Amoeba

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The Leader of the Amoeba

The Amoeba are one of the playable factions in Endless Space. Among the oldest of the currently active races in the galaxy, the Amoeba seek to be in harmony and peace with all others. Were it not for the martial connotation of the term, they could be described as the galaxy's "old guard."

Background

Origins

Amoeba Takeoff

In a very loose manner of speaking, the Amoeba are the indirect descendents of a group of Concrete Endless at the end of the Dust Wars. Seeking to completely break from their tragic history, they came to Birblasa, a swamp world. There, they "devolved" themselves to a certain extent and lost all of their prior knowledge, permanently transformed into protoplasmic life forms.

As time passed, however, these "proto-Amoeba" proceeded to re-evolve. Their new home planet lacked a molten core, making it devoid of plate tectonics. Partially due to this, the Amoeba evolved at a slow pace. In addition, tool use was difficult due to their protoplasmic bodies, but the widespread presence of Dust on the planet and the species's natural affinity with the substance helped to offset these difficulties.

Along the way, the Amoeba evolved to have the ability to detach their consciousness from their bodies. This would later have large implications for their shipbuilding.

Society

The Amoeba work hard to be in balance and in harmony with everything, whether the topic is the environment or foreign relations. They prefer peace and mutual understanding over war and animosity. Even if another society is aggressive towards them, the Amoeba will do what they can to avoid "diplomacy by other means."

Their form of government is currently unknown, but the members of their society appear to pursue philosophy and exploring. Their leader is actually several Amoeba merged together.

Ironically, though, the Amoeba's physical vulnerability has also instilled them with a desire to control their environment.

Make no mistake, though. Should the need arise, they can take up arms and conduct "diplomacy by other means."

Traits

Amoeba Affinity	Starts with the whole map known: Systems, Warps, Wormholes and Home Worlds are revealed. Amoeba Faction-Specific Technologies
Soil Xenobiology	Unlocks the Technology of the same name.
Diplomats	+50% Trade Routes bonuses per system.
Symbiosis	+30% Trade Routes bonuses per Cooperation Treaty on System.
Naive	+4 per Faction at Peace or Allied With on System.
Masters of Illusion	-40% Ship Cost for Ship without Weapon Module on Empire.
Mutual Understanding	+10% Damage Max per number of Allies on Fleet Weapons. +10% Damage Min per number of Allies on Fleet Weapons.
Rich Soil	+3 on Planet

Amoeba Faction-Specific Technologies (in Disharmony)
Benefit	Wing & Cost	Name	Effects
Seed Ship	n/a	n/a		VIRUS Ship Class -50% Support Module Civilian on Ship
T0 Ship	n/a	n/a		METHION Ship Class -30% Shield Module on Ship
T2 Ship	130	Efficient Shielding		ADENON Ship Class -30% Flak Module on Ship
T4 Ship	680	Baryonic Shielding		LYSOS Ship Class -30% Deflector Module on Ship
T6 Ship	4000	Applied Atmospherics		BACTER Ship Class -30% Point Defense Module on Ship
T7 Ship	7500	Non-Baryonic Shielding		PROTEUS Ship Class -30% Defense Module on Ship
Unique	130	Xenosociology		Galactic Studies Center +2 per % of Diplomatic Victory on System
Unique	1800	Exotic Resource Logistics		Resources Platform +100% Trade Routes Bonuses on Star System
Unique	4000	Galactic Brotherhood		Diversity Systems +10 per Cooperation Treaty on Star System +10% Trade Route Dust per Cooperation Treaty on Star System -5 on improvement
Improved	7500	Advanced Scholastics		Adaptive Tariffs +2 per on Planets +1 per on Ocean +1 per on Jungle +1 per on Terran -7 on Improvement Default Version: Adaptive Taxation Systems +2 per on Planets -7 on Improvement
Unique	14000	Condensate Systems		Applied Astrofabs +2 per % of Diplomatic Victory +2 per on Ocean +2 per on Ocean +2 per on Ocean +2 per on Ocean
Improved	14000	Neural Net Society		Alien Empathy +20% allied territory Defense on Ships +20% Trade Routes Bonuses per number of Allies on System ___ Replaces: Alien Psychoanalysis +20% allied territory Defense on Ships Default Version: Signal Lenser Array +10% on Star System +25% Influence Area on Star System -2 on improvement Cost: 2400 , Requires: Siderite
Cheaper & Improved	14000 Replaces: 36000	Perfect Negotiations		Primus Inter Xenos +25 per Alliance on System -10 per number of Wars on System +10% per number of Allies on System +5% per number of Allies on System Replaces: Alien Esteem +10 per Alliance on System +5 per number of Wars on System +5% per number of Wars on System +5% per Alliance on System
Cheaper	14000 Replaces: 36000	Automated Wealth		Default Version: Quantum Info Exchange +1 Blockade Bypass on Star System +35% Trade Routes Bonuses on Star System -11 on improvement Cost: 4400 , Requires: Orichalcix ___ Default Version: Shadow Syndicate +200% Luxury base FIDS Bonus on Planets

Steam Achievements

	Harmonized! Win with the Amoeba

	The Way of Harmony As Amoeba, win a game without building any ships containing weapons

Notes

• Despite their age as a spacefaring race, the Amoeba start out with only 1 system, just like all the other races. To do otherwise would greatly unbalance the game.
• Even though they can see all of the systems in the galaxy, including those owned by another empire, they must still send scouts to make contact with them and to gather any events on unexplored systems.