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Zelevas

Emperor Maximilian Zelevas of the United Empire

The United Empire is one of the playable factions available in Endless Space. Ruthless but efficient, they are skilled in both commerce and combat. At the start of the game, the United Empire is beginning interstellar expansion in earnest.

Background[]

Society[]

Technically, the United Empire is a monarchy, currently ruled by Emperor Maximilian Zelevas. However, while the emperor manages the overall direction of the UE, the day-to-day management of star systems is left to various powerful corporations or families. Designated by the Empire to manage certain systems, these companies or aristocratic families work hand in hand with the Imperial bureaucracy but are also left to pursue their own profit.[1]In return, they are expected to send a portion of their earnings back to the empire.  

With this somewhat decentralized setup, a certain level of regional autonomy is inevitable, and the various corporate system governors often cut corners when they can get away with it. That said, the central empire is far from powerless. Should a corporation stop paying its dues or become too obstinate, the Imperial fleets stand ready to remind the wayward company of its obligations. [2]

In contrast to its pro-business economic policies, the UE places relatively little value on human rights or individual lives. The emperor has little tolerance for dissent, real or perceived. When an HR manager published an essay that argued that the empire's use of slavery was both inhumane and inefficient, the UE and its corporations saw this as oppositional and tried to arrest her. [3]

Military[]

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UE starships in combat

As with the society in general, the military is a mixture of direct Imperial control via the Ministry of Security, and corporate fleets as well. Despite this mixture of control, the resulting space navy is more than sufficient to ensure corporate obedience.

Even so, the possibility of conflicting loyalties is still a threat, so for much of the empire's history, the emperor traveled with his elite bodyguard force, the Sheredyn. With that body's growing autonomy, however, it is somewhat doubtful that the current emperor, Maximilian Zelevas, still depends on the Sheredyn.[4]


The United Empire's space navy is less advanced than those of some of the older factions, but the ships are still durable and powerful.[5]

Traits[]

United Empire Affinity

25% - 100% Tax Rate will give a 0% - 60% Production bonus.

+10% Ship Experience on Empire.

United Empire Faction-Specific Technologies

N-Way Fusion Plants Unlocks the Eponymous Techonolgy.
Businessmen +10% Dust on System.
Entrepreneurs +1 Dust per population.
Strong Alloys +40% HP on ships.
Fearless Warriors +10 Defense on system.
Dust Impaired +25% Dust cost of hero abilities.

United Empire Faction-Specific Technologies (in Disharmony)[]

Benefit Wing & Cost Name Effects
Seed Ship n/a n/a
TRANSPORT Ship Class[]

-50% Support Module Civilian on Ship

T0 Ship n/a n/a
CORVETTE Ship Class[]

-25% Support Module on Ship

T2 Ship 130 Efficient Shielding
DESTROYER Ship Class[]

-5% Ship Cost on Star System

T4 Ship 680 Baryonic Shielding
CRUISER Ship Class[]

-25% Weapon Module on Ship

T6 Ship 4000 Applied Atmospherics
BATTLESHIP Ship Class[]

-15% Ship Cost on Star System

T7 Ship 7500 Non-Baryonic Shielding
DREADNOUGHT Ship Class[]

-30% Ship Cost on Star System

Unique 130 Wealth Systems
Advanced Dustgen[]
  • Increases Ind-Dust Conversion from 33% Industry to 50% Industry

Cost: Infinite

Unique 1800 Industrial Hegemony
Trade Bureaus[]
  • +1% Empire's Influence added to Dust on Home System
  • +1% Empire's Influence added to Industry on Home System
Cheaper 1800

Replaces: 7500

Consumption Psychology

Replaces: Advanced Biologics

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Default Version: Wasteless Supply Chain[]
  • +2 Food per Population on Barren
  • +2 Food per Population on Lava
  • +1 Food per Population on Helium
  • +1 Food per Population on Methane
  • +1 Food per Population on Hydrogen
  • +1 Food per Population on Planets
  • +1 Food per Population on Asteroids
  • -9 Dust on improvement

Cost: 1440 Industry, Requires: Hyperium Hyperium

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Default Version: Duty Free Spaceports[]
  • +40% Trade Routes Distance Bonuses on Star System
  • -7 Dust on Improvement

Cost: 1000 Industry, Requires: Orichalcix Orichalcix

Unique 7500 Exploitive Algorithms
Military-Industrial Complex[]

Cost: 1000 Industry

Improved 27000 Seamless Construction
Phalanx Ships[]
  • 800 Invasion
  • +10% Invasion on Ship

Cost: 60 Industry Weight: 28 Tonnage

Replaces: Drop Ships[]
  • 800 Invasion

Cost : 60 Industry Weight: 25 Tonnage

Unique 27000 Secret Projects
Lethal Targeting[]
Improved 45000 Dark Energy Shield
Plasma Shield[]
  • +600 Hit points on Ship
  • +15% Hit points on Ship

Cost: 99 Industry Weight: 5% Tonnage, Requires: Titanium-70 Titanium-70

Replaces: Plasma Shield[]
  • +600 Hit points on Ship
  • +10% Hit points on Ship

Cost: 132 Industry Weight: 5% Tonnage, Requires: Titanium-70 Titanium-70

Steam Achievements[]

It's All Mine(d)!
It's All Mine(d)!
As United Empire or Sheredyn, own at least 20 deposits of one of the Strategic Resources in a single game
Power and Profit!
Power and Profit!
Win with the United Empire


Notes[]

  • The United Empire is generally a good choice for beginners because this faction is generally good all-around with their ships being more durable than normal. Their Dust Impaired weakness is more than made up with their dust bonuses.

References[]

  1. Faction in-game description.
  2. Endless Space Artbook, p150
  3. Therna Ubantri hero description.
  4. http://endlessspace.wikia.com/wiki/Factions?diff=9166&oldid=9133 Wiki posting by Amplitude Narrative Director
  5. http://www.amplitude-studios.com/Articles/UNITED-EMPIRE
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