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. By default, the Galactic Community button is located next to the top of the Outliner.

Formation[edit]

Once an empire that is not Gestalt Consciousness or Fanatic Purifiers has established communications with half 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[edit]

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 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.

Diplomatic Weight[edit]

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 and their Happiness. 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%.

Resolutions[edit]

Resolutions are laws passed by the Galactic Community 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 and the last two Sanction Resolutions from each list can only be proposed by members of the Galactic Council.

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.

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.

Commerce and Industry[edit]

Resolutions	Effects	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5
Galactic Commerce	Diplomatic Weight from Economy	+20%	+40%	+60%	+80%	+100%
	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%
	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

Sanctions	Effects	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3
Economic Sanctions	-- (Applies to Empires Denounced or Breaching Galactic Law) --
	Market Fee	+10%	+20%	+30%
	Diplomatic Weight from Economy	-20%	-40%	-60%

Galactic Market	Effects	Level 1	Level 2
Slave Trade	Tradable Slaves	Mechanical pops only	None

Politics and Culture[edit]

Resolutions	Effects	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5
The Greater Good	Diplomatic Weight from Pops	+20%	+40%	+60%	+80%	+100%
	Worker Happiness	+5%	+5%	+5%	+5%	+5%
	Worker Political Power	+10%	+25%	+50%	+75%	+100%
	Worker Pop Output on Agri Worlds, Generator Worlds, and Mining Worlds		+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
	Assimilating into Driven Assimilator or Hive Mind					Banned
	Chattel Slavery			Banned	Banned	Banned
	Livestock Slavery			Banned	Banned	Banned
	Grid Amalgamation Slavery			Banned	Banned	Banned
	All Slavery Types				Banned	Banned

Sanctions	Effects	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3
Administrative Sanctions	-- (Applies to Empires Denounced or Breaching Galactic Law) --
	Administrative Capacity	-10%	-20%	-30%
	Diplomatic Influence Cost	+25%	+50%	+75%

Galactic Reforms	Note	Proceed	Repel
Galactic Council	The Galactic Council is not founded by default.	Established	Abolished
Council Veto Rights	Veto Rights is disabled by default when the Galactic Council is established.	Enabled	Disabled
Council Size	Council size is 3 by default when the Galactic Council is established. Can be increased up to 5 or decreased down to 1.	+1	-1

Environment and Technology[edit]

Resolutions	Effects	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5
Ecological Protection	Diplomatic Weight from Economy	-20%	-40%	-60%	-80%	-100%
	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%
	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
	Chance for the Extradimensional Invaders crisis to trigger					Doubled
Divinity of Life	Diplomatic Weight from Tech	-20%	-40%	-60%	-80%	-100%
	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)

Sanctions	Effects	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3
Research Sanctions	-- (Applies to Empires Denounced or Breaching Galactic Law) --
	Research Speed	-5%	-10%	-15%
	Diplomatic Weight from Tech	-20%	-40%	-60%

Defense and War[edit]

Resolutions	Effects	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5
Mutual Defense	Diplomatic Weight from Fleet Power	+20%	+40%	+60%	+80%	+100%
	Naval Capacity	+10	+20	+30	+40	+50
	Ship Upkeep	+5%	+10%	+15%	+20%	+25%
	Using below 50% Naval Capacity		Banned	Banned	Banned	Banned
	Casus Belli: Counterattack Can be used against an Empire that isn't Galactic Community member and is at offensive war with a Galactic Community member.
	Casus Belli: Preemptive War (Total War) Can be used against any Empire that isn't Galactic Community member.
	Resolution: Castigation Denouncement Can be used against any Empire that is either in breach of the galactic law or isn't Galactic Community member.
Rules of War	Diplomatic Weight from Fleet Power	-20%	-40%	-60%	-80%	-100%
	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

Sanctions	Effects	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3
Military Sanctions	-- (Applies to Empires Denounced or Breaching Galactic Law) --
	Naval Capacity	-10%	-20%	-30%
	Diplomatic Weight from Fleet Power	-20%	-40%	-60%

Space Fauna[edit]

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

Resolution	Effects	Description
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.
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.
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[edit]

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 Focus	Effect	Galactic Focus	Requirement
Pass a Resolution	None	Pass a Resolution	Activated automatically
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	Galactic Market not formed
The Contingency	All members of the Galactic Community open borders towards each other	Defeat the Contingency crisis	Contingency crisis
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 Extredimensional Invaders crisis	Extredimensional Invaders crisis
The Great Khan	All members of the Galactic Community open borders towards each other	Defeat the Horde	The Horde
The Gray Tempest	All members of the Galactic Community open borders towards each other	Defeat the Gray Tempest	Gray Tempest L-Cluster outcome
Denounce The First Awakened Empire	Bans being a subject of the first Awakened Empire	End the War in Heaven	War in Heaven
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 Empires that are not subjects of an Awakened Empire gain +25% Damage against Awakened Empires	End the War in Heaven	War in Heaven

Denouncement[edit]

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 the 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[edit]

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 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 have various Resolutions that can be passed to affect the Galactic Council. They can be used to increase or lower the number of members in the Galactic Council between 1 and 5, grant them the power to Veto a Resolution, remove the council denouncement Resolutions or make a member empire a permanent Galactic Council member.

Galactic Law[edit]

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.

AI voting[edit]

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. Beyond that they will vote Resolutions with the following weights. A value above 1 will make them more likely to vote for the Resolution while a value below 1 will make them more likely to vote against it. If the AI is neutral on an issue it will vote solely based on its Opinion of the empire that proposed the resolution.

Resolution	Level	Voting for resolution	Voting for repeal
Galactic Commerce	All	x2 if Corporate x2 if Corporate Dominion x1.2 if Free Traders x0.1 if Gestalt Consciousness	x0 if Corporate x0 if Corporate Dominion x0.75 if Free Traders x1.5 if Gestalt Consciousness
Industrial Development	All	x1.2 if uses slaves x1.2 if Authoritarian x0.5 if Environmentalist x0.5 if Agrarian Idyll	x0.8 if uses slaves x0.8 if Authoritarian x2 if Environmentalist x2 if Agrarian Idyll
The Greater Good	All	x2 if Shared Burdens x2 if Rogue Servitor x1.2 if Egalitarian x1.2 if Idealistic Foundation x0.8 if Gestalt Consciousness x0.8 if Aristocratic Elite x0.75 if Authoritarian x0.5 if Corporate x0 if Slaver Guilds x0 if Indentured Assets	x0 if Rogue Servitor x0 if Egalitarian x0.5 if Idealistic Foundation x1.5 if Authoritarian x2 if Slaver Guilds x2 if Indentured Assets
Galactic Reforms	All	x2 if Diplomatic Corps x2 if Public Relations Specialists x2 if Empath x2 if Rogue Servitor x1.1 if Authoritarian x1.1 if Xenophile x0.8 if Egalitarian x0.8 if Xenophobe x0.8 if Gestalt Consciousness x0.5 if Shared Burdens	x0 if part of the Galactic Council x0.5 if Diplomatic Corps x0.5 if Public Relations Specialists x0.5 if Empath x0.5 if Rogue Servitor x0.8 if Xenophile x1.1 if Egalitarian x1.2 if Xenophobe x1.2 if Gestalt Consciousness
Ecological Protection	All	x2 if Environmentalist x1.2 if Agrarian Idyll x0.8 if Machine Intelligence x0.8 if Lithoid primary species x0.6 if Mining Guilds x0.6 if Rockbreakers	x0 if Environmentalist x0.25 if Agrarian Idyll x1.2 if Machine Intelligence x1.2 if Lithoid primary species x2 if Mining Guilds x2 if Rockbreakers
Unchained Knowledge	All	x1.5 if Materialist x0.75 if Spiritualist	x0 if Materialist x1.5 if Spiritualist
Divinity of Life	1	x2 if Shared Burdens x1.5 if Spiritualist x1.05 if Egalitarian x0.85 if Authoritarian () x0.85 if Corporate () x0.75 if Materialist x0.5 if Gestalt Consciousness x0.25 if Synthetic Evolution	x0 if Shared Burdens x0.5 if Spiritualist x0.95 if Egalitarian x1.15 if Authoritarian () x1.15 if Corporate () x1.25 if Materialist x1.5 if Gestalt Consciousness x2 if Synthetic Evolution
	2 \| 4	x1.5 if Spiritualist x1.2 if neither Robot Exploiter nor Robot Liberator AI personality x0.8 if Gestalt Consciousness x0.5 if Robot Exploiter AI personality x0.25 if Robot Liberator AI personality x0 if Synthetic Evolution	x2 if Synthetic Evolution x1.75 if Robot Liberator AI personality x1.5 if Robot Exploiter AI personality x1.2 if Gestalt Consciousness x0.8 if neither Robot Exploiter nor Robot Liberator AI personality x0.5 if Spiritualist
	5	The same as above, in addition: x100 if Rogue Servitor	The same as above, in addition: x0 if Rogue Servitor
Mutual Defense	All	x2 if Militarist x1.5 if Warrior Culture x1.5 if Private Military Companies x1.5 if Strength of Legions x1.5 if Warbots x0.25 if Pacifist	x0 if Militarist x2 if Pacifist
Rules of War	All	x2 if Pacifist x0.8 if Militarist x0.8 if Gestalt Consciousness	x0 if Pacifist x2 if Militarist
Form the Galactic Market	All	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 Xenophobic Isolationists AI personality	Cannot be repealed
Sanctions	All	x1.25 if a Rival is denounced or in breach of Galactic Law x0.5 if a Federation member is denounced or in breach of Galactic Law x0 if in breach of Galactic Law	x0.75 if a Rival is denounced or in breach of Galactic Law x2 if a Federation member is denounced or in breach of Galactic Law x2 if in breach of Galactic Law