RACE PICKS

Superior: +2 base output per Bioharvest DEA; +20% of price earned for selling surplus; +20% of the price for selling rare goods.

Good: +1 base output per Bioharvest DEA; +10% of price earned for selling surplus; +10% of the price for selling rare goods.

Average: Normal bioharvesting output; standard prices for exports and bio specials.

Poor: - 1 base output per Bioharvest DEA; - 10% of price earned for selling surplus; - 10% of the price for selling rare goods.

Superior: +2 base output per Mining DEA; +20% of price earned for selling surplus; +20% of the price for selling rare goods.

Good: +1 base output per Mining DEA; +10% of price earned for selling surplus; +10% of the price for selling rare goods.

Average: Normal mining output; standard prices for exports and mineral specials.

Poor: - 1 base output per Bioharvest DEA; - 10% of price earned for selling surplus; - 10% of the price for selling rare goods.

Superior: +1 output capacity per Manufacturing DEA; +20% to the quality of goods produces (craftsmanship); +2 to the cement output per Population Point.

Good: +0.5 output capacity per Manufacturing DEA; +10% to the quality of goods produces (craftsmanship); +1 to the cement output per Population Point.

Average: Normal manufacturing output; standard value for finished goods.

Poor: - 0.5 output capacity per Manufacturing DEA; - 10% to the quality of goods produces (craftsmanship); - 1 to the cement output per Population Point.

Superior: +6 test tubes added to the base output per Research DEA; +1 test tube per Population Point.

Good: +3 test tubes added to the base output per Research DEA; + 0.5 test tubes per Population Point.

Average: Normal research.

Poor: - 3 test tubes added to the base output per Research DEA; - 0.5 test tubes per Population Point.

Natural Engineers: No prototyping cost penalty; +1 Manufacturing Output.

Superior: 30% reduction in economic pollution output; terraforming costs reduced by 20%

Good: 15% reduction in economic pollution output; terraforming costs reduced by 10%

Average: Normal economic pollution output and terraforming costs.

Poor: 20% increase in economic pollution output; terraforming costs increased by 10%

Tolerant: 50% reduction in maintenance costs in hostile (red and yellow) environments; +15% bonus to maximum population per region inhabited; halves all economic pollution output.

Investors: When paying interest, the rate is lowered by 2%; when receiving interest, the rate is raised by 5%. Reduce the global cost increase from the Heavy Foot of Government by 25%.

Monetarists: When paying interest, the rate is lowered by 1%; when receiving interest, the rate is raised by 2%. Reduce the global cost increase from the Heavy Foot of Government by 10%.

Specie: No interest rate adjustments; no effect on Heavy Foot of Government costs.

Barter: When paying interest, the rate is increased by 1%; when receiving interest, the rate is lowered by 1%. Increase the global cost increase from the Heavy Foot of Government by 5%.

Superior: Space: MaxAccry *= 1.2, Ground: Accuracy +25

Good: Space: MaxAccry *= 1.1, Ground: Accuracy +15

Average: Space: MaxAccry *= 1.0, Ground: Accuracy +5

Poor: Space: MaxAccry *= 0.9, Ground: Accuracy +0

Superior: Significantly improves chances for success of Treaty and Orion Senate proposals.

Good: Improves chances for success of Treaty and Orion Senate proposals.

Average: No modification to Treaty and Orion Senate proposals.

Poor: Reduces chances for success of Treaty and Orion Senate proposals.

Empathic: +15% bonus (i.e., +15 on d100 rolls) for all your Diplomacy die rolls for just about everything you do diplomatically (inter-civilization, Orion Senate, and even Domestic Politics).

Survival of the Civilization: This is the "no agenda" agenda. It merely concerns itself with the survival of that civilization as its prime concern. Effects: Pushes new colonization; some emphasis on defensive military building; increases draft pool, seeks Peace and Non-Aggression Pacts, lowers Global Social State, increases the Heavy Foot of Government, and does not seek to enhance the rights of citizens. +1 Imperial Focus per turn.

Military Strength: This civilization is focusing on its military power. Effects: increased spending in the military sector, emphasis on military R&D, seeks military alliances, increases draft pool, lowers Global Social State, seeks to reduce the rights of citizens, improves military morale.

Expansionism: This civilization is focusing on external expansion. Effects: if the "frontiers are open," more purchases of Colony and Outpost ships, slight increase spending in the military sector, more govt. incentives to get population moving to the "out worlds." If the "frontiers are closed," greater emphasis on emphasis on military spending and R&D, seeks military alliances, increases draft pool, and wars of foreign conquest. Regardless of frontier status, acquisition of territory by any means (even diplomatic) is the key, as is getting legitimate "claim" to them.

Scientific Knowledge: Subscribing to the adage that knowledge is power, this civilization is throwing in its lot with Academia at the expense of the common man. Effects: increased spending in the R&D sector, seeks research agreements and the acquisition of other’s technologies, explores for the Fifth ‘X,’ depresses colonization, increases unrest, lowered draft pool, and does not seek to enhance the rights of citizens.

The Pursuit of Wealth: Lessez-faire capitalism combined with State pursuit of wealth. Effects: emphasizes spending on infrastructure and wealth building, seeks Trade Agreements, suppression of piracy, reduces draft pool, dampens military and scientific sector spending, increases civilian transports and commuter travel, lowers Global Social State (moral decay), will pursue increasing the rights of citizens, lowers military morale, pushes colonization, increases Societal Corruption.

Individual Self-fulfillment: Embraces the importance of individual worth, fulfillment, and expression. Effects: Increases Global Social State, improves military morale, pursues rights of citizens, dampens scientific and military spending, dampens colonization, lowers Societal Corruption, seeks Representative Series Governments and resists Absolutist, Theocratic, and Collectivist Series Governments, won’t start or join war except vs. those committing genocide.

The "Common Good:" This government’s agenda is generally develop the society at large with no particular emphasis. Effects: seeks to improve internally (infrastructure and environmental spending is emphasized over military spending), shuns all wars / confrontations.

Striving for Utopia: This pursuit of a "social paradise" where government is less obtrusive and less desired. Effects: bonus to production of farms, mines and industry, reduction in research and the dampening of all leader ability ratings and military morale. -1 Imperial Focus Point per turn.

Be Green: This government seeks harmony with nature and coexistence between its civilization and galaxy around it. Effects: bonus to farming and pop growth, reduction to mining; negates sentient planet penalty, unrest caused when NBC weapons are used, dampens desire for terraforming, tries to avoid war (and collateral damage).

Loyalty: -15 Unrest factors; all Citizen Service indenture penalties for Fabric of Civilization reduced by two (cannot be adjusted to higher than zero). Citizen Service indenture effects are treated as one level longer.

Duty: -7 Unrest factors; all Citizen Service indenture penalties for Fabric of Civilization reduced by one (cannot be adjusted higher than zero). Citizen Service indenture effects are otherwise unmodified.

Association: No unrest check adjustments; no modification to Citizen Service indenture penalties to Fabric of Civilization.

Liberty: +5 Unrest factors; all Citizen Service indenture bonuses for Fabric of Civilization reduced by one (cannot be adjusted to lower than zero). Citizen Service indenture effects are treated as one level shorter.

None:

Single Benevolent: A single ethos with generally beneficial Ideals

Single Random [default]: A single random ethos will be generated for this civilization.

Multiple Random:

Single Unique:

Yes:

No:

Pervasive: A random +1 or +2 Imperial Focus Points per turn.

Strong: A random 0 or +1 Imperial Focus Point per turn.

Natural: No modifications.

Resisted: A random 0 or –1 Imperial Focus Point per turn.

Devout: Abhors "None" Ethos, tends toward a State Religion, Wars tend toward Holy Wars, +1 Proselytization and +2 Conviction strengths.

Strong: Eschews "None" Ethos, +1 Conviction strength if not "None" Ethos.

Accepted: No modifications.

Resisted: Tends toward "None" Ethos, +1 Conviction strength if "None" Ethos.

Humans: Receives a slight PP bonus at start, Cheaper Diplomacy picks, cannot select Antaran Background. Leaders tend toward Charismatic, Diplomatic and Honorable.

Psilon: Cheaper Research and Creativity, Cheaper Empathic, Fragile Bodies, cannot select Superior Toughness. Leaders and Agenda tend toward Scientific/Knowledge.

Evon: Leaders tend toward Homogeneous Society Building and away from Diverse Society Building, cannot select Superior Diplomacy, or Original Creativity, Discounts on Home World Ethos, Citizenship, and Fatalism (IFPs)

Imsaeis: Discounts on Diplomacy, Empathic, Cunning, Fatalism, and Lucky. Leaders tend to be Cagey and Diplomatic.

Eoladi: Leaders tend to be Pacifistic and Honorable. Government Agenda weighted toward Individual Fulfillment. Cheaper Citizenship, Aptitude, Economics, and Natural Navigators.

Silicoids: Cheaper Mining and Toughness picks. "Be Green" is not often their Agenda. RP bonus in the Macro-Sciences and RP penalty in all other Science Sectors. More expensive Creativity costs, but cheaper Citizenship. Tough Bodies.

Meklar: Bonus to Mathematics & Computer Science RPs, Cheaper Accuracy and Reflexes. Ship crews function at +1 experience level; ship Captains at +1 Ability level ("one with the machine"). Cannot select Superior Bioharvesting, Superior Trade, Fantastic Traders, Superior Diplomacy, or Economic: Investors.

Cynoid: Cheaper Economics, Manufacturing, Trade, and Fantastic Traders. Cannot select Poor Diplomacy, Empathic, or Lucky. Leaders tend to be Expansionist and Economist with Expansionism and Pursuit of Wealth as common government agendas.

Trilairan: Natural Navigators, cheaper Bioharvesting, Reflexes, and Fatalism. Leaders tend to be Driven, Pacifistic, Utopic, and Terraforming. Agenda leans toward Uptopia.

Nommo: Tough Bodies and Military Traditions; cheaper Aptitude, Toughness, Citizenship, and Spirituality. Cannot select Social Tolerance: Embracing. Leaders tend to be shellfish (get it? that’s a joke), Territorial, Ruthless, Expansionist, Self-Aggrandizement and Militarist. Government Policies tend to be Military Strength and Expansionism.

Klackons: Natural Engineers, Tough Bodies. Discounts on Toughness, Environmental, Bioharvesting, Mining, and Manufacturing and Loyalty. More expensive Research, and Creativity. Leaders tend not to be Scientific nor the government agenda Knowledge.

Tachidi: Cheaper Manufacturing, Research, Aptitude, Toughness, Cunning, and Lucky. Leaders tend to be Scientific and the government agenda Knowledge.

Sakkra: Military Traditions, Spirituality: Devout. Cheaper Accuracy, Aptitude, Reflexes, Toughness and Citizenship. Cannot select Superior Diplomacy or Empathic. Leaders and Agenda tend to be aggressive, ruthless, militaristic and expansionistic.

Raas: Fastest growth rate of all the Saurians. Reduced Research Points. Leaders will tend to be Pragmatic, Terraforming, and Champion of the Underdog.

Grendarl: Discounts on Mining and Citizenship; cannot select Poor Environmental, Reflexes, or Toughness or Economics: Investors; favors "Common Good" Government Agenda. Leaders will tend to be Driven, Honorable, Homogeneous Society Building, and Paranoid.