Ideas for New Political Parties

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While we are waiting for the official release why not submit ideas for new political parties, that do not duplicate the ability bonuses of the parties listed in the online manual. Bonuses should not exceed 40% in total.

In the following Format:

Party Name: Isolationists

Political Beliefs: Isolationsists believe that the only good alien is a dead alien and that aliens should be expelled from human inhabited planets.

Bonus 1 & Why: Influence Resistance +40% As they do not trust whatever the aliens say.
Bonus 2 & Why: Espionage +10% - As they are paranoid about alien infilration.

Penalty: -10% Diplomacy - As the Isolationists treat aliens with contempt and disdain.

Strategic Implications: Although the isolationists are strongly resistant to alien influences they suffer from an attitude that hinders their relations with other races and makes it harder for them to enter into alliances and obtain assistance from the other alien races.


~SDC~
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Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Party Name: War Veterans Party
Political Beliefs: A Strong Army, not a strong space fleet, is needed to defend the homeworlds against Alien Invasion.

Bonus 1: +20% Soldiering as they focus on equipping soldiers with the best weapons
Bonus 2: +10% Courage Due to the superior training that soldiers receive

~SDC~
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
Will we be able to create/customize parties with the Editor/Bonuspack/File editing/whatever ? That would be cool ...
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
Political parties can be changed or edited. The definitions are in text files. There will be a mod editor for ships (they (Stardock) are still working on it). I was unable to find out today (maybe tomorrow) if there will be a mod editor for political parties, but there may be no need for one, since it is all in text files (notepad should work best).

~SDC~
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
Great News

I hope that the Mod Editor or the software itself will include limits on the total amount of bonus's that a political party can give. Ie No Parties with +90% whatever or (+50% This and +50% That).

Also, can you assign a penalty to political party? Ie create an isolationist party that gets a penalty to their diplomacy ability.

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
The plan is that mods not approved by Stardock will not be accepted in the Multiverse, so I would have to guess that it won't (and even if it did, the mod files are all plaintext, so the limit could be circumvented by using Notepad instead of the Editor in the first place).

~SDC~