Biometallic Cartel

Civic · Megacorporations

MegacorporationsCan be changed laterInfernals Species Pack

Biometallic Cartel is a civic in Stellaris 4.5.2 for Megacorporations. Requirements: species class Thermophile; and more (see below). Not with Gestalt Consciousness, origin Synthetic Fertility and civic Space Ranchers. It gives +75% Colony Infrastructure Refund. DLC: Infernals Species Pack.

Kind: Civic
Group: Megacorporations
Players can pick it: yes
Clashes with: 1
ID: civic_corporate_galvanic_symbiosis

Biometallic Cartel

What Biometallic Cartel does

The game's own effect text (the civic's description key), then its modifier lines as the game prints them.

- Starts with Living Metal already researched.

- Homeworld has a Living Metal Mass.

- Gain access to special Edicts:

- Centrifugal Siphoning

- Modular Growth Compounds

- Gives access to Living Metal components:

- Regenerative Armor

- Reshaping Projectile Accelerator

- Has access to Colony Decision: Distribute Living Metal.

- Can recruit the Mimetic Strike Force armies.

- Can build a Offworld Expedition Hub in systems with a Molten World for Offworld Prospector jobs.

- Can build the Living Metal Enhancement Clinic Corporate Building.

+75%Colony Infrastructure Refund

Requirements

Read from the potential and possible blocks (the game's list rules: ethics, authority, civics, origin, species); the wording is ours, the quoted rule texts are the game's.

Not: Ethic: Gestalt Consciousness
Any of
- Authority: Corporate
- Civic: Corporate Sovereign
Species class: Thermophile
Not: Origin: Synthetic Fertility
Not: Civic: Space Ranchers

Cannot be taken with Biometallic Cartel

Civics that forbid this one or that this one forbids.

Space Ranchers

In the game

WARNING: Blocks access to Synthetic Ascension. This society is able to synthesize regular alloys into Living Metal, and molds its strength and shape-changing properties directly into their technology.

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Biometallic Cartel: questions

What are the requirements for Biometallic Cartel in Stellaris?

species class Thermophile. Not with Gestalt Consciousness, origin Synthetic Fertility and civic Space Ranchers. Some rules combine several options: see Requirements on the page. DLC: Infernals Species Pack.

What can't Biometallic Cartel be combined with?

Space Ranchers — each forbids the other in the files' rules.

What does the Biometallic Cartel civic do?

It gives +75% Colony Infrastructure Refund, plus the effects its description lists.

Can Biometallic Cartel be changed after the game starts?

Yes — it can be added or removed later when a civic slot opens or the government is reformed, if its requirements still hold.

What is the ID of Biometallic Cartel?

civic_corporate_galvanic_symbiosis (Stellaris 4.5.2).

Source: common/governments/civics/03_corporate_civics.txt and localisation/english, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776).