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Less Irrelevance Mod [2.1.*] (DISCONTINUED)

This is a proof-of-concept mod that makes "irrelevant empires" have the potential to come back through events. No guarantees though. And yes, this is compatible with almost all mods since it doesn't change any vanilla files.

DISCLAIMER: I do not consider myself that great at balancing so if this is imbalanced, please leave feedback.


Stage 0:
-There is a 30 year cooldown (20 years for the AI) at game-start to even be considered irrelevant.
-The check for irrelevance is every 5 years and when a war begins/ends for an empire. This is because the game will lag if I make it check every day, guaranteed.


Stage 1:
If the following is true between you and your non-ally neighbors, go to Stage 2:

• IRRELEVANT Fleet (inferior fleet power AND mineral production is less than/equal to neighbor)
  
• IRRELEVANT Research Output (inferior tech AND total research output 2x less than neighbor AND difference is greater than about 25 total)

Stage 2:
Choose between:
1. Buff yourself up for a bit
2. Risk stealing from your strongest/closest non-ally neighbor/empire

Based on how you are irrelevant, your choices will do this:
-IRRELEVANT Fleet

1. +15% home territory fire rate, +15% and +20 minerals, and -10% ship upkeep for 5 years
   
2. The following happens:
   
   • A random neighboring regular empire with the superior fleet will get +15% ship upkeep and -10% and -10 minerals for 10 years
     
   • Chance between the following:
     
     • 67%: +15% home territory fire rate, +10% and +10 minerals, and -6% ship upkeep for 5 years
       
     • 33%: +15% home territory fire rate, +20% and +30 minerals, and -10% ship upkeep for 5 years

-IRRELEVANT Research

1. +15% research speed and +8 to all research for 5 years
   
2. The following happens:
   
   • A random neighboring regular empire with the superior tech will get -10% research speed and -8 to all research for 10 years
     
   • Chance between the following:
     
     • 67%: +8 to all research and +10% research speed for 10 years
       
     • 33%: +8 to all research and +20% research speed for 10 years

-You cannot get the irrelevance buff again if you already have any irrelevance buff.
-Empire debuffs from this do NOT stack. So if you're surrounded by primitives who just got into space, you will only get at most one of each debuff listed.
-Only regular empires are affected by this mod.
-"Ally" means a non-aggression pact, defensive pact, federation, federation associate, and/or guaranteed independence.
-Subjects that are protectorates or disloyal non-protectorate AI empires can become "irrelevant".
-This should affect the AI as well.
-I would have added production irrelevance since being relevant currently has heavy reliance on mineral production but it would make the game lag REALLY badly from constantly calculating mineral production. So this means I might try my hand at experimenting with AI modding.

-None so far.