Relations

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

Diplomacy

Diplomacy

Relations

Federation

Any two empires will have a certain Relation between them. The Relation between two empires determines which diplomatic actions are available between two empires if an Envoy cannot be sent to Improve or Harm Relations. It can also influence whether an AI empire supports or opposes proposed Resolutions.

Relation levels

The Relation level between two empires is determined by the Opinion both empires hold towards each other.

Relations	Terrible	Tense	Neutral	Positive	Excellent
Opinion	-3000 to -750	-750 to -300	-300 to +300	+300 to +750	+750 to +3000
Description	Our empires consider each other enemies. We cannot realistically expect to come to agreement on any issues.	Diplomatic efforts are breaking down. We are unlikely to come to an agreement on most issues.	Our diplomatic infrastructure is rudimentary. We can only expect agreement on deals that strongly benefit the other side.	Diplomatic efforts are beginning to pay off. We are beginning to find common ground on many diplomatic issues.	Our envoys have forged strong ties with this empire. Our empires are eager to work together diplomatically.

Opinion

Each empire has an Opinion towards every other empire, ranging from -1500 to +1500. Opinion is influenced by a variety of factors and has a large effect on an empire's Attitude.

Permanent modifiers

Permanent Opinion modifiers are either permanent or will persist until the diplomatic status changes and are the second most important factor in deciding how diplomacy will proceed after a first contact.

Name	Value	From	Towards
Same Authority	+10	Democratic authority	Democratic authority
	+10	Oligarchic authority	Oligarchic authority
	+10	Dictatorial authority	Dictatorial authority
	+10	Imperial authority	Imperial authority
Defender of the Galaxy	+20	All empires	Defender of the Galaxy ascension perk
First Contact Hostilities	-25	Empire attacked before communications	Empire attacking before communications
First Contact War	-75	Empire with planet occupied before communications	Empire occupying planet before communications
Galactic Community Member	+10	Galactic Community Member	Galactic Community Member
In Breach of Galactic Law	-20	Galactic Community Member	Galactic Community Member in breach of Galactic Law
Left Galactic Community	-30	Galactic Community Member	Former Galactic Community Member
Fanatic Purifiers	-1000	Alien empires	Fanatic Purifiers civic
Fellow Fanatic Purifiers	+200	Fanatic Purifiers of same species	Fanatic Purifiers of same species
Common Ground	+100	Common Ground origin Federation member	Common Ground origin Federation member
Criminal Syndicate	-25	Default authority empires	Criminal Heritage civic
Interstellar Assembly	+10	All empires	Interstellar Assembly (stage I) owner
	+20	All empires	Interstellar Assembly (stage II) owner
	+30	All empires	Interstellar Assembly (stage III) owner
	+50	All empires	Interstellar Assembly (stage IV) owner
Diplomatic Relationship Modifiers
Name	Value	From	Towards
Same Overlord	+50	Subject of the same Overlord	Subject of the same Overlord
Allied to Rivals	-100	Rivalry with the same third empire	Defensive Pact with the same third empire
Rivals with Allies	-100	Defensive Pact with the same third empire	Rivalry with the same third empire
Ally of Ally	+25	Defensive Pact with the same third empire	Defensive Pact with the same third empire
Mutual Rivals	+50	Rivalry with the same third empire	Rivalry with the same third empire
Policy Modifiers
Name	Value	From	Towards
Both Supremacists	-100	Supremacist Diplomatic Stance	Supremacist Diplomatic Stance
Bombardment Policy	-10	Pacifist	Indiscriminate or Armageddon Orbital Bombardment
	-20	Fanatic Pacifist	Indiscriminate or Armageddon Orbital Bombardment
Slavery Policy	-10	Egalitarian or Xenophile	Allowed Slavery
	-20	Fanatic Egalitarian or Fanatic Xenophile	Allowed Slavery
Interference Policy	-5	Xenophobe	Passive Studies Native Interference
	-10	Fanatic Xenophobe	Passive Studies Native Interference
	+10	Passive Studies Native Interference	Passive Studies Native Interference
Xenophages	-25	Any empire not Authoritarian or Xenophobe	Livestock slavery or Processing purge user
	-50	Xenophile	Livestock slavery or Processing purge user
Biophages	-50	Egalitarian	Grid Amalgamation slavery or Chemical Processing purge user
	-100	Xenophile	Grid Amalgamation slavery or Chemical Processing purge user
Ethics Modifiers
Name	Value	From	Towards
Bright Materialists	+10	Materialist	Materialist
	+10	Fanatic Materialist	Materialist
	+25	Fanatic Materialist	Fanatic Materialist
Wise Spiritualists	+10	Spiritualist	Spiritualist
	+10	Fanatic Spiritualist	Spiritualist
	+25	Fanatic Spiritualist	Fanatic Spiritualist
Free Egalitarianists	+10	Egalitarian	Egalitarian
	+10	Fanatic Egalitarian	Egalitarian
	+25	Fanatic Egalitarian	Fanatic Egalitarian
Enlightened Pacifists	+10	Pacifist	Pacifist
	+10	Fanatic Pacifist	Pacifist
	+25	Fanatic Pacifist	Fanatic Pacifist
Materialist Fools	-10	Spiritualist	Materialist
	-20	Spiritualist	Fanatic Materialist
	-20	Fanatic Spiritualist	Materialist
	-40	Fanatic Spiritualist	Fanatic Materialist
Spiritualist Fools	-10	Materialist	Spiritualist
	-20	Materialist	Fanatic Spiritualist
	-20	Fanatic Materialist	Spiritualist
	-40	Fanatic Materialist	Fanatic Spiritualist
Egalitarian Rabble	-10	Authoritarian	Egalitarian
	-20	Authoritarian	Fanatic Egalitarian
	-20	Fanatic Authoritarian	Egalitarian
	-40	Fanatic Authoritarian	Fanatic Egalitarian
Authoritarian Tyrants	-10	Egalitarian	Authoritarian
	-20	Egalitarian	Fanatic Authoritarian
	-20	Fanatic Egalitarian	Authoritarian
	-40	Fanatic Egalitarian	Fanatic Authoritarian
Xenophilia	+5	Xenophile	Same portrait main species
	+10	Xenophile	Same archetype main species
	+20	Xenophile	Different archetype main species
	+10	Fanatic Xenophile	Same portrait main species
	+20	Fanatic Xenophile	Same archetype main species
	+40	Fanatic Xenophile	Different archetype main species
Xenophobia	-5	Xenophobe	Same portrait main species
	-10	Xenophobe	Same archetype main species
	-20	Xenophobe	Different archetype main species
	-10	Fanatic Xenophobe	Same portrait main species
	-20	Fanatic Xenophobe	Same archetype main species
	-40	Fanatic Xenophobe	Different archetype main species
Xenophile Diplomacy	+5	All empires not Xenophobe	Xenophile with same main species archetype
	+10	All empires not Xenophobe	Xenophile with different main species archetype
	+10	All empires not Xenophobe	Fanatic Xenophile with same main species archetype
	+20	All empires not Xenophobe	Fanatic Xenophile with different main species archetype
	+10	Xenophile	Xenophile
	+10	Fanatic Xenophile	Xenophile
	+20	Fanatic Xenophile	Fanatic Xenophile
Xenophobic Bigots	-5	All empires	Xenophobe with same main species archetype
	-10	All empires	Xenophobe with different main species archetype
	-10	All empires	Fanatic Xenophobe with same main species archetype
	-20	All empires	Fanatic Xenophobe with different main species archetype
Wicked Cyborgs	-20	Spiritualist	Cybernetic main species
	-40	Fanatic Spiritualist	Cybernetic main species
Soulless Machines	-40	Spiritualist	Mechanical or Machine main species
	-60	Fanatic Spiritualist	Mechanical or Machine main species
Abandoned Organic Origins	-20	All empires not Materialist or Machine Intelligence	Mechanical main species
Barbaric Despoilers	-20	Militarist	Barbaric Despoilers civic
	-40	Authoritarian	Barbaric Despoilers civic
	-80	Pacifist	Barbaric Despoilers civic
	-50	All empires not Authoritarian, Militarist or Pacifist	Barbaric Despoilers civic
Personality Modifiers
Name	Value	From	Towards
Pacifist Cowards	-50	Honorbound Warriors AI Personality	Pacifist
	-100	Honorbound Warriors AI Personality	Fanatic Pacifist
Infidel Unbelievers	-100	Evangelizing Zealots AI Personality	Materialist
Xeno Filth	-1000	Fanatic Purifiers AI personality	Different main species
Fanatical Befrienders	+100	Fanatical Befrienders AI personality	All empires
Metalheads	-1000	Metalheads AI personality	All empires
Is a Democracy	+25	Democratic Crusaders AI personality	Democratic authority
Is an Oligarchy	-50	Democratic Crusaders AI personality	Oligarchic or Corporate authority
Is an Autocracy	-100	Democratic Crusaders AI personality	Dictatorial or Imperial authority
Oppressors	-100	Democratic Crusaders AI personality	Rogue Servitor civic
	-1000	Democratic Crusaders AI personality	Driven Assimilator civic
Fallen Empire Modifiers
Name	Value	From	Towards
Encroaching Borders	-200	Militant Isolationists	Empires with hyperlane connection to them
Desecrated Holy Planet	-200	Holy Guardians	Empires with at least one Holy World colony
Zarqulan's Chosen	+150	Holy Guardians	Head of Zarqlan relic
Scion	+100	Overlord	Scion subject
Devouring Swarm	-80	Enigmatic Observers	Devouring Swarm civic
Determined Exterminator	-40	Enigmatic Observers	Determined Exterminator civic
Gestalt Consciousness Modifiers
Name	Value	From	Towards
Hive Mind	-30	All empires not Gestalt Consciousness	Hive Mind
Empath	+20	All empires not Gestalt Consciousness	Empath civic
Fellow Hive Mind	+30	Hive Mind	Hive Mind
Prey	-1000	Devouring Swarm civic	All empires
Devouring Swarm	-1000	All empires	Devouring Swarm civic
Machine Intelligence	-30	All empires not Materialist or Gestalt Consciousness	Machine Intelligence
Fellow Machine Intelligence	+30	Machine Intelligence	Machine Intelligence
Universal Compatibility	+20	Machine Intelligence	Universal Compatibility tradition
Fellow Assimilators	+40	Driven Assimilator civic	Driven Assimilator civic
Fellow Servitors	+40	Rogue Servitor civic	Rogue Servitor civic
Dreaded Assimilators	-100	All empires not Gestalt Consciousness	Driven Assimilator civic
Soul Thieves	-200	Spiritualist	Driven Assimilator civic
Biophiles	-200	Determined Exterminator civic	Rogue Servitor civic
Organic Filth	-1000	Determined Exterminator civic	Biological main species
Murderer Machines	-1000	Rogue Servitor civic or biological main species	Determined Exterminator civic
Fellow Machines	+100	Determined Exterminator civic	Machine Intelligence
Fellow Exterminators	+200	Determined Exterminator civic	Determined Exterminator civic
Sophisticated Machines	+10	Materialist	Machine Intelligence
	+20	Fanatic Materialist	Machine Intelligence
Willing Servants	+20	Decadent main species	Rogue Servitor civic

Variable modifiers

The following modifiers can have various values depending on how many times an empire meets the required condition.

Name	Value	From	Towards
Our Claims on Them	-5 per Claim	Claimed system owner	Claiming empire
Their Claims on Us	-5 per Claim	Claiming empire	Claimed system owner
Relative Power of Subjects	-1 per 1% of difference between the overlord and the sum of all subjects	Subject	Overlord
Border Friction	-5 for each connected system (multiplied by Border Friction factor of AI personalities)	All empires except subjects, Federation members and Fallen Empires	Empires with hyperlane connection borders
Criminal Branch Offices	-10 for each branch office	Planet owner	Branch office owner with Criminal Heritage civic
Reveres Holy World	+30 per Consecrated Holy World	Holy Guardians	Empire consecrating a Holy World

Event modifiers

Event modifiers can only be obtained through anomaly events.

Name	Value
Saved Captives	+10 if the other empire accidentally saves captives in the The Ransomers event chain
Killed Captives	-10 if the other empire accidentally kills captives in the The Ransomers event chain
Literary Savior	+20 if you return the text during the Prince event
Book Burner	-20 if you refuse to return the text during the Prince event
Nurtured Forebears	+100 towards Nivlac Circle if you relocate the Nivlacs in the Impossible Organism event chain
Discarded Forebears	-100 towards Nivlac Circle if you shot the Nivlacs into space in the Impossible Organism event chain

Temporary modifiers

Temporary Opinion modifiers are last for a predetermined amount of time and will eventually disappear. However they can also be reinforced and increased up to a certain limit.

Variable modifiers

Variable modifiers start small but will keep growing as long as an empire keeps doing an action another empire disagrees with.

Name	Value	Decay	Limit
Broke Trade Pact	-1 per 1/5 of the value of your side of the trade agreement	2	-200
Favorable Trade Deal	+1 per every trade acceptance point above 1	2	+100
Seized Resource Station	-5 per station lost by system conquest if not Fallen Empire -20 per station lost by system conquest if Fallen Empire	2	-1000
Threat	-2 per system conquered by you -4 per starbase conquered by you -8 per planet conquered by you x0.5 if Non-Aggression Pact	0.25	-1000
Mutual Threats	+1 per system conquered by a third empire +2 per starbase conquered by a third empire +4 per planet conquered by a third empire	0.25	+200
Genocidal	-5 per purged Pop if Egalitarian -5 per purged Pop if Xenophile -10 per purged Pop if Fanatic Egalitarian -10 per purged Pop if Fanatic Xenophile -5 per purged Pop if Benevolent Interventionists	1	-1000
Purged our Species	-25 per purged Pop of same species	1	-1000
Terror Bombing	-5 per Pop killed by orbital bombardment if not Militarist or Fanatic Militarist -5 per Pop killed by orbital bombardment if Pacifist -10 per Pop killed by orbital bombardment if Fanatic Pacifist -5 per Pop killed by orbital bombardment if Benevolent Interventionists	1	-100
Butchered Tiyanki	-10 per killed Tyianki fleet if Xenophile -20 per killed Tyianki fleet if Fanatic Xenophile	1	-1000
Mysterious Disappearances	-1 per Necrophage purged Pop if Egalitarian or Fanatic Egalitarian -2 per Necrophage purged Pop if Xenophile -3 per Necrophage purged Pop if Fanatic Xenophile -3 per Necrophage purged Pop if Benevolent Interventionists	2	-1000
Necrophaged our Species	-10 per Necrophage purged Pop of same species -35 per Necrophage purged Pop of same species if Migration Treaty	1	-1000

Fallen Empires only

Fallen Empire Opinion modifiers only apply towards Fallen or Awakened Empires and play a large part in diplomacy with them.

Name	Value	Decay	Limit
Accepted Gift	+50	2	+50
Accepted Demands	+25	1	+100
Refused Demands	-200	1	-200
Spurned Gift	-50	1	-100
Failed Task	-50	1	-50
Failed Major Task	-200	1	-200
Refused Task	-25	1	-25
Completed Task	+100	1	+200
Refused Request	-50	1	-100
Accepted Request	+100	2	+200
Refused Subjugation	-200	1	-200