Empire Creation Related:
Normal
Hive Mind
Machine Empire
Megacorps
Necroids-related

On Game Start: You choose starting military techs, and some more specialized "starts"--one eachfor exploration, colonization, or combat--with a fourth semi-generic choice that branches between the three.

Default is 2 weapons, 1 defense. Militarist gets +1 weapon; Fanatic Militarist, prior +1 defense.

Ship Weapons Technologies now have 3 variants per: energy, kinetics, explosives. Strikecraft are their own thing still and can be chosen, too, don't worry. Weapons grow much stronger per tech tier than in vanilla--vanilla is roughly a 30% growth rate, this is 40%. Additionally, there is a greater difference in weapon size category strength.

There are gateway techs locking out the various weapon archetypes, and each new tier of technology.

Artillery-esque weapons [AL-XL-T-"XT" (W-slot combat weapons)] have a *minimum range* they cannot fire within.



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======Ships======
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You do not start with any military ships. At all. The first you unlock will likely be either Corvettes, or Interstellar Strike Craft.

Most hull size techs will unlock a policy that dictates one of three separate ship designs your empire will seek to use. You can shift at a whim, somewhat easily.

Naval Capacity used has been adjusted, using the following:
ISC = 1
Corvette = 2
Destroyer = 4
Cruiser = 8
Support Ship = 8 [New--2 variants, one offensive, one defensive]
Battleship = 16
Titan = 32
Flagships = 32 [New--Mega-independent, plebian-grade ships. Big guns everywhere]
Juggernaut = 64 [Vastly improved, more shipyard space, lots of guns... Silly looking]

Ships are now much, much beefier, especially towards the higher end. Ship costs and upkeep are much higher, as well, compared to vanilla--given their size. Energy cost is mostly dictated by reactor--and will also command a fairly hefty energy cost upfront.



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======Economy & Jobs======
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Most buildings now provide direct synergy to jobs, starting from tier-1. Some jobs have been either collapsed into another, or eliminated outright from use.

Soldiers + Enforcers = Arbites; enjoy your armies AND crime reduction all at once! As a note, the quality of defense armies scales with the defense bunker, or the decision you enact if you get one! ;3

Entertainers/Duelists collapsed into Culture Workers/Priests, with what kind based on the empire's ethics [for priests] and civics! [if Warrior Culture is present, Duelist variant is made present... Also if any are employed, your planet gets a neat decision].

Your planets get upgrades tier upgrades, in Tech 3 and Tech 5! These upgrades further improve job synergies and other effects--and starting in T5, districts will also start providing some resource generation if their relevant building is present!

Many superfluous buildings got yeeted or collapsed. For example:
+Housing, yeeted. Who needs it now? You'll have plenty of housing, trust me.
+SR-making buildings? Collapsed into one! So all three jobs in one fancy building... That gets an upgrade to have 2 of each job, to boot!

There are resource-generating platforms. They take 2 platform slots each and can help augment your economy throughout much of the game.