Stargazers
Hive MindsLocked after creationFirst Contact Story PackStargazers is a civic in Stellaris 4.5.2 for Hive Minds. Requirements: authority Hive Mind; Does NOT have a Biological Shipset. Not with origin Wilderness and civic Hyperspace Synchronicity or Genesis Symbiotes. It gives +25% Legion Node Experience Gain, +1 Sensor Range and +2 Ship Hyperlane Detection Range. DLC: First Contact Story Pack.
- Kind
- Civic
- Group
- Hive Minds
- Players can pick it
- yes
- Clashes with
- 10
- ID
civic_hive_stargazers
StargazersWhat Stargazers does
The game's own effect text (the civic's description key), then its modifier lines as the game prints them.
Start with 2 Exploration Vessels and an Engineering Vessel equipped with Subspace Drives, making them incapable of Hyperlane travel but granting limited Jump Drive abilities.
Gain an increased chance to discover FTL Travel Technologies
Adds the Stargazer trait.
Begin with low Intel about your starting cluster.
- Start at a technological and infrastructural disadvantage, and with 1K fewer 
Pops than normal
- +25%Legion Node Experience Gain
- +1Sensor Range
- +2Ship Hyperlane Detection Range
- -20%
Starbase Influence Distance Cost
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.
- Authority: Hive Mind
- Does NOT have a Biological Shipset
- Ship appearance: Biogenesis 01
- Ship appearance: Biogenesis 02
- Not: Origin: Wilderness
- None of
Cannot be taken with Stargazers
Civics that forbid this one or that this one forbids.
Inward Perfection
Hyperspace Specialty
Sovereign Guardianship
Genesis Guides
Hyperspace Synchronicity
Genesis Symbiotes
Wild Swarm
Hyperspace Trade
Corporate Protectorate
Astrogenesis TechnologiesSpecies traits it sets
Traits the files put on the founder species (traits = { … }); a second species where the origin has one.
StargazerIn the game
WARNING: Challenging Civic Gazing with wonder at the night sky, this Hive has always yearned for exploration. In pursuit of this ambition, other forms of development were sidelined, and a small fleet of vessels capable of limited subspace travel was constructed.
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Stargazers: questions
What are the requirements for Stargazers in Stellaris?
authority Hive Mind; Does NOT have a Biological Shipset. Not with origin Wilderness and civic Hyperspace Synchronicity or Genesis Symbiotes. DLC: First Contact Story Pack.
What can't Stargazers be combined with?
Inward Perfection, Hyperspace Specialty, Sovereign Guardianship, Genesis Guides, Hyperspace Synchronicity, Genesis Symbiotes, Wild Swarm, Hyperspace Trade, Corporate Protectorate and Astrogenesis Technologies — each forbids the other in the files' rules.
What does the Stargazers civic do?
It gives +25% Legion Node Experience Gain, +1 Sensor Range, +2 Ship Hyperlane Detection Range and -20% Starbase Influence Distance Cost, plus the effects its description lists.
Can Stargazers be changed after the game starts?
No — the files set it as not modifiable after the empire is created (modification = no).
What is the ID of Stargazers?
civic_hive_stargazers (Stellaris 4.5.2).
Source: common/governments/civics/02_gestalt_civics.txt and localisation/english, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776).