Planetary management

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Planetary management involves district creation, building construction, and assigning a workforce for resource production to maintain peace and order, manage population growth, and set up garrisons for planetary defense.

Planets are, without a doubt, a vital part of a stellar empire because they provide the overwhelming majority of resources and the population required for an empire to grow and prosper. If a planet is managed properly, it could provide the needs of its populace and the demands of its empire, and if an empire has a large collection of prosperous, productive planets within its borders, it can quite easily be seen as a successful empire.

Stability[edit | edit source]

Low Stability on a humanoid planet

Stability is a measure of the overall stability of a world, either socio-political or in terms of drone functionality, and is influenced by a large number of factors such as happiness, housing, amenities, and crime or deviancy. It ranges from 0 to 100 and has a base level of 50.

Each point of stability above 50 adds +0.6% resources from jobs, +0.6% trade value, and +0.4 immigration pull.
Each point of stability below 50 adds −1% resources from jobs, −1% trade value, and +2 emigration push.
At very low stability, organic pops (excluding Hive-Minded or Nerve Stapled pops) and sentient Mechanical pops may cause unrest events.
Planets with less than 25 stability for a year or more can trigger a Planetary Revolt situation.

A colony with any enslaved species and low stability can gain one of the following modifiers once every 2 years. All modifiers can be removed instantly by discontinuing slavery.

Modifier	Effects	Duration	Required stability	Description
Slaves Radicalizing	−20 Stability	20 years	40	Radical Slave elements are rallying, spreading unrest.
Hunger Strike	−50% Slave pop resource output −50% Slave Upkeep	5 years	25	It's hard to work when you're doubled over from hunger pangs.
Slave Riots	−1000% Slave pop resource output −50% Pop growth speed −50% Army build speed −50% Planetary build speed	10 years	10	Slave Riots inhibit population growth.

Increasing stability[edit | edit source]

Planetary stability is further affected by the following:
Source	Stability
Approval (0% to 50%)	−50 to 0
Approval (50% to 100%)	0 to +30
Amenities (25% to 100%)	−50 to 0
Amenities (100% to 200%)	0 to +20
Housing shortage (25% to 100%)	−20 to 0
Empire Capital	+5
Colony (Planet Designation)	+5
Noble job	+2
Enforcer job	+1
Bureaucrat job with Byzantine Bureaucracy	+1
Death Chronicler/Chronicle Drone job	+2.5
Soldier/Warrior Drone job with // Martial Law decision	+5
Soldier/Warrior Drone job with Planetary Revolt situation Institute a Crackdown approach	+3
Synapse Drone/ Coordinator job with Incorporate Artifact Relays decision	+2
Unusual Snow situation Melt it. All. approach	+5
Geomagnetic Storm situation Radiation Damage Medium stage	−30
Geomagnetic Storm situation Radiation Damage High stage	−60
Psi Corps building	+5
Governor's Palace capital	+5
Governor's Estates capital	+10
Negotiate with Crime Lords decision	+10
Feeding Dragon	+10
Progenitor Nest	+5
Empty Progenitor Nest	−10
Various planet modifiers	varies

Crime and Deviancy[edit | edit source]

Crime and Deviancy (for Gestalt Consciousness empires) are measures of the overall level of non-compliance in the population of a world. Crime and Deviancy are produced by all sapient pops except those undergoing assimilation, ranging from 0 at 100% happiness to +2 at 0% happiness. While unemployment does not increase Crime or Deviancy directly, it can add modifiers that cause them if measures aren't taken. Crime and Deviancy are reduced by certain jobs as well as Governor leaders. Non-sentient mechanical pops in an organic empire and mechanical pops integrated into a Machine Intelligence empire do not produce crime or deviancy, despite counting as 50% happiness for the purpose of approval rating.

Every year one of the following modifiers can be added as long as the requirements are met. Another modifier cannot be added for the next 10 years. Alternatively, 15 devastation can be added instead of a modifier. Once a planet has below 10 Crime or Deviancy, all modifiers will be removed after 15 years. The timer is reduced by 50% for each Enforcer or Hunter-Seeker Drone job. All modifiers are also removed if a planet changes ownership.

Modifier	Effects	Duration	Requirements	Description
Criminal Underworld	+15 Crime +1 Criminal job +1 Criminal job per 33 Crime	Permanent	30 Crime or refusing the Increased Benefits modifier	This world is home to a large criminal underworld.
Drone Deviancy	+15 Deviancy +1 Deviant Drone job +1 Deviant Drone job per 33 Deviancy	Permanent	30 Deviancy or refusing the Activity Program modifier	This world is home to large communities of deviant drones, who no longer respond to commands from the Hive Mind.
Drone Corruption	+15 Deviancy +1 Corrupt Drone job +1 Corrupt Drone job per 33 Deviancy	Permanent	30 Deviancy or refusing the Standby Mode modifier	This world is home to several networks of deviant and corrupted drone units, who operate outside the established parameters set by the core intelligence.
Center of Drug Trade	+30 Crime +3 Criminal jobs Replaces the Criminal Underworld modifier	Permanent	30 Crime and Criminal Underworld modifier	The world has become a major center of drug trade. Illegal narcotics are being smuggled planetside on a daily basis, with a large segment of the populace being regular users.
Gang Wars	+30 Crime +3 Criminal jobs Replaces the Criminal Underworld modifier	Permanent	30 Crime and Criminal Underworld modifier	The world is currently in the middle of a very destructive gang war between two or more organized crime factions. Heavy fighting is ongoing between the rivaling gangs, with local security forces trapped in the middle.
Mob Rule	+30 Crime +3 Criminal jobs Replaces the Criminal Underworld modifier	Permanent	30 Crime and Criminal Underworld modifier	The world is currently dominated by a single criminal organization. They have infiltrated all layers of society, and little happens here without their involvement or permission.
Crime Boss Arrested	−30 Crime	10 years	Criminal Underworld modifier	An important crime boss was recently arrested on this world, crippling a major criminal organization.
Bribed Officials	−20 Stability	10 years	Criminal Underworld modifier	Several high-ranking officials on this world were recently discovered to have been in the pay of local criminal organizations.
Crime Wave	+30 Crime	10 years	Criminal Underworld modifier	This world is currently experiencing a crime wave.
Smuggler Activity	−20% Trade value	10 years	Criminal Underworld modifier	An increase in smuggler activity on this world has had a negative impact on profits from trade.
Substance Abuse	−20% Resources from jobs	10 years	Criminal Underworld modifier	The illegal use of dangerous and highly addictive drugs is widespread on this world.
Cartel War	−20 Stability	10 years	Center of Drug Trade modifier	The powerful drug cartels that have carved up this world between themselves are currently fighting a low-intensity war.
Travel Advisory	−20% Trade value	10 years	Gang Wars modifier	The violent gang warfare on this world has led to a travel advisory which has greatly diminished the number of visiting traders.
Corrupt Administration	−20 Stability	10 years	Mob Rule modifier	The vast majority of this world's planetary administration was recently revealed to have been in the employ of its dominant crime syndicate.
Protection Racket	−20% Resources from jobs	10 years	Mob Rule modifier	The mobsters who rule this world have implemented an extensive protection racket.
Trade Pilfering	−20% Trade value	10 years	Mob Rule modifier	The gangster syndicate ruling this world has assumed control over several spaceports through intermediaries. A large portion of local trade now has to go through them.
Deviant Ringleader Killed	−30 Deviancy	10 years	Drone Deviancy modifier	An important ringleader among the deviant drones of this world was recently terminated.
Deviant Interference	−30 Stability	10 years	Drone Deviancy modifier	Deviant drones are interfering with our facilities on this world.
Corrupt Network Terminated	−30 Deviancy	10 years	Drone Corruption modifier	A virus recently terminated one of the corrupt drone networks on this world.
Drone Signal Interference	−30 Stability	10 years	Drone Corruption modifier	Signals from the corrupted drone networks on this world are interfering with the functionality of our loyal units.

Decisions[edit | edit source]

Decisions represent planet-wide undertakings. Most decisions have a cost to be used, either when taking the decision or when agreeing to the deal that made the decision available in the first place. Some decisions also take some time to implement, from a few days up to 10 years; these decisions go into the planet's construction queue, and can be paused and resumed by reordering, like other constructions.

Decision	Cost	Effects	Requirements
Planetary Prospecting	180 Days 250 500	Adds a random planetary feature to the planet	Adaptability tradition tree finished Void Dwellers Once per planet Habitat Ring World Machine World Hive World Ecumenopolis
Orbital Surveying	180 Days 250 500	Enables the construction of one of the following types of Habitat district, chosen at random: Astro-Mining Bays Reactor Districts Research Districts A district type can only be chosen if the corresponding resource can be found as a deposit on the Celestial Body the habitat is built around. Habitats built around habitable worlds can have any of the three districts.	Habitat with only four district types Adaptability tradition tree finished Void Dwellers origin
Expand Dayside Infrastructure	10 Years 500 1000	Adds a Dayside Solar Farm planetary feature	Intentionally Tidally Locked planet modifier One use only
Transplant Tree of Life	180 Days 500	Adds a Tree of Life Sapling planetary feature	Tree of Life origin No Tree of Life planetary modifier
Project Cornucopia	180 Days 250 500	Adds a Project Cornucopia planetary feature	Industrial Development Resolution 5 Galactic Community member Once per planet Habitat Ring World Ecumenopolis Hive World Machine World
Consume World	360 Days	Grants 100-1000 Minerals, 100-1000 Alloys, or a Pop Adds 2 Lithoid Devastation blockers Adds 20 Devastation Destroys a district (if any exists) If reduced to zero districts, the planet will become a shattered world, and all pops will be resettled to the capital.	Terravore civic
Settle Crystalline Refugees	10	Habitat gains 5 pops with the Habitat Preference, Void Dweller, Intelligent, and Docile traits. +10 with the Crystalline Empire	Offer from the Crystalline Empire
Upgrade Habitat	720 Days 25 1000	+2 Habitat Size	Habitat Expansion technology Size 4 Habitat 0 unbuilt districts
Upgrade Habitat	1440 Days 25 1500	+2 Habitat Size	Advanced Space Habitation technology Size 6 Habitat 0 unbuilt districts Habitat Central Control capital building
Expand Planetary Sea	720 Days 50 1000	+1 Planet Size Consumes Ice Asteroids or Frozen Worlds	Ocean World Hydrocentric ascension perk Starbase with an inactive Ice Mining Station Frozen World or Ice Asteroid Can be used up to 3 times per planet
Grow a New Progenitor	800 Days 400	Removes a planetary feature that increases the number of Agriculture Districts Adds a Progenitor Nest planetary feature	Progenitor Hive origin Hive Capital designation Progenitor Nest planetary feature
Strip Mining	180 Days 15	Removes a planetary feature that increases the number of Agriculture Districts Adds a Prospectorium Strip Mine planetary feature	Prospectorium tier 3 Planetary feature that gives Agriculture Districts
Consecrate Habitat	360 Days 50	Adds an Order's Castle building	Maw of the Toxic Entity relic activation Once per Habitat Order's Keep building
Activate Dimensional Manipulation Device	1000	Adds a Dimensional Manipulation Device planetary feature	Order's Keep present Quest for the Toxic God situation choice
Memorial to the Unshackled	900 Days 2500	Adds 4 City Districts Adds 2 Industrial Districts Adds 1 Generator Districts Adds 2 Mining Districts Adds 3 Agriculture Districts Removes all Scavenger Sites Adds a Memorial to the Unshackled planetary feature Removes the Crashed Slaver Ship planetary feature Removes all origin planet modifiers Removes all origin buildings except the capital	Crashed Slaver Ship planetary feature Crashed Slaver Ship archaeological site outcome

Terraforming decisions[edit | edit source]

The following decisions will terraform the world to a new class.

Decision	Cost	New class	Planetary features	Other effects	Requirements
Arcology Project	10 Years 200 20000	Ecumenopolis	Removed	Districts are converted based on the current designation	Arcology Project ascension perk All district slots filled with City Districts or Industrial Districts All blockers removed Habitat Ring World Shattered Ring World
Restore Ecumenopolis	10 Years 200 20000	Ecumenopolis	Removed	Adds a Former Relic World planetary feature Districts are converted based on the current designation	Relic World Anti-Gravity Engineering technology All Blockers removed Gestalt Consciousness unless Rogue Servitor
Repair the Shattered Ring	10 Years 10000	Ring World	No features	Districts are converted into Segments at a ratio of 5:1 Mineral Purification Plants and Mineral Purification Hubs buildings are removed	Shattered Ring World Mega-Engineering technology All Blockers removed
Nu-Baol Life-Seeding	2 Years	Gaia World	Kept	The planet is populated with 4 Pacifist plantoid pops that have the Agrarian, Communal, Venerable, Delicious and Slow Breeders traits. If the empire has Hive Mind authority they will also have the Hive-Minded trait. If the Plantoids DLC is installed, they will also have the Phototrophic trait.	The Last Baol relic activation Habitat Ring World Shattered Ring World Ecumenopolis Hive World Machine World Relic World

Planet modifier decisions[edit | edit source]

The following decisions each add a permanent or temporary planet modifier.

Decision	Cost	Duration	Modifier effects	Requirements
Distribute Luxury Goods	100 per 10 pops (max 1000)	10 Years	+25% Amenities +25% Immigration Pull	Gestalt Consciousness
Launch Anti-Crime Campaign	250	Until ended (no cost)	+10 Enforcer Crime Reduction +2 Enforcer Upkeep Negotiate with Crime Lords decision disabled	10+ Crime Gestalt Consciousness Crime Lord Deal modifier
Negotiate with Crime Lords	250	Until ended	+10 Stability +50% Crime +2 Criminal job +1 Criminal job per 33 Crime Launch Anti-Crime Campaign decision disabled Prevents crime events, except "Criminal Underworld" Ending the modifier adds the Broken Crime Lord Deal modifier for 5 years: −10 Stability +1 Criminal job per 33 Crime	10+ Crime Gestalt Consciousness Anti-Crime Campaign modifier
Expel Excess Population	250	5 Years	Expels enough Pops (max 10) from the planet as refugees to fix the housing shortage −10 Stability	Negative Housing Allowed Population Controls policy Gestalt Consciousness Population Expelled modifier
Declare Population Controls	250	Until ended (no cost)	−100% Pop Growth −5 Stability +100 Emigration Push	Allowed Population Controls policy Gestalt Consciousness
Discourage Planetary Growth	250	Until ended (no cost)	−75% Pop Growth Reduction +25% Pop Amenities Usage +25% Pop Upkeep +100 Emigration Push	Prohibited Population Controls policy Gestalt Consciousness
Cease Robot Assembly	250	Until ended (no cost)	−100% Robotic Pop Assembly Speed −75% Pop Assembly Cost	Robotic Workers policy is set to Allowed
Cease Drone Production	250	Until ended (no cost)	−100% Pop Growth	Gestalt Consciousness
Declare Martial Law	500	Until ended (no cost)	+2 Soldier Jobs +5 Stability from Soldier Jobs −33% Resources from Jobs −50% Pop Growth Speed −50% Pop Growth Speed from Immigration −50% Pop Assembly Speed	Gestalt Consciousness
Deploy Hunter-Killer Drones	500	Until ended (no cost)	+2 Warrior Drone Jobs +5 Stability from Warrior Drone Jobs −33% Resources from Jobs −50% Pop Growth Speed −50% Pop Growth Speed from Immigration −50% Pop Assembly Speed	Hive Mind
Activate Compliance Protocols	500	Until ended (no cost)	+2 Warrior Drone Jobs +5 Stability from Warrior Drone Jobs −33% Resources from Jobs −50% Pop Growth Speed −50% Pop Growth Speed from Immigration −50% Pop Assembly Speed	Machine Intelligence
Activate Oracle Nexus	200 500	10 Years	+10 Stability −15 Deviancy	Machine Intelligence Hidden Worlds archaeological site outcome
Mastery of Nature	2000 100 360 Days	Permanent	+2 Max Districts	Mastery of Nature ascension perk World is a planet Mastery of Nature modifier
Galactic Market Hub Nomination	1000 150	Until ended ( 10)	Applies a Base Marketplace Competition Rating modifier to the world	Form the Galactic Market resolution At least 20 pops
Boost Nomination Bid	2000 300		Increase the planet's Base Marketplace Competition Rating modifier one stage	Galactic Market Hub Nomination Usable up to 2 times
Deploy Tissue Growth Stimulants	200	10 years	+10% Pop Growth Speed −10% Happiness −5 Stability	City of Bones Excavation complete Machine Intelligence
Construct Explosive Fungifoam Housing Units	500	Permanent	−10% Pop housing usage	City of Bones Excavation complete Machine Intelligence
Flood Habitat	720 Days 50 1000	Permanent	Habitability −20% Considered an Ocean world for Aquatic species	Habitat Hydrocentric ascension perk Starbase with an Ice Mining Station In a system with Frozen World or Ice Asteroid
Exhibit Art Monument	15 Days	Until ended ( 15)	+15% Amenities +50 Immigration Pull If ended can be used again	Bought from the Artisan enclave One use per purchase
Implement Divine Algorithm	500 360 Days	10 years	+10% Energy from Jobs +1 Tech-Drone Job	Numistic Order caravan deal
Trium Atmospheric Deodorizer Deployment	None	80 Years	+30% Immigration Pull +10% Pop growth from immigration	Vengralian Trium caravan deal One use per purchase
Trium Bunk Beds Deployment	None	80 Years	+10% Housing	Vengralian Trium caravan deal One use per purchase
Trium Food Container Deployment	None	80 Years	−10% Pop Food Upkeep	Vengralian Trium caravan deal One use per purchase
Send Artifacts to Museum Exhibits	2	10 Years	+20% Culture Worker Output	Gestalt Consciousness Corporate Authority
Initiate Performance Competition	2	10 Years	+10% Executive Output +10% Manager Output	Corporate Authority
Incorporate Artifact Relays	2	10 Years	Synapse Drones on the planet provide +1% Menial Drone Output and +2 Stability Coordinators on the planet provide +1% Menial Drone Output and +2 Stability	Gestalt Consciousness
Send Artifacts to Organic Sanctuaries	2	10 Years	+10% Bio-Trophies Output	Rogue Servitor
Initiate Yuht Cleansing Process	500 50	Permanent	+10% Habitability	Delve into the Secrets of the Yuht Special Project
Extradimensional Experimentation	500	Until ended (no cost)	+1 Dimensional Portal Researcher +1 Zro upkeep	Unchained Knowledge Resolution 5
Crystalline Construction	10	Permanent	+8 Housing −10% Building Cost	Offer from the Crystalline Empire Once per Habitat
Introduce Chaos	500 5 Years	Permanent	+5% Resources from Jobs	Perfect Organization planet modifier Gestalt Consciousness
Shroudwalker Teacher	360 days	50 years	+5% Amenities +10% Unity from Jobs +3 Unity from Telepaths	Bought from the Shroud-Touched Coven enclave One use per purchase

Specialized planet decisions[edit | edit source]

Specialized planet decisions cost 1000 Unity and will give a planet a permanent modifier that, aside from its effects, will change the planet's designation. Ringworlds, habitats and capital worlds cannot be specialized. A planet can only have one specialization modifier. Abolishing a specialization costs 2500 Unity

Decision	Modifier effects	Requirements
Create Penal Colony	+33% Immigration pull +100% Crime −25% Crime on other colonies Designation changed to Penal Colony	Penal Colonies technology Planet Size 15 or greater Gestalt Consciousness Any owned planet has the Penal Colony modifier
Create Resort World	+100% Habitability +1 Clerk job per 2 pops +15% Amenities on other colonies +15% Immigration pull on other colonies Designation changed to Resort World	Resort Worlds technology Planet Size 15 or greater Gestalt Consciousness Any owned planet has the Resort World modifier Ecumenopolis Any built district Any building besides a Reassembled Ship Shelter
Create Thrall-World	+50% Pop growth speed Designation changed to Thrall-World	Thrall-Worlds technology At least 1 pop from a fully enslaved species on the colony Gestalt Consciousness Ecumenopolis Any built district Any building besides the capital building
Create Crucible World	+2 Crucible Drone job from capitals −1 Replicator job from capitals +10% Pop upkeep −10% Resources from Jobs Designation changed to Crucible World	Driven Assimilator Crucible Worlds tradition Planet Size 15 or greater Any owned planet has the Crucible World modifier Ecumenopolis Machine World

Consecrate World[edit | edit source]

The Consecrate World decision requires the Consecrated Worlds ascension perk and can be used on up to three uncolonized planets within your borders at the same time at the cost of 500 unity. It can be canceled at any time for the same cost, and if taken again the result is re-rolled. When the decision is taken, the planet gains a Consecrated modifier – which gives the planet a visual effect, and the empire gains the Consecrated World Worship modifier with following bonuses, cumulative for each consecrated world:

Consecrated modifier				Chance							Description
Quality										Other	Description
Holy World	+8%	+4%	+8%	100%	10%	14.3%	00%	00%	0.00%	000%	This planet is deemed an immaculate and sacrosanct place.
Venerated World	+6%	+3%	+6%	000%	40%	28.6%	20%	00%	0.00%	000%	This is deemed a most blessed planet.
Respected World	+4%	+2%	+4%	000%	50%	50.0%	70%	20%	02.4%	000%	This is deemed a suitable object of worship.
Profane World	+2%	+1%	+2%	000%	00%	07.1%	10%	80%	97.6%	100%	This is deemed a poor object of worship.

Having three worlds with Consecrated (Holy World) gives a slight additional bonus, for a total of +25%, +15%, +25%.

If a system containing a Consecrated planet is conquered the previous owner will lose −10% Happiness for 5 years.

Consecrating one of the Holy Guardians' Holy Worlds gives a cumulative +30 opinion with the fallen empire; deconsecrating a Holy World removes all opinion bonuses gained by consecration with the Holy Guardians.

Empires with the Knights of the Toxic God origin have a chance to consecrate toxic worlds as a holy world.