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SMAC Factions The Lords Believers

Play as Sister Miriam Godwinson, leader of the Lord's Believers, from Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri.

Starts the game with a free affinity level. Automatically earn 25% progress to affinity levels.
For the first 15 turns of the game, the sponsor generates +50% production, +50% food, and -100% science
-2 science from trade routes.

The Faction focuses strength of infrastructure and belief to compensate for a lagging science ability


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initial upload (v1):
- The Lord's Believers start with free affinity.
- They earn 25% of the progress towards an affinity level automtically, meaning they require 75% less EXP to earn affinity levels.
- Upon landing on the planet, they will strive to rebuild Canaan, halting scientific progress for 15 turns (at standard speed) in favor of growth and infrastructure.
- The Believers suffer from -2 science from the trade routes they form with other sponsors and stations.
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update (v2):
- New civilopedia entries for faction and leader
- Leaderscene more specific to the faction
- New loading intros including one from the excellent "Journey to Centauri" by Mike Ely and "GURPS Alpha Centauri" supplement by Jon F. Zeigler
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update (v3):
- Civilopedia no longer displays dummy entries such as trait buildings
- Re-added missing art assets
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update (v4):
- AI now takes advantage of affinity bonus
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update (v5):
- Updated to winter patch
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update (v6):
- Early Game Trait nows scales with science speed modifier rather than growth speed modifier
- Added support for Social Engineering
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Planned future changes:
- Implement trait as an invisible building rather than the current, very visible building.
- Implement a message or popup to announce the end of rebuilding.
- Balance changes as more factions are developed and feedback is received.


There's a serious issue that affects many sponsor mods with custom leaderscenes. The mods can cause the game to crash to desktop when used in conjunction with the default civs. A current fix is to play the game with the leaderscenes set to minimum. In the meantime, modders are investigating a proper fix. You can do your part by notifying Firaxis of this widespread issue.


Art, Design - adapted from Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
Lore - adapted from "GURPS Alpha Centauri" supplement by Jon F. Zeigler
Code - utility functions by JFD