Leaders (Revised)

Leaders are characters in the game who run your empire. They can boost Armies, Fleets, Production, and complete Missions.

Empires begin with one leader as their Primary Leader. This leader receives skill bonuses based on the selected Colony.

Commissioning Leaders

Additional leaders need to be commissioned using the Leader popup. Commissioning a leader adds them to the Empire's roster of active leaders. Leaders are typically commissioned onto the Empire's Homeworld. The number of leaders in an empire is based on the population size.

Decommissioning Leaders

A leader can be decommissioned to make room in the roster for a new one using the Leader popup. An Empire's Primary Leader cannot be decommissioned.

Skills

There are 9 different skills a leader can have. A skill that a leader already has can be increased as a Mission Reward. A leader can gain a level in a skill they don't have through Artifacts. A leader’s ability to influence game play is based on respective skill levels.

The different leader skills are:

• Political

• Religious

• Psionic

• Ground Combat

• Space Combat

• Science

• Archaeology

• Builder

• Covert

Leader Title

Leaders gain a title based on their highest skills.

• Admiral (Political & Space Combat)
  
• Adventurer (Ground Combat & Archaeology)
  
• Architect (Science & Builder)
  
• Archon (Political & Psionic)
  
• Atriarch (Religious & Builder)
  
• Captain (Space Combat & Science)
  
• Demagogue (Religious & Political)
  
• Director (Political & Covert)
  
• Engineer (Ground Combat & Builder)
  
• Explorer (Space Combat & Archaeology)
  
• General (Political & Ground Combat)
  
• Governor (Political & Archaeology)
  
• Hacker (Science & Covert)
  
• Hierophant (Religious & Space Combat)
  
• Infiltrator (Ground Combat & Covert)
  
• Marquis (Space Combat & Builder)
  
• Marshall (Ground Combat & Space Combat)
  
• Mastermind (Archaeology & Covert)
  
• Operative (Space Combat & Covert)
  
• Oracle (Religious & Archaeology)
  
• Overseer (Builder & Covert)
  
• Philosopher (Science & Archaeology)
  
• Prelate (Religious & Covert)
  
• Professor (Archaeology & Builder)
  
• Prophet (Religious & Psionic)
  
• Seeker (Religious & Science)
  
• Seer (Psionic & Builder)
  
• Shadowmancer (Psionic & Covert)
  
• Sorcerer (Psionic & Archaeology)
  
• Starlock (Psionic & Space Combat)
  
• Strategist (Ground Combat & Science)
  
• Summoner (Psionic & Ground Combat)
  
• Technocrat (Political & Science)
  
• Templarian (Religious & Ground Combat)
  
• Viceroy (Political & Builder)
  
• Wizard (Psionic & Science)
  

Traits

Traits add flavor to a leader's personality. Some Mission options require the leader to have a certain trait, or lack a certain trait.

Traits are gained and lost as part of Mission Rewards.

A leader can have up to 3 traits at one time.

There are 13 possible traits:

1. Adaptable

2. Brave

3. Charismatic

4. Creative

5. Cunning

6. Intimidating

7. Kind

8. Lucky

9. Moralistic

10. Paranoid

11. Reckless

12. Ruthless

13. Seductive

Life Span

Leaders age and can eventually die of old age. Some Virtues can be used to get around this, such as Clone Leader and Extend Leader Lifespan.