Caravaneers

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The Caravaneers are a space-based coalition of traders who send out fleets across the galaxy to offer great deals to every empire that is not genocidal. They start in a unique system called Chor’s Compass which contains their Caravaneer Citadel and two out of three caravan fleets: Racket Industrial Enterprise, the Numistic Order, and the Vengralian Trium. These fleets roam the galaxy, traveling towards every empire to offer deals.

Chor's Compass

Reliquary Chambers on Caravaneer Citadel

The Caravaneer Citadel in this System acts as the return point for the caravan fleets and an intergalactic Casino. Should the station be destroyed but at least one caravan fleet still be alive, they will ask to re-establish it in a random uncolonized system claimed by an empire, as close to their original one as possible. If the empire accepts it will lose control of the system but gain +5%  Trade Value.

The Caravaneers use a unique resource called CaravanCoinz, which can be bought in bulks of 8k, 12k and 26k with  Energy Credits. The options are equally efficient. Those can be used to either play Slots or open a Reliquary. Reliquaries restock every 500 days.

	Slots	Reliquary
Price	2783.92 CaravanCoinz	6194.21 CaravanCoinz After buying 6 Reliquaries they can be bought for 8450  Energy. Each Reliquary increases the cost by 5%.
Outcomes	70% - Nothing 15% - 500 CaravanCoinz 4% - 1000  Energy 4% - 1000  Minerals 4% - 3000 CaravanCoinz 1% - 10k-100k  Minerals (monthly production x 120) 1% - 10k-100k  Energy (monthly production x 120) 0.5% - 1-5  Minor Artifacts 0.5% - Great Extended Payout empire modifier for 600 months, giving the following: +40 Monthly  Energy +40 Monthly  Minerals	0.5% (1/200) - The Galatron Relic (won't trigger if any country has the Galatron) 29.5% (59/200) - Empty (won't trigger if previously opened an empty lootbox) 70% (140/200) - Any of the following: 7.7% (100/1301) - Ancient Trade Route capital planet modifier (+10%  Trade Value) (won't trigger if already present) 7.7% (100/1301) - 6 months' output of  Consumer Goods (min 100) 7.7% (100/1301) - A bomb (no effect) 7.7% (100/1301) - 24 months' output of  Society Research (min 2000) 7.7% (100/1301) - A gun (no effect) 7.7% (100/1301) - 24 months' output of  Food (min 2000) 7.7% (100/1301) - Music (no effect) 7.7% (100/1301) - 8 months' output of  Consumer Goods (min 2000) 7.7% (100/1301) - 4000  Energy and  Minerals 7.7% (100/1301) - 2000  Engineering Research 7.7% (100/1301) - 1000  Society Research 0.077% (1/1301) - Ruler gets the  Psionic trait (won't trigger if already Psionic) 7.7% (100/1301) - 24 months' output of  Physics (min 2000) 7.7% (100/1301) - 24 months' output of  Alloys (min 2000)

The Collector

If an empire has a colony within 3 hyperlane jumps of the Caravaneer Citadel, each year there is a 2% chance of the empire being contacted by a caravaneer called The Collector and offered a mystery box for 3000  Energy. If bought, it will grant one of the following:

• 35% - Nothing
• 10% - 4000  Minerals
• 10% - 1000  Engineering
• 10% - 1000  Society
• 10% - 1000  Physics
• 10% - 1000  Alloys
• 5% - Alloy Hyperfabricator capital world modifier (+10%  Alloys from jobs)
• 5% - Energy Accelerator capital world modifier (+10%  Energy from Jobs)
• 5% - Incredibly Boring Relic capital world modifier (+10%  Minerals from Jobs)

Caravans

Caravan

Every time a Caravan fleet enters an empire's borders it will offer a rare trade deal. The offer can be accepted immediately, delayed to when the fleet is leaving the space, or rejected outright. The fleets can not be contacted any other way and all attempts will redirect to Chor's Compass instead. Delaying has a very low chance of the deal changing.

Certain random events can take place while a Caravan is within an empire's borders.

Numistic Order

The Numistic Order is a religious Caravan that offers only deals with fixed costs. It features the largest amount of offers but half of them are one time only. They offer the following deals:

Offer	Price	Requirements	Repeatable
200  Exotic Gases	1700 Energy
3000  Energy Credits	500 Alloys
200  Rare Crystals	2 Pops	Not  Gestalt Consciousness
2 Pops with the  Numistic Administration trait	3500 Energy	Not  Gestalt Consciousness
Numistic Magnetostrips planet modifier	100 Influence	Machine Intelligence
5  Minor Artifacts	300 Alloys	Ancient Relics DLC
Numa's Breath planetary feature	200 Minerals
Numistic Cruiser	500 Energy
Caravaneer Cruiser	2500 Energy
Numistic Shrine building	2000 Energy	Not  Gestalt Consciousness
Numistic Visualisation edict	2500 Energy	Not  Gestalt Consciousness except  Rogue Servitor
Numistic Data Modeling technology (+5%  Trade Value)	3500 Energy
Governor leader with the  Merchant of Numa trait (+10%  Trade Value)	1500 Energy	Not  Gestalt Consciousness
Divine Algorithm decision	2000 Minerals	Machine Intelligence

Vengralian Trium

The Vengralian Trium is unique in that both their products and their prices are randomly generated, as opposed to each product having a specific price. Their deals may contain any of the following:

Offers	Prices
2000 Energy Credits ( Gestalt Consciousness) 1000 Consumer Goods (not  Gestalt Consciousness unless  Rogue Servitor) 1 Trium Atmospheric Deodorizer Deployment decision (not  Gestalt Consciousness) 1 Trium Bunk Beds Deployment decision 1 Trium Food Container Deployment decision +15% Trade Value for 80 years (not  Gestalt Consciousness) +10% Pop Growth Speed for 10 years ( Hive Mind)	1200 Alloys 500 Unity 4 Specialist Pops (not  Gestalt Consciousness) 4 Pops, don't have to be drones ( Gestalt Consciousness) −100% Society Research for 6 months 1 Science Ship

Racket Industrial Enterprise

Rackets are the only predefined Caravaneer species, using the same portraits and traits as the Ketling Star Pack. The payment options for this Fleet are randomly generated based on the product offered although  Gestalt Consciousness empires are never asked for  Consumer Goods. They offer the following deals:

Offer	Price	Requirements
1 Super-Clanker Caravaneer Destroyer	2000 Minerals
200 Minerals	200 Food	Game year < 50 Not  Machine Intelligence
500 Minerals	1000 Food	Game year < 150 Not  Machine Intelligence
2000 Minerals	4000 Food	Game year > 150 Not  Machine Intelligence
4 Racket Pops	500 Alloys	Not  Gestalt Consciousness
4 Racket Robotomata	500 Alloys	Machine Intelligence
Waste Reprocessing Center building	3 Pops	Not already unlocked  Gestalt Consciousness
Orbital Trash Disperser technology	Any of the following: 1000 Energy 300 Minerals 800 Consumer Goods	Not already unlocked
Racket/Racket Robotomaton Governor with the  Waste Management Specialist trait	Any of the following: 300 Energy 200 Food 150 Consumer Goods
Racket/Racket Robot Scientist with one of the following traits:  Spark of Genius if  Machine Intelligence  Maniacal if  Machine Intelligence Flexible Programming if  Machine Intelligence  Analytical if  Machine Intelligence  Expertise: Materials  Expertise: Propulsion  Expertise: Voidcraft  Expertise: Industry	Any of the following: 300 Energy 200 Food 150 Consumer Goods
+5  Energy to a celestial body with a mining station	Any of the following: 70 Influence 15 Exotic Gases 100 Consumer Goods	Mining station
Any of the following: 2000 Alloys 150 Exotic Gases 40 Living Metal	Any of the following: 55 Rare Crystals 15 Zro 5 Dark Matter

Attacking the Caravaneers

While the Caravaneers will never become hostile to any empire except in retaliation, they can be attacked like any neutral entity. If a Caravan is attacked it will become hostile but the rest of the Caravaneers will remain peaceful and available for trade. Caravans have 4k fleet power and come equipped with mid-game components. The Caravaneer Citadel on the other hand has 7k fleet power and comes equipped with end-game components. Both Caravans and the Caravaneer Citadel grant 2000  Energy and  Minerals when destroyed, and destroying a Caravan gives the admiral leader that destroyed it the Caravan Counter trait. Destroying the Caravaneer Citadel brings a temporary −40  Opinion malus from all empires that had contact with the Caravaneers and are not genocidal.

Each Individual Caravan Fleet			Caravaneer Citadel	Starbase
10 Destroyers	6 Cruisers	1 Cargo Ship
1000 Hull Points 430 Armor 215 Shields 215 Speed 50% Evasion / 17 avg dmg / day 1x Large Caravan Cannon0 56-176 Damage 150% damage against Armor 5.95 day cooldown 75% Accuracy 30% Tracking 100 Range / 14.62 2x Plasteel Armor 1x Shields 1x Regenerative Hull Tissue Antimatter Reactor Hyper Drive III Plasma Thrusters Subspace Sensors Advanced Combat Computer (Picket)	1800 Hull Points 890 Armor 430 Shields 215 Speed 25% Evasion / 80 avg dmg / day 1x Large Caravan Cannon0 56-176 Damage 150% damage against Armor 5.95 day cooldown 75% Accuracy 30% Tracking 100 Range / 14.62 2x Medium Caravan Cannon0 28-88 Damage 150% damage against Armor 3.45 day cooldown 75% Accuracy 30% Tracking 75 Range / 12.60 3x Small Caravan Cannon0 14-44 Damage 150% damage against Armor 2.15 day cooldown 75% Accuracy 30% Tracking 35 Range / 10.11 4x Plasteel Armor 2x Shields 1x Regenerative Hull Tissue Antimatter Reactor Hyper Drive III Plasma Thrusters Subspace Sensors Advanced Combat Computer (Line)	1500 Hull Points 350 Armor 510 Shields 220 Speed 25% Evasion 1x Plasteel Armor 1x Plasteel Armor 1x Shields 1x Regenerative Hull Tissue Antimatter Reactor Hyper Drive III Plasma Thrusters Subspace Sensors	20,000 Hull Points 8700 Armor 10,440 Shields Immobile Speed 0% Evasion / 580 avg dmg / day 1x Tachyon Lance 6x Neutron Launchers 6x Phased Disruptor 6x Phased Disruptor 4× Devastator Torpedoes 4x Guardian Point-Defense 7x Neutronium Armor 10x Hyper Shields 2x Shield Capacitors Tachyon Sensors	20,000 Hull Points 20,000 Armor 20,000 Shields Immobile Speed 0% Evasion / 115 avg dmg / day 5x Plasma Accelerator 2x UV Laser 5× Antimatter Missiles 2x Flak Battery 1x Regenerative Hull Tissue Gravitic Sensors

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