Galactic community

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The galactic community

The Galactic Community is a governing body where each member empire can vote on laws that affect all other member empires. Any empire that established communications with a Galactic Community member is able to join or leave. Leaving the Galactic Community costs between 100 and 500  influence, depending on Empire Sprawl. If an empire leaves it will be unable to rejoin for 20 years and suffer a permanent −30  opinion penalty with the current Galactic Community members until it rejoins. Members of the Galactic Community are automatically given communications if they haven't encountered each other yet. By default, the Galactic Community button is located next to the top of the Outliner.

Formation

Once an empire that is not  Gestalt Consciousness or  Fanatic Purifiers has established communications with at least 70% of the other empires in the galaxy all said empires will be offered to form the Galactic Community. If at least 3 empires agree the Galactic Community will be created. When the option to form or join the Galactic Community is offered AI empires will vote with the following weights:

Yes	No
15 18 if  Xenophile 25 if  Fanatic Xenophile,  Empath or  Rogue Servitor	5 8 if  Xenophobe 15 if  Fanatic Xenophobe

Senate

The Galactic Senate is where resolutions are proposed and voted. It goes through two recurring phases.

When the Senate is in Recess no resolution is voted on. When the recess ends, the proposed resolution with the highest diplomatic support will be put in Session. An empire that's part of the Galactic Council or is the Custodian can declare a resolution an emergency measure every 20 years, instantly ending the recess. A recess lasts 720 days.

When the Senate is in Session all empires vote on the debated resolution. Supporting or opposing a resolution will add an empire’s diplomatic weight to either side while abstaining will not add diplomatic weight to either site. All empires can change their vote every 4 months. When the session ends the resolution is passed if the total Diplomatic weight of empires that supported it exceeds the total Diplomatic weight of empires that opposed it. A Session lasts 1440 days. An empire that's the Custodian can end a session after half its time has passed.

Diplomatic weight

Diplomatic weight is a measure of how influential an empire is within the Senate and determines its power when supporting or opposing resolutions that are proposed or voted on. Diplomatic weight is gained from Fleet Power, Economy, Technology and Pops. Assigning an  Envoy to the Galactic Community increases Diplomatic weight by +10% and the Cooperative Diplomatic Stance Policy increases the empire's Diplomatic weight by +25%.

• Economic weight is 15% of the empire's economic power
• Fleet power weight is 2.5% of fleet power
• Technology weight is 40% of technology level
• Population weight is the sum of each pop's contribution which is described by: ${\text{Pop's weight}}=2*{\text{Pop's Happiness}}+1$ . The Political Power of the pop is not considered. All Pops that are not affected by Happiness contribute 1 to Diplomatic weight from Pops.

Resolutions

Resolutions are laws passed by the Galactic Senate and affect every member of the Galactic Community. Any member can propose a resolution at any time, which is then added to the proposal list. Each member can only have one resolution in the list. After a resolution is added to the list, all member empires can support it, oppose it or abstain, which determines its Diplomatic Support.

There are four resolution trees, each one containing at least two resolution lists. Most resolution lists contain 5 resolutions each, which must be passed in order, in addition to the option to vote to repeal the current highest level resolution in a list. Sanction resolution lists contain 3 resolutions each. Once a resolution passes another resolution from the same list, including the option to repel the new resolution, cannot be proposed until a resolution from another list is voted on. The last two resolutions of each list require the Federations DLC.

The resolutions, depending on their tier, require 100, 150, 200, 250 or 300  Influence to propose. An empire can withdraw its own resolution to propose another one but the cost is not refunded. Repealing a resolution costs as much as it took to propose it.

When a resolution that bans a policy is passed all members of the Galactic Community that use it are given the option to change the policy as long as their ethics allow. The option can be offered again after enough time passes.

An empire that has proposed a resolution will gain for 6 years +5%  Diplomatic weight if the resolution passes and −5%  Diplomatic weight if it fails.

AI empires will never vote for resolutions that would cause them to be in breach of the Galactic Law and will always vote for repealing them. If the AI is neutral on an issue it will vote solely based on its  Opinion of the empire that proposed the resolution.

 Gestalt Consciousness empires are not affected by modifiers that have no effect on their pops or planets, making certain resolutions have fewer drawbacks or benefits than they would for other empires.

resolutions	Effects	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5	AI voting weight
Galactic Commerce	Diplomatic weight from Economy	+20%	+40%	+60%	+80%	+100%	x2 if  Corporate x2 if  Corporate Dominion x0.1 if  Gestalt Consciousness
	Trade Value	+5%	+10%	+15%	+20%	+25%
	Bureaucrat Upkeep	+5%	+5%	+25%	+25%	+25%
	Trade Protection		+10	+10	+25	+25
	Naval Capacity		−10%	−10%	−15%	−15%
	Consumer Goods from Passive Observation			+2	+2	+2
	Consumer Goods from Aggressive Observation			+8	+8	+8
	Consumer Goods from Covert Observation			+4	+4	+4
	Resources from Jobs					+10%
	Ruler Happiness					+50%
	Happiness					−25%
	Leader Upkeep					+50%
Industrial Development	Diplomatic weight from Economy	+20%	+40%	+60%	+80%	+100%	x1.2 if uses slaves x1.2 if Authoritarian x0.5 if  Agrarian Idyll x0.5 if  Environmentalist
	Worker Pop Resource Output	+2.5%	+5%	+7.5%	+10%	+10%
	Habitability	−2%	−5%	−10%	−20%	−25%
	Alloys from Jobs		+5%	+5%	+5%	+5%
	Minerals from Jobs		+10%	+15%	+20%	+20%
	Planet Build Speed			+10%	+10%	+10%
	Metallurgist Upkeep				−10%	−20%
	Metallurgist Output on Forge Worlds				+5%	+5%
	Artisan Output on Industrial Worlds				+5%	+5%
	Gas Refiner Output on Refinery Worlds				+5%	+5%
	Project Cornucopia Decision
The Greater Good	Diplomatic weight from Pops	+20%	+40%	+60%	+80%	+100%	x2 if  Shared Burdens x2 if  Rogue Servitor x1.2 if  Agrarian Idyll x1.2 if  Free Haven x1.2 if  Idealistic Foundation x1.2 if  Inwards Perfection x1.2 if Egalitarian x0.75 if Authoritarian x0.8 if  Gestalt Consciousness x0.8 if  Aristocratic Elite x0.8 if  Police State x0.5 if  Corporate x0 if  Slaver Guilds x0 if  Indentured Assets
	Worker Happiness	+5%	+5%	+5%	+5%	+5%
	Worker Political Power	+10%	+25%	+50%	+75%	+100%
	Worker and Menial Drone Pop Output on worlds with basic resource designation		+5%	+5%	+5%	+5%
	Empire Sprawl from Pops				−10%	−10%
	Pop housing usage				−10%	−10%
	Stability					+5
	Resource Storage Capacity					−10000
	Greater Than Ourselves Edict
	Basic Subsistence Living Standards		Banned	Banned	Banned	Banned
	Stratified Economy Living Standards			Banned	Banned	Banned
	Decent Conditions Living Standards				Banned	Banned
	Academic Privilege Living Standards				Banned	Banned
	Social Welfare Living Standards					Banned
	Identity Sublimation Living Standards					Banned
	Chattel Slavery			Banned	Banned	Banned
	Livestock Slavery			Banned	Banned	Banned
	Grid Amalgamation Slavery			Banned	Banned	Banned
	All Slavery				Banned	Banned
Ecological Protection	Diplomatic weight from Economy	−20%	−40%	−60%	−80%	−100%	x2 if  Environmentalist x1.2 if  Agrarian Idyll x0.8 if  Lithoid x0.8 if  Machine Intelligence x0.6 if  Mining Guilds x0.6 if  Rockbreakers
	Pop Consumer Goods Upkeep	−5%	−5%	−5%	−5%	−5%
	Clear Blocker Time	+10%	+25%	+50%	+100%	+200%
	Pop Amenities Usage		−5%	−5%	−5%	−5%
	Planet Build Speed		−5%	−15%	−15%	−15%
	Habitability			+5%	+10%	+15%
	Food from Jobs			+5%	+10%	+20%
	Alloys from Jobs				−10%	−30%
	Minerals from Jobs				−20%	−50%
	Happiness				+5%	+10%
	Terraforming Cost				+25%	+100%
	Terraforming except towards Gaia World				Banned	Banned
	Pop Growth Speed					+5%
Unchained Knowledge	Diplomatic weight from Tech	+20%	+40%	+60%	+80%	+100%	x1.5 if Materialist x0.75 if Spiritualist
	Research Station Output	+10%	+20%	+30%	+40%	+50%
	Starbase Upkeep	+5%	+10%	+15%	+20%	+25%
	Planet Sensor range		+1	+1	+1	+1
	Solar Panels starbase module effects		+100%	+100%	+100%	+100%
	Black Hole Observatory starbase building effects		+100%	+100%	+100%	+100%
	Listening Post starbase building effects		+100%	+100%	+100%	+100%
	Enclave Starbase Buildings Effects			+100%	+100%	+100%
	Society Research from Passive Observation			+4	+4	+4
	Society Research from Aggressive Observation			+6	+6	+6
	Society Research from Indoctrination Observation			+4	+4	+4
	Researcher Output				+10%	+10%
	Researcher Upkeep				+25%	+50%
	Worker and Slave Happiness				−15%	−15%
	Outlawed Artificial Intelligence Policy			Banned	Banned	Banned
	Passive Studies Native Interference Policy			Banned	Banned	Banned
	Not using the highest Leader Enhancement available				Banned	Banned
	Extradimensional Experimentation Decision
	Minimum Crisis Year					-50
Divinity of Life	Diplomatic weight from Tech	−20%	−40%	−60%	−80%	−100%	x1.5 if Spiritualist x0.75 if Materialist x0.5 if  Gestalt Consciousness x0.25 if  Synthetic Evolution
	Spiritualist Ethic Attraction	+10%	+20%	+30%	+40%	+50%
	Unity from Jobs	+5%	+10%	+15%	+20%	+25%
	Unemployment Happiness penalty	−10%	−10%	−10%	−10%	−10%
	Pop Consumer Goods Upkeep		−5%	−5%	−5%	−10%
	Pop Assembly Cost		+25%	+25%	+50%	+50%
	Robot upkeep		+10%	+10%	+20%	+20%
	Pop Assembly Speed			−25%	−25%	−25%
	Diplomatic weight from Robotic empires				−25%	−25%
	Biological Pop Happiness					+10%
	Biological Pop priority in Jobs
	Synthetic Evolution				Banned	Banned
	Citizen Rights Artificial Intelligence Policy					Banned
	Machine Intelligence Authority (unless  Rogue Servitor)					Banned
	Machine Intelligence gets the option to reform into  Rogue Servitor (except for  Driven Assimilator)
Mutual Defense	Diplomatic weight from Fleet Power	+20%	+40%	+60%	+80%	+100%	x2 if Militarist x1.5 if  Citizen Service x1.5 if  Distinguished Admiralty x1.5 if  Warrior Culture x1.5 if  Private Military Companies x1.5 if  Naval Contractors x1.5 if  Strength of Legions x1.5 if  Subspace Ephapse x1.5 if  Warbots x0.25 if Pacifist
	Naval Capacity	+10	+20	+30	+40	+50
	Ship Upkeep	+5%	+10%	+15%	+20%	+25%
	Using below 50% Naval Capacity		Banned	Banned	Banned	Banned
	Counterattack CB
	Castigation Denouncement resolutions
	Preemptive War CB
Rules of War	Diplomatic weight from Fleet Power	−20%	−40%	−60%	−80%	−100%	x2 if Pacifist x0.8 if Militarist
	Defense Army Morale	+15%	+15%	+15%	+15%	+15%
	Army upkeep	+5%	+5%	+15%	+15%	+15%
	War exhaustion gain		−5%	−10%	−15%	−20%
	Army Collateral Damage			−20%	−20%	−20%
	Ship Build Speed during Defensive War				+25%	+25%
	Pacifist Ethics Attraction				+50%	+100%
	Edict Duration					+20%
	Naval Capacity					−25%
	Purges except Displacement		Banned	Banned	Banned	Banned
	Indiscriminate and Armageddon Bombardment Stance			Banned	Banned	Banned
	Unrestricted Wars War Philosophy				Banned	Banned
	Militarized Economy Economy Policy					Banned
	Using World Cracker		Banned	Banned	Banned	Banned
	Using Neutron Sweep			Banned	Banned	Banned
	Using Divine Enforcer			Banned	Banned	Banned
	Using Nanobot Diffuser			Banned	Banned	Banned

Galactic Market	Effects	Level 1	Level 2	AI voting weight
Slave Trade	Tradable Slaves	Mechanical pops only	None	x1.5 if Egalitarian x1.5 if Xenophile x0.5 if Authoritarian x0.5 if Xenophobe x0 if uses slaves

Sanctions

Sanctions are resolutions that apply negative modifiers to empires that are in breach of Galactic Law or have been denounced. The last two levels for each Sanction can only be proposed by members of the Galactic Council. All Sanctions require 25  Influence to propose. AI empires are 25% more likely to vote for a Sanction resolution if a Rival is denounced or in breach of the Galactic Law but 50% less likely if a member of the same Federation is denounced or in breach of Galactic Law. They will always oppose resolutions if they themselves are in breach of Galactic Law.

Sanction type	Effects	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	AI voting weight
Economic	Market Fee	+10%	+20%	+30%	x1.25 if  Corporate
	Diplomatic weight from Economy	−20%	−40%	−60%
Administrative	Administrative Capacity	−10%	−20%	−30%	x1.25 if Xenophile x1.25 if  Diplomatic Corps x1.25 if  Empath x1.25 if  Rogue Servitor
	Diplomatic Influence Cost	+25%	+50%	+75%
Research	Research Speed	−5%	−10%	−15%	x1.25 if Materialist
	Diplomatic weight from Tech	−20%	−40%	−60%
Military	Naval Capacity	−10%	−20%	−30%	x1.25 if Militarist x1.25 if Pacifist
	Diplomatic weight from Fleet Power	−20%	−40%	−60%

Space fauna

The Space fauna resolutions determine the status of Space Amoeba and Tiyanki Space Whales and cost 25  Influence to propose.

resolution	Effects	Description	AI voting weight
Tiyanki Pest Control	Bans having Tiyanki Space Whales within empire borders Killing Tiyanki Space Whales no longer causes opinion loss with Xenophile empires	The roving Tiyanki are not only a nuisance, but also a navigational hazard. The presence of these unpredictable creatures cannot be tolerated in the galaxy's increasingly busy spacelanes.	x2 if Xenophobe x1.5 if Militarist x0.5 if Pacifist x0.5 if  Environmentalist x0.5 if  Empath x0 if Xenophile
Tiyanki Conservation Act	Bans killing Tiyanki Space Whales or the Tiyanki Matriarch Guardian Killing Tiyanki Space Whales grants no rewards and causes a −1000  Energy fine	The Tiyanki are a unique form of spacefaring life, and they must be protected from those who would do them harm.	x2 if Xenophile x1.5 if Pacifist x1.5 if  Environmentalist x1.5 if  Empath x0.75 if Militarist x0 if Xenophobe
Space Amoeba Protection Act	Bans not pacifying Space Amoeba All members are offered the Amoeboid Pacification empire modifier	Despite their unseeming looks, the Space Amoebas have as much right to roam the galaxy as any species. They must be treated as a form of life worth cherishing, not as vermin to be hunted down.

Galactic priorities

Galactic priorities are resolutions that create a Galactic Focus, an objective that when accomplished will grant every member of the Galactic Community 100  influence. Galactic priorities will only appear when certain conditions are met and cost 100  influence to propose.

Galactic priority	Effect	Galactic focus	Requirement	AI voting weight
Pass a resolution	None	Pass a resolution	Activated automatically	None
Form the Galactic Market	Starts the Birth of the Galactic Market event chain +10000 Resource Storage Capacity	Nominate an empire to house the galactic market	Communications with at least 3 empires Galactic Market not formed	x8 if 150 years passed x4 if 100 years passed x2 if 50 years passed x2 if  Corporate x0.8 if Xenophobe x0.5 if  Inward Perfection
The Contingency	All members of the Galactic Community open borders towards each other	Defeat the Contingency crisis	Contingency crisis	x10 if  Defender of the Galaxy x10 if crisis controls >50% of galaxy x2 if crisis borders them x1.25 if crisis controls >20% of galaxy x1.2 if Militarist x1.1 if Xenophile x0.75 if crisis does not border them x0.5 if Xenophobe
The Prethoryn Scourge	All members of the Galactic Community open borders towards each other	Defeat the Prethoryn Scourge crisis	Prethoryn Scourge crisis
The Unbidden	All members of the Galactic Community open borders towards each other	Defeat the Extradimensional Invaders crisis	Extredimensional Invaders crisis
The Gray Tempest	All members of the Galactic Community open borders towards each other	Defeat the Gray Tempest	Gray Tempest L-Cluster outcome
The Great Khan	All members of the Galactic Community open borders towards each other	Defeat the Horde	The Horde	x2 if Horde borders them x1.2 if Militarist x1.2 if Pacifist x1.1 if  Satrapy neighbor x0.5 if Xenophobe x0 if  Satrapy
Denounce The First Awakened Empire	Bans being a subject of the first awakened empire	End the War in Heaven	War in Heaven	x2 if awakened empire overlord is not targeted x0 if awakened empire overlord is targeted
Denounce The Second Awakened Empire	Bans being a subject of the second awakened empire	End the War in Heaven	War in Heaven
Denounce Both Awakened Empires	Bans being a subject of either awakened empire +25% Damage against awakened empires	End the War in Heaven	War in Heaven	x0 if awakened empire overlord

Denouncement

Denouncements are a unique type of resolution that targets a certain member empire. If the denouncement resolution passes the denounced empire will get a −25%  Diplomatic weight modifier for 10 years. If the empire is a member of the Galactic Community it will be affected by Sanction resolutions even if it didn't breach Galactic Law. A denouncement resolution can only be proposed against empires with rivalry or negative Relations. There are two types of denouncements:

• Castigation denouncements cost 25  Influence and can be proposed by any empire if the 4th Mutual Defense resolution is passed against an empire that is either in breach of the Galactic Law or is not a member of the Galactic Community
• Council denouncements cost 100  Influence can be proposed by members of the Galactic Council against any member of the Galactic Community

Galactic council

The Galactic Council can be created by passing the Form Galactic Council resolution, which requires the Galactic Community to be at least 20 years old. Members are chosen from the member empires with the highest  diplomatic weight every 20 years and have their  diplomatic weight increased by +20%, can propose Council denouncement resolutions and can declare a proposed resolution an emergency measure and put it into session immediately once every 10 years. After the Galactic Council is created the Galactic Reforms resolution list will be added.

Galactic Reform	Cost	Effects	Starts passed	DLC
Abolish Galactic Council	300	Galactic Council no longer exists.
Change Council Size: 1	200	1 empire can be part of the Galactic Council.
Change Council Size: 2	200	2 empires can be part of the Galactic Council.
Change Council Size: 3	200	3 empires can be part of the Galactic Council.
Change Council Size: 4	200	4 empires can be part of the Galactic Council.
Change Council Size: 5	200	5 empires can be part of the Galactic Council.
Enable Council Veto Power	150	Members of the Galactic Council can veto a proposed resolution every 5 years with 300  influence, preventing it from being proposed for 15 years.
Enable Council Denouncement Power	150	Council Denouncement resolutions can be proposed.
Remove Council Veto Power	250	Members of the Galactic Council cannot veto resolutions.
Remove Council Denouncement Power	250	Council Denouncement resolutions cannot be proposed.
Permanent Council Seat	300	Targeted empires will always be part of the Galactic Council.
Revoke Permanent Council Seat	300	Targeted empires will be removed from the Galactic Council.
Nominate Custodian	300	Targeted Council Member becomes Custodian.
Unseat Custodian	200	The Custodian returns to the Galactic Council.

The Custodian

A Custodian can be chosen from the members of the Galactic Council by passing the Nominate Custodian resolution. The Custodian enjoys the following benefits:

• +5 Monthly influence
• +30%  Diplomatic weight (doesn't stack, replaces the Council bonus)
• −50% Emergency measure cooldown
• −50% Veto cost and cooldown
• Open borders from every member of the Galactic Community
• Can end any session after half its time has passed at the cost of 200  influence
• Can change the Galactic Focus without requiring a resolution at the cost of 100  influence
• Can freeze any resolution, preventing it from being voted on (the empire with the frozen resolution can still withdraw it to propose another one)

Initially, an empire stays Custodian for 30 years and afterwards returns to the Galactic Council. Custodians can propose the following unique resolutions for 200  influence:

Group	resolution	Effects	Requirements
Term Limits	Extend Custodianship	+30 Years custodian term	Remove Custodianship Term Limit
	Remove Custodianship Term Limit	No Custodian term limit
	End Custodianship	The Custodian returns to the Galactic Council
Custodian Reforms	Galactic Mobilization	+150 Naval capacity −5% Trade value
	Introduce Galactic Standard	+1 Monthly influence −2% Monthly energy credits
	Anti-Piracy Initiative	+5 Trade protection +20% Damage to Pirates and Marauders −3% Monthly energy credits
	A United Front	+20% Damage to endgame crisis factions −3% Monthly energy credits	Crisis
	Proclaim the Galactic Imperium	Custodian gains 250 Influence The Galactic Community becomes the Galactic Imperium	Remove Custodianship Term Limit War In Heaven
Galactic Institutions	Galactic Defense Force	The custodian can design and build upkeep-free ships for the Galactic Defense Force −25% GDF ship alloy cost −5% Monthly alloys
	GDF Expansion	+400 Community fleet naval capacity −5% Monthly alloys	Galactic Defense Force
	Disband the GDF	Repeals the Galactic Defense Force resolution GDF fleet is disbanded	Galactic Defense Force
	Interstellar Navigation Agency	+15% Community space sublight speed −2% Monthly energy credits
	Disband the Interstellar Navigation Agency	Repeals the Interstellar Navigation Agency resolution	Interstellar Navigation Agency
	Galactic Trade Organization	+10% Trade value +3% Pop consumer goods upkeep
	Disband the Galactic Trade Organization	Repeals the Galactic Trade Organization resolution	Galactic Trade Organization
	GALPOL	−15 Crime −2% Monthly energy credits
	Disband the GALPOL	Repeals the GALPOL resolution	GALPOL

Crisis declaration

The Custodian or members of the Galactic Council can propose crisis declaration Resolutions. Crisis declaration Resolutions cost 300 to propose or repeal and will start a war between the Galactic Community or Galactic Imperium and the target using the Crisis War wargoal. During the war, member empires gain +20%  ship build speed and -10%  ship upkeep. The war will end prematurely if the resolution is repealed.

Galactic Imperium

The galactic imperium

If the Proclaim the Galactic Imperium Resolution is passed the Galactic Community will be reformed into the Galactic Imperium. All Galactic Imperium members will leave any federation they're part of. The Custodian will become the Galactic Emperor, with a new name depending on previous authority, shift ethics towards  Fanatic Authoritarian, shift government to  Imperial, gain the  Galactic Sovereign civic and gain the ability to upgrade the planetary capital of the empire capital into the Imperial Palace. If the Galactic Emperor previously had  Corporate authority it will shift government as well but become able to use both regular and corporate civics. All Custodian perks will remain and in addition, the Galactic Emperor cannot be attacked by Galactic Imperium members. Empires cannot leave the Galactic Imperium.

When the Galactic Imperium is formed the Galactic Council will be reformed into the Imperial Council. Galactic Reform Resolutions will be replaced by Imperial Council ones, which can only be proposed by the Galactic Emperor. If the Galactic Defense Force Resolution has been passed it will be replaced by the Imperial Armada Resolution. In addition, the Galactic Trade Organization Resolution will be moved to the Imperial Institutions group and A United Front to Foreign Relations.

The Galactic Emperor will be able to propose the following Resolutions:

Group	resolution	Cost	Effects	Requirements
Imperial Council	Abolish Imperial Council	300	Imperial Council no longer exists
	Restore Imperial Council	100	Imperial Council is restored	Abolish Imperial Council
	Change Council Size: 1	200	1 empire can be part of the Imperial Council	Abolish Imperial Council
	Change Council Size: 2	200	2 empires can be part of the Imperial Council	Abolish Imperial Council
	Change Council Size: 3	200	3 empires can be part of the Imperial Council	Abolish Imperial Council
	Change Council Size: 4	200	4 empires can be part of the Imperial Council	Abolish Imperial Council
	Change Council Size: 5	200	5 empires can be part of the Imperial Council	Abolish Imperial Council
	By Election	200	Imperial Council members are chosen from the member empires with the highest  diplomatic weight every 20 years	Abolish Imperial Council
	By Appointment	200	The Galactic Emperor can add and remove Imperial Council members at the cost of 100  influence	Abolish Imperial Council
	By Trial of Advancement	200	Enables the Trial of Advancement casus belli	Abolish Imperial Council
	Permanent Council Seat	300	Targeted empires will always be part of the Imperial Council	By Election
	Revoke Permanent Council Seat	300	Targeted empires will be removed from the Imperial Council	Permanent Council Seat
Foreign Relations	Imperial Crusade	100	All Galactic Imperium members declare war on the target empire with the Force Into Imperium wargoal	140 Imperial Authority Fallen or awakened empire target Member of the Galactic Imperium target
Imperial Reforms	Pax Galactica	200	Galactic Imperium members cannot use casus belli on each other except Trial of Advancement	180 Imperial Authority
	Repeal Pax Galactica	200	Repeals the Pax Galactic resolution	Pax Galactica
Imperial Institutions	Imperial Armada	200	The Galactic Emperor can design and build upkeep-free ships for the Imperial Armada −50% GDF ship alloy cost −5% Monthly alloys
	Imperial Armada Expansion	200	+400 Community fleet naval capacity −5% Monthly alloys	Imperial Armada
	Imperial Legions	200	The Galactic Emperor can recruit 12 Imperial Legion armies
	Imperial Navigation Agency	200	+15% Community space sublight speed −2% Monthly energy credits
	Disband the Imperial Navigation Agency	200	Repeals the Imperial Navigation Agency Resolution	Imperial Navigation Agency
	Imperial Security Directorate	200	−20 Crime +2 Codebreaking +4 Encryption −3% Monthly energy credits
	Imperial Charter	200	Targeted empire is allowed to build branch offices on the planets of every member of the Galactic Imperium Targeted empire can construct Imperial Concession Port buildings in branch offices Targeted empire gains the Imperial Charter empire modifier	Corporate Sovereign  Corporate target
	Revoke Charter	200	Targeted empire is no longer allowed to build branch offices on the planets of every member of the Galactic Imperium Targeted empire can no longer construct Imperial Concession Port buildings in branch offices Targeted empire loses the Imperial Charter empire modifier	Target has the Imperial Charter modifier

Undermining the Imperial Authority

Imperial Authority being undermined

The Galactic Imperium measures its strength via Imperial Authority. Envoys can be assigned to the Galactic Imperium to raise or lower Imperial Authority by 0.1 per month each. This is done via the Galactic Imperium screen as shown in the image. Envoys can be assigned (by clicking either icon) to support or undermine the Imperium. In addition to this, an Espionage Operation exists to Weaken Imperial Authority.

If the Imperial Authority is at least 100, all members of the Galactic Imperium will join the Galactic Emperor in defensive wars. If it falls below 50, members can use the Spark Rebellion espionage operation to attempt to bring down the Emperor. This operation requires a very high Infiltration Level, so it may be required to acquire additional assets first. In addition to the high starting requirements, events may happen that demand to sacrifice the assigned asset and thus lowering the maximum infiltration level. The Contact Lost event requires 10 more infiltration level than the starting requirement of the operation was originally.

Galactic Law

The Galactic Law represents actions that are forbidden within the Galactic Community. When the Galactic Community is formed nothing is forbidden, but passed resolutions can ban certain actions. If a member of the Galactic Community breaches the Galactic Law all other members will lose  opinion towards the breaching empire. In addition, as long as an empire is in breach of Galactic Law it will be affected by passed Sanction resolutions. Sanction resolutions themselves can only be proposed after at least one thing is banned by Galactic Law.

References

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