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Diplomacy

Diplomacy

Relations

Galactic community

Federation

Subject empire

All regular and fallen empires have a bilateral Relation with each other empire. The relation level between two empires is based on the sum of their unilateral  opinions of each other, and it primarily determines which diplomatic actions are available between two empires without requiring an  Envoy to be sent to Improve or Harm Relations.

The unilateral  opinion of an empire also influences whether an AI empire supports or opposes proposed resolutions in the  Galactic Community as well as their attitude towards an empire.

Relation levels

The relation level between two empires is determined by the sum of the  opinions 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.

Relation-locked diplomatic actions

See also: Diplomacy#Diplomatic actions

Diplomatic action	Relation level required
Form Federaton	Excellent
Invite to Federation	Excellent
Ask to join Federation	Excellent
Defensive Pact	Excellent
Federation Associate	Positive or Excellent
Migration Treaty	Positive or Excellent
Commercial Pact	Positive or Excellent
Research Agreement	Positive or Excellent
Guarantee Independence	Neutral or better
Non-Aggression Pact	Neutral or better
Embassy	Neutral or better
Mutual trade	Neutral or better
Insult	Tense or Terrible
Rivalry	Terrible

Certain diplomatic actions require either certain levels of relation or an  envoy sent to the other empire to improve or harm relations. Actions unlocked by positive or excellent relations are also unlocked by improve relations, while actions unlocked by tense or terrible relations are also unlocked by harm relations. Any diplomatic action not listed can be proposed at any relation level.

Opinion

Each empire has a unilateral  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 persist until the current diplomatic status changes and are an important factor in deciding how diplomacy proceeds 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	Was attacked during first contact	Was attacker during first contact
First Contact War	−75	Defender in "first contact war"	Attacker in "first contact war"
Galactic Community Member	+10	Galactic Community Member	Galactic Community Member
Galactic Imperium Member	+10	Galactic Imperium Member	Galactic Imperium 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	All empires besides  Fanatic Purifiers of the same species	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
Crisis Empire	−40	Medium Government intel on towards empire	Crisis Level 2 empire
	−80	Medium Government intel on towards empire	Crisis Level 3 empire
	−120	Medium Government intel on towards empire	Crisis Level 4 empire
	−200	All empires	Crisis Level 5 empire
Destroying Star Systems	−100	All empires	Empire using Star-Eaters
Trying to Destroy Galaxy	−1000	All empires	Partial Aetherophasic Engine owner
Diplomatic Relationship Modifiers
Name	Value	From	Towards
Subject	+25	Subject	Overlord
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
Closed Borders	−20	Target of closed borders	Empire closing their borders
Guarantees Independence	+10	Guaranteed empire	Guarantor
Federation	+50	Federation member	Federation member
Federation Associate	+10	Federation associate or member	Federation associate or member
Defensive Pact	+20	Defensive pact	Defensive pact
At War	−50	Has war against	Has war against
Our Rival	−100	Rivaling empire	Rivaled empire
Rivaling us	−100	Rivaled empire	Rivaling 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	Not  Authoritarian or  Xenophobe	Livestock or Grid Amalgamation slavery or Processing or Chemical Processing purge user
	−25	Xenophile	Livestock or Grid Amalgamation slavery or Processing or Chemical Processing purge user
	−50	Not  Authoritarian and  Xenophile	Livestock or Grid Amalgamation slavery or Processing 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	Not  Xenophobe	Xenophile with same main species archetype
	+10	Not  Xenophobe	Xenophile with different main species archetype
	+10	Not  Xenophobe	Fanatic Xenophile with same main species archetype
	+20	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	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	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	Not same 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	Owns any bordering system
Desecrated Holy Planet	−200	Holy Guardians	Owns at least one Holy World colony and doesn't have Head of Zarqlan relic
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	Not  Gestalt Consciousness	Hive Mind
Empath	+20	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	Not  Materialist or  Gestalt Consciousness	Machine Intelligence
Fellow Machine Intelligence	+30	Machine Intelligence	Machine Intelligence
Fellow Assimilators	+40	Driven Assimilator civic	Driven Assimilator civic
Fellow Servitors	+40	Rogue Servitor civic	Rogue Servitor civic
Dreaded Assimilators	−100	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	Claiming empire	Claimed system owner
Their Claims on Us	−5 per Claim	Claimed system owner	Claiming empire
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	From	Towards
Saved Captives	+10	Has the Ransomers event chain	Accidentally saves captives
Killed Captives	−10	Has the Ransomers event chain	Accidentally kills captives
Literary Savior	+20	Target of the Prince event	Returned the text during the Prince event
Book Burner	−20	Target of the Prince event	Refused to return the text during the Prince event
Nurtured Forebears	+100	Nivlac Circle	Relocated the Nivlacs in the Impossible Organism event chain
Discarded Forebears	−100	Nivlac Circle	Shot the Nivlacs into space in the Impossible Organism event chain

Temporary modifiers

Temporary  opinion modifiers last for a predetermined amount of time and will eventually disappear, as they decay yearly by a certain amount. However, many can also be reinforced and increased up to a certain limit. Many temporary opinion modifiers come from events.

Diplomatic modifiers

Some diplomatic actions apply a temporary, decaying  opinion modifier.

Name	Value	From	Towards	Decay	Limit
Insulted	−200	Insulted empire	Insulting empire	2 monthly	−200
Changed Federation	−200	Empires in federation	Empire that left federation	2	−1000
Broke Federation	−200	Empires in federation	Empire that left federation	2	−1000
Ended Federation Association	−25	Former associate or federation members	Empire(s) ending association	2	−1000
Kicked us from Alliance	−200	Empire kicked from federation	Federation member who proposed kicking	2	−1000
Tried to kick us from Alliance	−100	Empire targeted	Federation member who proposed kicking	2	−1000
Broke Defensive Pact	−100	Former  defensive pact partner	Empire which broke the defensive pact	2	−1000
Broke Research Agreement	−25	Former  research agreement partner	Empire which broke the research agreement	2	−1000
Broke Non-Aggression Pact	−25	Former  non-aggression pact partner	Empire which broke the non-aggression pact	2	−1000
Broke Migration Treaty	−15	Former  migration treaty partner	Empire which broke the migration treaty	2	−1000
Broke Guarantee	−15	Former  guaranteed empire	Empire which broke the Guarantee	2	−1000
Was at War	−25	Defender	War declarer	1	−1000
Accepted plea for protection	+30	Empire that proposed subjugation	Overlord	5	+30
Rejected Status Quo Peace Offer	−20	Empire proposing status quo	Empire rejecting status quo	5	−20
Broke free from Overlord	−50	Former Overlord	Former subject	2	−50
Released from Overlord	+30	Former subject	Former Overlord	1	+30

Variable modifiers

Variable modifiers start small but will keep growing as long as an empire continues doing the same action.

Name	Value	From	Towards	Decay	Limit
Improve Relations	+0.25 monthly, +0.75 if embassy is established	Mutual	Mutual	1	+100
Harm Relations	−0.5 monthly	Mutual	Mutual	1	−100
Broke Trade Pact	−1 per 1/5 of the value of your side of the trade agreement	Recipient	Deal breaker	2	−200
Favorable Trade Deal	+1 per every trade acceptance point above 1	Recipient	Proposer	2	+100
Seized Resource Station	−5 per station lost by system conquest	Regular empire	Conqueror	2	−1000
	−20 per station lost by system conquest	Fallen empire	Conqueror
Threat	−2 per system conquered −4 per starbase conquered −8 per planet conquered ×0.5 if  Non-Aggression Pact with conqueror Multiplied by Threat concern factor of AI personalities	All empires	Conqueror	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	All other empires	All other empires	0.25	+200
Terror Bombing	−5 per Pop killed by orbital bombardment	Not  Militarist	Bombarding empire	1	−100
	−10 per Pop killed by orbital bombardment	Pacifist
	−15 per Pop killed by orbital bombardment	Fanatic Pacifist
	−10 per Pop killed by orbital bombardment	Benevolent Interventionists
Butchered Tiyanki	−10 per killed Tyianki fleet if  Xenophile −20 per killed Tyianki fleet if  Fanatic Xenophile	Xenophile	Hunting empire	1	−1000
Supported Resolution	+10 per proposed resolution voted for	Resolution proposer	Resolution supporter	1	+1000
Opposed Resolution	−10 per proposed resolution voted against	Resolution proposer	Resolution opposer	1	−1000
Declared Emergency Measure	+30 per proposed resolution declared emergency measure	Resolution proposer	Emergency declarer	1	+1000
Vetoed Resolution	−50 per proposed resolution vetoed	Resolution proposer	Vetoer	1	−1000

Purge modifiers

Most  purge types cause an opinion loss for each pop purged towards the purging empire, but only from non-Gestalt, non-Fallen empires with sufficient intel on the purging empire.

Name	Opinion loss per pop	Condition	Decay	Limit
Genocidal	−5	Low Economy Intel or higher on purging empire and doesn't have purger AI personality Also applies to all conditions below	1	−1000
	−10	Egalitarian or  Xenophile and doesn't purge
	−15	Egalitarian and  Xenophile and doesn't purge
	−15	Fanatic Egalitarian or  Fanatic Xenophile and doesn't purge
	−20	Fanatic Egalitarian and  Xenophile and doesn't purge
	−20	Fanatic Xenophile and  Egalitarian and doesn't purge
	−20	Benevolent Interventionists
Purged our Species	−25	Main species was purged Low Economy Intel or higher on purging empire	1	−1000
Necrophage purge or  Necrophyte 'elevation'
Name	Opinion loss per pop	Condition	Decay	Limit
Mysterious Disappearances	−1 −2 if  Xenophile −3 if  Fanatic Xenophile −3 if Benevolent Interventionists	Not  Necrophage origin Not  Death Cult and doesn't have purger AI personality Main species was not necrophaged Medium Economy Intel or higher on necrophaging empire	3 (if  Defensive Pact or in  Federation together) 2 (otherwise)	−100
Necrophaged our Species	−10 −6.5 if has  Migration Treaty with necrophaging empire	Main species was necrophaged Low Economy Intel or higher on necrophaging empire	5 (if  Defensive Pact or in  Federation together) 3 (otherwise)	−500

Fallen Empires only

Fallen Empire Opinion modifiers only apply from 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

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