Console:Relations

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This article has been verified for the current console version (2.2) of the game.

Diplomacy

Diplomacy

Relations

Federation

Opinion modifying option have no effect in a multiplayer game in relation to human players. However they will take effect if the AI takes over a human player, after the "rejoin Cooldown" has been worked off.

Opinion effects

Aside from determining an empire's attitude, opinion also affects certain quests such as The Prince. In addition, a negative opinion can trigger certain events from empires that aren't Pacifist or Fanatic Pacifist.

• An opinion below -50 can trigger a governor assassination event
• An opinion below -100 can trigger an objection to expansion event

Permanent modifiers

There modifiers are either permanent or will persist until the diplomatic status changes and are the second most important factor in deciding how diplomacy will proceed after a first contact.

Name	Value	From	Towards
Same Authority	10	Democratic authority	Democratic authority
	10	Oligarchic authority	Oligarchic authority
	10	Dictatorial authority	Dictatorial authority
	10	Imperial authority	Imperial authority
Defender of the Galaxy	20	All empires	Defender of the Galaxy ascension perk
First Contact Hostilities	-25	Empire attacked before communications	Empire attacking before communications
First Contact War	-75	Empire with planet occupied before communications	Empire occupying planet before communications
Fanatic Purifiers	-1000	Xeno empires	Fanatic Purifiers civic
Fellow Fanatic Purifiers	200	Fanatic Purifiers of same species	Fanatic Purifiers of same species
Interstellar Assembly	10	All empires	Interstellar Assembly (stage I) owner
	20	All empires	Interstellar Assembly (stage II) owner
	30	All empires	Interstellar Assembly (stage III) owner
	50	All empires	Interstellar Assembly (stage IV) owner

Variable modifiers

Name	Value	From	Towards
Our Claims on Them	-5 per Claim	Claimed system owner	Claiming empire
Their Claims on Us	-5 per Claim	Claiming empire	Claimed system owner
Relative Power of Subjects	-1 per 1% Relative Power difference	Subject	Overlord
Border Friction	-5 for each connected system	All empires except subjects, Federation members and Fallen Empires	Empires with hyperlane connection borders

Diplomatic Relationship modifiers

Name	Value	From	Towards
Same Overlord	50	Subject of the same Overlord	Subject of the same Overlord
Allied to Rivals	-100	Rivalry with the same third empire	Defensive Pact with the same third empire
Rivals with Allies	-100	Defensive Pact with the same third empire	Rivalry with the same third empire
Ally of Ally	25	Defensive Pact with the same third empire	Defensive Pact with the same third empire
Mutual Rivals	50	Rivalry with the same third empire	Rivalry with the same third empire

Policy modifiers

Name	Value	From	Towards
Bombardment Policy	-10	Pacifist	Indiscriminate or Armageddon Orbital Bombardment
	-20	Fanatic Pacifist	Indiscriminate or Armageddon Orbital Bombardment
Slavery Policy	-10	Egalitarian or Xenophile	Allowed Slavery
	-20	Fanatic Egalitarian or Fanatic Xenophile	Allowed Slavery
Interference Policy	-5	Xenophobe	Passive Studies Native Interference
	-10	Fanatic Xenophobe	Passive Studies Native Interference
	10	Passive Studies Native Interference	Passive Studies Native Interference
Xenophages	-50	Egalitarian	Livestock or Grid Amalgamation slavery
	-100	Xenophile	Livestock or Grid Amalgamation slavery

Ethics modifiers

Name	Value	From	Towards
Bright Materialists	10	Materialist	Materialist
	10	Fanatic Materialist	Materialist
	25	Fanatic Materialist	Fanatic Materialist
Wise Spiritualists	10	Spiritualist	Spiritualist
	10	Fanatic Spiritualist	Spiritualist
	25	Fanatic Spiritualist	Fanatic Spiritualist
Free Egalitarianists	10	Egalitarian	Egalitarian
	10	Fanatic Egalitarian	Egalitarian
	25	Fanatic Egalitarian	Fanatic Egalitarian
Enlightened Pacifists	10	Pacifist	Pacifist
	10	Fanatic Pacifist	Pacifist
	25	Fanatic Pacifist	Fanatic Pacifist
Materialist Fools	-10	Spiritualist	Materialist
	-20	Spiritualist	Fanatic Materialist
	-20	Fanatic Spiritualist	Materialist
	-40	Fanatic Spiritualist	Fanatic Materialist
Spiritualist Fools	-10	Materialist	Spiritualist
	-20	Materialist	Fanatic Spiritualist
	-20	Fanatic Materialist	Spiritualist
	-40	Fanatic Materialist	Fanatic Spiritualist
Egalitarian Rabble	-10	Authoritarian	Egalitarian
	-20	Authoritarian	Fanatic Egalitarian
	-20	Fanatic Authoritarian	Egalitarian
	-40	Fanatic Authoritarian	Fanatic Egalitarian
Authoritarian Tyrants	-10	Egalitarian	Authoritarian
	-20	Egalitarian	Fanatic Authoritarian
	-20	Fanatic Egalitarian	Authoritarian
	-40	Fanatic Egalitarian	Fanatic Authoritarian
Xenophilia	5	Xenophile	Same portrait main species
	10	Xenophile	Same class main species
	20	Xenophile	Different class main species
	10	Fanatic Xenophile	Same portrait main species
	20	Fanatic Xenophile	Same class main species
	40	Fanatic Xenophile	Different class main species
Xenophobia	-5	Xenophobe	Same portrait main species
	-10	Xenophobe	Same class main species
	-20	Xenophobe	Different class main species
	-10	Fanatic Xenophobe	Same portrait main species
	-20	Fanatic Xenophobe	Same class main species
	-40	Fanatic Xenophobe	Different class main species
Xenophile Diplomacy	5	All empires not Xenophobe	Xenophile with same main species class
	10	All empires not Xenophobe	Xenophile with different main species class
	10	All empires not Xenophobe	Fanatic Xenophile with same main species class
	20	All empires not Xenophobe	Fanatic Xenophile with different main species class
	10	Xenophile	Xenophile
	10	Fanatic Xenophile	Xenophile
	20	Fanatic Xenophile	Fanatic Xenophile
Xenophobic Bigots	-5	All empires	Xenophobe with class main species
	-10	All empires	Xenophobe with different class main species
	-10	All empires	Fanatic Xenophobe with different class main species
	-20	All empires	Fanatic Xenophobe with different class main species
Wicked Cyborgs	-20	Spiritualist	Cybernetic main species
	-40	Fanatic Spiritualist	Cybernetic main species
Soulless Machines	-40	Spiritualist	Synthetic or Machine main species
	-60	Fanatic Spiritualist	Synthetic or Machine main species
Abandoned Organic Origins	-20	All empires not Materialist or Machine Intelligence	Synthetic main species

Personality modifiers

Name	Value	From	Towards
Pacifist Cowards	-50	Honorbound Warriors AI Personality	Pacifist
	-100	Honorbound Warriors AI Personality	Fanatic Pacifist
Infidel Unbelievers	-100	Evangelizing Zealots AI Personality	Materialist
Xeno Filth	-1000	Fanatic Purifiers AI personality	Different main species
Fanatical Befrienders	100	Fanatical Befrienders AI personality	All empires
Metalheads	-1000	Metalheads AI personality	All empires
Is a Democracy	25	Democratic Crusaders AI personality	Democratic authority
Is an Oligarchy	-50	Democratic Crusaders AI personality	Oligarchic
Is an Autocracy	-100	Democratic Crusaders AI personality	Dictatorial or Imperial authority
Oppressors	-100	Democratic Crusaders AI personality	Rogue Servitor civic
	-1000	Democratic Crusaders AI personality	Driven Assimilator civic

Fallen Empire modifiers

Name	Value	From	Towards
Desecrated Holy Planet	-200	Holy Guardians	Empires with at least one Holy World colony
Encroaching Borders	-200	Militant Isolationists	Empires with hyperlane connection to them
Devouring Swarm	-80	Enigmatic Observers	Devouring Swarm civic
Determined Exterminator	-40	Enigmatic Observers	Determined Exterminator civic

Gestalt Consciousness modifiers

Name	Value	From	Towards
Hive Mind	-30	All empires not Gestalt Consciousness	Hive Mind
Fellow Hive Mind	30	Hive Mind	Hive Mind
Prey	-1000	Devouring Swarm civic	All empires
Devouring Swarm	-1000	All empires	Devouring Swarm civic
Machine Intelligence	-30	All empires not Materialist or Gestalt Consciousness	Machine Intelligence
Fellow Machine Intelligence	30	Machine Intelligence	Machine Intelligence
Universal Compatibility	20	Machine Intelligence	Universal Compatibility tradition
Fellow Servitors	40	Rogue Servitor	Rogue Servitor
Dreaded Assimilators	-100	All empires not Gestalt Consciousness	Driven Assimilator civic
Soul Thieves	-200	Spiritualist	Driven Assimilator civic
Biophiles	-200	Determined Exterminator civic	Rogue Servitor civic
Organic Filth	-1000	Determined Exterminator civic	Biological main species
Murderer Machines	-1000	Rogue Servitor civic or biological main species	Determined Exterminator civic
Fellow Machines	100	Determined Exterminator civic	Machine Intelligence
Fellow Exterminators	200	Determined Exterminator civic	Determined Exterminator civic
Sophisticated Machines	10	Materialist	Machine Intelligence
	20	Fanatic Materialist	Machine Intelligence
Willing Servants	20	Decadent main species	Rogue Servitor civic

Temporary modifiers

These modifiers are temporary and will eventually disappear. However they can also be reinforced and increased up to a certain limit.

Variable modifiers

Name	Value	Decay	Limit
Broke Trade Pact	-1 per 1/5 of the value of your side of the trade agreement	2	-200
Favorable trade deal	1 per every trade acceptance point above 1	2	100
Threat	-2 per system conquered by you -4 per starbase conquered by you -8 per planet conquered by you x0.5 if Non-Aggression Pact	0.25	-1000
Mutual Threats	1 per conquered system 2 per conquered starbase 4 per conquered planet	0.25	200
Genocidal	-5 per purged pop if Egalitarian -5 per purged pop if Xenophile -10 per purged pop if Fanatic Egalitarian -10 per purged pop if Fanatic Xenophile -5 per purged pop if Benevolent Interventionists	1	-1000
Purged our Species	-25 per purged pop of same species	1	-1000

Fallen Empires modifiers

Name	Value	Decay	Limit
Accepted Gift	50	2	50
Accepted Demands	25	1	100
Refused Demands	-200	1	-200
Spurned Gift	-50	1	-100
Failed Task	-50	1	-50
Failed Major Task	-200	1	-200
Refused Task	-25	1	-25
Completed Task	100	1	200
Refused Request	-50	1	-100
Accepted Request	100	2	200

DLC related modifiers

Name	Value	Decay	Source	DLC
War in Heaven Winner	200	5	Same side winning the War in Heaven
War in Heaven Ally	100	2	Subjects of the same FE in War in Heaven
War in Heaven Enemy	-100	2	Subjects of opposing FE in War in Heaven
League of Non-Aligned Systems	200	2	Both members of the League of Non-Aligned Systems
Refused to join the League of Non-Aligned Systems	-100	1	Not joining the League
Destroyed Trader Enclave	-15	2	Destroying any Trader Enclave station
Destroyed Curator Enclave	-15	2	Destroying any Curator Enclave station
The Blind Wanderer	-40	2	The Blind Wanderer Dyson Sphere event choice
Shots Fired	-40	2	The Blind Wanderer Dyson Sphere event choice
Gland Thieves	-200	1	Fountain of Gold Science Nexus event choice
Mind Invasion Attempt	-35	2	Failing to spy on a Fallen Empire from the Shroud
Brought on the End	-1000	5	The Reckoning
Mechanical Hubris Redeemed	80	1	Defeated a machine uprising and their empire is organic
Machine Oppressor	-80	1	Defeated a machine uprising and their empire is mechanical
Rebellious Robots	-80	1	Defeating your creators as a machine uprising and their empire is organic
Self-Emancipator	80	1	Defeating your creators as a machine uprising and their empire is mechanical

References

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