Orbital Bombardment

Policy · 4 options

Orbital Bombardment is a policy in Stellaris 4.5.2 with 4 options: Selective, Indiscriminate, Armageddon, Devastation.

Options: 4
Category: military
ID: orbital_bombardment

Options

Selective
orbital_bombardment_selective
No modifier: the option works through flags and scripts.
Allowed when (valid)
- Not: Has event chain: contract raid planet chain
Allows only the bombardment of identified military targets, while keeping civilian casualties to a minimum.
Can only use 'Selective' orbital bombardment stance.
Indiscriminate
orbital_bombardment_indiscriminate
No modifier: the option works through flags and scripts.
Allowed when (valid)
- None of
  - Ethic: Pacifist
  - Ethic: Fanatic Pacifist
Allows the full use of all orbital weaponry, with no regards to life on the surface.
Allows 'Indiscriminate' orbital bombardment stance.
Armageddon
orbital_bombardment_armageddon
No modifier: the option works through flags and scripts.
Who can pick it
- Any of
  - Civic: Fanatic Purifiers
  - Civic: Determined Exterminator
Allows the full use of all orbital weaponry, with no regards to life on the planet itself. Utter annihilation is the goal.
Allows 'Indiscriminate' and 'Armageddon' orbital bombardment stances.
Devastation
orbital_bombardment_devastation
No modifier: the option works through flags and scripts.
Who can pick it
- Any of
  - Civic: Scorched World Heralds
  - Civic: Pyromanic Instinct
Allows the full use of all orbital weaponry, with the express aim of devastating the landscape.
Allows 'Devastation' orbital bombardment stance.

Who has this policy

Any of
- Country type: default
- Country type: vol

In the game

Orbital Bombardment allows us to destroy armies on a planet from space. More punitive orbital bombardment stances can also destroy buildings and kill population.

ID

orbital_bombardment

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