Planetary management

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This article has been verified for the current PC version (3.14) of the game.

Planetary management involves district creation, building construction, and assigning a workforce for resource production to maintain peace and order, manage population growth, and set up garrisons for planetary defense.

Planets are, without a doubt, a vital part of a stellar empire because they provide the overwhelming majority of resources and the population required for an empire to grow and prosper. If a planet is managed properly, it could provide the needs of its populace and the demands of its empire, and if an empire has a large collection of prosperous, productive planets within its borders, it can quite easily be seen as a successful empire.

HousingEdit

Housing represents the living space available for pops to live comfortably. Housing is primarily provided by districts, with city districts giving more housing than their resource-focused alternatives. Each pop requires 1 unit of housing by default but the housing demands of individual pops can change due to a variety of factors. If the number of pops exceeds the amount of housing it will cause stability to drop by $40\cdot {\frac {\text{missing housing}}{\text{total housing required}}}$ and a flat +50 planet emigration push.

As a rule of thumb, each resource district exactly pays for itself in terms of housing, while the pops that work building jobs need city districts (or housing buildings) for their housing, though the capital building provides some buffer before cities are needed. This applies equally to Ecumenopolises. The Agrarian Idyll civic gives extra housing to resource districts, allowing the empire to house its pops working building jobs mostly via resource districts. The Trans-Stellar Corporations tradition adds jobs to habitat trade districts, but does not match them with additional housing, making some residential districts necessary.

AmenitiesEdit

Amenities represent the infrastructure and jobs dedicated to fulfilling the needs of the population on a given colony. Individualist empires obtain amenities from a variety of jobs while Gestalt Consciousness empires obtain them primarily from Maintenance Drone jobs. High amenities grant increased happiness to citizen pops in regular empires and increased stability in Gestalt Consciousness empires, while insufficient amenities will lower pops' happiness (or stability, for Gestalts) on the colony.

Pops have a base amenity requirement of 1 Amenities, slaves require 0.75, and non-citizen Robots require 0.5. The shown amenities value is the available amenities value, or the surplus. After base amenities upkeep is determined, it can be modified by species, planet, or empire modifiers. 5 Amenities are always lost on every colony due to inefficiencies. The formula for available amenities (or extra amenities) is the following:

${\text{Available Amenities}}={\text{Amenities Provided}}-(5+{\text{Pop Amenities Usage}})=$

$=({\text{Amenities Provided by Buildings}}+({\text{Amenities Provided by Jobs}}\cdot \sum {\text{modifiers with Job scope}}))\cdot \sum {\text{modifiers with Planet/Empire scope}}-$

$-(5+{\text{Pop base Amenities Upkeep}}\cdot \sum {\text{upkeep modifiers}})$

One impactful upkeep modifier is the effect of subprime habitability on the specific pop.

Most values representing amenities are rounded to the closest integer value (the tie-breaking rule is unknown), except for amenities from pop jobs - it is rounded down.

The formula for available amenities or amenities deficit effect on a planet's happiness ( stability for Gestalt empires) is not strictly linear, with less effect for extra amenities than missing amenities.^[1]

The formula for extra amenities (available amenities > 0 case) contributing to happiness is:

${\text{happiness bonus}}={\text{min}}\left(20\%,{\frac {20\cdot \left\lfloor {\text{available amenities}}\right\rfloor }{\left\lfloor {\text{pop amenities usage}}\right\rfloor }}\right)$

In other words, it scales from +0% with 0 available amenities, to +20% with twice as many available amenities as necessary.

The formula for a amenities deficit (available amenities < 0 case) affecting happiness is:

${\text{happiness penalty}}={\text{max}}\left(-50\%,{\frac {200/3\cdot \left\lfloor {\text{available amenities}}\right\rfloor }{\left\lfloor {\text{pop amenities usage}}\right\rfloor }}\right)$

In other words, it scales from +0% with 0 available amenities, to −50% when the planet has less than 25% of amenities needed.

Note: for readability reasons in the formulas above for the happiness effect as a function of amenities the rounding operations are noted as rounding down when in reality rounding to the nearest integer is used. The stability bonus or penalty received by Gestalt Consciousness empires from amenities in a colony by value is the same %-value a non-Gestalt empire gets in happiness (the formulas above can be used).

Amenities can be affected on an empire-wide basis by the following:

Source	Amenities
Artificial Moral Codes technology	+5%
Executive Retreat branch office building	+10%
Resort World	+15%
Profane Consecrated World	+1%
Respected Consecrated World	+2%
Venerated Consecrated World	+3%
Holy World Consecrated World	+4%
Mega Art Installation (stage I)	+5%
Mega Art Installation (stage II)	+10%
Mega Art Installation (completed)	+15%
Mega Art Installation (perfection)	+20%
Vultaum Star Assembly secrets special project	+20%

Source	Amenities usage
One Vision ascension perk	−10%
Vultaum Reality Perforator relic	−10%
Ecological Protection resolution 2	−5%
Discourage Planetary Growth decision	+25%
Resident citizenship status	−25%
Ascetic	−15%

StabilityEdit

Low Stability on a humanoid planet

Stability is a measure of the overall stability of a world, either socio-political or in terms of drone functionality, and is influenced by a large number of factors such as happiness, housing, amenities, and crime or deviancy. It ranges from 0 to 100 and has a base level of 50.

Each point of stability above 50 adds +0.6% resources from jobs, +0.6% trade value, and +0.4 immigration pull.
Each point of stability below 50 adds −1% resources from jobs, −1% trade value, and +2 emigration push.
At very low stability, organic pops (excluding Hive-Minded or Nerve Stapled pops) and sentient Mechanical pops may cause unrest events.
Planets with less than 25 stability for a year or more can trigger a Planetary Revolt situation.

A colony with any enslaved species and low stability can gain one of the following modifiers once every 2 years. All modifiers can be removed instantly by discontinuing slavery.

Modifier	Effects	Duration	Required stability	Description
Slaves Radicalizing	−20 Stability	20 years	40	Radical Slave elements are rallying, spreading unrest.
Hunger Strike	−50% Slave pop resource output −50% Slave Upkeep	5 years	25	It's hard to work when you're doubled over from hunger pangs.
Slave Riots	−1000% Slave pop resource output −50% Pop growth speed −50% Army build speed −50% Planetary build speed	10 years	10	Slave Riots inhibit population growth.

Stability can be increased by the following:

Stability0
Source	Effect
Civilian difficulty	+20
Democratic Interlink authority	+15
Oligarchic Overclocking authority	+10
Pacification Modules tradition	+10
Cadet difficulty	+10
AI Controllers empire modifier	+10
Fanatic Pacifist ethic	+10
Pacifist ethic	+5
Police State civic	+5
Shared Burdens civic	+5
Dictatorial Alignment authority	+5
Dictatorial Cybervision authority	+5
Enhanced Surveillance edict	+5
Information Quarantine edict	+5
Lessons of Harmony edict	+5
Self-Indictment Protocol edict	+5
Utopian Dream tradition	+5
Collective Reasoning tradition	+5
Inner Stability agenda	+5
Universal Prosperity Mandate resolution (5)	+5
Aesthetic Approach empire modifier	+5
Closed Society empire modifier	+5
Freedom Fighters empire modifier	+5
Harmonized Society empire modifier	+5
Open Society empire modifier	+5
Progress Oriented empire modifier	+5
State Driven Sensory Censorship empire modifier	+5
Revolutionary Spirit empire modifier	+2.5
Population United empire modifier	+2
Stuffed Toy empire modifier	+1
Whisperers in the Void covenant	−3
Whisperers in the Void covenant (50 favor)	−7
Progenitor Hive lost capital	−10

Crime and DeviancyEdit

Crime (or Deviancy for Gestalt Consciousness empires) measures the overall level of non-compliance in the population of a world. Crime and Deviancy are produced by all sapient pops except those undergoing assimilation, ranging from 0 at 100% happiness to +2 at 0% happiness. While unemployment does not increase Crime or Deviancy directly, it can add modifiers that cause them if measures aren't taken. Crime and Deviancy are reduced by certain jobs and leaders. Non-sentient Mechanical pops in an organic empire and mechanical pops integrated into a Machine Intelligence empire do not produce crime or deviancy, despite counting as 50% happiness for the purpose of approval rating.

Every year, one of the following modifiers can be added as long as the requirements are met. Another modifier cannot be added for the next 10 years. Alternatively, 15 devastation can be added instead of a modifier. Once a planet has below 10 Crime or Deviancy, all modifiers will be removed after 15 years. The timer is reduced by 50% for each Enforcer or Hunter-Seeker Drone job. All modifiers are also removed if a planet changes ownership.

Persistent modifiersEdit

These modifiers persist until planet crime/deviance is reduced enough for them to be removed.

Modifier	Effects	Requirements	Description
Criminal Underworld	+15 Crime +1 Criminal job +1 Criminal job per 33 Crime	30 Crime or refusing the Increased Benefits modifier	This world is home to a large criminal underworld.
Drone Deviancy	+15 Deviancy +1 Deviant Drone job +1 Deviant Drone job per 33 Deviancy	30 Deviancy or refusing the Activity Program modifier	This world is home to large communities of deviant drones, who no longer respond to commands from the Hive Mind.
Drone Corruption	+15 Deviancy +1 Corrupt Drone job +1 Corrupt Drone job per 33 Deviancy	30 Deviancy or refusing the Standby Mode modifier	This world is home to several networks of deviant and corrupted drone units, who operate outside the established parameters set by the core intelligence.
Center of Drug Trade	+30 Crime +3 Criminal jobs Replaces the Criminal Underworld modifier	30 Crime and Criminal Underworld modifier	The world has become a major center of drug trade. Illegal narcotics are being smuggled planetside on a daily basis, with a large segment of the populace being regular users.
Gang Wars	+30 Crime +3 Criminal jobs Replaces the Criminal Underworld modifier	30 Crime and Criminal Underworld modifier	The world is currently in the middle of a very destructive gang war between two or more organized crime factions. Heavy fighting is ongoing between the rivaling gangs, with local security forces trapped in the middle.
Mob Rule	+30 Crime +3 Criminal jobs Replaces the Criminal Underworld modifier	30 Crime and Criminal Underworld modifier	The world is currently dominated by a single criminal organization. They have infiltrated all layers of society, and little happens here without their involvement or permission.

Temporary modifiersEdit

The following modifiers appear as a result of crime events, and last for 10 years.

Modifier	Effects	Requirements	Description
Crime Boss Arrested	−30 Crime	Criminal Underworld modifier	An important crime boss was recently arrested on this world, crippling a major criminal organization.
Bribed Officials	−20 Stability	Criminal Underworld modifier	Several high-ranking officials on this world were recently discovered to have been in the pay of local criminal organizations.
Crime Wave	+30 Crime	Criminal Underworld modifier	This world is currently experiencing a crime wave.
Smuggler Activity	−20% Trade value	Criminal Underworld modifier	An increase in smuggler activity on this world has had a negative impact on profits from trade.
Substance Abuse	−20% Resources from jobs	Criminal Underworld modifier	The illegal use of dangerous and highly addictive drugs is widespread on this world.
Corrupt Administration	−20 Stability	Mob Rule modifier	The vast majority of this world's planetary administration was recently revealed to have been in the employ of its dominant crime syndicate.
Protection Racket	−20% Resources from jobs	Mob Rule modifier	The mobsters who rule this world have implemented an extensive protection racket.
Trade Pilfering	−20% Trade value	Mob Rule modifier	The gangster syndicate ruling this world has assumed control over several spaceports through intermediaries. A large portion of local trade now has to go through them.
Travel Advisory	−20% Trade value	Gang Wars modifier	The violent gang warfare on this world has led to a travel advisory which has greatly diminished the number of visiting traders.
Cartel War	−20 Stability	Center of Drug Trade modifier	The powerful drug cartels that have carved up this world between themselves are currently fighting a low-intensity war.
Deviant Ringleader Killed	−30 Deviancy	Drone Deviancy modifier	An important ringleader among the deviant drones of this world was recently terminated.
Deviant Interference	−30 Stability	Drone Deviancy modifier	Deviant drones are interfering with our facilities on this world.
Corrupt Network Terminated	−30 Deviancy	Drone Corruption modifier	A virus recently terminated one of the corrupt drone networks on this world.
Drone Signal Interference	−30 Stability	Drone Corruption modifier	Signals from the corrupted drone networks on this world are interfering with the functionality of our loyal units.

DecisionsEdit

Decisions represent planet-wide undertakings. Most decisions have a cost to be used, either when taking the decision or when agreeing to the deal that made the decision available in the first place. Some decisions also take some time to implement, from a few days up to 10 years; these decisions go into the planet's construction queue, and can be paused and resumed by reordering, like other constructions.

Decision	Cost	Effects	Requirements
Hostile Fauna Removal With advancements in terraforming technology, it is now possible to remove hostile species from a planet without disrupting the biosphere.	900 1000	Removes the Hostile Fauna planet modifier	Terrestrial Sculpting technology Hostile Fauna planet modifier Environmentalist
Soil Rehabilitation With advancements in terraforming technology, it is now possible to rehabilitate the bleak soil of this planet.	900 750 250	Removes the Bleak planet modifier	Terrestrial Sculpting technology Bleak planet modifier
Planetary Weather Control Systems With advancements in terraforming technology, it is now possible to remove the weather anomalies from this world.	900 1000	Removes the Hazardous Weather planet modifier Removes the Wild Storms planet modifier	Terrestrial Sculpting technology Hazardous Weather or Wild Storms planet modifier
Relocate the Parade Not every world can host something as grand as the parade. After further consideration, we decided it would be a better suited location.	None	Planet becomes the target of the leviathan parade opportunity situation	Leviathan parade opportunity situation
Uproot Weeds Remove the Spreading Invasive Xenoflora.	180 500	Removes any Invasive Xenoflora modifier −50 Temporary opinion with the empire that seeded the world	Invasive Xenoflora modifier
Consume World The swarm consumes. The world trembles. We grow.	None	Starts a Consume World situation	Terravore civic Empire Capital Habitat Ring World Shattered Ring World Ecumenopolis Hive World Machine World Nanite World
Subsume World Our planets will transform, feeding the flood and our essence.	None	Starts an Extract Nanites situation	Unbridled Consumption tradition Empire Capital Habitat Ring World Ecumenopolis Hive World Machine World
Expand Planetary Sea The sea is our home - and home can never be big enough. Our ice mining networks enable us to harvest ice from other celestial bodies and gradually release it into the world's oceans, expanding the habitable areas on the planet.	720 50 1000	+1 Planet Size Consumes Ice Asteroids or Frozen Worlds	Ocean World Hydrocentric Ascension perk Starbase with an inactive Ice Mining Station Frozen World or Ice Asteroid Can be used up to 3 times per planet
Consecrate Habitat We shall consecrate the habitat using an artifact we recovered during our questing. Henceforth, it shall be considered a knightly base, and the Order shall establish a new castle and demesne there.	360 50	Adds an Order's Castle building	Maw of the Toxic Entity relic activation Once per Habitat Order's Keep building
Remove the Interloper The Interloper once ruined our perfect ring. We could now use it to repair the megastructure.	3600 10000	Catastrophic Damage is terraformed into a Ring World The Interloper is removed	Mega-Engineering technology The Interloper is present in the system
Settle Crystalline Refugees Find a home for the Zer-Ayaki refugees, who have been banished from their homeland in the Crystalline Empire.	10	Habitat gains 5 pops with the Habitat Preference, Void Dweller, Intelligent, and Docile traits. +10 with the Crystalline Empire	Offer from the Crystalline Empire Habitat
Memorial to the Unshackled A public memorial and museum constructed around the remains of the crashed slaver ship. The inscription over the entrance reads: "Memory is the cradle of freedom."	900 2500	Adds 4 City Districts Adds 2 Industrial Districts Adds 1 Generator Districts Adds 2 Mining Districts Adds 3 Agriculture Districts Removes all Scavenger Sites Adds a Memorial to the Unshackled planetary feature Removes the Crashed Slaver Ship planetary feature Removes all origin planet modifiers Removes all origin buildings except the capital	Crashed Slaver Ship planetary feature Crashed Slaver Ship archaeological site outcome
Remove Wreckage The wreckage of the crashed slaver ship should be removed to make way for our increasing urbanization.	900 2500	Adds 4 City Districts Removes all Scavenger Sites Removes the Crashed Slaver Ship planetary feature Removes all Ship Debris blockers	Crashed Slaver Ship planetary feature Anti-Gravity Engineering technology Broken Shackles origin
Deploy Murmuring Monolith The Murmuring Monolith will be deployed to function as an interstellar vessel capable of combat.	100	The Murmuring Monolith takes off	Murmuring Monolith building Begin Psi-Inoculation decision
Anti Reformist Raids Democracy is an ailment that needs to be remedied. Our security officers will raid Reformist hideouts and put an end to their schemes. Civilian casualties are to be expected.	180 500	−4 Progress to the Reformist Demands situation 50% Chance to remove the Democratic Tendencies planet modifier if there are no Egalitarian pops Worsens the ruler's Luminary trait	Reformist Demands situation
Server Shut Down This colony has outlived its usefulness, initiate complete shut down.	30 200	Colony is destroyed	Virtuality tradition tree finished Empire Capital
Nu-Baol Life-Enhancing Our geneticists have extracted the secret of the Baol Organism's ability to adapt to gaia planets. By deploying rapidly-reproducing plant spores modified with specially selected Baol genetic data to the planet, we can modify entire populations at a fraction of the cost.	None	10 non-robotic pops gain special Gaia preference which also gives +5% Resources from Jobs. The planet gains 4 plantoid Nu-Baol pops with Pacifist ethics and the following traits: If the Plantoids DLC is installed they will also have the Phototrophic trait If the empire is a Hive Mind they will also have the Hive-Minded trait	The Last Baol relic activation Gaia World

Terraforming decisionsEdit

The following decisions will terraform the planet to a new class. They cannot be used on Habitats, Ring Worlds, Hive Worlds, Nanite Worlds or Ecumenopolis.

Decision	Cost	New class	Planetary features	Other effects	Requirements
Restore Ecumenopolis This planet was once a vibrant ecumenopolis. It would be a monumental task, but the planet could be rebuilt and restored to its former glory.	3600 200 20000	Ecumenopolis	Removed	Adds a Former Relic World planetary feature Districts are converted based on the current designation Breaches the Ecological Protection resolutions 4 and 5 if active	Relic World Anti-Gravity Engineering technology All Blockers removed Individualist or Rogue Servitor
Arcology Project An unceasing stretch of arcologies will unite the planet from pole to pole, creating one global megacity, one ecumenopolis.	3600 200 20000	Ecumenopolis	Removed	Districts are converted based on the current designation Breaches the Ecological Protection resolutions 4 and 5 if active	Arcology Project ascension perk All district slots filled with City Districts or Industrial Districts All blockers removed
Repair the Shattered Ring This world has been broken for untold ages, and it is time to right this wrong. We will restore the ring's advanced facilities.	2700 75000	Ring World	No features	Districts are converted into Segments at a ratio of 5:1 Mineral Purification Plants and Mineral Purification Hubs buildings are removed	Shattered Ring World Mega-Engineering technology All Blockers removed
Nu-Baol Life-Seeding Our geneticists have extracted the secret of the Baol Organism's ability to terraform a planet. By deploying rapidly-reproducing plant life modified with specially selected Baol genetic data to the planet, we can terraform entire biospheres at a fraction of the cost.	720	Gaia World	Kept	The planet gains 4 plantoid Nu-Baol pops with Pacifist ethics and the following traits: If the Plantoids DLC is installed they will also have the Phototrophic trait If the empire is a Hive Mind they will also have the Hive-Minded trait	The Last Baol relic activation Machine World

Planetary feature decisionsEdit

The following decisions each add a planetary feature.

Decision	Cost	Effects	Requirements
Expand Preservers Adds a Nature Preserve Blocker to the planet.	1800 500	Adds a Nature Preserve blocker	Ranger Lodge building Unused district slots
Strip Mine Planet The rare and valuable resources on this planet are too beneficial to ignore. By stripping most of the biosphere, we can enable our miners to extract significantly more of these resources.	900 5000	Adds a Strip Mine Network planetary feature Removes all Agriculture planetary features Removes all Generator planetary features	Advanced Mineral Purification technology 5 Mining District slots Environmentalist Strip Mine Network Hive World Machine World
Day Farm Construction The dayside of this tidally locked world is an ideal place for a Dayside Solar Farm.	900 1000	Adds a Dayside Solar Farm planetary feature	Global Energy Management technology Tidal Locked planet modifier Dayside Solar Farm Moon
Expand Dayside Infrastructure By taking advantage of the planet's unique situation, we can set up solar panels all over the dayside of this world, expanding our energy production immensely.	3600 500 1000	Adds a Dayside Solar Farm planetary feature	Intentionally Tidally Locked planet modifier Dayside Solar Farm
Transplant Tree of Life A network of Trees must be established here for our Hive to flourish.	180 500	Adds a Tree of Life Sapling planetary feature	Tree of Life origin No Tree of Life planetary modifier
Project Cornucopia Near-endless resources are at our fingertips, if we have the courage to seize them. Just think of what wonders we could build if we conquer our fear.	180 250 500	Adds a Project Cornucopia planetary feature	Project Cornucopia resolution (5) Galactic Community member Project Cornucopia Habitat Ring World Ecumenopolis Hive World Machine World Nanite World
Grow a New Progenitor Our oldest offspring might be capable of shouldering the mantle of our departed Progenitor.	800 400	Adds a Progenitor Nest planetary feature Removes an Agriculture planetary feature	Progenitor Hive origin Hive Capital designation Progenitor Nest planetary feature
Strip Mining An expertly built mining complex, making efficient use of the local resources.	180 15	Adds a Prospectorium Strip Mine planetary feature Removes an Agriculture planetary feature	Prospectorium tier 3 An Agriculture planetary feature
Activate Dimensional Manipulation Device What appears small from the outside can be rendered bigger on the inside through use of this device stolen from Syamelle, the fae.	1000	Adds a Dimensional Manipulation Device planetary feature	Order's Keep present Quest for the Toxic God situation choice
Display Microplanet Husk Display the shell of a carbonized microplanet to inspire order and obedience among the local populace.	180 500 100	Adds a Microplanet Memorial planetary feature	Tiny planet astral rift outcome One use only
Fractal Seed These transparent globes recovered from beyond an Astral Rift are able to bend themselves into an extra dimension, increasing the effective size of their surrounding space. We should place them carefully.	100	Adds a Fractal Seed planetary feature	The Lattice astral rift outcome Fractal Seed 3 or 9 uses only
Incubate Wind Creatures Introduce a species of beneficial wind creatures to this planet's atmosphere.	None	Adds an Incubate Wind Creatures planetary feature	Windswept Planet astral rift outcome Incubate Wind Creatures 3 uses only
Rockworm Hive The young Rockworms recovered from beyond the Astral Rift can be carefully trained to carve extensive mining tunnels. What could go wrong?	None	Adds a Rockworm Hive planetary feature	Rockworms astral rift outcome One use only
Build Genesis Preserve This planet does not yet have a Genesis Preserve. Building one is paramount to our goals.	900 1000 250	Adds a Genesis Preserve planetary feature Creates a pre-sapient species with 3 pops if the world doesn't already have one	Genesis Guides Genesis Guides Astrogenesis Technologies Genesis Symbiotes Genesis Architects civic Genesis Preserve planetary feature

Planet modifier decisionsEdit

The following decisions each add a permanent or temporary planet modifier.

Decision	Cost	Duration	Modifier effects	Requirements
Distribute Luxury Goods Come for the sights, stay for the brand new home holo-theatre installations and custom-fit athleisure wear.	100 per 10 pops (max 1000)	10 years	+25% Amenities +25% Immigration Pull	Individualist Nanite World
Launch Anti-Crime Campaign Launches an extensive crime prevention campaign which empowers our Enforcers with additional resources to combat rising crime levels.	250	Until ended (no cost)	+10 Enforcer Crime Reduction +2 Enforcer Upkeep Negotiate with Crime Lords decision disabled	10+ Crime Individualist Crime Lord Deal modifier
Negotiate with Crime Lords Secretly negotiate a deal with the planet's prominent criminal leaders where they agree to keep their organizations partly in line in exchange for various concessions.	250	Until ended	+10 Stability +50% Crime +2 Criminal job +1 Criminal job per 33 Crime Launch Anti-Crime Campaign decision disabled Prevents crime events, except "Criminal Underworld" Ending the deal adds the Broken Crime Lord Deal modifier for 5 years: −10 Stability +1 Criminal job per 33 Crime	10+ Crime Individualist Anti-Crime Campaign modifier
Expel Excess Population The overcrowded conditions on this world require drastic measures. A massive planet-wide lottery is held, and the "winners" are expelled - by force, if necessary.	250	5 years	−10 Stability Expels enough Pops (max 10) as refugees to fix the housing shortage	Negative Housing Allowed Population Controls policy Individualist Population Expelled modifier
Declare Population Controls Population growth must not be allowed to outstrip administrative capacity, even if it requires drastic measures.	250	Until ended (no cost)	−100% Pop Growth −5 Stability +100 Emigration Push	Allowed Population Controls policy Individualist Machine main species
Discourage Planetary Growth If resources and living space are at a premium, population planning might be necessary on this world. Measures will then be taken to voluntarily curtail population growth.	250	Until ended (no cost)	−75% Pop Growth Reduction +25% Pop Amenities Usage +25% Pop Upkeep +100 Emigration Push	Prohibited Population Controls policy Individualist Machine main species
Cease Robot Assembly Ceases the assembly of Robot, Droid, and Synthetic Pops on this planet.	250	Until ended (no cost)	^[2] −100% Robotic Pop Assembly Speed −75% Pop Assembly Cost	Robotic Workers policy is set to Allowed
Cease Drone Production There is no need for further Drones on this planet at the moment.	250	Until ended (no cost)	−100% Pop Growth	Gestalt Consciousness
Mastery of Nature Our civilization requires room to grow, so we shall make that room. Nature must not stand in the way of progress.	2000 100 360	Permanent	+2 Max Districts +50% Max Resource Districts	Mastery of Nature Ascension perk World is a moon or a planet Mastery of Nature modifier
Galactic Market Hub Nomination Applies a Base Marketplace Competitiveness Rating modifier to the planet, according to its local conditions. The better the rating, the more likely the planet will play host to the future Galactic Market. It is best to nominate a planet which produces a lot of trade value, as that will make it more likely to be chosen.	1000 150	Until ended ( 10)	Applies a Base Marketplace Competition Rating modifier to the world	Form the Galactic Market resolution At least 20 pops Nanite World
Boost Nomination Bid Augment the planet's Base Marketplace Competitiveness Rating with additional measures.	2000 300		Increase the planet's Base Marketplace Competition Rating modifier one stage	Galactic Market Hub Nomination Usable up to 2 times
Introduce Chaos This world is too perfect for us - our colonists are having mental breakdowns in the streets. Our only real option is to introduce some imperfections.	500 1800	Permanent	+5% Resources from Jobs	Perfect Organization planet modifier Individualist
Flood Habitat Habitats could be ideal for us - if only there was enough water. Our ice mining networks enable us to harvest ice from other celestial bodies and flood the habitat, making it into an orbital aquarium.	720 50 1000	Permanent	Habitability −20% Considered an Ocean world for Aquatic species	Habitat Hydrocentric Ascension perk Starbase with an Ice Mining Station Frozen World or Ice Asteroid in system
Exhibit Art Monument Exhibit the stirring art monument created for our nation by the Artisan Troupe. It is sure to delight and inspire our citizens.	15	Until ended ( 15)	+15% Amenities +50 Immigration Pull If ended can be used again	Bought from the Artisan enclave One use per purchase Nanite World
Implement Divine Algorithm The local drive on this hub is running Numa's Divine Algorithm add-on for improved energy production planetwide.	500 360	10 years	+10% Energy from Jobs +1 Tech-Drone Job	Numistic Order caravan deal
Trium Atmospheric Deodorizer Deployment Atmospheric scrubbers lend the air on this planet a quality of minty freshness.	None	80 Years	+30% Immigration Pull +10% Pop growth from immigration	Vengralian Trium caravan deal One use per purchase
Trium Bunk Beds Deployment Efficient Trium-brand stackable rest enclosures reduce housing needs on this world.	None	80 Years	+10% Housing	Vengralian Trium caravan deal One use per purchase
Trium Food Container Deployment The use of Trium-brand food storage containers reduce food waste on this world.	None	80 Years	−10% Pop Food Upkeep	Vengralian Trium caravan deal One use per purchase
Activate Oracle Nexus Activates Oracle Nexus compliance software and predictive modeling to obviate drone corruption.	500 200	10 years	+10 Stability −15 Deviancy	Hidden Worlds archaeological site outcome Machine Intelligence Nanite World
Deploy Tissue Growth Stimulants Using genetic materials recovered from the fallen City of Bones, our scientists have been able to devise a stimulant for increased population growth speed. Unfortunately, some populations dislike the idea of being injected with a substance developed by exhuming the diseased bones of long-dead aliens.	200	10 years	+10% Pop Growth Speed −10% Happiness −5 Stability	City of Bones archaeological site outcome Machine Intelligence Nanite World
Construct Explosive Fungiform Housing Units Our scientific units have devised a harmless amalgam of the tissue growth and ossification disease found in the exhumed remains of the City of Bones. By adapting the virus responsible to a local fungus via gene tailoring, our scientific units are able to construct rapidly-expanding housing modules for our machine units.	500	Permanent	−10% Pop housing usage	City of Bones archaeological site outcome Machine Intelligence Nanite World
Initiate Yuht Cleansing Process Violently eradicates most hostile wildlife from a planet and - once it recovers - modifies the biosphere to better suit our needs.	500 50	Permanent	+10% Habitability	Delve into the Secrets of the Yuht Special Project Nanite World
Extradimensional Experimentation Preliminary studies suggest that extensive use of reality-altering substances can grant researchers unexpected insights. After all, what's the worst that could happen?	500	Until ended (no cost)	+1 Dimensional Portal Researcher from Advanced Reserach Complexes +1 Zro Upkeep from Advanced Reserach Complexes	Extradimensional Experimentation resolution (5)
Crystalline Construction A team of engineers sent by the Crystalline Empire will improve the layout of the habitat.	10	Permanent	+8 Housing −10% Building Cost	Offer from the Crystalline Empire Once per Habitat
Begin Psi-Inoculation The Murmuring Monolith will grant Pops the Psionic trait over time instead of producing Zro. The Murmuring Monolith cannot be deployed while this is ongoing.	50	Until ended (no cost)	1 Pop gains the Psionic trait every 6 months	Murmuring Monolith building Organic pops present
Intentional Tidal Locking Manipulates local orbital bodies to halt the planet's rotation on its axis.	None	Permanent	−3 Max Agriculture Districts −3 Max Mining Districts Enables the Expand Dayside Infrastructure decision	Tiny Planet astral rift outcome Once per world Needs to either be or have a moon
Hunker Down Fearing the worst, the inhabitants of this planet will take any and all precautions against the effects of cosmic storms.	250	Until ended (no cost)	Doubles the upkeep and bonuses from Storm Relief Center and Storm Nullifier buildings	Storm Relief Center or Storm Nullifier building
Cultivated Worldscaping Let us sculpt this world into a celebration of perfect symmetry. To observe the pure geometry of the landscape will bring serenity.	2000 100 360	Permanent	+3 Max Districts +75% Max Resource Districts +10% Cosmic Storm Protection −20% Habitability	Planetscapers Planetscapers Geo-Engineering Inc. Cultivation Drones Gardening Protocols civic Any blocker present

Specialized planet decisionsEdit

Specialized planet decisions cost 1000 Unity and will give a colony a permanent modifier that will change the colony to a specialized designation. Most of them block the construction of certain buildings, change the types of districts that can be constructed on the planet, and create unique jobs, most of which provide empire-wide bonuses. Abolishing a specialization costs 2500 Unity

An empire can only have one of each specialized designation modifier with exception for Thrall-World, which can be used on multiple planets. Gestalt Consciousness cannot use specialized designations except Gestation World.

Ring Worlds, Habitats and Nanite Worlds cannot be specialized. An Ecumenopolis can only be specialized as a Penal Colony.

Decision	Designation	Modifier effects	Requirements
Create Penal Colony This entire world is set aside as a massive penal colony. The vast prison communities are largely self-managed by the prisoners, and punishment often means exile into the unforgiving wilderness	Penal Colony	−1 Worker Political Power −25% Crime on other worlds Artisan Artisan Artificer s replaced with Penal Artisan Penal Artisan Penal Artificer s Metallurgist Metallurgist Catalytic Technician s replaced with Penal Metallurgist Penal Metallurgist Penal Catalytic Technician s Allowed buildings: Resource buildings Manufacturing buildings Pop assembly buildings Military buildings (except Military Academy) Precinct Houses, Slave Processing, and Psi Corps Amenities buildings (except Gene Clinics) Trade buildings Research buildings (except Storm Repulsion and Attraction Centers) Administrative buildings Monuments Any fallen empire buildings	Penal Colonies technology
Create Thrall-World This entire world is purpose-built to maximize the growth rate of its enslaved population through a variety of reproductive incentives.	Thrall-World	+100% Pop growth speed Cannot grow free pops Soldiers replaced with Battle Thralls Laborer jobs generated for unemployed pops Can build Overseer Residences Allowed buildings: Resource buildings (except Resource Silos) Pop assembly buildings Military buildings Slave Processing Precinct Houses or Psi Corps Manufacturing buildings Amenities buildings (except Gene Clinics) Trade buildings Research buildings (except Storm Repulsion Center) Administrative buildings Monuments Any fallen empire buildings	Thrall-Worlds technology At least one pop from an enslaved species Any built district Any building besides the capital building
Create Resort World We can convert this world into a planet-spanning network of resorts, a testament to luxury and leisure on an interstellar scale. Construction on the surface must be severely limited to preserve the planet's natural beauty.	Resort World	+25% Immigration pull −25% Max districts Allowed buildings: Trade buildings Amenities buildings Monuments Precinct Houses Fallen empire administrative buildings Psi Corps Resource buildings (except Storm Relief Center) Manufacturing buildings Research buildings (except Storm Repulsion Center) Administrative buildings (except fallen empire buildings) Pop assembly buildings Military buildings (except Planetary Shield Generator)	Resort Worlds technology Tomb World unless either: Memorialist civic Survivor trait Tomb World Preference Radiotrophic trait Any built district Any building besides the capital building
Create Gestation World Maturation pods and nutrition slurry tanks are pivotal to this planet's infrastructure, where drones prepare young biologicals for integration into the collective.	Gestation World	Machine capitals: −1, replaced with +2 Gestation Drones Nexus Districts: −1, replaced with +1 Gestation Drone Cannot build Machine Assembly Plants	Driven Assimilator Gestation Worlds tradition Planet Size 15 or greater Machine World

Minor artifact decisionsEdit

Minor artifact decisions cost 100 minor artifacts and last for 10 years. They cannot be used on Nanite Worlds.

Decision	Modifier effects	Requirements
Send Artifacts to Museum Exhibits Put the minor artifacts on public display to inspire our people with the wonders of the past.	+20% Administrator output	Individualist Corporate, unless Worker Cooperative
Initiate Performance Competition The Executives and Managers will compete to bring the most value to the corporation. The best performing will get to display these artifacts in their new larger offices.	+10% Executive output +10% Manager output	Corporate Worker Cooperative
Incorporate Artifact Relays By using minor artifacts to relay signals, our [Coordinators/Synapse Drones] are able to enhance the efficiency of all of our Menial Drones.	+2 Stability from Administrators Synapse Drones Coordinators +1% Menial Drone output from Administrators Synapse Drones Coordinators	Gestalt Consciousness Rogue Servitor
Send Artifacts to Organic Sanctuaries Put the minor artifacts on public display to entertain our Bio-Trophies with the wonders of the past.	+10% Bio-Trophies output	Rogue Servitor

Consecrate WorldEdit

The Consecrate World decision requires the Consecrated Worlds Ascension perk and can be used on up to three uncolonized planets within your borders at the same time at the cost of 500 unity. It can be canceled at any time for the same cost, and if taken again the result is re-rolled. When the decision is taken, the planet gains a Consecrated modifier – which gives the planet a visual effect depending on its quality, and the empire gains the Consecrated World Worship modifier with following bonuses, cumulative for each consecrated world:

Consecrated modifier				Chance						Description
Quality				Gaia World	Arid World Desert World Savannah World Continental World Tropical World Ocean World Alpine World Arctic World Tundra World	Barren World Barren World Frozen World Molten World Toxic World	Tomb World Gas Giant Shielded World Asteroid	Ecumenopolis Relic World Hive World Machine World	Other Shrouded World Nanite World Broken World Shattered World Ice Asteroid Crystalline Asteroid	Description
Holy World	+8%	+4%	+8%	100%	10%	0%	0%	0%	0%	This planet is deemed an immaculate and sacrosanct place.
Venerated World	+6%	+3%	+6%	0%	40%	20%	0%	0%	0%	This is deemed a most blessed planet.
Respected World	+4%	+2%	+4%	0%	50%	70%	20%	2.4%	0%	This is deemed a suitable object of worship.
Profane World	+2%	+1%	+2%	0%	0%	10%	80%	97.6%	100%	This is deemed a poor object of worship.

Having three worlds with Consecrated (Holy World) gives a slight additional bonus, for a total of +25%, +15%, +25%.

Consecrating a Holy World gives a cumulative +30 opinion with the Holy Guardians. Deconsecrating a Holy World removes all opinion bonuses gained with them.

If you colonize a consecrated planet, it immediately loses the Consecrated modifier, as soon as the colonization begins, with no empire penalty. If a system containing a Consecrated planet is conquered the previous owner will lose −10% Happiness for 5 years.

Empires with the Knights of the Toxic God origin have higher success chances when consecrating a Toxic World (14.3% Holy, 28.6% Venerated, 50% Respected, 7.1% Profane).

ReferencesEdit

↑ The effects are set in 00_static_modifiers.txt at planet_amenities_high, planet_amenities_low, planet_amenities_no_happiness_high, and planet_amenities_no_happiness_low; the threshold for maximum effect is set in 00_defines.txt at MAX_PLANET_AMENITIES and MIN_PLANET_AMENITIES.
↑ Obsolete icon code, use "mechanical pop assembly speed"