
Stellar Expansion
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.
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_ambitionsDraw 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.