Immediately subjugated alongside several others by a powerful and decadent overlord, you begin the game as a Specialist Empire of your choice. Imperial Fiefdom - Your first steps into space were brutally short.But remember, business is business, and concepts like loyalty don’t pay the bills. Mercenary Enclave - Empires can release a fleet to create a self-reinforcing Mercenary Enclave that brings dividends back to their patron.Shroudwalker Enclave - Disciples of the Shroud, the Shroudwalkers can call upon its powers to create shroud tunnels, or to attempt to divine the future - if you dare.Salvager Enclave - A generally friendly bunch of tinkerers, obsessed with engineering, battle debris, and restoring or scrapping antiquated ships.Quantum Catapult - The galaxy is within reach as the Quantum Catapult lets you fling ships across the galaxy, though with questionable accuracy.Orbital Rings - Built around your worlds, Orbital Rings act similarly to Starbases and allow further development or defense of these core planets.Hyper Relays - Chained together, Hyper Relays permit high speed fleet travel and projection of effects to systems connected via the network.Similar to how Federations advance or degrade based on Cohesion, Specialist Empires improve based on loyalty, gaining additional perks and strengthening their bonuses and penalties as they level up through three tiers. Scholarium - Specializes in research but relies on their allies for military support.Prospectorium - Excels at resource acquisition but has weaker research.Bulwark - A bastion of defense that leaves basic resource acquisition to others.Three new advanced subject types called Specialist Empires have been introduced, which excel in certain areas while having deficiencies in others.

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