Jobs

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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; however, 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.

Job categories[edit | edit source]

Most jobs belong to a job category that is mentioned on certain tooltips and groups it together with other similar jobs. This allows modifiers to apply to multiple job types. Additive modifiers do not apply to sub-categories but multiplicative ones do. For example, Mineral Purification Plants add +1 Mineral output to Miners. This doesn't apply to just the specific Miner job, but to all jobs in the Miner jobs category (even if they don't normally produce Minerals), including but not limited to Scrap Miners and Cave Cleaners. Livestock, Grid Amalgamated, and purge jobs will benefit from the corresponding building (such as Mineral Purification Plants for lithoid livestock, lithoid processing, or lithoid forced labor), but are not otherwise considered to be e.g. miners for the purpose of modifiers.

Productive Job Categories
Category	Sub-category	Jobs
Farmers	None	Farmer/Farming Drone Angler Titan Hunter
Miners	None	Miner/Mining Drone Scrap Miner/Scrap Miner Drone Cave Cleaner/Cave Cleaner Drone Nemma Miner/Nemma Mining Drone
Miners	Strategic Resource Miners	Crystal Miner/Crystal Mining Drone Gas Extractor/Gas Extraction Drone Mote Harvester/Mote Harvesting Drone
Livestock	None	Livestock
Technician	None	Technician/Tech-Drone
Politicians	None	Politician
	Executives	Executive
	Nobles	Noble
Administrators	None	Bureaucrat Death Chronicler/Chronicle Drone Mortal Initiate Coordinator Synapse Drone Robot Caretaker (unused)
	Managers	Manager
	Priests	High Priest Priest Death Priest Prosperity Preacher
	Telepaths	Telepath
Researchers	None	Science Director Researcher Necromancer Brain Drone Calculator Dimensional Portal Researcher/Dimensional Portal Drone Space-Time Anomaly Researcher/Space-Time Anomaly Drone
Metallurgists	None	Transmuter/Transmuter Drone Metallurgist Catalytic Technician/Catalytic Drone Fabricator Alloy Drone Odd Factory Worker/Odd Factory Drone
Culture Workers	None	Culture Worker Ranger (unused)
Evaluators	None	Evaluator
Synapse Drones	None	None (Synapse Drones are classified as Administrators)
Refiners	None	Gas Refiner/Gas Refiner Drone Gas Plant Engineer/Gas Plant Drone
Translucers	None	Translucer/Lensing Drone
Chemists	None	Chemist/Chem-Drone
Artisans	None	Artisan Artificer Pearl Diver Artisan Drone

Other Job Categories
Category	Sub-category	Jobs
None	None	Grid Amalgamated Purge Assimilation Deviant Drone/Corrupt Drone Colonist Reassigner Spawning Drone/Offspring Drone Hunter-Seeker Drone Maintenance Drone Subterranean Contact Drone
Bio-trophies	None	Bio-Trophy Bio-Assistant
Pop Assemblers	None	Roboticist Replicator
Pop Assemblers	Necro-apprentices	Necrophyte
Merchants	None	Merchant
Entertainers	None	Entertainer Duelist
Soldiers	None	Soldier/Warrior Drone
Enforcers	None	Slave Overseer Enforcer
Doctors	None	Medical Worker

Regular empires[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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

Job	Produces	Upkeep	Primary sources	Default Priority	Weight Modifiers
Politician	+6 Unity +3 Amenities	−2	Corporate authority: Capital building	2	Modifiers0 ×1.5 Charismatic ×1.5 Necrophage ×1.5 Void Dweller ×1.5 Domestic Protocols ×1.25 Traditional ×1.25 Propaganda Machines ×1.25 Brain Slug Host ×1.13 Natural Intellectuals ×1.13 Robust ×0.75 Quarrelsome ×0.5 Repugnant ×0.1 not Full Citizenship rights
Merchant	+12 Trade Value +3 Amenities	−2	Merchant Guilds civic: Capital building Commerce Megaplexes Galactic Stock Exchange Commercial Segment Commercial Enterprise tradition: Commercial Zones Trade District	2	Modifiers0 ×2 Thrifty ×2 Numistic Administration ×1.5 Charismatic ×1.5 Domestic Protocols ×1.5 Void Dweller ×1.25 Brain Slug Host ×1.13 Natural Intellectuals ×1.13 Robust ×0.5 Repugnant
Science Director	Affected by Researcher modifiers +6 Research Output +2 Unity +3 Amenities	−2	Technocracy civic: Capital building Research Institute	2	Modifiers0 ×3 Erudite ×2 Academic Privilege rights ×2 Intelligent ×2 Logic Engines ×2 Natural Intellectuals ×2 Uplifted ×2 Somewhat Uplifted ×2 Brain Slug Host ×2 Psionic ×1.5 Void Dweller ×1.5 Necrophage ×1.5 Natural Engineers ×1.5 Natural Physicists ×1.5 Natural Sociologists ×1.5 Latent Psionic ×1.5 Robust ×1.25 Charismatic ×1.25 Domestic Protocols ×0.75 Repugnant ×0.65 Proles ×0.2 not Full Citizenship rights ×0.1 Unlifted
High Priest	Affected by Administrator modifiers +6 Unity Exalted Priesthood civic: +1 Unity +5 Amenities	−2	Exalted Priesthood civic: Capital building Spiritualist ethic: Citadel of Faith	2	Modifiers0 ×1.5 Traditional ×1.5 Propaganda Machines ×1.5 Brain Slug Host ×1.5 Void Dweller ×1.5 Necrophage ×1.25 Charismatic ×1.25 Domestic Protocols ×1.25 Natural Intellectuals ×1.25 Robust ×1.2 Spiritualist pop ethic ×0.75 Repugnant ×0.5 Quarrelsome ×0.1 Materialist pop ethic ×0.1 not Full Citizenship rights ×0 Materialist pop ethic
Noble	+6 Unity +2 Stability +3 Amenities	−2	Aristocratic Elite civic: Capital building Noble Estates	2	Modifiers0 ×1.5 Void Dweller ×1.5 Necrophage ×1.5 Traditional ×1.5 Propaganda Machines ×0.5 Quarrelsome ×0.1 Egalitarian pop ethic ×0.1 not Full Citizenship rights
Executive	+6 Unity +4 Trade Value +3 Amenities	−2	Corporate authority: Capital building	2	Modifiers0 ×2 Thrifty ×2 Numistic Administration ×1.5 Charismatic ×1.5 Domestic Protocols ×1.5 Void Dweller ×1.5 Necrophage ×1.3 Brain Slug Host ×1.25 Traditional ×1.25 Propaganda Machines ×1.13 Natural Intellectuals ×1.13 Robust ×0.75 Quarrelsome ×0.5 Repugnant ×0.1 not Full Citizenship rights

Specialist jobs[edit | edit source]

For Specialist jobs new pops will only take the job from a current pop if the new pop's weight is ×1.5 higher. Chattel Slaves cannot work Specialist or Ruler jobs. Other, more privileged, slaves may work on some Specialist jobs. See Species Rights for details.

Advanced and strategic resource production[edit | edit source]

These jobs predominantly use minerals upkeep to produce advanced and strategic resources.

Job	Produces	Upkeep	Default Priority	Weight Modifiers
Metallurgist	+3 Alloys	−6 Minerals	6	Modifiers0 ×15 Robust ×15 Efficient Processors ×2 Indentured Servitude rights ×1.5 Void Dweller ×0.2 not Full Citizenship rights
Catalytic Technician	+3 Alloys	−9 Food	6
Artisan	+6 Consumer Goods	−6 Minerals	6	Modifiers0 ×10 Robust ×10 Efficient Processors ×1.5 Void Dweller ×1.2 Consumer Goods income below 5 ×1.2 Indentured Servitude rights
Artificer	+7 Consumer Goods +2 Trade value +1.1 Engineering Research	−6 Minerals	6	Modifiers0 ×10 Robust ×10 Efficient Processors ×2 Enslaved ×1.5 Void Dweller
Pearl Diver	Affected by Artisan modifiers +3 Consumer Goods +3 Trade Value	−2 Food −2 Minerals	6	Modifiers0 ×10 Robust ×10 Efficient Processors ×2 Indentured Servitude rights
Chemist	+2 Volatile Motes	−10 Minerals	6	Modifiers0 ×15 Robust ×15 Efficient Processors ×1.5 Void Dweller ×1.2 Indentured Servitude rights ×0.2 not Full Citizenship rights
Gas Refiner	+2 Exotic Gases	−10 Minerals	6
Translucer	+2 Rare Crystals	−10 Minerals	6

Pop growth and management[edit | edit source]

These jobs predominantly produce pop growth, pop assembly, crime reduction, amenities, and defense armies.

Job	Produces	Upkeep	Default Priority	Weight Modifiers
Colonist	+3 Amenities +1 Planetary Defense Army +1 Food if not Lithoid +1 Minerals if Lithoid	None	4	Modifiers0 ×1.5 Charismatic ×1.5 Domestic Protocols ×1.5 Void Dweller ×0.8 Repugnant ×0.8 Indentured Servitude rights
Roboticist	+2 Monthly Mechanical Pop Assembly	−2 Alloys	3	No weight modifiers
Medical Worker	+5 Amenities +5% Pop Growth Speed +5% Organic Pop Assembly Speed +2.5% Habitability	−1 Consumer Goods	1	Modifiers0 ×1.5 Charismatic ×1.5 Domestic Protocols ×0.5 Repugnant ×0.5 Indentured Servitude rights ×0.2 not Full Citizenship rights
Entertainer	+10 Amenities +1 Unity Pleasure Seekers / Corporate Hedonism: +1% Pop Growth Speed	−1 Consumer Goods	6	Modifiers0 ×3 Domestic Protocols ×1.5 Charismatic ×1.25 Traditional ×1.25 Propaganda Machines ×1.25 Brain Slug Host ×1.1 Natural Intellectuals ×1.1 Robust ×1.1 Efficient Processors ×0.75 Quarrelsome ×0.5 Repugnant ×0.2 not Full Citizenship rights
Duelist	+10 Amenities +2 Naval Capacity +2 Unity	−1 Alloys	6	Modifiers0 ×10 Battle Thralls rights ×3 Domestic Protocols ×1.5 Charismatic ×1.25 Traditional ×1.25 Propaganda Machines ×1.25 Brain Slug Host ×1.2 Militarist pop ethic ×1.05 Natural Intellectuals ×0.75 Quarrelsome ×0.2 not Full Citizenship rights ×0.1 Pacifist pop ethic
Enforcer	−25 Crime Anti-Crime Campaign: −10 +2 Planetary Defense Armies +1 Stability Police State civic: +1 Unity Judgment Corps tradition: +1 Unity	Anti-Crime Campaign: −2 Energy	6	Modifiers0 ×20 Robust ×20 Efficient Processors ×10 Crime above 15 ×10 Battle Thralls rights ×2 Earthbound ×2 Lithoid ×2 Resilient ×2 Very Strong ×1.5 Strong ×1.1 Traditional ×1.1 Propaganda Machines ×1.1 Cybernetic ×1.1 Limited Regeneration ×1.1 Proles ×1.1 Brain Slug Host ×1.05 Natural Intellectuals ×0.9 Quarrelsome ×0.8 Indentured Servitude rights ×0.5 Weak ×0.2 not Full Citizenship rights ×0.01 Crime below 15
Telepath	Affected by Administrator modifiers −35 Crime −5 with Thought Enforcement edict −10 with Anti-Crime Campaign +3 Unity +1 Police State civic +1 with Judgment Corps tradition +5% Resources from planet Jobs	−1 Energy Anti-Crime Campaign: −2 Energy	6	Modifiers0 ×2 Resilient ×1.5 Traditional ×1.5 Brain Slug Host ×1.5 Robust ×1.25 Natural Intellectuals ×0.5 Quarrelsome ×0.2 not Full Citizenship rights ×0.1 Indentured Servitude rights ×0 not Psionic or Latent Psionic
Necromancer	+2 Naval Capacity Ground Defense Planning tech: +2 Naval Capacity +3 Planetary Defense Armies Martial Law modifier: +2 Defense Armies +6 Physics Research +6 Society Research	−2 Consumer Goods	6	Modifiers0 ×10 Martial Law modifier ×2 Earthbound ×2 Lithoid ×2 Necrophage ×2 Resilient ×2 Very Strong ×1.75 Erudite ×1.5 Strong ×1.35 Intelligent ×1.35 Natural Physicists ×1.35 Natural Sociologists ×1.35 Natural Intellectuals ×1.1 Cybernetic ×1.1 Limited Regeneration ×1.1 Brain Slug Host ×1.05 Robust ×1.05 Efficient Processors ×0.9 Quarrelsome ×0.5 Weak
Reassigner	+2 Monthly Organic Pop Assembly	−2 Consumer Goods −2 Food if not Lithoid −2 Minerals if Lithoid	3	No weight modifiers
Necrophyte	Job can be taken all slave types +5 Amenities +1.5 Unity Every 10 years from the colony's creation all Necrophyte Pops are changed to primary species	If not Hive Mind: −1 Consumer Goods −1 Pop upkeep If Hive Mind: −2 Pop upkeep	2	Modifiers0 ×1.5 Charismatic ×0.75 Nerve Stapled (unrecognized string “docile livestock” for Template:Icon) ×0.75 Docile Livestock ×0.75 Enslaved ×0.5 Repugnant

Abstract resource production[edit | edit source]

These jobs predominantly use consumer goods upkeep to produce research and unity.

Job	Produces	Upkeep	Default Priority	Weight Modifiers
Researcher	+4 Research Output	−2 Consumer Goods Research Subsidies edict: −1 Energy	6	Modifiers0 ×3 Erudite ×2 Academic Privilege rights ×2 Intelligent ×2 Logic Engines ×2 Natural Intellectuals ×2 Uplifted ×2 Somewhat Uplifted ×2 Brain Slug Host ×2 Psionic ×1.5 Latent Psionic ×1.5 Natural Engineers ×1.5 Natural Physicists ×1.5 Natural Sociologists ×1.5 Robust ×1.25 Charismatic ×1.25 Domestic Protocols ×0.8 Indentured Servitude rights ×0.75 Repugnant ×0.65 Proles ×0.2 not Full Citizenship rights ×0.1 Unlifted
Bureaucrat	Affected by Administrator modifiers +4 Unity +1 Unity with Byzantine Bureaucracy +1 Stability with Byzantine Bureaucracy	−2 Consumer Goods	6	Modifiers0 ×2 Propaganda Machines ×1.5 Traditional ×1.2 Psionic ×1.1 Latent Psionic ×0.5 Quarrelsome ×0.5 Proles ×0.5 Unlifted ×0.2 not Full Citizenship rights
Manager	Affected by Administrator modifiers +4 Unity +2 Trade Value	−2 Consumer Goods	6	Modifiers0 ×3 Brain Slug Host ×2 Natural Intellectuals ×2 Erudite ×1.5 Natural Sociologists ×1.5 Thrifty ×1.5 Traditional ×1.5 Robust ×1.5 Propaganda Machines ×1.5 Efficient Processors ×1.5 Void Dweller ×1.5 Numistic Administration ×1.4 Intelligent ×1.4 Logic Engines ×1.4 Uplifted ×1.25 Necrophage ×1.2 Psionic ×1.1 Latent Psionic ×0.5 Quarrelsome ×0.5 Proles ×0.5 Unlifted ×0.2 not Full Citizenship rights
Priest	Affected by Administrator modifiers +4 Unity +1 Unity with Exalted Priesthood +2 Amenities	−2 Consumer Goods	6	Modifiers0 ×2 Exalted Priesthood civic ×2 Charismatic ×2 Domestic Protocols ×1.5 Traditional ×1.5 Propaganda Machines ×1.5 Void Dweller ×1.5 Necrophage ×1.5 Brain Slug Host ×1.3 Natural Intellectuals ×1.3 Robust ×1.3 Efficient Processors ×1.2 Spiritualist pop ethic ×1.1 Natural Sociologists ×1.05 Erudite ×1.05 Intelligent ×1.05 Logic Engines ×1.05 Uplifted ×0.9 Proles ×0.7 Unlifted ×0.5 Repugnant ×0.5 Quarrelsome ×0.2 not Full Citizenship rights ×0.1 Materialist pop ethic
Death Priest	Affected by Administrator modifiers +3 Unity +3 Unity while a Sacrifice edict is active +1 Unity with Exalted Priesthood +2 Amenities +1 Society Research	−2 Consumer Goods	6	Modifiers0 ×2 Charismatic ×2 Domestic Protocols ×2 Exalted Priesthood civic ×1.5 Brain Slug Host ×1.5 Necrophage ×1.5 Traditional ×1.5 Propaganda Machines ×1.3 Efficient Processors ×1.3 Natural Intellectuals ×1.3 Robust ×1.2 Spiritualist pop ethic ×1.15 Erudite ×1.1 Natural Sociologists ×1.05 Intelligent ×1.05 Logic Engines ×1.05 Psionic ×1.05 Uplifted ×0.9 Proles ×0.9 Unlifted ×0.5 Repugnant ×0.5 Quarrelsome ×0.2 not Full Citizenship rights ×0.1 Materialist pop ethic
Death Chronicler	Affected by Administrator modifiers +2 Unity +1 Unity with Byzantine Bureaucracy +2 Stability +2 Amenities +2 Society Research	−2 Consumer Goods −1 Pop upkeep	6	Modifiers0 ×2.5 Traditional ×2 Erudite ×1.5 Intelligent ×1.5 Natural Sociologists ×1.5 Void Dweller ×1.5 Necrophage ×1.5 Propaganda Machines ×1.5 Psionic ×1.4 Latent Psionic ×1.4 Logic Engines ×0.2 Quarrelsome
Culture Worker	+3 Unity +3 Society Research	−2 Consumer Goods	6	Modifiers0 ×2 Erudite ×2 Propaganda Machines ×1.5 Robust ×1.5 Efficient Processors ×1.5 Traditional ×1.5 Natural Sociologists ×1.5 Natural Intellectuals ×1.5 Void Dweller ×1.4 Intelligent ×1.4 Logic Engines ×1.4 Uplifted ×1.4 Somewhat Uplifted ×1.2 Psionic ×1.1 Latent Psionic ×0.5 Quarrelsome ×0.5 Proles ×0.5 Unlifted ×0.2 not Full Citizenship rights

Worker jobs[edit | edit source]

For Worker jobs new pops will always take the job from a current pop if the new pop's weight is higher. This stratum is also used by slaves of Gestalt Consciousness empires.

Job	Produces	Upkeep	Default Priority	Weight Modifiers
Clerk	+4 Trade Value +1 Trade Value with Trickle Up Economics +2 Amenities	N/A	8	Modifiers0 ×2 Thrifty ×2 Numistic Administration ×1.5 Charismatic ×1.5 Domestic Protocols ×1.25 Brain Slug Host ×1.2 Natural Intellectuals ×1.13 Robust ×0.5 Repugnant
Technician	+6 Energy +2 Energy if founder species is Mechanical	−0.5 Energy with Capacity Subsidies	7	Modifiers0 ×8 Enslaved ×2 Mechanical ×2 Ingenious ×2 Superconductive ×2 Numistic Administration ×1.5 Void Dweller ×1.5 Serviles ×1.5 Earthbound ×1.3 Psionic ×1.2 Latent Psionic ×1.2 Very Strong ×1.1 Strong ×1.1 Robust ×1.1 Efficient Processors ×1.1 Nerve Stapled ×0.9 Weak ×0.75 Necrophage
Farmer	+6 Food −1 Food if founder species is Mechanical +2 Amenities with Agrarian Idyll	−0.5 Energy with Farming Subsidies	7	Modifiers0 ×10 Enslaved ×3 Agrarian ×3 Harvesters ×3 Mechanical ×2.5 Serviles ×1.5 Charismatic ×1.5 Domestic Protocols ×1.5 Void Dweller ×1.4 Proles ×1.2 Very Strong ×1.1 Strong ×1.1 Robust ×1.1 Efficient Processors ×1.1 Nerve Stapled ×1.1 Agrarian Idyll civic ×0.9 Weak ×0.75 Necrophage ×0.5 Repugnant ×0.5 Lithoid
Angler	+8 Food +2 Trade Value	N/A	7	Modifiers0 ×10 Enslaved ×3 Agrarian ×1.5 Serviles ×1.4 Proles ×1.1 Robust ×1.1 Efficient Processors
Miner	+4 Minerals +1 Minerals with Mining Guilds	−0.5 Energy with Mining Subsidies	7	Modifiers0 ×10 Enslaved ×3 Industrious ×3 Power Drills ×3 Mechanical ×1.5 Void Dweller ×1.5 Serviles ×1.4 Proles ×1.2 Very Strong ×1.1 Strong ×1.1 Robust ×1.1 Efficient Processors ×1.1 Nerve Stapled ×0.9 Weak ×0.75 Necrophage
Scrap Miner	+2 Minerals +1 Minerals with Mining Guilds +1 Alloys	N/A	7	Modifiers0 ×10 Enslaved ×3 Industrious ×3 Power Drills ×3 Mechanical ×1.5 Void Dweller ×1.5 Serviles ×1.4 Proles ×1.2 Very Strong ×1.1 Strong ×1.1 Robust ×1.1 Efficient Processors ×1.1 Nerve Stapled ×0.9 Weak ×0.75 Necrophage
Soldier	+4 Naval Capacity +2 Naval Capacity with Ground Defense Planning +3 Planetary Defense Armies +2 Unity with Citizen Service +5 Stability with Martial Law modifier	N/A	5	Modifiers0 ×10 Martial Law modifier ×10 Battle Thralls rights ×2 Earthbound ×2 Lithoid ×2 Resilient ×2 Very Strong ×1.5 Strong ×1.1 Traditional ×1.1 Propaganda Machines ×1.1 Cybernetic ×1.1 Limited Regeneration ×1.1 Proles ×1.1 Brain Slug Host ×1.05 Natural Intellectuals ×0.9 Quarrelsome ×0.8 Indentured Servitude rights ×0.5 Weak ×0.2 not Full Citizenship rights
Crystal Miner	+2 Rare Crystals +1 Minerals with Mining Guilds	−0.5 Energy with Mining Subsidies	6	Modifiers0 ×10 Enslaved ×5 Serviles ×3 Robust ×3 Efficient Processors ×3 Very Strong ×3 Nerve Stapled ×3 Void Dweller ×2 Mechanical ×1.5 Strong ×0.75 Necrophage ×0.1 Weak
Gas Extractor	+2 Exotic Gases +1 Minerals with Mining Guilds	−0.5 Energy with Mining Subsidies	6	Modifiers0 ×10 Enslaved ×5 Serviles ×3 Robust ×3 Efficient Processors ×3 Very Strong ×3 Nerve Stapled ×3 Void Dweller ×2 Mechanical ×1.5 Strong ×0.75 Necrophage ×0.1 Weak
Mote Harvester	+2 Volatile Motes +1 Minerals with Mining Guilds	−0.5 Energy with Mining Subsidies	6	Modifiers0 ×10 Enslaved ×5 Serviles ×3 Robust ×3 Efficient Processors ×3 Very Strong ×3 Nerve Stapled ×3 Void Dweller ×2 Mechanical ×1.5 Strong ×0.75 Necrophage ×0.1 Weak
Mortal Initiate	Affected by Administrator modifiers +2 Unity +2 Amenities +1 Society Research	N/A	6	Modifiers0 ×2 Exalted Priesthood civic ×1.5 Charismatic ×1.5 Domestic Protocols ×1.5 Numistic Administration ×1.5 Thrifty ×1.2 Spiritualist pop ethic ×1.1 Traditional ×1.1 Propaganda Machines ×1.05 Natural Intellectuals ×1.05 Weak ×0.5 Repugnant ×0.5 Quarrelsome ×0.2 not Full Citizenship rights ×0.1 Materialist pop ethic ×0.01 Nerve Stapled ×0 Mechanical
Prosperity Preacher	Affected by Administrator modifiers +1 Unity +3 Amenities +4 Trade Value	N/A	6	Modifiers0 ×1.5 Traditional ×1.5 Propaganda Machines ×1.5 Brain Slug Host ×1.25 Charismatic ×1.25 Domestic Protocols ×1.25 Natural Intellectuals ×1.25 Robust ×1.2 Spiritualist pop ethic ×0.75 Repugnant ×0.5 Quarrelsome ×0.1 Materialist pop ethic ×0.1 not Full Citizenship rights

Slave[edit | edit source]

Slave jobs can only be worked by Pops belonging to a species that is 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 −10% Political Power +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.

Gestalt Consciousness[edit | edit source]

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

The amenity jobs' interactions with species traits is irregular enough that it is explicitly noted, rather than left implied. With the exception of Spawning Drone, nothing gives the proper amount of amenities for all regularly applicable species modifiers.

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	Modifiers0 ×2 Agrarian ×2 Harvesters ×1.1 Cybernetic ×0.9 Machine Intelligence authority ×0.65 Necrophage ×0.5 Lithoid
Maintenance Drone	Menial Drone	+4 Amenities +1 Unity with Maintenance Protocols	N/A	Hive Mind Machine Intelligence	6	Modifiers0 ×2 Charismatic ×2 Emotion Emulators ×1.1 Traditional ×1.1 Propaganda Machines ×1.1 Cybernetic ×0.85 Necrophage ×0.5 Repugnant ×0.5 Uncanny
Mining Drone	Menial Drone	+4 Minerals without Rockbreakers +5 Minerals with Rockbreakers	−0.5 Energy with Mining Subsidies	Hive Mind Machine Intelligence	6	Modifiers0 ×2 Industrious ×2 Power Drills ×1.1 Cybernetic ×0.65 Necrophage
Scrap Miner Drone	Menial Drone	+2 Minerals +1 Alloys	N/A	Hive Mind Machine Intelligence	6	Modifiers0 ×2 Industrious ×2 Power Drills ×1.1 Cybernetic ×0.65 Necrophage
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	Modifiers0 ×2 Ingenious ×2 Superconductive ×1.1 Cybernetic ×0.65 Necrophage
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	Modifiers0 ×10 Hunter-Killer Drones modifier ×10 Compliance Protocols modifier ×4 Resilient ×4 Very Strong ×3 Strong ×2 Lithoid ×1.2 Cybernetic ×0.5 Weak
Brain Drone	Complex Drone	+4 Research Output	−6 Minerals −1 Energy with Research Subsidies	Hive Mind	5	Modifiers0 ×3 Erudite ×2 Intelligent ×1.5 Natural Engineers ×1.5 Natural Physicists ×1.5 Natural Sociologists ×0.9 Cybernetic ×0.65 Serviles ×0.65 Proles
Calculator	Complex Drone	+4 Research Output	−4 Energy without Research Subsidies −5 Energy with Research Subsidies	Machine Intelligence	5	Modifiers0 ×3 Erudite ×2 Intelligent ×2 Logic Engines ×1.5 Natural Engineers ×1.5 Natural Physicists ×1.5 Natural Sociologists ×0.9 Cybernetic ×0.65 Serviles ×0.65 Proles
Catalytic Drone	Complex Drone	+3 Alloys if Hive Mind +4 Alloys if Machine Intelligence	−9 Food if Hive Mind −12 Food if Machine Intelligence	Hive Mind Machine Intelligence	5	Modifiers0 ×5 Robust ×5 Efficient Processors ×1.5 Necrophage
Chem-Drone	Complex Drone	+2 Volatile Motes	−10 Minerals	Hive Mind Machine Intelligence	5	Modifiers0 ×5 Robust ×5 Efficient Processors ×0.9 Cybernetic
Chronicle Drone	Complex Drone	Affected by Administrator modifiers +2 Stability +2 Amenities +2 Society Research +2 Unity	−2 Energy if Machine −1 Energy if not Machine −2 Minerals if Lithoid −1 Minerals if Machine −2 Food if neither	Hive Mind Machine Intelligence	5	Modifiers0 ×1.25 Charismatic ×0.8 Repugnant
Coordinator	Complex Drone	Affected by Administrator modifiers +4 Unity −2 Deviancy with Integrated Preservation	−4 Energy	Machine Intelligence	3	Modifiers0 ×0.9 Cybernetic
Crystal Mining Drone	Complex Drone	+2 Rare Crystals +1 Minerals with Rockbreakers	−1 Energy without Mining Subsidies −1.5 Energy with Mining Subsidies	Hive Mind Machine Intelligence	5	Modifiers0 ×5 Robust ×5 Efficient Processors ×1.1 Cybernetic
Evaluator	Complex Drone	+4 Unity	−1 Energy	Machine Intelligence	3	Modifiers0 ×1.25 Traditional ×1.25 Propaganda Machines ×0.9 Cybernetic
Fabricator	Complex Drone	+4 Alloys	−8 Minerals −1 Energy with Forge Subsidies	Machine Intelligence	5	Modifiers0 ×5 Robust ×5 Efficient Processors ×0.9 Cybernetic
Foundry Drone	Complex Drone	+3 Alloys	−6 Minerals −1 Energy with Forge Subsidies	Hive Mind	5	Modifiers0 ×5 Robust ×5 Efficient Processors ×1.5 Necrophage
Gas Extraction Drone	Complex Drone	+2 Exotic Gases +1 Minerals with Rockbreakers	−1 Energy without Mining Subsidies −1.5 Energy with Mining Subsidies	Hive Mind Machine Intelligence	5	Modifiers0 ×5 Robust ×5 Efficient Processors ×1.1 Cybernetic
Hunter-Seeker Drone	Complex Drone	+1 Unity −20 Deviancy +2 Planetary Defense Armies	N/A	Hive Mind Machine Intelligence	5	Modifiers0 ×50 Deviancy above 50 ×20 War ×3 Resilient ×3 Very Strong ×2 Strong ×2 Lithoid ×1.2 Cybernetic ×1.1 Traditional ×1.1 Propaganda Machines ×0.5 Weak
Lensing Drone	Complex Drone	+2 Rare Crystals	−10 Minerals	Hive Mind Machine Intelligence	5	Modifiers0 ×5 Robust ×5 Efficient Processors ×0.9 Cybernetic
Mote Harvesting Drone	Complex Drone	+2 Volatile Motes +1 Minerals with Rockbreakers	−1 Energy without Mining Subsidies −1.5 Energy with Mining Subsidies	Hive Mind Machine Intelligence	5	Modifiers0 ×5 Robust ×5 Efficient Processors ×1.1 Cybernetic
Offspring Drone	Complex Drone	+5 Amenities +2 Monthly Organic Pop Assembly +10% Menial Drone Output Defense Armies are replaced by Offspring-Led Armies	−5 Food if not Lithoid −5 Minerals if Lithoid	Hive Mind	2	Modifiers0 ×0.5 Declare Population Controls decision
Refinery Drone	Complex Drone	+2 Exotic Gases	−10 Minerals	Hive Mind Machine Intelligence	5	Modifiers0 ×5 Robust ×5 Efficient Processors ×0.9 Cybernetic
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	Modifiers0 ×1.25 Charismatic ×0.9 Repugnant ×0.5 Drone Population Controls modifier
Synapse Drone	Complex Drone	Affected by Administrator modifiers +4 Unity +2 Amenities with Instinctive Synchronization	−2 Energy −2 Food if not Lithoid −2 Minerals if Lithoid	Hive Mind	3	Modifiers0 ×1.5 Necrophage ×1.25 Traditional
Artisan Drone	Complex Drone	+10 Consumer Goods	−10 Minerals −1 Energy with Industrial Subsidies	Rogue Servitor	1	Modifiers0 ×2 Efficient Processors
Bio-Trophy	Bio-Trophy	+3 Unity when above 50% Happiness +1% Complex Drone Output when above 50% Happiness −1 Pop Housing Usage	N/A	Rogue Servitor	1	no weight modifiers

Overlord jobs[edit | edit source]

Overlord jobs are generated by Overlord holdings and can be used by both individualist and Gestalt Consciousness subjects. The upkeep is paid by the subject. All overlord jobs have a priority of 4 and the subject cannot lower or raise the jobs' priority.

Job	Stratum	Gestalt Consciousness stratum	Overlord output	Subject output	Upkeep
Offspring Drone Feeder	Specialist	Complex Drone	+8 Society Research	+5% Planet Worker Pop Resource Output Defense Armies become Offspring-Led Armies	−6 Food if not Lithoid overlord −6 Minerals if Lithoid overlord
Overlord Academic	Specialist	Complex Drone	+3 Research	+1 Research	−2 Consumer Goods if not Gestalt Consciousness subject −6 Minerals if Hive Mind subject −4 Energy if Machine Intelligence subject
Overlord Beholder	Specialist	Complex Drone			−2 Alloys
Overlord Breeder	Specialist	Complex Drone	+2 Pop Assembly		−6 Food if not Lithoid overlord −6 Minerals if Lithoid overlord
Overlord Catalytic Technician	Specialist	Complex Drone	+3 Alloys if not Machine Intelligence subject +4 Alloys if Machine Intelligence subject		−9 Food if not Machine Intelligence subject −12 Food if Machine Intelligence subject
Overlord Manager	Specialist	Complex Drone	+0.25 Unity	+4 Unity +1 Trade Value	−2 Consumer Goods
Overlord Metallurgist	Specialist	Complex Drone	+3 Alloys if not Machine Intelligence subject +4 Alloys if Machine Intelligence subject		−6 Minerals if not Machine Intelligence subject −8 Minerals if Machine Intelligence subject
Overlord Necromancer	Specialist	Complex Drone	+6 Physics Research +6 Society Research	+2 Planetary Defense Army	−6 Food if not Lithoid subject −6 Minerals if Lithoid subject
Overlord Propagandist	Specialist	Complex Drone	+0.15 Influence		−1 Unity
Overlord Reassigner	Specialist	Complex Drone		+1 Zombie pop every 5 years	−6 Food if not Lithoid subject −6 Minerals if Lithoid subject
Overlord Recruiter	Specialist	Complex Drone	20% chance pop migrates to the capital every 5 years	+3 Planetary Defense Army	−5 Energy −2 Unity
Overlord Trader	Specialist	Complex Drone	+7 Energy	+10 Planet Amenities	−7 Energy
Aid Worker	Worker	Menial Drone	+5 Unity	+5 Amenities	N/A
Mind Thrall	Worker	Menial Drone	+1.5 Research		N/A
Overlord Arborist	Worker	Menial Drone	+15 Food		−10 Food
Overlord Bio-Trophy	Worker	Menial Drone	+3 Unity if pop is affected by Happiness +2 Unity if pop is not affected by Happiness	+2 Unity if pop is affected by Happiness +1 Unity if pop is not affected by Happiness +40% Pop Happiness if affected by Happiness −1 Pop Housing Usage No Pop Upkeep	N/A
Overlord Ranger	Worker	Menial Drone	+10 Unity	−10% Planet Pop Consumer Good Upkeep	N/A
Overlord Mortal Initiate	Worker	Menial Drone	Pop can be used for Sacrifice edicts	+2 Unity +1 Society Research +2 Amenities	N/A

Special jobs[edit | edit source]

Unemployed[edit | edit source]

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
Drone	+1 Minerals if biological −75% Upkeep Cost if robot +1 / +1.5 / +1 Research with Natural Neural Network

Purging[edit | edit source]

Pops that have the Undesirables 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 robotic +2 Society research if Devouring Swarm
Chemical Processing	−1000%	+6 Energy

Subversive Jobs[edit | edit source]

High crime, deviancy or unemployment can create planet modifiers that add subversive jobs. Pops will abandon subversive hobs if Ruler, Specialist or Soldier jobs become available. All subversive jobs have negative output.

Job	Output	Requirements	Description
Criminal	−5 Trade value +5 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[edit | edit source]

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

Job	Stratum	Produces	Upkeep	Sources
Titan Hunter	Worker	+8 Food +8 Trade value	N/A	Delicious Titans planet modifier
Robot Caretaker	Specialist	+5 Unity +5 Engineering Research	N/A	Enigmatic Robot planetary feature
Bio-Assistant	Bio-Trophy	+3 Unity when above 50% Happiness +5% Drone Output when above 50% Happiness −1 Pop Housing Usage	−1 Energy	Machine Interface Center planetary feature
Cave Cleaners Cave Cleaner Drone	Specialist Complex Drone	+5 Minerals +10% Minerals	−2 Energy	Cave Shroom Veins planetary feature
Gas Plant Engineer Gas Plant Drone	Specialist Menial Drone	+3 Exotic gases +5% Exotic gases	−10 Minerals	Spore Vents planetary feature
Nemma Miner Nemma Mining Drone	Worker Menial Drone	+3 Minerals +2 Food	−2 Energy	Nemma Mining Operation planetary feature
Odd Factory Worker Odd Factory Drone	Worker Menial Drone	+4 Alloys	N/A	Odd Factory planetary feature
Subterranean Liaison Officer Subterranean Contact Drone	Specialist Menial Drone	+3 Amenities −1 Pop housing usage +6 Trade value if not Gestalt Consciousness +3 Energy if Hive Mind +2 Food if Hive Mind +6 Energy if Machine Intelligence	N/A	Subterranean Contact Zone planetary feature
Transmuter Transmuter Drone	Specialist Complex Drone	+4 Alloys	−1 Pop upkeep	Blue Lotus Prototype planetary feature Blue Lotus Facility planetary feature
Dimensional Portal Researcher Dimensional Portal Drone	Specialist Complex Drone	+6 Physics research if closed Dimension of Suffering outcome +12 Physics research otherwise +6 Energy if High-Energy Dimension outcome +0.2/1.2 if Null Void outcome +2/3/6/12 Amenities if Mirror Dimension outcome +2/4/6/8 Energy if Mirror Dimension outcome	−3 Consumer Goods if not Gestalt Consciousness and not Dimension of Suffering outcome −6 Consumer Goods if not Gestalt Consciousness and Dimension of Suffering outcome −3 Food if Hive Mind and not Lithoid −3 Minerals if Hive Mind and Lithoid −3 Energy if Machine Intelligence	Portal Research Area planetary feature Extradimensional Experimentation decision
Space-Time Anomaly Researcher Space-Time Anomaly Researcher	Specialist Complex Drone	+8 Physics research +8 Engineering research +0.2 Dark Matter	−2 Consumer Goods if not Gestalt Consciousness −6 Minerals if Hive Mind −4 Energy if Machine Intelligence	Space-Time Anomaly planetary feature

Primitive jobs[edit | edit source]

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	Steam Age - Early Space Age	Dangerous and sometimes lethal work in the dark bowels of the planet.
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.
Technician	Worker	+1 Energy	Industrial Age - Early Space Age	These technicians shuffle coal or maintain primitive nuclear generators.
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 empire jobs[edit | edit source]

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.