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Stellar Expansion

Tier 2 society technology · New Worlds
SocietyTier 2New Worlds

Stellar Expansion is a tier 2 society technology (New Worlds) in Stellaris 4.5.2. Its base cost is 2,500 research. It has no prerequisite technology. It leads to 3 technologies. Console: research_technology tech_galactic_ambitions.

Stellar ExpansionNew Worlds· tier 22,500
Base cost
2,500
Area
Society
Tier
2
Draw weight
75
Path from start
none
ID
tech_galactic_ambitions

What Stellar Expansion does

Modifiers as the game prints them, from the technology's modifier block; then the unlock lines its research card shows.

  • +2Station Capacity

How to get Stellar Expansion

Research in Stellaris is drawn: each area offers 3 cards at a time, weighted by each technology's draw weight (here 75) and its weight modifiers. Tier 2 opens after 6 tier 1 technologies of the same area.

It needs no other technology.

What Stellar Expansion leads to

Technologies that list it as a prerequisite.

In the game

Our future lies in the sea of stars.

Console command

Typed in the game's console (the ~ key); achievements are off for that game.

research_technology tech_galactic_ambitions
Draw weight script, as in common/technology/00_soc_tech.txt
modifier = {
	factor = 2
	num_communications > 2
}
modifier = {
	factor = 2
	num_communications > 3
}
modifier = {
	factor = 2
	num_communications > 4
}
modifier = {
	factor = 0
	num_communications < 1
}

Stellar Expansion: questions

How do I get Stellar Expansion in Stellaris?

It has no prerequisite: it can be drawn as one of the 3 society research options once tier 2 is open.

What does Stellar Expansion do?

It gives +2 Station Capacity. It leads to Interstellar Campaigns, Interstellar Expansion and Manifest Destiny.

What is the ID of Stellar Expansion?

The technology's ID is tech_galactic_ambitions. To get it with the console: research_technology tech_galactic_ambitions (Stellaris 4.5.2).

How much does Stellar Expansion cost?

2,500 society research before modifiers. In game the cost grows with empire size (+0.2% per point above the base, common/defines) and the galaxy's tech cost setting.

Source: common/technology/00_soc_tech.txt and localisation/english, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776). Base numbers before empire-size and difficulty modifiers.

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