Stars, planets moons and asteroids, from which resources can often be exploited. It can be researched by a scientist in a science ship and often leads to events.
Includes: hyperlane travel, tactical jumps, experimental subspace navigation, wormholes and gateways.Īn irregularity winch occurs while surveying a planet. The main method of closing distances between stars. Usually done by science ships.įaster than light travel. The act of modifying a species' traits in order to make them more (or sometimes less) beneficial to an empire.Ī core component of the game, every empire needs to engage in it. Each pop has its own attraction to each ethic representing its own values.Ī species' traits define their qualities and modify their resource output, housing and amenity needs and empire sprawl per pop.
Planet-based intelligent life, divided into species class groups and defined by their traits.Įthics represent an empire's official view on different subjects, like other species, science and religion, war and personal freedom.
