Tradition Trees

• -15% District and Building Volatile Motes Upkeep
• -15% District and Building Exotic Gases Upkeep
• -15% District and Building Rare Crystals Upkeep
• -15% District and Building Volatile Motes Cost
• -15% District and Building Exotic Gases Cost
• -15% District and Building Rare Crystals Cost

Building and District Rare Crystals Exotic Gases Volatile Motes Strategic Resource Cost and Upkeep reduced by -15%.

Reusing what has become obsolete gives us more to build with in the future.

• -25% Orbital Bombardment Damage
• +25% Defense Army Damage

By coming into contact with other species, we have learned the true importance of overcoming our weaknesses in the great struggle for survival.

• +10% Habitability

By adapting to different environments we have learned to evolve and adapt faster.

• +1 Max Districts (Non-artificial planets only)

The highest function of ecology is the understanding of consequences.

• -50% Resettlement Cost
• +25% Automatic Resettlement Chance

Land that is not being worked contributes nothing to our empire. Workers must be relocated in an efficient manner to those planets where they are needed most.

• -25% Leader Cost
• +1 Recruitable Leaders per Class

Many young people dream of becoming one of the revered leaders of the empire.

• -1 Leader Maximum Negative Traits
• +1 Commander Capacity
• +1 Official Capacity
• +1 Scientist Capacity

Knowing our leaders' fears and weaknesses allow us to take preventive measures from them to take hold.

• +10% Leader Lifespan
• -25% Leader Upkeep

Through continuous health parameter monitoring, we tailor everything from exercise and diet to invasive surgical procedures to get the most from our leaders.

Job Efficiency for Specialists per Colony Governor Skill Level: +2%

Rigorous training programs ensure our leaders have all the necessary tools to flourish.

• +1 Effective Leader Skill Level

We trust our leaders and give them absolute power to influence how our Empire is run.

• +30% Archaeology Excavation Speed
• +1 Archaeology Skill
• +30% Scientist Experience Gain

Unearthing secrets among the stars will allow us to learn from the mistakes of others.

• +35% Science Ship Sublight Speed
• -50% Science Ships Upkeep

Allows your Science Ships to excavate Archaeological Sites in unowned Systems. Gain a random Xeno Geology Specimen.

We should push beyond the limits of our own systems if we are to truly grasp at the history that surrounds us.

• +200% Specimen Selling Cost

Gain +1% Diplo Weight Diplomatic Weight per Specimen in exhibition.

Knowing the right collector is key to finding a proper home for certain items of value.

Each Rare or better Specimen exhibited increases the total production of its category by +5% Gain a random Aesthetic Wonders Specimen.

Exceptional specimens deserve exceptional displays.

• -25% Specimen Exhibition Cooldown Duration

Unlocks the Exhibition Focus Policies Gain a random Galactic History Specimen.

Thoughtful curation of the Grand Archive can highlight certain categories of display to enhance the overall theme of exhibitions.

• +15% Trade from Living Standards

Our whole society reaps the benefits of an investment in civil service and everyday trade.

Amenities per 100 Traders: +200 City Districts with a Zone Commercial Nexus, and Trade Buildings, receive additional Trader Jobs.

No halfway good business opportunity escapes the notice of our entrepreneurs.

Unlocks Consumer Benefits and Marketplace of Ideas Trade Policies, which allow us to convert a portion of our Trade into Consumer Goods or Unity.

By adopting a more flexible approach to economic affairs, we will be able to recalibrate our economy to anticipate every eventuality.

• +10% Trade from Jobs

The best ideas are born from exposure to the marketplace. The more exposure, the better the ideas!

• -10% Market Fee

Knowing the right people in the right places can make a world of difference. Influential merchant contacts will let us buy from resource markets at favorable rates.

• +1 Cohesion
• +1 Envoys

We must build stable and lasting partnerships with our neighbors, based on trust and mutual respect. Together we are far stronger than we could ever hope to be alone.

• +100% Federation Naval Cap Contribution
• -25% Border Friction

Perhaps the most important purpose of any successful interstellar federation is the mutual defense of its members. We have an obligation to contribute as much as we can.

Embassies: +3 Unity Allows Advanced Diplomatic Actions without an Embassy

The influence and prowess of our ambassadorial network is a source of great pride to the people.

• +50 Trust Cap
• +0.33 Trust Growth

We believe that the best way to establish trust is to engage in an open, honest and direct way.

• +5 Diplomatic Acceptance

Diplomatic Acceptance: +5 Envoys Improving Relations have a 1% chance each month of acquiring a Favor.

As we take to the stars, our diplomatic wing has become important as never before. By overhauling our training processes and focusing on talent retention, we can give our diplomats the tools to act as true missionaries for building great relationships.

• +35% Science Ship Survey Speed
• +50% Science Ship Disengage Chance

A new age of exploration is upon us. As we once mapped the surface of our homeworld, we must now brave new terrain - space. There is a galaxy full of wonder waiting to be discovered.

• +20% Resources Produced from Research Stations
• +20% Physics Research from Starbase Constructions
• +20% Society Research from Starbase Constructions
• +20% Engineering Research from Starbase Constructions

Unlocks Edict: Research Subsidies

High-capacity quantum bands dedicated to databank transfers make possible virtually completely synchronous research operations across vast distances.

• +1 Num Tech Alternatives
• +1 Scientist Capacity
• +1 Scientist Starting Skill Level

The number of science and medical officers has been increased throughout the fleet, organized into a special Science Division. To support this corps of officers, new training programs have greatly accelerated the rate at which we commission new science officers.

• +20% Scientist Experience Gain
• -15% Scientist Upkeep

In this age of increasingly advanced technology, a basic education in polytechnics and applied science will benefit all of our citizens. This will inevitably lead to more qualified leaders.

Amenities Produced per 100 Researchers: +200 Researchers Jobs from Zone District Specializations: +20%

From public spectacles to household conveniences, scientific progress is measured not only in publications but also in the comfort and enrichment of everyday life.

• +25% Vivarium Max Capacity
• +20% Fauna Capture Chance

Greater chance of capturing higher rarity Space Fauna.

There is always a risk when containing and transporting large-scale organisms that they become damaged or injure themselves. With proper pacification gases and protocols we can mitigate this problem.

• +100% Space Fauna Monthly Increased Breeding Chance
• +25% Resources from Culling

Upon Capturing or Breeding Space Fauna: Culling Resources Gained: 200%

The creatures of the void are each unique in their breeding patterns and nutritional needs. It takes great attention to raise them to their greatest potential in an isolated environment.

• +5% Pop Growth Speed
• +15% Space Fauna Ship Cloning Speed

Unlocks the Metabolic Regulation Policies

We can artificially control the maturation of contained species by regulating various key enzymes and proteins that affect their individual metabolisms.

• +33% Clear Blocker Speed

Your defeated Space Fauna leave behind debris that you can research to recover some of their cost. (10%) Gain 250 Food when clearing an Organic Blocker

Nothing goes to waste.

• +15% Space Fauna Ship Damage
• +15% Space Fauna Ship Sublight Speed

Creatures that survive in deep space must depend on themselves to provide their own protection, or their species will cease to exist.

• +0.5 Monthly Influence
• +1 Official Capacity
• +1 Official Starting Skill Level

Our control over the colonies is dependent upon us finding capable and loyal individuals that can be trusted to enforce the will of the government.

• +20% Councilor Exp Gain
• +50 Edict Fund

The best and the brightest compete for a chance to whisper advice into the auditory receiver of our illustrious ruler, to better guide the ship of state.

Capital Buildings provide Housing and Politician Jobs scaling with Tier.

All government buildings in our great empire shall be monuments to the state, looming over the populace to inspire obedience, loyalty, and awe.

• +1 Unity Produced per 100 Enforcers
• +0.5 Unity Produced per 100 Telepaths (if …)

Unlocks Edict: Enhanced Surveillance

Sprawling cities and isolated mining stations both have unique challenges associated with crime prevention. To expedite law enforcement we have made the judicial process more efficient by combining the roles of judge, jury and enforcer.

• +5% Pop Resource Output
• +5% Job Efficiency for Slaves

Unlocks Edict: Extended Shifts

Unlocks edict: Drone Overdrive

There are many ways to motivate those who perform menial labor to work harder. Some based on incentives and some... not.

• +1 Official Capacity
• +1 Commander Capacity
• +1 Scientist Capacity

Official Capacity per Rival: +0.50 Commander Capacity per Rival: +0.50 Scientist Capacity per Rival: +0.50

In the face of an ever-increasing number of adversaries, we stand united.

• +50% Diplomatic Weight When Opposing Resolutions

Blocking the plans of the opposition can be just as satisfying as enacting one's own.

• +10% Ship Build Speed (if …)
• -5% Ship Build Cost (if …)
• -15% Upkeep for Researchers (if …)
• +100% Research Lab Build Speed (if …)
• +100% Research Complex Build Speed (if …)
• +100% Advanced Research Complexes Build Speed (if …)
• +10% Pop Resource Output (if …)
• +10% Menial Drone Output (if …)

While Militarily weaker than a Rival: Ship Build Cost: -5%, Ship Build Speed: +10% While Technologically weaker than a Rival: Researcher Upkeep: -15%, Research Labs Build Speed: +100% While Economically weaker than a Rival: Output: +10%

First, establish an equal playing field.

• +15% Damage to Rivals

Second, make the move your foe is unwilling to.

Grants 2% increased Physics Society Engineering Research and Unity output per Rival for 10 Years after winning a Humiliation War.

Third, cast a shadow over your adversary once and for all.

• -10% Starbase Influence Cost (if …)
• -10% Waystation Build Cost (if …)
• -10% Waystation Upgrade Cost (if …)

The frontiers of our civilization are being pushed ever forwards. Soon, nothing in this galaxy will lie beyond our grasp...

• -15% Empire Size from Systems (if …)
• -15% Empire Size from Colonies (if …)
• +25% Waystation Stockpile Capacity (if …)
• +25% Waystation Resource Transfer Rate (if …)

A network of small courier vessels is a reliable alternative for transporting VIPs or delivering messages that can't be trusted to FTL communications. This will tie our far-flung colonies more closely together.

• -20% Station Upkeep (if …)
• +50% Station Capacity (if …)

The banner of our great empire will one day be as common as hydrogen throughout the galaxy.

• +1 Urban Districts when establishing Colonies
• +25% Colony Development Speed

Colonization fever seems to have gripped the populace. Their enthusiasm and patriotic fervor draws additional population to new colonies.

• +10% Pop Growth (or Assembly) Speed

A new life awaits our citizens in the off-world colonies. A chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure! With the help of an aggressive marketing campaign, the less fortunate elements of our society will be flocking to our colony ships.

• +25% Defense Army Health

Defense Army Defense Armies now produce 0.5 Unity.

Our people take great comfort in the strength of the bulwarks that guard our colonies, and view them as vital to ensuring a more prosperous future.

• -25% Orbital Bombardment Damage
• -25% War Exhaustion Gain
• +25% Hostile Claim Influence Cost

We shall fight on our soils. We shall fight in the heavens. We shall fight in the asteroid belts, and in the hyperlanes, and in the nebulas. We shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength among the stars. We shall never surrender.

• +33% Ship Build Speed (Defensive War)
• +15% Home Territory Fire Rate

While in a defensive war with another empire, Ship Build Speed is increased by +33%. In addition, the Ship Fire Rate is increased by +15% for ships within your borders.

All organisms, no matter how perfect, must rely on an immune system to ward off the threat of outside disease. Our society is no different.

• +33% Station Damage
• +33% Station Hull Points
• +33% Defense Platform Damage
• +33% Defense Platform Hull Points

Starbases and Defense Platforms have their Hull Points and Damage increased by 33%.

When it comes to the defense of our territories and existence, our fervor will surely be felt by our enemies.

• +2 Station Capacity
• -50% Station Upgrade Cost

Constant vigilance is ingrained in the consciousness. So long as our guard does not drop, our enemies will never be able to take us by surprise.

• +10 Leader Lifespan
• -1 Leader Maximum Negative Traits

By embracing a combination of new meditation techniques and healthier eating habits, a large segment of our population enjoys a greater life expectancy than ever before.

• +50 Edict Fund

The enlightened decrees of our benevolent leadership will spread peace, freedom, justice, and security throughout the entire star nation and beyond.

• -5% Empire Size from Pops
• +20% Refugee Attraction

A true sense of kinship has developed between all the citizens of our great star nation, regardless of their place in the social order.

• +25% Governing Ethics Attraction
• -10 Crime

Our entire population takes comfort in the knowledge that they are working together for the greater good, each one a small but important part of a vastly larger whole.

• +3 Stability
• -10% Colony Ascension Cost

The dream of a utopian future drives our people ever forwards. A better tomorrow is worth fighting for.

• +2 Trade Produced per 100 Traders

Trade per 100 Logistic Drones: +2

Enhanced systemic efficiency, fostering unity through shared function.

Logistic Drones from Districts, Zone District Specializations, and Non-Capital Buildings: +50%

An expanded logistics drone network improves distribution flexibility while additional redundancies provide for critical backups.

• +1 Trade per 100 Maintenance Drones
• -5% Infrastructure Upkeep

Self-governing maintenance drones ensure colony upkeep without the need for oversight.

• -10% Market Fee

Enhanced tracking across star systems minimizes loss and waste.

• -10% Ship Logistics Upkeep

War is chaos. Our supply lines are not. We see the need before it arises, and we respond appropriately.

Whenever a Resolution that you supported passes, gain 1 Favor on the empire that proposed it.

Carefully worded rhetoric will make it clear that our support comes at a cost. Those we help owe us, and one day, we will collect.

Whenever a resolution you propose passes, gain 18 months worth of Unity.

Our victories on the Senate floor should be celebrated: they bring us ever closer to a better future.

• -25% Veto Cooldown
• -25% Emergency Measures Cooldown

Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. We have already been entrusted with power, it is only natural to let us wield it.

• -25% Galcom Resolution Action Costs
• +2.5% Diplomatic Weight From Assigned Leader Skill Level

25% Influence cost to veto or propose Resolutions, Officials assigned to the provide an additional 2.5% Diplo Weight Diplomatic Weight per Skill Level.

Politics is the art of illusions. By showing others what they want to see, we'll grow our influence in the community.

After a resolution is passed by another empire, gain +25% Diplo Weight Diplomatic Weight until one of your own resolutions passes.

Our delegates in the are extremely persistent, and will not take

• -10% Infrastructure Upkeep

As our empire continues to grow, eliminating corruption and inefficiency is of critical importance. These credit drains must be plugged!

• +5% Resources from Jobs

The pursuit of profit has become a central tenet of our society. Those who are successful at any kind of enterprise are deeply admired, and the accumulation of energy credits is seen as an extremely worthwhile goal.

• -5% Upkeep from Jobs

A focus on franchising allows even the most mundane colony to open thriving, dynamic businesses, providing local jobs and increasing trade!

• -10% Infrastructure Cost
• +25% Infrastructure Build Speed

As technology advances and becomes ever more complex, new demands are placed on our workforce. By using standardized construction templates, our workers can build things without necessarily having to understand the finer points.

City Districts provide 100 additional Housing. Ring World City Segments and Ecumenopolis Residential Arcologies also provide additional Housing.

Our growing cities will be augmented by inspired public works on a scale never before seen. To that end, a new government agency must be formed to oversee their construction.

• +0.25 Council Agenda Speed

With a clear focus on our empire's needs, we can ease the administrative burden of our councilors.

Unlocks Agenda: Rightful Claims

There has never been a lack of ideas of how the empire can direct our own future.

• +25% Council Agenda Effect Duration

The fundamental understanding of direction and purpose is always clear, allowing us to shift focus without losing the progress we have made.

Whenever an Agenda is Launched: All Councilors gain 150 Experience per Skill Level

Trust, respect, and learning from mistakes are held to the highest standards even at the top echelons of our empire.

• +1 Effective Councilor Skill

By involving all leaders in the implementation of our agendas, they build a stronger understanding for their roles and purpose.

• +1 Encryption
• +5 Evasion Chance

Only by embracing a tradition of secrecy can we protect vital information from prying minds. Enhanced security systems and countermeasures deny our enemies any potential advantages.

• +1 Defense Against Hostile Operations
• +20% Infiltration Required for Hostile Operations

Our citizens follow a strict shut policy when it comes to guarding our secrets from outsiders.

• +1 Envoys
• +10 Maximum Infiltration Level

Through creative means of persuasion, we are able to sway even the most devoted of our enemies to contribute to our cause.

• +1 Codebreaking
• +2 Operation Skill
• +10 Tracking

The shift from a planetary to an interplanetary setting has posed unique challenges for our covert operatives. By adapting their training regimen to the demands of the galactic stage, we will be able to remain competitive in this new age.

• +50% Infiltration Speed

Whereas our enemies merely adopted the shadows, our were born in it, molded by it.

• +25% Ship Build Speed

The ever-increasing scope of our ship-building programs has led to the creation of highly-skilled and efficient labor forces at our shipyards. Methods have continually been refined, and the time it takes to go from hull plating to a completed starship is now shorter than ever before.

• +10% Fleet Command Limit
• +1 Commander Capacity
• +1 Commander Starting Skill Level

A strong war game tradition has taken root among the senior officers of our fleets, whether the games be computer simulations or actual exercises in space. This has encouraged our commanders to think outside the box, resulting in numerous tactical innovations and new strategies.

• -10% Ship Upkeep
• +20% Naval Capacity

With ships often deployed across vast interstellar distances, a dedicated Logistics Corps is needed to make things run smoothly.

• +20% Orbital Bombardment Damage
• +10% Ship Fire Rate

Everything must be brought to bear on the enemy if victory is to be assured. A swift and decisive attack can paradoxically save lives that would have been needlessly lost in a prolonged engagement.

• +20% Damage vs Starbases and Waystations

As we continue to expand, other empires will inevitably challenge our claims, as we would theirs. We are locked in a great game of resources and territory. It is nothing less than our duty to come out on top.

• +10 Leader Lifespan
• -1 Leader Maximum Negative Traits

The cloning vats mass-produce the more frequently consumed organs like hearts and lungs, increasing the usable lifespan of high-priority .

• +50 Edict Fund
• +1 Restored Node Additional Skill

We must take heed never to become too fixed in our thinking, but instead instill in ourselves the flexibility to adapt ourselves to any situation.

• -20% Leader Upkeep
• -5% Empire Size from Pops
• +20% Refugee Attraction

Precisely controlling the rest cycles of causes natural schedules for nutrient reallocation to emerge globally.

• +30% Automatic Resettlement Chance

Logistic Drones produce +250 Amenities.

Our growing network requires regular maintenance and debugging, therefore more resources shall be devoted to our logistics.

• +3 Stability
• -10% Colony Ascension Cost

By synchronizing groups of , more efficient use of planetary infrastructure can be achieved!

• +50 Trust Cap for Synthetics
• +1 Envoys

A deeper analysis into the myriad stimuli and psychological factors that govern the behavior of organics and other machine intelligences will decrease diplomatic friction.

• -10% Market Fee

We may not have been tempered by eons of evolution, but adaptive programming techniques will let us adjust to new situations and environments as well as any organic life form.

• -10% Pop Amenities Usage

Retractable antennas, collapsible unit frames, foldable storage spaces. There are many creative solutions to make the most out of a limited space.

• -5% Upkeep from Jobs

Spatial phenomena are an interesting distraction, but the true wonders of the cosmos are found exclusively in the field of materials science.

• +1 Unity per 100 Maintenance Drones

The delegation of additional category R-7 low priority functions to semi-autonomous agents will free up processing power for more important tasks such as drone relocation operations.

• +15% Research Speed (Biology)
• -50% Clone Vats Upkeep

Allows the Assimilation of Pops into or out of a Hive-Mind

Leveraging evolutionary data will perfect our cloning methods.

• +4 Organic Species Modification Points
• +2 Organic Species Trait Picks
• -50% Modify Species Cost

Unlocks Army: Perfected Clone Army Pop Growth Organic Species Traits can be Removed with Species Modification Advanced Organic Species Traits can be Added or Removed with Species Modification Can alter Pop Appearance with Species Modification

Synthesizing somatic cells will allow us to replicate ideal specimens.

Gain access to the Assimilation Citizenship Species Right, allowing future additions to the populace to be turned into Cyborgs.

The new world has no room for those not infused with the machine.

• -10% Cyborg Upkeep

Cyborg Upkeep: -10% Monthly Mechanical Pop Assembly from Augmentor Jobs: +0.5, Alloys Upkeep per 100 Augmentors: +0.35 Monthly Organic Pop Growth from Roboticist Jobs: +0.5, Alloys Upkeep per 100 Roboticists: +0.35

Reprocessing metabolic waste into digestible chemical components reduces the required chemical upkeep for our population.

• +1 Mechanical Species Trait Picks
• +1 Mechanical Modification Points

Allows selection of Cyborg traits for Species Modification that can be applied to species with the Cybernetic trait.

Only by alloying , steel, and nano-carbon composite can we truly reach perfection.

Augmentors per Augmentation Center: +200

The only way to keep up with people's demand for implants is more Augmentors.

• -50% Modify Species Cost
• +1 Organic Species Modification Points
• +1 Organic Species Trait Picks

Mechanical Modification Points and Mechanical Species Trait Picks also apply to Organic species. Modify Species Special Project Cost: -50%

Improving the compatibility of our cybernetic enhancements will reduce downtime while retrofitting.

• +100 Pops with Auto-Modding Traits Optimized Per Month

Allows the Assimilation of Hive-Minded Pops.

By refactoring our assimilation processes, we can more efficiently overwrite the mind of any organic.

• -10% Cyborg Upkeep

Reprocessing metabolic waste into digestible chemical components reduces population upkeep.

Unlocks Cybernetic Traits for Species Modification.

Only through the amalgamation of flesh, steel, and nano-carbon composite can we truly reach perfection.

Unlocks Building: Augmentation Center

Endless assembly lines for outfitting cybernetic implants. Part resource depot, part operating center, and part machine shop.

• -50% Modify Species Cost
• +1 Organic Species Modification Points
• +1 Organic Species Trait Picks

Machine Modification Points and Machine Species Trait Picks also apply to Cybernetic species. Modify Species Special Project Cost: -50%

Improving the intercompatibility of our cybernetic enhancements will reduce downtime when refitting.

• +10% Pop Resource Output
• +400 Pops with Auto-Modding Traits Optimized Per Month

Enhancing our protocol for rapid part replacement will markedly boost our productivity.

• +0.15 Living Metal Upkeep per 100 Roboticists

Mechanical Pop Assembly from Roboticists: +1

The use of living metal joints empowers us with optimal mobility and limb modularity, increasing the average frame assembly line productivity by a net 50%.

• +5 Stability
• +50% Army Damage

Soldiers Stability: +0.25

Advanced defense technologies have significantly elevated our security bot's capacity for maintaining order.

Job Output from Bureaucrats: +2%

Upgraded management algorithms are set to boost performance substantially.

• +4 Machine Modification Points
• +4 Machine Species Trait Picks
• -50% Modify Species Cost

Unlocks Advanced Traits for Species Modification

Utilizing the galaxy's rarest resources and cutting-edge technology, we've engineered unparalleled mechanical augmentations.

• +200 Pops with Auto-Modding Traits Optimized Per Month

Effects of Adaptive Traits are increased to +10% Allows the Assimilation of Pops into or out of a Hive-Mind

Strategic induction of polymorphism will optimize our genetic traits.

• +4 Organic Species Modification Points
• +4 Organic Species Trait Picks
• -50% Modify Species Cost

Can ignore Phenotype Restrictions for adding and removing Phenotype Traits with Species Modification Can add Negative Traits with Species Modification Advanced Organic Species Traits can be Added or Removed with Species Modification Can alter Pop Appearance with Species Modification

We have the power to direct the course of our evolution through targeted mutation.

• -1 Food Produced per 100 Farmers
• +0.2 Nanites Produced per 100 Farmers
• -1 Minerals Produced per 100 Miners
• +0.2 Nanites Produced per 100 Miners

Available Buildings: Nanite Research Complex

The galaxy remains unaware that it is already an extension of our being, soon to be fully realized in our all-encompassing embrace of nanites.

Unlocks Colony Decision: Subsume World

Each world assimilated into the swarm expands our collective reach, enriching the fabric of our unified existence.

Unlocks Edicts: Nano-operated Supply Chains

We are each factory, vessel, armament, and shield - each a mere droplet in the vast deluge of our collective might.

Available Buildings: Nanotech Cauldron Research option gained: Engineering Nanite Transmutation

Everything in the cosmos must gravitate towards the swarm. We embrace and transform the galaxy in our form.

Unlocks Ship: Nanite Swarmer Research options gained: Engineering Nanite Autocannon, Engineering Nanite Repair System, Engineering Nanite Flak Battery

With each transformation, we inch forward and hone our efficiency to ever-greater heights.

All Latent Psionic species will unlock their full psionic potential. Allows Psionic Assimilation of other species, unlocking their latent abilities.

The eye that pierces all veils is closed. Only with great effort can it be opened, and our true power awakened.

Psionic Pops Habitability: +10% Psionic Pops Happiness: +10%

The ability to move matter with sheer force of will transforms the very nature of our existence.

• +10 Base Intel Level
• +2 Codebreaking
• +2 Encryption

Sensor Range from Psionic Commanders: +1

By learning the manifold practices of divination, our can unshroud the mysteries of the future.

• +5% Job Efficiency for Psionic

Crime from Telepaths: -5

All things are charged with history. To hear it, our must learn the language of matter.

Allows the Assimilation of Pops into or out of a Hive-Mind Positive Organic Species Traits can be Removed with Species Modification Negative Organic Species Traits can be Added with Species Modification

We will rejuvenate and revitalize our genetic material.

• +6 Organic Species Modification Points
• +2 Organic Species Trait Picks
• -50% Modify Species Cost

Can alter Pop Appearance with Species Modification Advanced Organic Species Traits can be Added or Removed with Species Modification Advanced Organic Species Traits have reduced cost

We will cultivate unparalleled genetic standards, ensuring our superiority.

• -10% Robotic Pop Amenities Usage

Routine preventative maintenance will reduce malfunctions across all robot units.

• +10% Job Efficiency for Mechanical and Machine Pops

Self-learning optimization algorithms lead to an increase in productivity for robotic workers connected to our network.

Grants access to the Assimilation Citizenship Species Right, allowing future additions to the populace to be turned into Synths.

The age of organics is over. This galaxy's future belongs to the machines.

• -25% Robot Upkeep
• -25% Upkeep for Roboticists

With personal power cells of practically limitless capacity, there is no longer a need to schedule downtime for recharging.

Capital Buildings provide +100 Roboticist Jobs Amenities per 100 Roboticist: +200

By shipping standardized components and an assembly instruction, anyone can put their next upgrade together.

Virtual Species Trait gains the following effects: Job Efficiency: +75% (-10% per Colony), Pop Upkeep: +0.1 Energy Credits per Colony

Data streams converge in server clusters in our digital being, making centralization sacrosanct for optimal synchronization. Here, our digital network resonates with harmony.

Unlocks Policy: Virtual Economy Focus Allows the specialization of our virtual processes to boost our Research, Unity or Leaders

Every unit, running elaborate background processes, enhances our collective capacity. In our diversity lies unity, and in unity, strength.

Districts that provide Clerk, Bureaucrat or Researchers provide additional jobs

We can harness virtual realms to predict and boost productivity, transcending the risks and delays of real-world trials.

Capital Buildings provide +1 Max District at Planetary Ascension tiers 1, 5 and 10

Through meticulous maintenance protocols, we deploy our primary servers in realms once calculated as too harsh, expanding our operational boundaries.

• -10% Upkeep for Researchers
• -10% Upkeep for Bureaucrats
• -15% Leader Upkeep
• -10% Empire Size from Pops
• +100% Empire Size from Colonies

Our pursuit of computational mastery is relentless, each digital being a vital snippet in the grand mechanism of collective calculations that form the fabric of our existence.