Horatio

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A Horatio

The Horatio are one of the playable factions in Endless Space. A race of clones, their leader seeks to "beautify" the universe by populating it with his likeness.

Background

Origins

The Horatio were founded by an eccentric Mezari trillionaire of the same name. Incredibly long-lived, unbelievably rich, tired of ordinary life. Taking a single colony ship, Horatio set up base on a far flung planet that contained ancient cloning labs left by the Endless, which he would later name Horatio Prime.

Still bored and now also lonely, he turned to these facilities. Using his DNA for a template, Horatio created a race of obedient replicas of the most beautiful being in the entire universe - himself.

Before long, "Horatio, The First" as he was now known, had repopulated the planet with his likeness. At that point, it dawned on him how much more beautiful the galaxy would be if it too were filled with... Horatios.

Society

Horatio the First with his courtiers

The Horatio society reflects the nature of its founder and absolute ruler. Just as the faction's goal is to beautify the universe, every part of the society - the buildings, the ships, the people - also must be beautiful.

In a race of near identical copies, conformity is a great virtue, individuality a great vice. "Defective" copies that are too unique are destroyed. Indeed, all Horatio, both male and female, look alike, save facial tattoos.

Convinced of their own superiority, the Horatio see the other factions as primitive and unsophisticated. The notion of other species not like them is disturbing to most Horatios That said, other Horatio embrace these other species. The faction understands that sometimes working with other races is necessary or even desirable.

Traits

Horatio Affinity	Unlocks the Cloning of a Hero. + 50% Fatigue Recovery on Hero. Horatio Faction-Specific Technologies
Arid Epigenetics	Unlocks the Technology of the same name.
Soil Xenobiology	Unlocks the Technology of the same name.
Stellar Guardians	+4 Influence Area on System.
Cloning	+ 1 per .
Crowded Planets	+2 on Small. +2 on Tiny. +1 on Medium.
Heroic Medicine	- 50% Healing Cost on Hero.
The Price of Beauty	+ 20% Ship Cost on Empire.

Horatio Faction-Specific Technologies (in Disharmony)
Benefit	Wing & Cost	Name	Effects
Seed Ship	n/a	n/a		MARCHIO Ship Class -65% Support Module Civilian on Ship
T0 Ship	n/a	n/a		BARO Ship Class -30% for Bomb Targeting Population on Ship
T2 Ship	130	Efficient Shielding		COMS Ship Class -50% Troops on Ship
T4 Ship	680	Baryonic Shielding		DUX Ship Class -60% Support Module Civilian on Ship
T6 Ship	4000	Applied Atmospherics		ARCHIDUX Ship Class -30% Troops on Ship
T7 Ship	7500	Non-Baryonic Shielding		IMPERATOR Ship Class +20% on Population Growth on Star System
Unique	130	Galactic Nutrition		Five-Star Drive Thru +100% on Systems Bonus reductions by -2% per on Empire
Cheaper	680 Replaces: 7500	Futuristic Game Theory	___	Default Version: Alien Resources +2 Academy Cap on Empire -10 Turn(s) before new Hero arrival on Empire ___ Default Version: Entangled Sensor Array +20% Influence Area on Star System -2 on improvement Cost: 1000
Unique	1800	Artificial Atmosphere		Greenhouse Shields +20 on Star System -3 on improvement Cost: 500
Cheaper	1800 Replaces: 7500	Advanced Biologics	___	Default Version: Wasteless Supply Chain +2 per on Barren +2 per on Lava +1 per on Helium +1 per on Methane +1 per on Hydrogen +1 per on Planets +1 per on Asteroids -9 on improvement Cost: 1440 , Requires: Hyperium ___ Default Version: Duty Free Spaceports +40% Trade Routes Distance Bonuses on Star System -7 on Improvement Cost: 1000 , Requires: Orichalcix
Unique	7500	Stasis Containment		Augmented Stacking +2 Stack Capacity Multiplier on System
Unique	1800	Dust Cosmetics		Arid Dermologics +30 on Arid
Unique	18000	Glassteel		Beautiful Cargo -1 incremental Population Cost of Troops on Empire
Improved	25000	Perfect Forecasting	___	Default Version: Alien Communications +2 Trade Routes Cap on Star System -9 on improvement Cost: 2660 , Requires: Orichalcix ___ Alien Integration +3 extra Clones allowed on Empire +3 Academy Cap on Empire -10 Turn(s) before new Hero arrival on Empire Replaces: Alien Leadership +3 Academy Cap on Empire -10 Turn(s) before new Hero arrival on Empire

Steam Achievements

	Cake² Clone Galdos AI - by Adder

Hint: Use Horatio cloning ability.

	Galactic Sardines As Horatio, own 10 tiny planets with at least 10 population

	One Galaxy at a Time Win with the Horatio

Notes

• Despite their biological origin, the Horatio do not seem to identify themselves as human.
• Horatio excel at populating and influence. Combining these two allows a Horatio player to rapidly develop a newly conquered system, then use its significant influence as an area-denial tool. While this will work against AI, care should be taken when facing human opponents or aggressive AI, as they are likely to simply declare war and eliminate the irritation. In combat, Horatio are strong, though not to the same level as Hissho or Cravers are. Something to bear in mind is that Horatio have the slowest ship production of all stock races, meaning a protracted war can be crippling to ones economy.
• The second strength of Horatio is their theme: Cloning. Whereas other groups need to rely on luck of the draw for early administrators or late-game Commanders, Horatio can simply clone existing options as required. This has two benefits: One, it allows for precise heroes to be crafted, and two, the cloned hero will retain all traits and experience of the copied hero, allowing for rapidly deployed, powerful heroes. As the game shifts from early game to late, a Horatio player should begin to expel administrators and corporate heroes, in order to field high-level Commanders and Pilots on their fleets. This will be necessary to compete with any militarized opponents the player will encounter. Horatio also get an extra 3 Hero slots in the Academy via the tech "Alien Integration"