New :

- Added Empire Specialization V1.1, Ethics has been added, but not activable yet.
- They are equivalent to choosing a ethic, for exemple : Materialist give +5% Research Speed −10% Robot upkeep.
- You would gain as much, it does not import if normal or fanatic.

New :

- Added Empire Specialization (host has the choice to enable / disable), it will let you choice between different bonuses depending your Authority, Ethics, etc...
- For now, as a test version, it only include the Authorities and the Gestalt Ethic (so no choice outside of Hive / Machine empire).


Balance :

- Can't use the Planetary Management's decisions on a ressort world.


Fix :

- An event was firing too frequently for nothing, it should only fire when necessary now.

Added :

- Planetary Management Civic - Open for everyone :
- Unlock 4 Decisions which will all do different things like :
- Increase Production
- Increase Habitability
- Increase Max District
- All increase District Upkeep

Balance :

- The Ship Builder Civic give half less Dark matter when unlocking a menacing ships, but give some menace.


Fix :

- The Technological Ascendancy Ascencion Perk was not giving it's 1.5 effects to the rare techs.
- The Living Planet Decision will not be able to be used on Tomb / Relic / Habitats / Machines / Ring Worlds & Ecumenopolis.
- Traditionless Civic was still on the debug delay.
- A few civics had events not firing on some rares conditions.

Balance :

- Government Reform Civic :
- Event can only happened 6 times.
- Timer between event has been increased.
- Added 10 000 Energy cost, and so an option to skip if not enough.
- Influence path give 50 less Influence.
- Megastructures option can only appear if you have : any DLC that let you create Megastructures & the tech for it.
- Failsafe has been added (inluding for people who already picked it before this update).
- Failsafe to not see the (un)locked when you have the other.


Fix :

- The event timer from Brain Slug Symbiosis Civic was still in debug mode, has been corrected.

Added :

- Government Reform Civic (only during a game) - Open for everyone :
- Will lock itself once taken.
- Make reforming government free and no cooldown.
- Will make event to reform your government into different ways after a few years, options are :
- Civics
- Edicts
- Influence
- Unity
- Megastructures
- Any path taken, will be proposed again, into a more powerful form (there are 2 or 3 steps, in each).

QoL :

- The Solidarity Civic will now separate into 2 distinct empire modifiers, if you have gain the bonuses from :
- Small planets count,
- and, the Unity / Admin cap.

Balance :

- Immortal Origin has +2 leader pool size.


Fix :

- Slightly better at hiding the Habitat Builder Civic locked version.

- The Brain Slug Symbiosis Civic :
- Event will properly target all of the native / main species pops (even if modified by thechs or others).
- Also can't spawn the main pop without the Brainslug trait by using cloning and others Organic pop assembly.
- Localisation was incorect in the 1st Brain Slug Civic event.

New :

- Solidarity Civic* - Open for everyone
- Can't use slavery.
- -5% Pop Housing Usage.
- Create 1 Housing per 20 pop.
- Pop Housing usage reduced by 5/10% if you have 1/2 of these conditions :
- You are under or equal Administrative Capacity.
- Your monthly Unity Gain is over or equal to 500.
- Pop Housing usage reduced by 15% if half (or less of) your inhabited planets is size 15 or lower, ring world count twice as planet over 15.

* Designed idea by En K


Balance :

- Ship Builder Civic : Now include the Menacing and Star-Eaters ships to the ship types that rewards you when unlocking them.


Fix :

- Habitat Builder Civic : The normal version was able to be taken at empire creation, that was not intended.
- Properly fixed Habitat Builder Civic when playing MP (it was only fixed in solo game as last update).
- Old Acquaintance Civic had missing DLC requirements.
- Missing localisations.

Habitat Builder fixed with voidborn