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Spyware Directives

Civic · Machine Intelligences
Machine IntelligencesCan be changed laterNemesis

Spyware Directives is a civic in Stellaris 4.5.2 for Machine Intelligences. Requirements: authority Machine Intelligence. It gives +1 Codebreaking, +25% Infiltration Speed and +1 Envoy Capacity. DLC: Nemesis.

Kind
Civic
Group
Machine Intelligences
Players can pick it
yes
Clashes with
0
ID
civic_machine_spybots
Spyware Directives

What Spyware Directives does

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

- Guaranteed Research Options: Basic Cloaking Fields

  • +1Codebreaking
  • +25%Infiltration Speed
  • +1Envoy Capacity
  • -25Trust Cap
  • +25%Regulatory Node Experience Gain
  • +60Add Attunement with the Cradle of Souls

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.

Other versions

swap_type: another name or text when its condition holds (nomadic empires, lithoids…).

  • Spyware Directives
    - Guaranteed Research Options: Basic Cloaking Fields
    • DLC: first contact

In the game

This Machine Intelligence has optimized hacking and surveillance protocols. Information acquisition by any means necessary is one of its core directives.

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Spyware Directives: questions

What are the requirements for Spyware Directives in Stellaris?

authority Machine Intelligence. DLC: Nemesis.

What does the Spyware Directives civic do?

It gives +1 Codebreaking, +25% Infiltration Speed, +1 Envoy Capacity, -25 Trust Cap, +25% Regulatory Node Experience Gain and +60 Add Attunement with the Cradle of Souls, plus the effects its description lists.

Can Spyware Directives 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 Spyware Directives?

civic_machine_spybots (Stellaris 4.5.2).

Source: common/governments/civics/02_gestalt_civics.txt and localisation/english, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776).

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