Jobs

Version

This article has been verified for the current PC version (3.0) 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.

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. 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.

Ruler jobs

For  Ruler jobs new pops will only take the job from a current pop if the new pop's weight is x5 higher.

	Job	Produces	Upkeep	Default Priority	Weight	Description
	Administrator	+3 Unity +8 Amenities	N/A	2	Modifiers x1.5 Charismatic trait x1.5 Domestic Protocols trait x1.25 Traditional trait x1.25 Propaganda Machines 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	The administration of an entire planet is a daunting task that requires dedicated and highly trained individuals.
	Executive	+5 Amenities +2 Unity +6 Trade Value	N/A	2	Modifiers x2 Thrifty trait x2 Numistic Administration trait x1.5 Charismatic trait x1.5 Domestic Protocols trait x1.5 Necrophage trait x1.3 Brain Slug Host trait x1.25 Traditional trait x1.25 Propaganda Machines trait x1.13 Natural Intellectuals trait x1.13 Robust trait x0.75 Quarrelsome trait x0.5 Repugnant trait x0.1 not Full Citizenship rights	Only an executive has the power to drive leading-edge initiatives and synergistically benchmark dynamically conceptualized deliverables.
	High Priest	+5 Amenities +2 Society Research +5 Unity without  Exalted Priesthood +6 Unity with  Exalted Priesthood	N/A	2	Modifiers x1.5 Traditional trait x1.5 Propaganda Machines trait x1.5 Brain Slug Host trait x1.5 Necrophage trait x1.25 Charismatic trait x1.25 Domestic Protocols 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	To whom do guides turn when they themselves seek guidance? Another, more experienced guide.
	Merchant	+12 Trade Value +5 Amenities +2 Unity with  Merchant Guilds	N/A	2	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	They buy. They sell. They hoard. They re-sell. Agents, dealers, retailers, wholesalers - wherever there is trade, there are merchants.
	Noble	+5 Stability +3 Unity	N/A	2	Modifiers x1.5 Necrophage trait x1.5 Traditional trait x1.5 Propaganda Machines trait x0.5 Quarrelsome trait x0.1 Egalitarian pop ethic x0.1 not Full Citizenship rights	Heavy is the burden of the nobility, whose birthright is to rule over their unwashed lessers. Luckily, there are a few financial advantages to the position.
	Science Director	+5 Research Output +5 Amenities	-1 Energy with Research Subsidies	2	Modifiers x3 Erudite trait x2 Academic Privilege rights x2 Intelligent trait x2 Logic Engines trait x2 Natural Intellectuals trait x2 Uplifted trait x2 Somewhat Uplifted trait x2 Brain Slug Host trait x2 Psionic trait x1.5 Latent Psionic trait x1.5 Natural Engineers trait x1.5 Natural Physicists trait x1.5 Natural Sociologists trait x1.5 Necrophage trait x1.5 Robust trait x1.25 Charismatic trait x1.25 Domestic Protocols trait x0.75 Repugnant trait x0.65 Proles trait x0.2 not Full Citizenship rights x0.1 Unlifted trait	These specialists coordinate and manage the research and development of new technologies.

Specialist jobs

For  Specialist jobs new pops will only take the job from a current pop if the new pop's weight is x1.5 higher.

	Job	Produces	Upkeep	Default Priority	Weight	Description
	Artisan	+6 Consumer Goods	−6 Minerals −1 Energy with Industrial Subsidies	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	Skilled craft workers that manufacture domestic and luxury goods of various types.
	Bureaucrat	+10 Administrative Capacity +1 Stability with  Byzantine Bureaucracy +1 Unity with  Byzantine Bureaucracy	−2 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	The bureaucratic demands of an empire is a daunting task that requires dedicated and highly trained individuals.
	Chemist	+2 Volatile Motes	−10 Minerals	6	Modifiers x15 Robust trait x15 Efficient Processors trait x1.5 Void Dweller trait x1.2 Indentured Servitude rights x0.2 not Full Citizenship rights	The synthetic development of volatile motes by chemical processes is left to these specialists.
	Colonist	+5 Amenities +1 Planetary Defense Army +1 Food if not  Lithoid +1 Minerals if  Lithoid	N/A	4	Modifiers x1.5 Charismatic trait x1.5 Domestic Protocols trait x1.5 Void Dweller trait x0.8 Repugnant trait x0.8 Indentured Servitude rights	The settling of a new world is no easy undertaking.
	Culture Worker	+3 Society Research +3 Unity	−2 Consumer Goods	6	Modifiers x2 Erudite trait x2 Propaganda Machines trait x1.5 Robust trait x1.5 Efficient Processors trait x1.5 Traditional trait x1.5 Natural Sociologists trait x1.5 Natural Intellectuals trait x1.5 Void Dweller trait x1.4 Intelligent trait x1.4 Logic Engines trait x1.4 Uplifted trait x1.4 Somewhat Uplifted trait x1.2 Psionic trait x1.1 Latent Psionic trait x0.5 Quarrelsome trait x0.5 Proles trait x0.5 Unlifted trait x0.2 not Full Citizenship rights	Maintaining the arts is the realm of these workers, vital for the inner development and social expression of citizens.
	Death Chronicler	+2 Society Research +4 Unity	−2 Consumer Goods	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	Entropy is the domain of these scholars, who observe and record death and its effects in all their various expressions.
	Death Priest	+5 Amenities +2 Society Research +6 Unity without  Exalted Priesthood +7 Unity with  Exalted Priesthood	−3 Consumer Goods	6	Modifiers x2 Charismatic trait x2 Domestic Protocols trait x2 Exalted Priesthood civic x1.5 Brain Slug Host trait x1.5 Necrophage trait x1.5 Traditional trait x1.5 Propaganda Machines trait x1.3 Efficient Processors trait x1.3 Natural Intellectuals trait x1.3 Robust trait x1.2 Spiritualist pop ethic x1.15 Erudite trait x1.1 Natural Sociologists trait x1.05 Intelligent trait x1.05 Logic Engines trait x1.05 Psionic trait x1.05 Uplifted trait x0.9 Proles trait x0.9 Unlifted trait x0.5 Repugnant trait x0.5 Quarrelsome trait x0.2 not Full Citizenship rights x0.1 Materialist pop ethic	The spiritual guidance of the masses is ensured by those who will - when called upon - make sacrifices of their most devout pupils.
	Duelist	+3 Unity +12 Amenities +2 Naval Capacity	−1 Alloys	6	Modifiers x10 Battle Thralls rights x3 Domestic Protocols trait x1.5 Charismatic trait x1.25 Traditional trait x1.25 Propaganda Machines 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	Martial experts who display their deadly art for the entertainment of the masses.
	Enforcer	−25 Crime +2 Planetary Defense Armies +1 Unity without  Police State +2 Unity with  Police State	−2 Energy with Anticrime Campaign	6	Modifiers x20 Robust trait x20 Efficient Processors trait x10 Battle Thralls rights x2 Earthbound trait x2 Lithoid trait x2 Resilient trait x2 Very Strong trait x1.5 Strong trait x1.1 Traditional trait x1.1 Propaganda Machines 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	Law enforcement officers are responsible for upholding the law and maintaining peace.
	Entertainer	+2 Unity +10 Amenities	−1 Consumer Goods	6	Modifiers x3 Domestic Protocols trait x1.5 Charismatic trait x1.25 Traditional trait x1.25 Propaganda Machines trait x1.25 Brain Slug Host trait x1.1 Natural Intellectuals trait x1.1 Robust trait x1.1 Efficient Processors trait x0.75 Quarrelsome trait x0.5 Repugnant trait x0.2 not Full Citizenship rights	It is said there are only two types of lifeforms in the galaxy: the entertainers, and the entertained.
	Gas Refiner	+2 Exotic Gases	−10 Minerals	6	Modifiers x15 Robust trait x15 Efficient Processors trait x1.5 Void Dweller trait x1.2 Indentured Servitude rights x0.2 not Full Citizenship rights	Managing the complex chain of reactions required to refine gas from minerals effectively requires advanced machinery and highly-trained experts.
	Manager	+2 Society Research +3 Unity +3 Trade Value	−2 Consumer Goods	6	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	The endless struggle to balance conflicting demands from the middle of the managerial hierarchy is envied by few.
	Medical Worker	+5 Amenities +5% Pop Growth Speed +1% Habitability	−1 Consumer Goods	1	Modifiers x1.5 Charismatic trait x1.5 Domestic Protocols trait x0.5 Repugnant trait x0.5 Indentured Servitude rights x0.2 not Full Citizenship rights	A micro-unit of prevention is worth a macro-unit of cure. Sometimes, however, both are needed.
	Metallurgist	+3 Alloys	−6 Minerals	6	Modifiers x15 Robust trait x15 Efficient Processors trait x1.5 Void Dweller trait x1.2 Indentured Servitude rights x0.2 not Full Citizenship rights	Highly trained workers are needed to turn raw minerals into the durable alloys that are used in a wide variety of advanced construction.
	Necromancer	+2 Naval Capacity without  Ground Defense Planning +4 Naval Capacity with  Ground Defense Planning +4 Planetary Defense Armies without Martial Law modifier +6 Planetary Defense Armies with Martial Law modifier +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 Physicists trait x1.35 Natural Sociologists trait x1.35 Natural Intellectuals trait x1.1 Cybernetic trait x1.1 Limited Regeneration trait x1.1 Brain Slug Host trait x1.05 Robust trait x1.05 Efficient Processors trait x0.9 Quarrelsome trait x0.5 Weak trait	Raising the dead to fight in the nation's armies is hard work. Only the most skilled practitioners know the secret arts required to achieve this feat!
	Necrophyte	+5 Amenities +2 Unity 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	Through years of hard work culminating in a lavish Elevation Ritual, those unfortunate enough not to be born into it can be subsumed into the ruling caste.
	Priest	+2 Society Research +5 Amenities +3 Unity without  Exalted Priesthood +4 Unity with  Exalted Priesthood	−2 Consumer Goods	6	Modifiers x1.5 Traditional trait x1.5 Propaganda Machines trait x1.5 Brain Slug Host trait x1.25 Charismatic trait x1.25 Domestic Protocols 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	The spiritual guidance of the masses is performed by the most pious and devout.
	Researcher	+4 Research Output +1 Unity with  Technocracy	−2 Consumer Goods −1 Energy with Research Subsidies	6	Modifiers x3 Erudite trait x2 Academic Privilege rights x2 Intelligent trait x2 Logic Engines trait x2 Natural Intellectuals trait x2 Uplifted trait x2 Somewhat Uplifted trait x2 Brain Slug Host trait x2 Psionic trait x1.5 Latent Psionic trait x1.5 Natural Engineers trait x1.5 Natural Physicists trait x1.5 Natural Sociologists trait x1.5 Robust trait x1.25 Charismatic trait x1.25 Domestic Protocols trait x0.75 Repugnant trait x0.65 Proles trait x0.2 not Full Citizenship rights x0.1 Unlifted trait	The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.
	Roboticist	+2 Monthly Pop Assembly	−2 Alloys	3	no weight modifiers	These technicians build robots, that the robots may build for the nation.
	Telepath	−35 Crime without Thought Enforcement −40 Crime with Thought Enforcement +3 Unity without  Police State +4 Unity with  Police State	−1 Energy without Anticrime Campaign −2 Energy with Anticrime Campaign	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	Members of the Psi-Corps, a unit of psionically-gifted crime fighters.
	Translucer	+2 Rare Crystals	−10 Minerals	6	Modifiers x15 Robust trait x15 Efficient Processors trait x1.5 Void Dweller trait x1.2 Indentured Servitude rights x0.2 not Full Citizenship rights	These specialists transform minerals into rare crystals in a laboratory environment.

Worker jobs

For  Worker jobs new pops will always take the job from a current pop if the new pop's weight is higher.

	Job	Produces	Upkeep	Default Priority	Weight	Description
	Clerk	+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	White-collar workers perform the various administrative office tasks that are crucial to any sufficiently complex working environment.
	Crystal Miner	+2 Rare Crystals +1 with  Mining Guilds	N/A	6	Modifiers x10 Enslaved x5 Serviles trait x3 Robust trait x3 Efficient Processors 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	Specialist miners are employed for the careful extraction and refinement of rare crystals.
	Farmer	+6 Food without Synthetic Evolution +5 Food with Synthetic Evolution +2 Amenities with  Agrarian Idyll	−0.5 Energy with Farming Subsidies	7	Modifiers x10 Enslaved x3 Agrarian trait x3 Harvesters trait x3 Mechanical trait x2.5 Serviles trait x1.5 Charismatic trait x1.5 Domestic Protocols trait x1.5 Void Dweller trait x1.4 Proles trait x1.2 Very Strong trait x1.1 Strong trait x1.1 Robust trait x1.1 Efficient Processors 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	Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you're a thousand miles from the corn field.
	Gas Extractor	+2 Exotic Gases +1 with  Mining Guilds	N/A	6	Modifiers x10 Enslaved x5 Serviles trait x3 Robust trait x3 Efficient Processors 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	Advanced hydraulic fracking methods are employed by Gas Extractors in order to free rare, exotic gases from promising rockbeds.
	Miner	+4 without  Mining Guilds +5 with  Mining Guilds	−0.5 Energy with Mining Subsidies	7	Modifiers x10 Enslaved x3 Industrious trait x3 Power Drills 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 Robust trait x1.1 Efficient Processors trait x1.1 Nerve Stapled trait x0.9 Weak trait x0.75 Necrophage trait	With modern power drills and other advanced tools, mining may not be the back-breaking profession it once was, but it is still far from easy.
	Mortal Initiate	+1 Society Research	N/A	6	Modifiers x2 Exalted Priesthood civic x1.5 Charismatic trait x1.5 Domestic Protocols trait x1.5 Numistic Administration trait x1.5 Thrifty trait x1.2 Spiritualist pop ethic x1.1 Traditional trait x1.1 Propaganda Machines 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	These most devout pupils of their faith dedicate the remaining portion of their lives to the betterment of their society - a study which concludes with their willing, fatal sacrifice.
	Mote Harvester	+2 Volatile Motes +1 with  Mining Guilds	N/A	6	Modifiers x10 Enslaved x5 Serviles trait x3 Robust trait x3 Efficient Processors 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	One of the most dangerous professions, mote harvesting involves trapping and sealing volatile motes to be used as fuel or explosives.
	Prosperity Preacher	+1 Unity +3 Amenities +4 Trade Value	N/A	6	Modifiers x1.5 Traditional trait x1.5 Propaganda Machines trait x1.5 Brain Slug Host trait x1.25 Charismatic trait x1.25 Domestic Protocols 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	Prosperity Preachers spread the good word to the masses that they, too, can prosper, if only they will part with a small donation to the cause.
	Soldier	+4 Naval Capacity without  Ground Defense Planning +6 Naval Capacity with  Ground Defense Planning +3 Planetary Defense Armies +2 Unity with  Citizen Service +5 Stability with Martial Law modifier	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 Traditional trait x1.1 Propaganda Machines 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	Military professionals are needed to train a steady stream of new recruits for army and naval operations.
	Technician	+6 Energy without Synthetic Evolution +8 Energy with Synthetic Evolution	−0.5 Energy with Capacity Subsidies	7	Modifiers x8 Enslaved x2 Mechanical trait x2 Ingenious trait x2 Superconductive trait x2 Numistic Administration 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 Robust trait x1.1 Efficient Processors trait x1.1 Nerve Stapled trait x0.9 Weak trait x0.75 Necrophage trait	Power plants require plenty of warm bodies to operate equipment and oversee operations.

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	Government	Default Priority	Weight
	Agri-Drone	Menial Drone	+6 Food if  Hive Mind +5 Food if  Machine Intelligence	−0.5 Energy with Farming Subsidies	Hive Mind  Machine Intelligence	6	Modifiers x2 Agrarian trait x2 Harvesters trait x1.1 Cybernetic trait x0.9 Machine Intelligence authority x0.65 Necrophage trait x0.5 Lithoid trait
	Maintenance Drone	Menial Drone	+4 Amenities +1 Unity with  Maintenance Protocols	N/A	Hive Mind  Machine Intelligence	6	Modifiers x2 Charismatic trait x2 Emotion Emulators trait x1.1 Traditional trait x1.1 Propaganda Machines trait x1.1 Cybernetic trait x0.85 Necrophage trait x0.5 Repugnant trait x0.5 Uncanny trait
	Mining Drone	Menial Drone	+4 Minerals without  Rockbreakers +5 Minerals with  Rockbreakers	−0.5 Energy with Mining Subsidies	Hive Mind  Machine Intelligence	6	Modifiers x2 Industrious trait x2 Power Drills trait x1.1 Cybernetic trait x0.65 Necrophage trait
	Tech-Drone	Menial Drone	+6 Energy if  Hive Mind +8 Energy if  Machine Intelligence	−0.5 Energy with Capacity Subsidies	Hive Mind  Machine Intelligence	6	Modifiers x2 Ingenious trait x2 Superconductive trait x1.1 Cybernetic trait x0.65 Necrophage trait
	Warrior Drone	Menial Drone	+4 Naval Capacity without  Ground Defense Planning +6 Naval Capacity with  Ground Defense Planning +3 Planetary Defense Armies +5 Stability with Deploy Hunter-Killer Drones or Activate Compliance Protocols modifier	N/A	Hive Mind  Machine Intelligence	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
	Brain Drone	Complex Drone	+4 Research Output	−6 Minerals −1 Energy with Research Subsidies	Hive Mind	5	Modifiers x3 Erudite trait x2 Intelligent trait x1.5 Natural Engineers trait x1.5 Natural Physicists trait x1.5 Natural Sociologists trait x0.9 Cybernetic trait x0.65 Serviles trait x0.65 Proles trait
	Calculator	Complex Drone	+4 Research Output	−4 Energy without Research Subsidies −5 Energy with Research Subsidies	Machine Intelligence	5	Modifiers x3 Erudite trait x2 Intelligent trait x2 Logic Engines trait x1.5 Natural Engineers trait x1.5 Natural Physicists trait x1.5 Natural Sociologists trait x0.9 Cybernetic trait x0.65 Serviles trait x0.65 Proles trait
	Chem-Drone	Complex Drone	+2 Volatile Motes	−10 Minerals	Hive Mind  Machine Intelligence	5	Modifiers x5 Robust trait x5 Efficient Processors trait x0.9 Cybernetic trait
	Chronicle Drone	Complex Drone	+4 Unity +2 Society Research	−2 Energy if  Machine −2 Minerals if  Lithoid −2 Food if neither	Hive Mind  Machine Intelligence	5	Modifiers x1.25 Charismatic trait x0.8 Repugnant trait
	Coordinator	Complex Drone	+15 Administrative Capacity without Integrated Preservation +18 Administrative Capacity with Integrated Preservation −2 Deviancy with Integrated Preservation	−4 Energy	Machine Intelligence	3	Modifiers x0.9 Cybernetic trait
	Crystal Mining Drone	Complex Drone	+2 Rare Crystals	−1 Energy	Hive Mind  Machine Intelligence	5	Modifiers x5 Robust trait x5 Efficient Processors trait x1.1 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
	Fabricator	Complex Drone	+4 Alloys	−8 Minerals −1 Energy with Forge Subsidies	Machine Intelligence	5	Modifiers x5 Robust trait x5 Efficient Processors trait x0.9 Cybernetic trait
	Foundry Drone	Complex Drone	+3 Alloys	−6 Minerals −1 Energy with Forge Subsidies	Hive Mind	5	Modifiers x5 Robust trait x5 Efficient Processors trait x0.9 Cybernetic trait
	Gas Extraction Drone	Complex Drone	+2 Exotic Gases	−1 Energy	Hive Mind  Machine Intelligence	5	Modifiers x5 Robust trait x5 Efficient Processors trait x1.1 Cybernetic trait
	Hunter-Seeker Drone	Complex Drone	+1 Unity −20 Deviancy +2 Planetary Defense Armies	N/A	Hive Mind  Machine Intelligence	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
	Lensing Drone	Complex Drone	+2 Rare Crystals	−10 Minerals	Hive Mind  Machine Intelligence	5	Modifiers x5 Robust trait x5 Efficient Processors trait x0.9 Cybernetic trait
	Mote Harvesting Drone	Complex Drone	+2 Volatile Motes	−1 Energy	Hive Mind  Machine Intelligence	5	Modifiers x5 Robust trait x5 Efficient Processors trait x1.1 Cybernetic trait
	Refinery Drone	Complex Drone	+2 Exotic Gases	−10 Minerals	Hive Mind  Machine Intelligence	5	Modifiers x5 Robust trait x5 Efficient Processors trait x0.9 Cybernetic trait
	Replicator	Complex Drone	+1 Monthly Pop Assembly	−1 Alloys	Machine Intelligence	2	no weight modifiers
	Spawning Drone	Complex Drone	+5 Amenities +2 Monthly Organic Pop Assembly	−5 Food if not  Lithoid −5 Minerals if  Lithoid	Hive Mind	2	Modifiers x1.25 Charismatic trait x0.9 Repugnant trait x0.5 Drone Population Controls modifier
	Synapse Drone	Complex Drone	+3 Unity +5 Administrative Capacity +2 Amenities with Instinctive Synchronization	−2 Energy −2 Food if not  Lithoid −2 Minerals if  Lithoid	Hive Mind	3	Modifiers x1.25 Traditional trait
	Artisan Drone	Complex Drone	+10 Consumer Goods	−10 Minerals −1 Energy with Industrial Subsidies	Rogue Servitor	1	Modifiers x2 Efficient Processors 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 if  Bio-Trophy −40% Happiness if  Ruler −30% Happiness if  Specialist −20% Happiness if  Worker
Social Welfare	+1 Unity
Shared Burden	+1 Unity
Utopian Abundance	+2 Research +1 Unity
Hive Mind Drone	+1 Minerals +1 / +1.5 / +1 Research with  Natural Neural Network
Machine Intelligence Drone	-75% upkeep cost reduction

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 pop becomes 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	−10 Trade Value +10 Criminal Branch Office 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 planet modifier	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	Worker	+4 Alloys	N/A	Odd Factory planetary feature	These workers labor in the ancient and mysterious factory of unknown origin. What could go wrong?
	Odd Factory Drone	Menial Drone	+4 Alloys	N/A	Odd Factory planetary feature	These drones labor in the ancient and mysterious factory of unknown origin. What could go wrong?
	Subterranean Liaison Officer	Specialist	+3 Amenities −1 Pop housing usage +6 Trade Value if not +8 Trade Value if	N/A	Subterranean Contact Zone planetary feature	These officers live underground and work for closer relations and improved trade with the Subterranean Civilization.
	Subterranean Contact Drone	Menial Drone	+3 Amenities −1 Pop housing usage +2 Food if  Hive Mind +3 Energy if not  Machine Intelligence +6 Energy if  Machine Intelligence	N/A	Subterranean Contact Zone planetary feature	These drones live underground, transferring resources to and from the Subterranean Civilization.
	Transmuter	Specialist	+4 Alloys	N/A	Blue Lotus Prototype planetary feature Blue Lotus Facility planetary feature	Specialist scientists who work on the Blue Lotus project to transmute everyday silicates into useful alloys.
	Transmuter Drone	Complex Drone	+4 Alloys	N/A	Blue Lotus Prototype planetary feature Blue Lotus Facility planetary feature	Transmuter Drones employ experimental methods to transmute everyday silicates into useful alloys.
	Gas Plant Engineer	Specialist	+3 Exotic Gases +5% Exotic Gases	−10	Spore Vents planetary feature	These workers operate the massive filter facilities built over cave mushroom spore exhausts.
	Gas Plant Drone	Menial Drone	+2 Exotic Gases +5% Exotic Gases	−10	Spore Vents planetary feature	These drones operate the massive filter facilities built over cave mushroom spore exhausts.
	Cave Cleaners	Specialist	+5 Minerals +10% Minerals	−2	Cave Shroom Veins planetary feature	These workers clear out burner-out cave mushroom passages to unearth mineral veins.
	Cave Cleaner Drone	Complex Drone	+5 Minerals +10% Minerals	−2	Cave Shroom Veins planetary feature	These workers clear out burner-out cave mushroom passages to unearth mineral veins.
	Dimensional Portal Researcher	Specialist	+12 Physics Research -6 Physics Research if portal closed +1 Unity if  Technocracy +6 Energy if High-Energy Dimension +0.2/1.2 if Null Void +2/3/6/12 Amenities if Mirror Dimension +2/3/6/12 Trade Value if Mirror Dimension	-3 -3 if Dimension of Suffering	Portal Research Area planetary feature Extradimensional Experimentation decision	Researchers who risk their very existence and sanity to study the mysteries of the Dimensional Portal.
	Dimensional Portal Drone	Complex Drone	+12 Physics Research -6 Physics Research portal closed +6 Energy if High-Energy Dimension +0.2/1.2 if Null Void +2/3/6/12 Amenities if Mirror Dimension +2/4/6/8 Energy if Mirror Dimension	−3 if biological −3 if  Lithoid −3 if  Machine Intelligence	Portal Research Area planetary feature Extradimensional Experimentation decision	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.

	Job	Produces	Fallen Empire	Description
	Overseer	+5 Stability +10 Amenities	Keepers of Knowledge Enigmatic Observers Militant Isolationists	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.
	Sky Cardinal	+5 Stability +10 Amenities	Holy Guardians	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.
	Protector	−25 Crime +3 Defense Armies	Keepers of Knowledge Enigmatic Observers Holy Guardians Militant Isolationists	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.
	Archivist	+5 Research	Keepers of Knowledge	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.
	Acolyte of the Hyperspanner	+6 Energy	Holy Guardians	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 Hammer	+6 Minerals	Holy Guardians	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 Plow	+8 Food	Holy Guardians	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?
	Augur of the Shroud	+10 Unity	Holy Guardians	It speaks, but not in words. To divine any kind of meaning, one must hover on the precipice of madness.
	Acolyte of the Workshop	+3 Amenities +2 Consumer Goods	Holy Guardians (unemployed)	And so Aznakha said to the acolytes, "go to the workshops, and form with your own crafts the future you seek."
	Xeno-Keeper	+10 Amenities −20 Crime +2 Defense Armies	Enigmatic Observers	These precursor zookeepers look after the needs of the Xeno-Wards under their care.
	Xeno-Ward	+2 Unity	Enigmatic Observers (Primitives stratum)	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.
	Hedonist	+2 Unity	Keepers of Knowledge (unemployed) Enigmatic Observers (unemployed) Militant Isolationists (unemployed)	A life of total opulence, where every possible material need or desire can be satisfied.
	Guardian	−25 Crime +3 Defense Armies	Ancient Caretakers	These ancient machines maintain a ceaseless vigil over the long-expired remains of billions of cyrogenically frozen sapients.
	Caretaker	+5 Amenities	Ancient Caretakers (unemployed)	These ancient machines tirelessly maintain and repair the decaying machinery of the ringworld on which they reside.

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