Hostile Marauder ships
• May become the Khan, if they can survive
• Can Create Satrapy Vassals

Home System: Inhabited by a protective Sky Dragon, that will become wrathful if displeased

• Subject of an Advanced AI Empire
• Can select a Specialist Subject type at the start of the game

• Homeworld: Toxic Planetary Features, Unique Orbital Habitat: Order's Keep, District Order's Demesne, Politician Jobs replaced by Knightly Order Jobs
• Situation: Quest for the Toxic God
• Policies: Knightly Duties
• Available Holdings: Order's Commanderies on Subject colonies

• Starting Planet: Colonial Spirit Planetary Modifier
• An Advanced AI Empire of the same species is present in the galaxy

• Jobs Robotic Produces Robot Pops: 800, Mechanical Trait: Adaptive Frames
• Homeworld: Robot Assembly Plant
• Additional Starting Technologies: Engineering Research Powered Exoskeletons, Engineering Research Artificial Workforce
• Guaranteed Research Options: Engineering Research Machine Template System

• Additional Starting Technologies: Engineering Starhold
• Home System: Start with a Starhold.
• Homeworld: Ancient Ward
• Gain access to the Psionic Containment Casus Belli against psionically ascended Empires.
• Guaranteed Habitable Worlds do not appear.
• Mindwarden Enclaves are not generated at the start of game.

• Homeworld: Ocean World (size: Planetsize 30), Colony Modifiers: Ocean Paradise, Planetary Features: Crystal Reef
• Guaranteed Habitable Worlds: Replaced with Frozen Worlds

• Species Traits: Access to Overtuned Traits
• Overtuned Traits: Can be boosted by the Damn the Consequences Edict, Can be added and removed through Genetic Modification
• Additional Starting Technologies: Society Gene Tailoring

• Homeworld: Advanced Infrastructure, Colony Modifiers: Unified Purpose
• Home System: The Aftermath of Battle Archaeology Site
• One Advanced AI Empire and several Pre-FTL Civilizations regardless of the Galaxy Settings
• One Pre-FTL Civilization: Uplifted with the Broken Shackles origin

• Homeworld: Colony Modifiers: Untamed Wilds
• Available Buildings: Wildlife Ranch
• Can choose a special Stance regarding Space Fauna upon First Contact
• Additional Starting Technologies: Society Research Genome Mapping
• Guaranteed Research Options: Society Xenology
• Gain insight on Physics Research Gravity Snares after First Contact with Space Fauna
• Gain insight on Society Research Artificial Breeding after capturing Space Fauna
• Gain insight on Society Research Controlled Mutations after cloning Space Fauna

• Initial Pops: +400
• Homeworld: District Generator Districts: +1, District Agriculture Districts: +1, Colony Modifiers: Prosperous Unification
• Guaranteed Research Options: Society Research Societal Unification

Homeworld: Relic World (Size: Planetsize 22), Blocker Ruined Arcology: +6

• Homeworld: Prototype Machine World, Planetary Features: Consolidated Resources, If combined with the Driven Assimilator Civic: Planetary Features: Organic Slurry
• Waives Technology requirements for the Machine Worlds Ascension Perk

• Homeworld: Ancient Crater Archaeology Site
• Colonized Planets in systems with : Rift Affinity
• Chance for Astral Rifts to appear in systems you control: +100%
• Science Ships can explore Astral Rifts in unowned Systems.

• Homeworld: Shroud-Touched Region: +4, Start with 1000 Pops Shroud-Forged Pops
• Start with Situation: Forged by the Shroud
• Additional Starting Technologies: Society Zro Distillation
• Unique Building: Shroud Observation Tower
• Available Decision Colony Decision: Pierce the Shroud

• Home System: Nearby ruined $concept_quantum_catapult_restored_slingshot$ with the Logs from the Quantum Architect Archaeology Site
• Quantic Ambush Effects: Increased to +50% Ship Fire Rate

• Home System: Deep Space Citadel I at the edge of the gravity well, Strange Portal leading to an unknown system
• Homeworld: Citadel Uplink, Blocker Biological Ship Remains, Blocker Invasion Site: +2
• Additional Starting Technologies: Engineering Research Deep Space Citadel

• Leader Traits: Storm Rider
• Planet Unity from Jobs per Storm Building: +5%
• Capital Buildings automatically provide the modifiers of Storm Shelters once the required technologies are researched.
• Cosmic Storm Appearance Chance Within Borders: +100%
• Cosmic Storm Technology Research Option Chance: +175%
• Access to the Weather Forecasting Mode
• Additional Starting Technologies: Physics Cosmic Weather Models

• Homeworld: Ocean World (size: Planetsize 30), Colony Modifiers: Ocean Paradise, Planetary Features: Crystal Reef
• Guaranteed Habitable Worlds: Replaced with Frozen Worlds

• Species Traits: Cave Dweller
• District Mining Districts: Uncapped
• Available District Specializations: Zone Subterranean Urbanization for Mining Districts
• Homeworld starts with a Zone Subterranean Urbanization already built.

• Species Traits: Molebots
• District Mining Districts: Uncapped
• Available District Specializations: Zone Subterranean Urbanization for Mining Districts
• Homeworld starts with a Zone Subterranean Urbanization already built.

Pop Organic Pops with Serviles Trait: 2.4K

• Initial Pops: +900
• Species Traits: Pathogenic Genes
• Homeworld: Size: Planetsize 20, Blocker Abandoned Cities: +2, Identity Repository, Abandoned Gene Clinic
• Situation: Rapid Identity Preservation
• Additional Starting Technologies: AI Technologies
• Guaranteed Research Options: Engineering Research Artificial Workforce

• Species Traits: Latent Psionic
• Available Starbase Buildings: Shroud Beacon
• Communications with the Shroudwalker Enclave
• Guaranteed Research Options: Society Psionic Theory.

• Nomadic Origin
• Unique Arkship District: Consecrated Community
• Unique Jobs: High Pilgrim, Devoted Adept, Faithful Acolyte

• Starts with an inactive Celestial Chart
• Every recruited leader has a bonus Adventurous Spirit trait
• Ruler Traits: Buccaneer, Trailblazer, Treasure Hoarder

• Homeworld: Tree of Life
• Colonized Planets: Tree of Life Sapling Planetary Feature
• Colonies without the Tree of Life Sapling: Transplant Tree of Life Colony Decision
• Available Holdings: Tree of Life Sprout on Subject colonies

• Nomadic Origin
• Start with an additional Logistic Ship

• Homeworld: Volcanic World (Size: Planetsize 14), Blocker Ancient Stasis Pods: +5
• Start with Situation: Deep Excavation

Homeworld: Volcanic World (Size: Planetsize 20)

• Species Traits: Perfected Genes
• Ruler Traits: Luminary

• Homeworld: Chamber of Elevation
• Species Traits: Necrophage
• Pop Prepatent Pops: 2.4K
• Guaranteed Habitable Worlds: Replaced with Pre-FTL Civilizations

• Leader of a non-Hegemony Federation
• Guaranteed Habitable Worlds: Replaced with Federation members
• Additional Starting Technologies: Federation Code

• Leader of a Hegemony Federation
• Guaranteed Habitable Worlds: Replaced with Federation members
• Additional Starting Technologies: Federation Code

Home System: Ex Gravitas Archaeology Site related to a mysterious benefactor

• Scion of a Fallen Empire Overlord
• Home System: Connected to Overlord's capital via a Wormhole
• Fallen Empire present in the galaxy regardless of Galaxy settings
• Chance of receiving powerful gifts from Overlord

• Homeworld: Shattered Ring Segment
• Guaranteed Habitable Worlds: Replaced with Colonizable Ring World Segments that have Blockers decreasing Habitability
• Species Traits: Ring World Preference

• Homeworld: Orbital Habitat
• Species Traits: Void Dweller, Habitat Preference
• Additional Starting Technologies: Engineering Research Orbital Habitats
• Guaranteed Research Options: Engineering Research Habitat Expansion
• Guaranteed Habitable Worlds: Resource-rich systems instead of Colonizable Planets
• Can construct advanced housing buildings on Habitats
• Waives Technology requirements for Zone Basic District Specialization on Habitats

• Homeworld: Orbital Habitat
• Species Traits: Zero-G Optimized, Habitat Preference
• Additional Starting Technologies: Engineering Research Orbital Habitats
• Guaranteed Research Options: Engineering Research Habitat Expansion
• Guaranteed Habitable Worlds: Resource-rich systems instead of Colonizable Planets
• Can construct advanced housing buildings on Habitats
• Waives Technology requirements for Zone Basic District Specialization on Habitats

• Homeworld: Massive Crater, Blocker Buried Lithoids: +4
• Available Colony Ships: Lithoid Meteorites
• Planets Colonized with Lithoid Meteorites: Blocker Buried Lithoids: +2, Colony Modifiers: Lithoid Crater
• Available Holdings: Experimental Crater on (Subject) colonies

• Homeworld: Gaia World (Size: Planetsize 30) with Rare Planetary Features
• Species Traits: Gaia World Preference

• Homeworld: Tomb World
• Species Traits: Survivor

• Homeworld: Tomb World
• Species Traits: Radiation Shields