Technocracy
Technocracy is a civic in Stellaris 4.5.2. Requirements: Is some degree of Materialist. Not with Gestalt Consciousness, authority Corporate and civic Shared Burdens. It gives +1 Research Alternatives, +1 Scientist Capacity and -1 Official Capacity.
- Kind
- Civic
- Group
- Regular empires
- Players can pick it
- yes
- Clashes with
- 1
- ID
civic_technocracy
TechnocracyWhat Technocracy does
The game's own effect text (the civic's description key), then its modifier lines as the game prints them.
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Politician Jobs are converted to Science Directors
- The 
Research Institute grants additional Science Directors Jobs
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Scientists start with random Expertise trait
- Expertise traits have additional effects
- Start with an additional Scientist as the Governor of your Homeworld
- +1Research Alternatives
- +1Scientist Capacity
- -1Official Capacity
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.
Cannot be taken with Technocracy
Civics that forbid this one or that this one forbids.
Shared BurdensIn the game
To maximize efficiency, this society is governed according to the principles of science and rationality. The personal whims of an ignorant and dangerously unqualified political elite must not be allowed to interfere.
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Technocracy: questions
What are the requirements for Technocracy in Stellaris?
Is some degree of Materialist. Not with Gestalt Consciousness, authority Corporate and civic Shared Burdens.
What can't Technocracy be combined with?
Shared Burdens — each forbids the other in the files' rules.
What does the Technocracy civic do?
It gives +1 Research Alternatives, +1 Scientist Capacity and -1 Official Capacity, plus the effects its description lists.
Can Technocracy 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 Technocracy?
civic_technocracy (Stellaris 4.5.2).
Source: common/governments/civics/00_civics.txt and localisation/english, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776).