Leaders

Leaders are the characters in the game who run your Empire. Their Skills can boost Armies, Fleets and Production. Leaders can wield Artifacts and complete Missions.

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

Commissioning Leaders

Each Empire has a roster of ready-to-work Leaders that desperately want to work for you. These are "non-commissioned" Leaders, and are the Leaders the player can commission from. Non-Commissioned Leaders can be dismissed, and more can be Recruited through a Mission.

Commissioning a Leader from the Non-Commissioned Leaders list makes them part of the Empire, and spawns them onto the game map.

The number of Leaders an Empire can have commissioned at one time is based on the number of Areas that Empire controls.

Decommissioning Leaders

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

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.

Skills

A Leader's Skills determine the passive buffs it provides, and how strong they are. Some Skills are also necessary for certain tasks.

There are 9 different skills a Leader can have. Leaders start with some basic distribution of skills and skill values. Any skill a Leader has some value in (1 or higher) can be increased as a potential Mission reward.

Leaders can gain access to new skills by wielding Artifacts that can provide a bonus to a skill the Leader doesn't already have. Once Artifact grants use of a skill, it can then be increased in the normal way. Removing the Artifact removes the bonus, but not the new base level of skill the Leader has received.

Leader Skills

Politics	Used for diplomatic proposals
Religion
Psionics	Amplifies other skills.
Ground Combat	Boosts the strength and toughness of the Army this Leader is in.
Space Combat	Boots the strength and toughness of the Fleet this Leader is in.
Science	Boosts Research yields of the Area the Leader is on.
Archaeology
Building	Boots Production rates of the Area the Leader is on.
Covert

Traits

Traits represent personality quirks that a Leader has picked up over their adventures. Traits can influence which options are available during Missions. Traits are gained and lost as the result of a Mission.

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

There are 13 possible traits.

Leader Traits

Adaptable	Brave	Charismatic	Creative	Cunning
Intimidating	Kind	Lucky	Moralistic	Paranoid
Reckless	Ruthless	Seductive

Title

Each Leader has a Title based on their highest two skills.

Leader Titles

Icon	Title	Skills	Flavor Description
	Admiral	Politics, Space Combat	This leader is a charismatic military officer who gains strength in the face of adversity. The Admiral's team takes inspiration from his vision and comfort in his leadership. This person is adept at utilizing the strengths of those around him.
	Adventurer	Ground Combat, Archaeology	A warrior with a profound appreciation and knowledge of history, this leader uses understanding of the past to improve the battles of the future.  To the Adventurer, a study of history allows for a deeper meaning of the current conflict. The present is always in context from the events of past.
	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	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