Leader Enhancement

Policy · 3 options

Leader Enhancement is a policy in Stellaris 4.5.2 with 3 options: Natural Selection, Selected Lineages, Capacity Boosters.

Options

Natural Selection
leader_enhancement_natural_selection
No modifier: the option works through flags and scripts.
Let nature take its course - it is in the crucible of experience that genius is forged.
Leaders gain no additional bonuses
Selected Lineages
leader_enhancement_selected_lineages
- +1Leader Starting Skill Level
- +10Leader Lifespan
- +100%Leader Cost
- +50%Leader Upkeep
Allowed when (valid)
- Not: Ethic: Fanatic Egalitarian
Careful reproductive planning should be incentivized, lest we waste valuable genetic legacies.
While active our Empire gains:
Capacity Boosters
leader_enhancement_capacity_boosters
- +2Leader Starting Skill Level
- +20Leader Lifespan
- +200%Leader Cost
- +100%Leader Upkeep
Allowed when (valid)
- None of
  - Ethic: Egalitarian
  - Ethic: Fanatic Egalitarian
We leave nothing to chance, no matter the cost. Through exacting curation of DNA banks do we build the leaders of tomorrow.
If active our Empire gains:

The burden of Empire can be crushing, and we need to make a decision on how future leaders may best be prepared to shoulder it.

leader_enhancement

Source: common/policies/00_policies.txt, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776).