Cravers

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The Emperor of the Cravers

The Cravers are one of the playable factions in Endless Space. Part machine, part-insect, their hive has only one goal: to consume. 

Background

Origins

The Cravers were created by the Virtual Endless to use as a weapon against the Concrete Endless. They would swarm the enemy and use any available resources to feed the hive, replenishing their numbers and strength.

Before long, the Virtuals realized the threat this new race posed to the galaxy, so they marooned them onto an isolated planet and then bombed the surface in an attempt to eliminate them.

However, the war with the Concrete eliminated the Virtuals before the Virtuals were able to eliminate the Cravers. The insectoid race rebuilt its "civilization" and eventually learned to become a space faring race. The hive, at long last, could begin truly feeding.

Society

Craver invasion of a planet

The Cravers live in a colony, a superorganism. Somewhat like the ants and bees of Earth, they are biologically divided into different subtypes. The lowest ranks are not capable of independent thought: that is reserved for higher subtypes like the "Bishop" level. To a certain degree, the Cravers rely on pheromones to communicate.

Reproduction is accomplished through not one, but multiple queens.

The society has no idea of peace. The concepts of diplomacy, peace, or mercy mean nothing to them. They only know war. The other races are merely prey. Prey that can fight back, but prey nonetheless. As a matter of fact, should the Cravers cease expanding, they will deplete whatever resources they control, and the society might consume itself.

Traits

Cravers Affinity	+1 Locust Point (LP) per turn on each colonized planet. +25% FIDS for the first 40 LP, -25% after 60. Cravers Faction-Specific Technologies
Arid Epigenetics	Unlocks the Technology of the same name.
Advanced Machining	Unlocks the Technology of the same name.
Militarists	-20% Ship Cost on Empire.
Knowledge Gathering	+40 added to the current research for each destroyed enemy Command Points on Empire.
Big Fleets	+2 Command Points Cap on Empire.
Crowded Planets	+1 on Medium. +1 on Small. +1 on Tiny.
Eternal War	Can't be at peace with other factions.

Cravers Faction-Specific Technologies (in Disharmony)
Benefit	Wing & Cost	Name	Effects
Seed Ship	n/a	n/a		VECTOR Ship Class -50% Support Module Civilian on Ship
T0 Ship	n/a	n/a		RAIDER Ship Class -50% Support Module Invasion on Ship
T2 Ship	130	Efficient Shielding		MARAUDER Ship Class -25% Fighters on Ship
T4 Ship	680	Baryonic Shielding		PREDATOR Ship Class -30% Troops on Ship
T6 Ship	4000	Applied Atmospherics		REAPER Ship Class -30% Bombers on Ship
T7 Ship	7500	Non-Baryonic Shielding		ANNIHILATOR Ship Class +15 on Star System
Unique	130	Radiation Hardiness		Improved Hatcheries -25% Upkeep on Ships
Improved	130	Relativistic Economics	___	Xenolinguistics Unlocks: Cease Fire Trade Dust (Flat Fee) Trade Dust (Per Turn) Trade Technology Trade Star System Trade Resource Replaces: Xenolinguistics Unlocks: Cease Fire and Offer Peace ___ Default Version: Extreme Option Exchange -15% Upkeep +1 Trade Routes Cap on Star System -2 on improvement Cost : 80
Improved	680	Accelerated Yields ___ Replaces: Planetary Landscaping	___	Default Version: Hyper-Scale Farms +3 per on Terran +3 per on Planet +2 per on Ocean +2 per on Jungle +1 per on Tundra +1 per on Arid Cost: 52 ___ Intensive Cultivation Logistics +3 per on Planets with an explored Moon -50% Locust Points on Planet Quality (Default) -5 on improvement Cost: 340 Replaces: Intensive Cultivation Logistics +3 per on Planets with an explored Moon -5 on improvement Cost: 340
Improved	1800	Quantum Swarming ___ Replaces: Quantum Communications	___	Efficient Slaves +1 per new Ship Class unlocked +2 if all Ship Classes unlocked Replaces: C3 Systems 1 per new Ship Class unlocked ___ Default Version: Collaborator Networks + Ability to Spy all Fleets orbiting this System +2 on Star System -1 on improvement Cost: 280
Unique	1800	Groupthink		Hive Mindcast 0.5% of Military Power becomes bonus on Systems (0.1% in Classic Endless Space)
Cheaper	4000 ___ Replaces: 36000	Distributed Hives ___ Replaces: Galactic Trade Center	___	Default Version: Revenue Zen -30% Buyout Bonus on Star System +2 per on Planets -11 on improvement Cost: 6000 , Requires: Hyperium, Orichalcix ___ Default Version: C5 Systems +4 Command Points Cap on Empire
Unique	25000	Extreme Extraction		High-Tolerance Reactors +5% Damage per Depleted Planets on Ships +5% Invasion Power per Depleted Planets on Ship
Improved	45000	Anti-Graviton Fields		Neutrino Pulsion +15% Critic Chance on Fleet Weapons +20% Damage Max on Fleet Weapons +20% Damage Min on Fleet Weapons +15% Defense on Fleet Defenses Cost: 1040 Weight: 20% , Requires: Anti-Matter Replaces: Neutrino Pulsion +10% Critic Chance on Fleet Weapons +15% Damage Max on Fleet Weapons +15% Damage Min on Fleet Weapons +10% Defense on Fleet Defenses Cost: 1300 Weight: 20% , Requires: Anti-Matter

Steam Achievements

	Not Independence Day Win a Supremacy Victory with the Cravers

	There's no Taste Like Home As Cravers, have your home planet not depleted at turn 80, without having lost your home system

Notes

• A player using Cravers should be focused exclusively on expansion. No heed should be paid to other empires, as they cannot be allied with anyways. Early game, LP bonuses can provide more than sufficient Industry to steadily pump out colony ships and military ships. To get the most out of the bonus period for each planet, focus on food and perform in-system colonization only when already colonized planets are population capped. Mid game might slow the Cravers down somewhat in terms of production, as planets begin to get depleted quicker than fresh planets can be claimed. Despite this, however, a Craver should be actively looking for fleets to attack for Science, and Systems to invade for FIDS in general. By the time late game roles around, Cravers have the most impressive fleets, on par with the Hissho, thanks to a unique research option that gives them massive CP caps on their empire. At this point, economy will have slowed to a crawl on most systems, though determined assaults on enemy systems can win through simple attrition.