编辑“外交界面”（章节）

== Contacts ==
[[File:UI contacts.png|thumb|401px|Contacts view (tab 01 - Empires)]]
In the [[Contacts]] screen the player can see a detailed list of all the various [[Empires]] he or she has encountered. Additionally, the player can also find previously encountered enclaves and special empires (such as end game crysis) here.
Empires with the [[File:Ap transcendence.png|21px|link=Transcendence]] Transcendence ascension perk, which have completed the "Breaching the Shroud" special event (see [[Shroud events]]) can also access the Shroud via this screen.

The Contacts screen shows various informations about all known contacts at a glance;

On the left part of the screen, specific information about the selected contact is given,
such as [[Ethics]], [[Government]], [[Population]] and more.

On the right part of the screen are several columns;

*In the first column are Name and Flag of the selected contact.

*In the second column, the Opinion of the foreign empire towards the player are shown, and, if hovered over, shows all the modifiers that make up this specific opinion.

*The third column shows the Diplomatic Relations between the selected empire and the players empire. Treaties, such as Defensive Pacts and Research Agreements, as well as negative statuses, such as Closed Borders or Casus Belli, are represented by small icons here.

*The fourth colomn shows the Relative power of the selected empire in comparison to the players empire. If hovered over, it expands into three subsections <i>Fleet Power, Economic Power </i> and <i>Technology Level </i> . Each subsection is evaluated independently (although there are of course connections, e.g. a better economy allows for a larger fleet, better weapons technology leads to higher fleet power, etc...) and can give valuable information to the player. The general power, displayed if not hovered over, is a combination of the ratings of the three subsections.

*The fifth column shows wether the contact is in a [[Federation]] or not. If they are not, the entry is blank. If they are, the federations name is shown here.

*The sixth and final column shows the War Status of the contact. It can either be blank, a shield or swords. Blank indicates that they currently are not at war, a shield shows they are in a defensive war and swords symbolise an offensive war.

By utilizing the button "Communicate" in the lower left corner of the screen, the player can quickly and easily engage in [[Diplomacy]] with the selected contact.
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