Edicts

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Edicts are renewable temporary modifiers with a fixed cost that an empire may choose to apply. Most edicts are unavailable at the beginning of the game and must be unlocked through research or events. All edicts have a base duration of 10 years.

Modifiers[edit]

Source	Edict cost bonus
Spiritualist ethic	-5%
Fanatic Spiritualist ethic	-10%
Charismatic ruler trait	-10%
Cutthroat Politics civic	-20%
Subsumed Will civic	-20%
OTA Updates civic	-20%

Source	Edict duration bonus
Executive Vigor ascension perk	+50%
Imperial Cult civic	+25%
Charismatic ruler trait	+20%
Proclamation Broadcasts repeatable technology	+10%

Influence Edicts[edit]

Edict	Cost	Effects	Requirements	Description
Map The Stars	100	+25% Survey Speed +10% Anomaly Discovery Chance		This Edict pushes for further galactic exploration, to bring light to the darkness and find what wonders lie beyond.
Capacity Overload	300	+20% Monthly Energy Credits	Global Energy Management	This Edict allows short-term overloading of energy grids, letting power plants across our empire run at increased capacity.
Production Targets	300	+20% Monthly Minerals	Colonial Centralization	This Edict is a focused administrative effort to reprioritize and re-evaluate production goals, yielding a boost to mining output.
Farming Subsidies	200	+20% Monthly Food	Hydroponics	This Edict provides aggressive economic stimulus for positive, quantifiable impacts on food production.
Research Grants	200	+10% Research Speed	Materialist	This Edict favors our researchers with additional funds.
Declare Saint	200	+15% Unity	Spiritualist	This Edict will bestow sainthood upon a deceased individual who led a particularly pious life, creating a new unifying symbol.
Peace Festivals	200	+10% Happiness	Pacifist	This Pacifist Edict fosters a spirit of unity and good cheer through whole seasons filled with special events and festivals.
Information Quarantine	200	+50% Governing Ethics Attraction	Authoritarian	This Edict puts strict checks on the flow of information, better preserving local cultural identities.
Encourage Political Thought	200	+50% Ethics Shift Chance	Egalitarian	This Edict Encourages the populace to openly discuss political matters, even if the path taken may lead them astray.
Land of Opportunity	200	+100% Immigration Pull +25% Pop Growth from Immigration	Xenophile	This Edict creates targeted PR campaigns that frame our empire as being on the cutting edge, a new social frontier - a place where anyone can thrive, a fresh start.
Diplomatic Grants	100	+50% Trust Growth +10% Trade Attractiveness	Not Gestalt Consciousness Not Barbaric Despoilers Not Xenophobe Communications with at least one other empire	This Edict initiates a diplomatic offensive in a concentrated effort to improve the image of our empire in the eyes of others.

Strategic Resources Edicts[edit]

Advanced Resources Edicts cost an amount of advanced resources proportional to the Empire Size.

Edict	Cost	Effects	Description
Terraforming Gasses	25	+50% Terraforming Speed	By employing exotic gases to the terraforming process, we are able to achieve progress at a much faster rate. Requires the Terrestrial Sculpting technology
Volatile Land Clearance	25	-25% Clear Blocker Cost -25% Clear Blocker Time	By using volatile motes for their explosive capabilities, we are able to clear difficult terrain at a much faster rate.
Crystalline Sensors	25	+1 Ship Sensor Range	By employing rare crystals to boost our sensors, we are able to gain a crystal clear picture of our surroundings.
Exotic Gases as Fuel	50	+15% Sublight Speed	Various exotic gases also function as excellent fuel for sublight travel, although perhaps not the most economical alternative.
Exotic Gases for Shield Boost	50	+25% Shield Hit Points	Some exotic gasses can be utilized for boosting ships' shield capabilities. They can create complex dampening fields to repel and soften enemy attacks.
Focusing Crystals	50	+25% Energy Weapon Damage	By increasing our ships' access to rare crystals, we are able to increase the damage of their energy weapons.
Volatile Ammunition	50	+25% Kinetic Weapon Damage	We are able to deploy volatile motes as an explosive in our ships' ammunition.
Volatile Explosives	50	+25% Explosive Weapon Damage	By using volatile motes to construct specialized missiles, our ships will have greater destructive capabilities.
Volatile Reactive Armor	50	+25% Armor Hit Points	By enhancing our ships' armor with a reactive component, our ships are able to absorb more damage by reducing incoming damage in a controlled counter-explosion.
Living Metal Mega-Construction	50	+50% Megastructure Build Speed	The inherent properties of living metal makes it perfect for improving megastructure construction.
Nanite Actuators	50	+10% Research Speed	Simple but powerful nanoactuators, allowing for complex manipulations and experiments at mesoscopic scales.

Campaigns[edit]

Campaigns cost basic resources and are unlocked by the Planetary Unification technology.

Edict	Cost	Effects	Requirements	Description
Education Campaign	1000	+25% Leader Experience Gain	Not Gestalt Consciousness	Back to school! By momentarily spending resources to promote higher education programs among our leaders, their skills will improve at a faster rate.
Recycling Campaign	1000	-10% Pop Consumer Goods Upkeep	Not Gestalt Consciousness	The populace must be taught to limit wasteful consumption of resources. A public awareness campaign to promote recycling will momentarily lower our consumer goods cost.
Healthcare Campaign	1000	+10% Pop Growth Speed	Not Gestalt Consciousness	Diet, regular exercise and sleeping patterns all combine to affect the health of our population. By promoting a healthier lifestyle, their life expectancy will go up.
Fear Campaign	1000	+10% Monthly Unity +25% Xenophobe Ethics Attraction	Xenophobe Communications with at least one other empire	The vile and beastly nature of the xeno must be communicated to our people. They must accept the truth that we stand alone in a sea of alien filth.
Drone Campaign	1000	+10% Pop Assembly Speed	Machine Intelligence	By allocating additional resources to our production facilities, we are able to produce new worker drones at an even quicker pace.
Machine Learning Campaign	1000	+25% Leader Experience Gain	Machine Intelligence	By allocating additional resources to our autonomous drones, they are able to increase the rate at which their self-learning algorithms improve their overall productivity.
Drone Campaign	500 if not Lithoid 500 if Lithoid	+10% Pop Growth Speed	Hive Mind	By allocating additional biomass to our spawning pools, we are able to produce new worker drones at an even quicker pace.
Learning Campaign	500 if not Lithoid 500 if Lithoid	+25% Leader Experience Gain	Hive Mind	By providing our autonomous drones with additional nutrients, we are able to increase their productivity.
War Drone Campaign	500 if not Lithoid 500 if Lithoid	+15% Army Damage	Hive Mind	By allocating our war drones additional nutrients, we are able to increase their strength and combat readiness.

Ambitions[edit]

Ambitions become available with the Ascension Theory technology and are the most powerful available edicts. They cost base Unity equal to the next tradition to activate, but do not further increase tradition costs. They are the only use for Unity after all traditions are adopted.

Edict	Effects	Description
Scientific Revolution	+20% Research Speed +1 Research Alternatives	A brief yet highly productive golden age of scientific discovery. The combination of fearlessness, ingenuity and unbridled optimism can take you far.
Desperate Measures	+100% Ship Build Speed during a Defensive War +40% Home Territory Fire Rate	The cornered animal is indeed the most dangerous, as our enemies will soon find out. No effort must be spared to ensure our continued survival.
Fortress Proclamation	+100% Starbase Upgrade Speed +100% Defense Platform build Speed	Our frontiers shall be an unassailable line, and they will convey a clear message to our most ambitious neighbors - this far, no further!
Architectural Renaissance	+50% Megastructure Build Speed +100% Planet Build Speed +1 Megastructure Build Capacity	It is construction on a scale that previous generations could only dream of. Megastructures may well become the true legacy of our civilization.
Hearts and Minds	+100% Governing Ethics Attraction +100% Ethics Shift Chance	A concentrated propaganda effort to make the populace understand the merits of the government's position. Ultimately, it is for their own good.
Omnifarious Acquisition	+33% Monthly Minerals	Everything that can be spared will be recycled and used. Our ambitions require all the resources we can possibly find.
Grand Fleet	+20% Naval Capacity -20% Ship Upkeep	Our galactic ambitions require that the construction of A Grand Fleet must be our primary goal.
Will to Power	+5 Monthly Influence	As power is simply the ability to impose one's will on others, the will to power is a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Event Edicts[edit]

Event edicts can only be made available only by the completion of certain event chains with specific choices.

Edict	Cost	Effects	Requirements	Description
Extensive Sensor Searches	200	+1 Sensor Range +2 Ship Hyperlane Detection Range	Resolved Abandoned Sensor Array anomaly by trying to activate it for the first time	After having researched advanced sensor technology we have enough information to pour extra resources into enhancing our own search scans. Our technicians would have an easier time finding objects of interest at the edge of our systems with this initiative.
Improved Energy Initiative	200	-5% Pop Consumer Goods Upkeep +10% Research Speed ( Industry) +10% Research Speed ( Materials)	Resolved The Fumes Lie Thick anomaly by not activating robots for the first time	We can further limit the use of toxic fuels and non-renewable resources in order to promote research into new methods of energy production. This could help us come closer to a perfect energy cycle and improve the environment for our people to enjoy.
Improved Working Environment	200	+5% Happiness +10% Research Speed ( Biology) +10% Research Speed ( Statecraft)	Resolved Echoes from the Deep anomaly by caring about researchers well-being for the first time	Spending time and resources to improve the working conditions of our people will surely result in better results and happier workers.
Numistic Visualization	200	-5% Pop Consumer Goods Upkeep +10% Research Speed ( Statecraft) +10% Monthly Energy Credits	Bought the edict from the Numistic Order Caravaneer fleet	The active use of Numistic visualization techniques will refocus our people's attention from personal gain to cosmic energy production. To achieve something, you must first visualize it.

Master's Teachings[edit]

A set of 4 anomalies called Teachings of Traders/Explorers/Settlers/Warriors will bring the option to either decipher the texts or sell them for 150-5000 Energy and Minerals. Choosing to decipher the texts will start a special project that requires 5000 Society Research and permanently unlocks one of the Master's Teachings edicts.

Edict	Cost	Effects	Event	Requirements	Description
Master's Teachings: Diplomatic Trust	100	+100% Trust Growth	Teachings of Traders		Translations of an alien philosopher's teachings. Her anecdotes from diplomatic negotiations could act as a good base for diplomatic negotiations.
Master's Teachings: Philosophical Mindset	100	+1 Leader Pool Size +10% Society Research Speed	Teachings of Explorers	Not Gestalt Consciousness	Translations of an alien philosopher's teachings. It contains several analysis and ponderings on the meaning of life and the purpose of the cosmos. By having our rulers follow these advice we can make more informed decisions.
Master's Teachings: The Greater Good	100	−10% Building Cost −10% District Cost +10% Planet Build Speed	Teachings of Settlers	Not Gestalt Consciousness	Translations of an alien philosopher's teachings. By following her advice on how to unify the people via self-sacrifice we could make great strides in infrastructure.
Master's Teachings: Warring States	100	+10% Naval Capacity −15% Army Upkeep	Teachings of Warriors	Not Gestalt Consciousness	Translations of an alien philosopher's teachings. Her depictions of war and ideas on combat strategy could make for excellent training material for our military.