Ordered Retreat
VoidcraftFirst Contact Story PackOrdered Retreat is a tier 2 engineering technology (Voidcraft) in Stellaris 4.5.2. Its base cost is 3,000 research. It has no prerequisite technology. Console: research_technology tech_ordered_retreat.
Ordered RetreatVoidcraft· tier 2
3,000What Ordered Retreat does
Modifiers as the game prints them, from the technology's modifier block; then the unlock lines its research card shows.
- +0.25Envoy Capacity
- -15%Time Spent Missing In Action
How to get Ordered Retreat
Research in Stellaris is drawn: each area offers 3 cards at a time, weighted by each technology's draw weight (here 0) and its weight modifiers. Tier 2 opens after 6 tier 1 technologies of the same area.
It needs no other technology.
- DLC: first contact
In the game
While studying the victors of battles might be the most obvious way to gain insight from combat, observing the loser on pre-FTL worlds has taught us how to organize our withdraws more effectively.
Console command
Typed in the game's console (the ~ key); achievements are off for that game.
research_technology tech_ordered_retreatOrdered Retreat: questions
How do I get Ordered Retreat in Stellaris?
It has no prerequisite: it can be drawn as one of the 3 engineering research options once tier 2 is open. It also has conditions (see Requirements on this page).
What does Ordered Retreat do?
It gives +0.25 Envoy Capacity and -15% Time Spent Missing In Action.
What is the ID of Ordered Retreat?
The technology's ID is tech_ordered_retreat. To get it with the console: research_technology tech_ordered_retreat (Stellaris 4.5.2).
How much does Ordered Retreat cost?
3,000 engineering 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_first_contact_tech.txt and localisation/english, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776). Base numbers before empire-size and difficulty modifiers.