A leader is a named character that leads a significant part of the Empire, as Governor, Scientist, Admiral or General. The ruler is a specific subtype of Leader and in many cases elected from the existing leaders.
The name of a leader can be changed at any time by clicking on it.
Gaining and losing leaders[编辑 | 编辑源代码]
All values in this section can be modified by leader traits, edicts, technology, policies, traditions, civics, and ruler traits.
Leaders other than Rulers may be dismissed at any time. Dismissal is irreversible.
Leader pool[编辑 | 编辑源代码]
While some events and diplomatic options may give leaders, the most common way to get leaders is to recruit them from the leader pool. There is one pool for each type of leader, other than Rulers who cannot be recruited directly. Each leader pool will contain 3 leaders, or 4 if the empire has the
A leader can be recruited from the pool for a cost of 50
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Leaders in the pool are replaced every year. Alternatively it is possible, but potentially expensive, to "re-roll" leaders in the pool by recruiting and immediately dismissing them to generate a replacement.
Once recruited, leaders can be freely assigned to different posts (for example, moving a governor from one planet to another sector), be left without an assignment, or be dismissed.
Each Leader save for the Ruler has a monthly upkeep of 2
Newboot leader trait.
Lifespan[编辑 | 编辑源代码]
Each leader has an age in years and has a base guaranteed lifespan of 80 years, which can be improved by certain species traits, leader traits, and technologies.
After passing their guaranteed lifespan, leaders have a chance of dying every month. The probability is 0.2% per year that has passed since their guaranteed lifespan. After 20 years past their guaranteed lifespan this increases to 2% per month. The mean lifespan with no modifiers is 88 years, 6 months.
Hovering over a leader's age will show the leader's guaranteed lifespan and current chance to die each month. Rulers of
Gestalt empires are immortal.
The following modifiers affect Leader Lifespan:
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