Custom factions

Overview

Custom Factions allow the player to design a Faction with its own Traits, Affinity, and Backstory.

Affinity

Amoeba:

Home World: Ocean

Affinity:

• Starts the game with the entire map revealed;
• Wormholes, Warps, Home Planets and Systems are revealed.

Technologies: Amoeba Faction Technologies

Automatons:

Home World: Jungle

Affinity:

• +1 Over Production to Stack Factor on System.
• +5% Interest for Stacked on System.

Unused is stored, or "stacked" (e.g. when production queue is empty). Stacked earns 5% interest per turn. Up to 5 turns worth of can be stacked (overage is lost).

Technologies: Automaton Faction Technologies

Cravers:

Home World: Arid

Affinity:

• +1 Locust Point (LP) per turn on each colonized Planet.
• +25% FIDS for the 1st 40 LP, -25% after 60.

With the Virtual Awakening free add-on, the "turn" values are modified by the game speed factor : Fast game will lower them, slow game will increase them.

Technologies: Craver Faction Technologies

Harmony:

Home World: Tundra

Affinity:

• Doesn't use Dust - The player cannot hire Heroes, buyout Improvements, retrofit ships, trade Dust, or receive Dust from Trade Routes, Random Events, or Exploration Events.
• Is not affected by Approval modifiers - The player's Approval is locked at 50.
• (Dust)% on Systems provokes loss on (Industry) and (Food)
• Disharmony: Decreases FIS on Empire for each "impure" System
• +2 FIS for each ship orbiting a Harmony world, up to 2x max CP - This flat bonus was added in patch 1.1.42.

It appears the "up to 2x max CP" is for the FIS bonus, not the number of ships orbiting your system. e.g. having 8 max CP allows you to have a maximum of +16 FIS on a system.

Technologies: Harmony Faction Technologies

Hissho:

Home World: Jungle

Affinity:

• +5% Weapon Damage on all fleets for each space battle won. Lasts for 45 turns.
• +15% FIDS for each invasion victory. Lasts for 45 turns.

These bonuses can be accumulated up to 4 times, with the turn value being reset each time.

With the Virtual Awakening free add-on, the "turn" values are modified by the game speed factor : Fast game will lower them, slow game will increase them.

Technologies: Hissho Faction Technologies

Horatio:

Home World: Arid

Affinity:

• +50% Fatigue Recovery on Hero.
• Allows Cloning of a Hero.

Technologies: Horatio Faction Technologies

Pilgrims:

Home World: Jungle

Affinity:

• Ability to Evacuate a Star System.

Technologies: Pilgrims Faction Technologies

Sheredyn:

Home World: Terran

Affinity:

• Prevents opponents from retreating
• -33% buyout bonus on system

Technologies: Sheredyn Faction Technologies

Sophons:

Home World: Ocean

Affinity:

• 0-50% Tax Rate gives a +50-0% bonus.
• -50% Support Modules Cost on Empire.

Technologies: Sophon Faction Technologies

Sowers:

Home World: Tundra

Affinity:

• -50% from System,
• 40% value is also added to .

Technologies: Sowers Faction Technologies

United Empire:

Home World: Terran

Affinity:

• 25% - 100% Tax Rate will give a 0% - 60% bonus.
• +10 Ship Experience on building on Empire.

Technologies: United Empire Faction Technologies

Vaulters:

Home World: Terran

Affinity:

• Once constructed, the Portal consumes all remaining Movement Points, it requires at least one Movement Point.
• The faction can instantly teleport a Fleet from one system to another system that is under their influence, if both systems have built these quantum aperture.

Technologies: Vaulter Faction-Specific Technologies

Traits

Note: The positiv and negativ Trait cancel each other out when one is chosen.

Example: "Builders" / "Unskilled Builders"

Trait	Category	Cost	Description	Notes
Dust Lode	Anomaly	4	+3 Dust on the Home Planet.
Hellgourds	Anomaly	-5	-25 Approval, +3 Food on the Home Planet.
Huygens Rings	Anomaly	5	+1 Dust, +2 Science on the Home Planet.
Metallic Waters	Anomaly	4	+1 Industry, +10 Approval on the Home Planet.
Mineral Poor	Anomaly	-8	-1 Industry, -1 Dust, -10 Approval on the Home Planet.
Mineral Rich	Anomaly	5	+3 Industry on the Home Planet.
Poor Soil	Anomaly	-8	-1 Food, -1 Science, -10 Approval on the Home Planet.
Rich Soil	Anomaly	5	+3 Food on the Home Planet
Terraformed Planet	Anomaly	4	Generates a positive Anomaly on the Home Planet.	The following anomalies are possible: Friendly Locals, Strange Fossils, Antonov Rings, Low Gravity, Rich Atmosphere, Komatiite Volcano, Metallic Waters.
Unlucky Colonists	Anomaly	-10	Generates a negative Anomaly on the Home Planet.	The following anomalies are possible: Hostile Fauna, Swamp World, Seismic Activity, Long Season, Meteor Strikes, High Gravity.
Builders	Building	8/16/24	-10%/-20%/-30% Industry Cost of Improvements on Empire
Masters of Destruction	Building	10/20	-25%/-50% Weapon Module Cost on Empire	Disables "Militarists", "The Price of Beauty"
Masters of Illusion	Fleet	5/10	-20%/-40% Ship Cost for Ship without Weapon Module on Empire	Disables "Militarists", "The Price of Beauty"
Militarists	Building	8/16/24	-10%/-20%/-30% Ship Cost on Empire	Disables "Masters of Destruction", "Masters of Illusion" and "Make Science, Not War"
The Price of Beauty	Building	-4/-8/-12	+10%/+20%/+30% Ship Cost on Empire	Disables "Masters of Destruction", "Masters of Illusion" and "Make Science, Not War"
Unskilled Builders	Building	-5/-10/-15	+10%/+20%/+30% Industry Cost of Improvements on Empire
Deep Roots	Defense	-1/-2	-40%/-80% Ownership Gain Per System on Empire, +50%/+80% Ownership Loss Per System Captured by Opponent on Empire
Fearless Warriors	Defense	4/8	+12/+25 Defense per Population on System
Feeble Warriors	Defense	-2/-5	-8 Defense per Population on System / -25% Defense n System, -8 Defense per Population on System
Rebellion	Defense	3/6	+50%/+100% Ownership Gain Per System on Empire, -40%/-80% Ownership Loss Per System Captured by Opponent on Empire.
Revenge	Defense	4/8	After losing a system: +25%/+50% MP on all Fleets when Invading. +25%/+50% Ground Defense on all Systems. (for 20 turns)
Stellar Guardians	Defense	5/10	+2/+4 Influence Area on System
Diplomats	Diplomacy	6/15	+25%/+50% Trade Routes Bonuses on System
Eternal War	Diplomacy	-10	Can't be at peace with other factions
Naive	Diplomacy	5/10	+4/+8 Approval per Faction at Peace or Allied with on System
Symbiosis	Diplomacy	6/15	+15%/+30% Trade Routes Bonuses per Cooperation Treaty on System
Blockade Breakers	Economy	15	Trade Routes also work in Cold War. Blockades on your Systems won't break Trade Routes.
Businessmen	Economy	8/16/24	+10%/+20%/+30% Dust on System
Dust Archaeology	Economy	2/4	+20/+42 Dust at Start
Dust Starved	Economy	-1	No Dust at Start
Entrepreneurs	Economy	20	+1 Dust per Population on Planets
Merchants	Economy	8/16	+1/+2 Trade Routes Cap on System
Spendthrifts	Economy	-5/-10/-16	-10%/-20%/-30% Dust on System
Anarchists	Fleet	-6/-15	-1/-2 Command Point Cap on Empire
Big Fleets	Fleet	10/25	+1/+2 Command Point Cap on Empire
Fast Travelers	Fleet	5/10	+1/+2 Movement on Ships
Fragile Hulls	Fleet	-3/-6	-15%/-30% HP on Ships
Make Science, Not War	Fleet	12/24	-25%/-50% Support Modul Cost on Empire	Disables "Militarists" and "The Price of Beauty"
Meticulous Analysis	Fleet	3/6	+1/+2 Vision on Ships
Optimal Structure	Fleet	10/20	+15%/+30% Capacity on Ships
Slow Travelers	Fleet	-3/-6	-1/-2 Movement on Ships
Strong Alloys	Fleet	10/20	+20%/+40% HP on Ships
Wasted Space	Fleet	-8/-16	-10%/-20% Capacity on Ships
Death Before Dishonor	Hero	5/10	Hero Injured if use "Retreat" Battle Action. +20%/+40% XP Bonus for each battle on Hero
Dust Impaired	Hero	-2/-4	+50%/+100% Abilities Dust Cost on Hero
Heroic Medicine	Hero	5/10	-25%/-50% Healing Cost on Hero
Legendary Heroes	Hero	12/24	-2/-4 Upkeep on Heroes, +10/+20 Hero XP on Hiring on Empire
Micromanagers	Hero	-5/-10	-20%/-40% XP Bonus when Assigned/Battle/Construction/Opponent Injured
Power Masters	Hero	3/6	-25%/-50% Abilities Dust Cost on Hero
Sloppy Sawbones	Hero	-2/-4	+50%/+100% Healing Cost on Hero
Black Thumbs	Population	-10/-20/-30	-10%/-20%/-30% Food on System
Cloning	Population	5/15/25	+1 Food on (Class 3/4)/(Class 2/3/4)/(all) Planets
Crowded Planets	Population	15/20	+1 Max Population on Tiny & Small & Medium Planets / +2 Max Population on Tiny & Small Planets +1 Max Population on Medium Planets	Lvl2 Makes Tiny and Small Planets better than Medium
Growth Plan	Population	15/30/40	+10%/+20%/+30% Food on System
Optimistic	Population	15/25	+10/+20 Approval on System
Pessimistic	Population	-10/-20	-10/-20 Approval on System
Scientists	Science	10/20/30	+10%/+20%/+30% Science on System
Space Cadets	Science	-5/-10/-15	-10%/-20%/-30% Science on System
Tolerant	Science	20/30	Colonizes all planets -50%/-25% FIDS until required tech known. -50% Approval loss once required Tech known. Sowers: -25%/-50% Approval loss until required Tech known. Harmony: -8%/-4% Growth per planet until required Tech known.	Basically you only get half Approval Penalty from Planets. Asteroid: -10 Approval instead of -20 once required Tech is known.
Deadly Weapons	Space Battle	5/10/15	+12%/+24%/+36% Damage Max/Min on all Fleet Weapons
Dust Recyclers	Space Battle	5/10	+10/+20 Dust for each Destroyed Enemy CP on Empire
Humane Weapons	Space Battle	-5/-10/-15	-12%/-24%/-36% Damage Max/Min on Fleet Weapons
Knowledge Gathering	Space Battle	5/10	+20/+40 Research Points to the Current Research for each Destroyed Enemy CP on Empire
Mutual Understanding	Space Battle	5/10	+5% Damage Max/Min per Number of Allies on Fleet Weapons
Offense First	Space Battle	-2/-4/-7	-5%/-10%/-15% Laser Damage Absorbed, Kinetic Projectiles Deflected, Interception Accuracy on one Missile
Optimal Defense	Space Battle	5/10/15	+5%/+10%/+15% Laser Damage Absorbed, Kinetic Projectiles Deflected, Interception Accuracy on one Missile
Snipers	Space Battle	7/14/21	+5%/+10%/+15% Accuracy on Fleet Weapons	Base Weapon Accuracy increased
Spray 'n Pray	Space Battle	-5/-10/-15	-5%/-10%/-15% Accuracy on Fleet Weapons	Base Weapon Accuracy decreased
Kitchen Chemists	Science	20	+1 Science per Population on Planets
	Technology	4/8		1st level tech costs 4, 2nd level tech costs 8
Efficient Stock	Economy	25	+1% FIS per Strategic Resource deposits on system
Mineral Memory	Economy	5	Can see all Strategic Resources of visited systems
Solid Citizens	Defense	8	-20% collateral damage against population on system -20% collateral damage against troops on empire
Strategically Resourceful	Economy	7	-1 Strategic Resource required for abundance on empire
Lap of Luxury	Economy	15	+50% luxury bonus	Applied to the Empire wide % Bonus. Not FIDS.
Asceticism	Economy	-7	-50% luxury bonus	Applied to the Empire wide % Bonus. Not FIDS.
Dust congruity	Hero	12/24/36	+0.1%/0.2%/0.3% Dust Leech on Hero	The actual tooltip is misleading as you need all 3 to get 30%; the c is not capitalized in-game
Sheredyn Integrity	Diplomacy	-5	-10 Happiness per deal broken on system	That's every system you own, for the rest of the game, by the way