Jobs

Version

This article has been verified for the current PC version (2.8) of the game.

Planetary management

Districts

Buildings

Jobs

Designation

Stability

Decisions

Crime and Deviancy

Branch Offices

A job is where Pops work to produce resources on planets. Jobs are divided into different strata, with one higher than the other. Most Jobs are created by Districts and Buildings and thus limited in number.

Job weight

Pops will automatically fill empty Jobs that they are capable of holding and will choose the job that will get the most out of their traits based on a weighting system but priority can be set towards and away from specific Jobs to ensure they are filled before others. New Pops that are more suitable for a Job than the current Pop holding the Job may take the job from it.

• For Worker, Menial Drone and Complex Drone jobs new pops will always take the job from a current pop if the new pop's weight is higher.
• For Specialist jobs new pops will only take the job from a current pop if the new pop's weight is x1.5 higher.
• For Ruler jobs new pops will only take the job from a current pop if the new pop's weight is x5 higher.

It is possible to force a re-evaluation of jobs by blocking and then re-enabling the jobs.

Regular empires

Regular empires have three strata. If a pop takes a job above its stratum it will be promoted to the higher stratum. If there are no available jobs of equal or higher Stratum the pop will become unemployed, slowly demoting in stratum and causing happiness penalties at most levels of living standards.

Rulers

	Job	Stratum	Produces	Upkeep	Default Priority	Weight	DLC
	Administrator	Ruler	+3 Unity +8 Amenities	N/A	2	Modifiers x1.5 Amenities boosting trait x1.25 Unity boosting trait x1.25 Brain Slug Host trait x1.13 Natural Intellectuals trait x1.13 Robust trait x0.75 Quarrelsome trait x0.5 Repugnant trait x0.1 not Full Citizenship rights
	Executive	Ruler	+2 Unity +5 Amenities +4 Trade Value	N/A	2	Modifiers x2 Thrifty trait x2 Numistic Administration trait x1.5 Amenities boosting trait x1.5 Necrophage trait x1.3 Brain Slug Host trait x1.25 Unity boosting trait x1.13 Natural Intellectuals trait x1.13 Robust trait x0.75 Quarrelsome trait x0.5 Repugnant trait x0.1 not Full Citizenship rights
	Merchant	Ruler	+2 Unity +5 Amenities +8 Trade Value	N/A	2	Modifiers x2 Thrifty trait x2 Numistic Administration trait x1.5 Amenities boosting trait x1.25 Brain Slug Host trait x1.2 Natural Intellectuals trait x1.13 Robust trait x0.5 Repugnant trait
	Science Director	Ruler	+5 Research Output +5 Amenities	N/A	2	Modifiers x3 Erudite trait x2 Academic Privilege rights x2 Research boosting trait x2 Natural Intellectuals trait x2 Uplifted traits (Enigmatic Cache) x2 Brain Slug Host trait x2 Psionic trait x1.5 Latent Psionic trait x1.5 Natural Inclination traits x1.5 Necrophage trait x1.5 Robust trait x1.25 Unity boosting trait x0.75 Repugnant trait x0.65 Proles trait x0.2 not Full Citizenship rights x0.1 Unlifted trait (Enigmatic Cache)
	High Priest	Ruler	+5 Unity +1 Unity +2 Society Research +5 Amenities	N/A	2	Modifiers x1.5 Unity boosting trait x1.5 Brain Slug Host trait x1.5 Necrophage trait x1.25 Amenities boosting trait x1.25 Natural Intellectuals trait x1.25 Robust trait x1.2 Spiritualist pop ethic x0.75 Repugnant trait x0.5 Quarrelsome trait x0.1 Materialist pop ethic x0.1 not Full Citizenship rights
	Noble	Ruler	+3 Unity +5 Stability	N/A	2	Modifiers x1.5 Unity boosting trait x1.5 Necrophage trait x0.5 Quarrelsome trait x0.1 Egalitarian pop ethic x0.1 not Full Citizenship rights

Specialists

	Job	Stratum	Produces	Upkeep	Default Priority	Weight	DLC
	Colonist	Specialist	+5 Amenities +1 Planetary Defense Army +1 Food −1 +1 Minerals	N/A	4	Modifiers x1.5 Amenities boosting trait x1.5 Void Dweller trait x0.8 Repugnant trait x0.8 Indentured Servitude rights
	Artisan	Specialist	+6 Consumer Goods	−6 Minerals	6	Modifiers x10 Robust trait x10 Efficient Processors trait x1.5 Void Dweller trait x1.2 Indentured Servitude rights x0.2 not Full Citizenship rights
	Metallurgist		+3 Alloys
	Translucer	Specialist	+2 Rare Crystals	−10 Minerals
	Gas Refiner		+2 Exotic Gases
	Chemist		+2 Volatile Motes
	Researcher	Specialist	+4 Research Output +1 Unity	−2 Consumer Goods	6	Modifiers x3 Erudite trait x2 Academic Privilege rights x2 Research boosting trait x2 Natural Intellectuals trait x2 Uplifted traits (Enigmatic Cache) x2 Brain Slug Host trait x2 Psionic trait x1.5 Latent Psionic trait x1.5 Natural Inclination traits x1.5 Robust trait x1.25 Amenities boosting trait x0.75 Repugnant trait x0.65 Proles trait x0.2 not Full Citizenship rights x0.1 Unlifted trait (Enigmatic Cache)
	Culture Worker	Specialist	+3 Unity +3 Society Research	−2 Consumer Goods	6	Modifiers x2 Erudite trait x2 Propaganda Machines trait x1.5 Resources boosting trait x1.5 Traditional trait x1.5 Natural Sociologists trait x1.5 Natural Intellectuals trait x1.5 Void Dweller trait x1.4 Research boosting trait x1.4 Uplifted traits (Enigmatic Cache) x1.2 Psionic trait x1.1 Latent Psionic trait x0.5 Quarrelsome trait x0.5 Proles trait x0.5 Unlifted trait (Enigmatic Cache) x0.2 not Full Citizenship rights
	Priest	Specialist	+3 Unity +1 Unity +2 Society Research +5 Amenities	−2 Consumer Goods	6	Modifiers x1.5 Unity boosting trait x1.5 Brain Slug Host trait x1.25 Amenities boosting trait x1.25 Natural Intellectuals trait x1.25 Robust trait x1.2 Spiritualist pop ethic x0.75 Repugnant trait x0.5 Quarrelsome trait x0.1 Materialist pop ethic x0.1 not Full Citizenship rights
	Manager	Specialist	+3 Unity +2 Society Research +2 Trade Value	−2 Consumer Goods	6	Modifiers x2 Thrifty trait x2 Numistic Administration trait x1.5 Amenities boosting trait x1.25 Brain Slug Host trait x1.2 Natural Intellectuals trait x1.13 Robust trait x0.5 Repugnant trait
	Death Chronicler	Specialist	+4 Unity +2 Society Research	−2 Consumer Goods −1 Food −1 Minerals	6	Modifiers x2.5 Traditional trait x2 Erudite trait x1.5 Intelligent trait x1.5 Natural Sociologists trait x1.5 Necrophage trait x1.5 Propaganda Machines trait x1.5 Psionic trait x1.4 Latent Psionic trait x1.4 Logic Engines trait x0.2 Quarrelsome trait
	Death Priest	Specialist	+6 Unity +1 Unity +2 Society Research +5 Amenities	−3 Consumer Goods	6	Modifiers x2 Amenities boosting trait x2 Exalted Priesthood civic x1.5 Unity boosting trait x1.5 Brain Slug Host trait x1.5 Necrophage trait x1.3 Resources boosting trait x1.3 Natural Intellectuals trait x1.2 Spiritualist pop ethic x1.15 Erudite trait x1.1 Natural Sociologists trait x1.05 Research boosting trait x1.05 Psionic trait x1.05 Uplifted traits (Enigmatic Cache) x0.9 Proles trait x0.9 Unlifted trait (Enigmatic Cache) x0.5 Repugnant trait x0.5 Quarrelsome trait x0.2 not Full Citizenship rights x0.1 Materialist pop ethic
	Entertainer	Specialist	+10 Amenities +2 Unity	−1 Consumer Goods	6	Modifiers x3 Domestic Protocols trait x1.5 Charismatic trait x1.25 Unity boosting trait x1.25 Brain Slug Host trait x1.1 Resources boosting trait x1.1 Natural Intellectuals trait x0.75 Quarrelsome trait x0.5 Repugnant trait x0.2 not Full Citizenship rights
	Duelist	Specialist	+12 Amenities +3 Unity +2 Naval Capacity	−1 Alloys	6	Modifiers x10 Battle Thralls rights x3 Domestic Protocols trait x1.5 Charismatic trait x1.25 Unity boosting trait x1.25 Brain Slug Host trait x1.2 Militarist pop ethic x1.05 Natural Intellectuals trait x0.75 Quarrelsome trait x0.2 not Full Citizenship rights x0.1 Pacifist pop ethic
	Enforcer	Specialist	−25 Crime −5 Crime with Judgment Corps/Public Trust Officers −10 Crime with Anti-Crime Campaign decision +2 Planetary Defense Armies +1 Unity +1 Unity	−2 with Anti-Crime Campaign decision	6	Modifiers x20 Resources boosting trait x10 Battle Thralls rights x2 Earthbound trait x2 Lithoid trait x2 Resilient trait x2 Very Strong trait x1.5 Strong trait x1.1 Unity boosting trait x1.1 Cybernetic trait x1.1 Limited Regeneration trait x1.1 Proles trait x1.1 Brain Slug Host trait x1.05 Natural Intellectuals trait x0.9 Quarrelsome trait x0.8 Indentured Servitude rights x0.5 Weak trait x0.2 not Full Citizenship rights
	Bureaucrat	Specialist	+10 Administrative Capacity +1 Stability +1 Unity	−1 Consumer Goods	6	Modifiers x2 Propaganda Machines trait x1.5 Traditional trait x1.2 Psionic trait x1.1 Latent Psionic trait x0.5 Quarrelsome trait x0.5 Proles trait x0.2 not Full Citizenship rights x0.5 Unlifted trait (Enigmatic Cache)
	Medical Worker	Specialist	+5% Pop Growth Speed +5 Amenities	−1 Consumer Goods	1	Modifiers x1.5 Charismatic x1.5 Domestic Protocols x0.5 Repugnant trait x0.5 Indentured Servitude rights x0.2 not Full Citizenship rights
	Roboticist	Specialist	+2 Monthly Pop Assembly	−2 Alloys	3	no weight modifiers
	Necromancer	Specialist	+2 Naval Capacity +2 with Ground Defense Planning tech +4 Planetary Defense Armies +2 with Martial Law decision +4 Physics Research +4 Society Research	−2 Consumer Goods	6	Modifiers x10 Martial Law modifier x2 Earthbound trait x2 Lithoid trait x2 Resilient trait x2 Very Strong trait x1.75 Erudite trait x1.5 Strong trait x1.35 Intelligent trait x1.35 Natural Inclination trait x1.35 Natural Intellectuals trait x1.1 Cybernetic trait x1.1 Limited Regeneration trait x1.1 Brain Slug Host trait x1.05 Resources boosting trait x0.9 Quarrelsome trait x0.5 Weak trait
	Necrophyte	Specialist	+2 Unity +5 Amenities After 10 years Pop is changed to primary species	−1 Consumer Goods	2	Modifiers x1.5 Charismatic trait x0.75 Nerve Stapled trait x0.75 Docile Livestock trait x0.75 Enslaved x0.5 Repugnant trait
	Telepath	Specialist	−35 Crime −5 Crime with Judgment Corps/Public Trust Officers −10 Crime with Anti-Crime Campaign decision +3 Unity +1 Unity	−1 Energy −1 with Anti-Crime Campaign decision	6	Modifiers x2 Resilient trait x1.5 Traditional trait x1.5 Brain Slug Host trait x1.5 Robust trait x1.25 Natural Intellectuals trait x0.5 Quarrelsome trait x0.2 not Full Citizenship rights x0.1 Indentured Servitude rights x0 not Psionic or Latent Psionic trait

Workers

	Job	Stratum	Produces	Upkeep	Default Priority	Weight	DLC
	Clerk	Worker	+2 Trade Value +2 Amenities	N/A	8	Modifiers x2 Thrifty trait x2 Numistic Administration trait x1.5 Charismatic trait x1.5 Domestic Protocols trait x1.25 Brain Slug Host trait x1.2 Natural Intellectuals trait x1.13 Robust trait x0.5 Repugnant trait
	Miner	Worker	+4 Minerals +1 Minerals	N/A	7	Modifiers x10 Enslaved x3 Minerals boosting trait x3 Mechanical trait x1.5 Void Dweller trait x1.5 Serviles trait x1.5 Proles trait x1.2 Very Strong trait x1.1 Strong trait x1.1 Resources boosting trait x1.1 Nerve Stapled trait x0.9 Weak trait x0.75 Necrophage trait
	Technician	Worker	+4 Energy +2 with Synthethic Ascension	N/A	7	Modifiers x8 Enslaved x2 Energy boosting trait x2 Numistic Administration trait x2 Mechanical trait x1.5 Void Dweller trait x1.5 Serviles trait x1.5 Earthbound trait x1.3 Psionic trait x1.2 Latent Psionic trait x1.2 Very Strong trait x1.1 Strong trait x1.1 Resources boosting trait x1.1 Nerve Stapled trait x0.9 Weak trait x0.75 Necrophage trait
	Farmer	Worker	+6 Food −1 with Synthethic Ascension +2 Amenities	N/A	7	Modifiers x10 Enslaved x3 Food boosting trait x3 Mechanical trait x2.5 Serviles trait x1.5 Amenities boosting trait x1.5 Void Dweller trait x1.4 Proles trait x1.2 Very Strong trait x1.1 Strong trait x1.1 Resources boosting trait x1.1 Nerve Stapled trait x1.1 Agrarian Idyll civic x0.9 Weak trait x0.75 Necrophage trait x0.5 Repugnant trait x0.5 Lithoid trait
	Crystal Miner	Worker	+2 Rare Crystals	N/A	6	Modifiers x10 Enslaved x5 Serviles trait x3 Resources boosting trait x3 Very Strong trait x3 Nerve Stapled trait x3 Void Dweller trait x2 Mechanical trait x1.5 Strong trait x0.75 Necrophage trait x0.1 Weak trait
	Gas Extractor		+2 Exotic Gases
	Mote Harvester		+2 Volatile Motes
	Soldier	Worker	+4 Naval Capacity +2 with Ground Defense Planning tech +3 Planetary Defense Armies +5 Stability with Martial Law decision +2 Unity	N/A	5	Modifiers x10 Martial Law modifier x10 Battle Thralls rights x2 Earthbound trait x2 Lithoid trait x2 Resilient trait x2 Very Strong trait x1.5 Strong trait x1.1 Unity boosting trait x1.1 Cybernetic trait x1.1 Limited Regeneration trait x1.1 Proles trait x1.1 Brain Slug Host trait x1.05 Natural Intellectuals trait x0.9 Quarrelsome trait x0.8 Indentured Servitude rights x0.5 Weak trait x0.2 not Full Citizenship rights
	Prosperity Preacher	Worker	+1 Unity +3 Amenities +3 Trade Value	N/A	6	Modifiers x1.5 Unity boosting trait x1.5 Brain Slug Host trait x1.25 Amenities boosting trait x1.25 Natural Intellectuals trait x1.25 Robust trait x1.2 Spiritualist pop ethic x0.75 Repugnant trait x0.5 Quarrelsome trait x0.1 Materialist pop ethic x0.1 not Full Citizenship rights
	Mortal Initiate	Worker	+1 Society Research	N/A	6	Modifiers x2 Exalted Priesthood civic x1.5 Amenities boosting trait x1.5 Numistic Administration trait x1.5 Thrifty trait x1.2 Spiritualist pop ethic x1.1 Unity boosting trait x1.05 Natural Intellectuals trait x1.05 Weak trait x0.5 Repugnant trait x0.5 Quarrelsome trait x0.2 not Full Citizenship rights x0.1 Materialist pop ethic x0.01 Nerve Stapled trait

Gestalt Consciousness

Gestalt Consciousness empires have only two main strata. Unlike individualist empires, drones can promote and demote in stratum immediately.

	Job	Stratum	Produces	Upkeep	Requirements	Default Priority	Weight
	Maintenance Drone	Menial Drone	+4 Amenities +1 Unity	N/A		6	Modifiers x2 Amenities boosting trait x1.1 Unity boosting trait x1.1 Cybernetic trait x0.85 Necrophage trait x0.5 Repugnant trait x0.5 Uncanny trait
	Mining Drone	Menial Drone	+4 Minerals +1 Minerals	N/A		6	Modifiers x2 Minerals boosting trait x1.1 Cybernetic trait x0.65 Necrophage trait
	Tech-Drone	Menial Drone	+4 Energy +2 Energy	N/A		6	Modifiers x2 Energy boosting trait x1.1 Cybernetic trait x0.65 Necrophage trait
	Agri-Drone	Menial Drone	+6 Food −1 Food	N/A		6	Modifiers x2 Food boosting trait x1.1 Cybernetic trait x0.9 Machine Intelligence authority x0.65 Necrophage trait x0.5 Lithoid trait
	Warrior Drone	Menial Drone	+4 Naval Capacity +2 with Ground Defense Planning tech +3 Planetary Defense Armies +5 Stability with Deploy Hunter-Killer Drones or Activate Compliance Protocols decision	N/A		4	Modifiers x10 Hunter-Killer Drones modifier x10 Compliance Protocols modifier x4 Resilient trait x4 Very Strong trait x3 Strong trait x2 Lithoid trait x1.2 Cybernetic trait x0.5 Weak trait
	Crystal Mining Drone	Complex Drone	+2 Rare Crystals	−1 Energy		5	Modifiers x5 Robust trait x5 Efficient Processors trait x1.1 Cybernetic trait
	Gas Extraction Drone		+2 Exotic Gases
	Mote Harvesting Drone		+2 Volatile Motes
	Lensing Drone	Complex Drone	+2 Rare Crystals	−10 Minerals		5	Modifiers x5 Robust trait x5 Efficient Processors trait x0.9 Cybernetic trait
	Refinery Drone		+2 Exotic Gases
	Chem-Drone		+2 Volatile Motes
	Foundry Drone	Complex Drone	+3 Alloys +1 Alloys	−6 Minerals −2 Minerals	Hive Mind
	Fabricator				Machine Intelligence
	Artisan Drone	Complex Drone	+8 Consumer Goods	−8 Minerals	Rogue Servitor	1	Modifiers x2 Robust trait x2 Efficient Processors trait x0.9 Cybernetic trait
	Brain Drone	Complex Drone	+4 Research	−6 Minerals	Hive Mind	5	Modifiers x3 Erudite trait x2 Research boosting trait x1.5 Natural Inclination trait x0.9 Cybernetic trait x0.65 Serviles trait x0.65 Proles trait
	Calculator			−4 Energy	Machine Intelligence
	Synapse Drone	Complex Drone	+3 Unity +5 Administrative Capacity +2 Amenities with Instinctive Synchronization	−2 Energy −2 Food −2 Minerals	Hive Mind	3	Modifiers x1.25 Traditional trait
	Coordinator	Complex Drone	+15 Administrative Capacity +3 with Integrated Preservation −2 Deviancy with Integrated Preservation	−4 Energy	Machine Intelligence	3	Modifiers x0.9 Cybernetic trait
	Evaluator	Complex Drone	+4 Unity	−1 Energy	Machine Intelligence	3	Modifiers x1.25 Traditional trait x1.25 Propaganda Machines trait x0.9 Cybernetic trait
	Spawning Drone	Complex Drone	+5 Amenities +25% Pop Growth Speed	−5 Food −5 Minerals	Hive Mind	2	Modifiers x1.25 Charismatic trait x0.9 Repugnant trait x0.5 Drone Population Controls modifier
	Replicator	Complex Drone	+1 Monthly Pop Assembly	−1 Alloys	Machine Intelligence	2	no weight modifiers
	Hunter-Seeker Drone	Complex Drone	+1 Unity −20 Deviancy +2 Planetary Defense Armies	N/A		5	Modifiers x3 Resilient trait x3 Very Strong trait x2 Strong trait x2 Lithoid trait x1.2 Cybernetic trait x1.1 Traditional trait x1.1 Propaganda Machines trait x0.5 Weak trait
	Chronicle Drone	Complex Drone	+4 Unity +2 Society Research	−1 Energy  −2 Food  −2 Minerals  −1  −1		5	Modifiers x1.25 Charismatic trait x0.8 Repugnant trait
	Bio-Trophy	Bio-Trophy	+2 Unity +0.25% Complex Drone Output −1 Pop Housing Usage	N/A	Rogue Servitor	1	no weight modifiers

Special jobs

Slave

Slave Jobs can only be worked by Pops belonging to species that are enslaved.

	Job	Produces	Upkeep	Requirements	Source	Description
	Grid Amalgamated	+4 Energy −0.50 Pop Housing Usage	N/A	Grid Amalgamation slavery	Generated automatically for all Pops	Their organic energy will be absorbed, until they expire.
	Livestock	−0.50 Pop Housing Usage +4 Food if Pops is not Lithoid +2 Minerals if Pops is Lithoid	N/A	Livestock slavery	Generated automatically for all Pops	They have but one purpose: to become food for their betters.
	Servant	+4 Amenities −0.50 Pop Housing Usage if biological	N/A	Domestic Servitude slavery Servitude AI policy	Generated automatically for Pops that can't find a job	Servants perform various menial domestic tasks and household work for their masters.
	Overseer	−25 Crime +25 Happiness +2 Planetary Defense Armies	−2 Energy with Anticrime Campaign modifier	Thrall World	Generated by the capital and Overseer Residences buildings	These relatively privileged slaves keep their less fortunate brethren in line.
	Toiler	+2 Amenities	N/A	Thrall World	Generated automatically for Pops that can't find a job	Toilers perform the grueling menial labor required to keep the crude infrastructure of the Thrall-World running.

Unemployed

Pops that do not have a Job, either because none is available or because their Stratum is higher than that of available Jobs, are Unemployed. Unemployed Pops produce the following and cannot have their output improved by modifiers:

Living standards	Output
Any other	−80% Happiness −40% Happiness −30% Happiness −20% Happiness
Social Welfare	No Happines penalties +1 Unity
Shared Burden
Utopian Abundance	No Happines penalties +1 Unity +2 Research
Drone	+1 Minerals  +1  +1  +1.5
Drone	−75% Pop upkeep

Purging

Pops that have the Undesirable Stratum due to being purged produce resources as they decline based on the purge type. All Purging Jobs also produce +2 Unity if the empire has the Fanatic Purifiers civic.

Purge	Happiness	Output
Displacement	−30%
Neutering	−20%
Necrophage	−50%	Purged Pops become primary species
Extermination	−1000%	+2 Unity if Determined Exterminator
Forced Labor	−1000%	+3 Food +3 Minerals
Processing	−1000%	+6 Food if Pop is Organic +4 Minerals if Pop is Lithoid +3 Alloys if Pop is Robot +2 Society Research if Devouring Swarm
Chemical Processing	−1000%	+6 Energy

Subversive Jobs

High Crime, Deviancy or Unemployment can create planet modifiers that add Subversive Jobs. Individualist Pops will abandon Subversive Jobs if Ruler, Specialist or Soldier jobs become available. All Subversive Jobs have negative output.

Job	Output	Requirements	Description
Criminal	−1 Trade Value	Criminal-related planet modifier	These criminals live outside the bounds of legal society, some by choice and some by circumstances.
Deviant Drone	−1 Energy	Drone Deviancy planet modifier	These deviants no longer obey the Hive Mind.
Corrupt Drone	−1 Energy	Drone Corruption planet modifier	These drones have been corrupted and no longer obey the directives of the core intelligence.

Event jobs

Event jobs are generated by either planetary features or planet modifiers.

	Job	Stratum	Produces	Upkeep	Source	Description
	Titan Hunter	Worker	+8 Food +6 Trade Value	N/A	Delicious Titans	Fearless individuals who hunt the planet's titanic lifeforms for food. Their bones, teeth and tusks also make impressive - and valuable - trophies.
	Odd Factory Worker Odd Factory Drone	Worker Menial Drone	+4 Alloys	N/A	Odd Factory	These workers labor in the ancient and mysterious factory of unknown origin. What could go wrong? These drones labor in the ancient and mysterious factory of unknown origin. What could go wrong?
	Subterranean Liaison Officer Subterranean Contact Drone	Specialist Menial Drone	+5 Trade Value −5 +3 Energy +3 Amenities −1 Pop Housing Usage	N/A	Subterranean Contact Zone	These officers live underground and work for closer relations and improved trade with the Subterranean Civilization. These drones live underground, transferring resources to and from the Subterranean Civilization.
	Transmuter Transmuter Drone	Specialist Complex Drone	+4 Alloys	N/A	Blue Lotus Prototype Blue Lotus Facility	Specialist scientists who work on the Blue Lotus project to transmute everyday silicates into useful alloys. Transmuter Drones employ experimental methods to transmute everyday silicates into useful alloys.
	Gas Plant Engineer Gas Plant Drone	Specialist Menial Drone	+3 Exotic Gases −1 Exotic Gases	−10	Spore Vents	These workers operate the massive filter facilities built over cave mushroom spore exhausts. These drones operate the massive filter facilities built over cave mushroom spore exhausts.
	Cave Cleaners	Specialist	+5 Minerals	−2	Cave Shroom Veins	These workers clear out burner-out cave mushroom passages to unearth mineral veins.
	Dimensional Portal Researcher Dimensional Portal Drone	Specialist Complex Drone	+12 Physics Research +1 Unity Additional resources added by event outcome	−3 −3 −3 −3	Portal Research Area	Researchers who risk their very existence and sanity to study the mysteries of the Dimensional Portal. Drones at risk of destruction or subversion which study the mysteries of the Dimensional Portal.

Primitive

Primitive civilizations use the same strata system as normal empires but their jobs provide negligible output.

	Job	Stratum	Produces	Requirements	Description
	Feudal Noble	Ruler	+3 Amenities +1 Unity	Bronze Age - Steam Age	The landed nobility rule from their stone castles and keeps.
	Bureaucrat	Ruler	+3 Amenities +1 Unity	Industrial Age - Early Space Age	Many early industrialist and post-industrialist societies are governed by an ever-expanding class of civil servants.
	Cleric	Specialist	+2 Amenities +1 Unity	Bronze Age - Steam Age	Spiritual leaders and preachers who conduct religious ceremonies and oversee all matters concerning faith.
	Priest	Specialist	+2 Amenities +1 Unity	Industrial Age - Early Space Age	Religious leaders who occupy various priestly offices.
	Scholar	Specialist	+1 Research Output	Bronze Age - Steam Age	The learned of this society, often relying on oral tradition to pass knowledge between generations.
	Researcher	Specialist	+1 Research Output	Industrial Age - Early Space Age	Researchers employing scientific methodology to advance the rapidly expanding knowledge base of their civilization.
	Warrior	Specialist	+3 Planetary Defense Armies	Bronze Age - Steam Age	Members of a primitive warrior class. These fighters rely on bladed weapons, spears or various blunt instruments to see them through combat.
	Soldier	Specialist	+3 Planetary Defense Armies	Industrial Age - Early Space Age	Professional Soldiers, typically armed with early projectile weapons powered by exothermic combustion.
	Peasant	Worker	+2 Food	Bronze Age - Steam Age	The peasants toil endlessly in the fields, so that those perceived as their betters might prosper.
	Farmer	Worker	+3 Food	Industrial Age - Early Space Age	These farmers work the land, typically with the help of primitive but effective farming equipment.
	Miner	Worker	+3 Minerals	Industrial Age - Early Space Age	Dangerous and sometimes lethal work in the dark bowels of the planet.
	Technician	Worker	+1 Energy	Industrial Age - Early Space Age	These technicians shuffle coal or maintain primitive nuclear generators.
	Laborer	Worker	+2 Consumer Goods −2 Minerals	Steam Age - Early Space Age	These early industrial laborers toil away in factories, which can now be operated day and night thanks to recent advances in electricity.
	Hunter-Gatherer	Worker	+1 Food +1 Amenities	Stone Age	These semi-nomadic primitives survive by foraging and hunting. There is evidence of early tool use.
	Scavenger	Worker	+1 Food +1 Minerals +1 Consumer Goods	Junkheap capital building	They scurry amongst the scrapyards, collecting discarded machinery and ancient electronics for repurposing.

Fallen empires

Fallen empires use a special set of high-output jobs that have no upkeep and use a special Precursor stratum.

	Job	Produces	Prerequisites	Description
	Overseer	+5 Stability +10 Amenities	Ancient Palace	The stalwart few who have rejected lives of luxury in favor of public service. It is up to them to oversee and guide the remnants of their ancient civilization.
	Protector	−25 Crime +3 Defense Armies	Ancient Palace or Aegis Complex	So that the majority can sleep peacefully and enjoy their lives of extravagance, these rough individuals stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do them harm.
	Hedonist	+2 Unity	Replaces Unemployed	A life of total opulence, where every possible material need or desire can be satisfied.
	Archivist	+5 Research	Keeper of Knowledge Master Archive building, found only on The Archives	Each data fragment must be filed, cataloged and indexed exactly according to the ancient rites as they were established eons ago by the First Librarian.
	Xeno-Keeper	+10 Amenities −20 Crime +2 Defense Armies	Enigmatic Observers Xeno Preserve building, found only on The Preserve	These precursor zookeepers look after the needs of the Xeno-Wards under their care.
	Xeno-Ward	+2 Unity	Enigmatic Observers Primitives stratum Xeno Preserve building, found only on The Preserve	These specimens have been gathered here, in settings that approximate their natural environments, to ensure the preservation of their species in an often chaotic and destructive galaxy.
	Sky Cardinal	+5 Stability +10 Amenities	Holy Guardians Ancient Palace	And it was there, in the sky, that the future was born. The light was blinding, but a few could see past it. They took it upon themselves to lead others forwards.
	Augur of the Shroud	+10 Unity	Holy Guardians Empyrean Shrine building, found only on Sky Temple	It speaks, but not in words. To divine any kind of meaning, one must hover on the precipice of madness.
	Acolyte of the Hammer	+6 Minerals	Holy Guardians Replaces Miners	And with one mighty blow, Saint Mazakudal used her burning hammer to split the skull of the First Wraith in two, opening up the path to the crystals.
	Acolyte of the Hyperspanner	+6 Energy	Holy Guardians Replaces Technicians	Remember also the hyperspanner, and how it was used by Bazagg the Shining to tame the sun when it seemed like darkness would overtake the world.
	Acolyte of the Plow	+8 Food	Holy Guardians Replaces Farmers	For was it not the plow, this most noble of instruments, that Kazargiel used to sever the poisonous tail of the thrice-cursed demon and stave off famine?
	Acolyte of the Workshop	+3 Amenities +2 Consumer Goods	Holy Guardians Replaces Unemployed	And so Aznakha said to the acolytes, "go to the workshops, and form with your own crafts the future you seek."
	Guardian	−25 Crime +3 Defense Armies	Ancient Caretakers Ancient Control Center	These ancient machines maintain a ceaseless vigil over the long-expired remains of billions of cyrogenically frozen sapients.
	Caretaker	+5 Amenities	Ancient Caretakers Replaces Unemployed	These ancient machines tirelessly maintain and repair the decaying machinery of the ringworld on which they reside.

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