Streamlined Protocols

Cyborg species trait

1 point

Biological

Lithoid

Streamlined Protocols is a cyborg species trait in Stellaris 4.5.2 that costs 1 trait point. It is for Biological and Lithoid species and can be picked when a species is created. It gives -10% Empire Size from Pops. Opposite of High Bandwidth.

Cost: 1
At species creation: yes
Random species: no
Species: Biological, Lithoid
ID: trait_cyborg_streamlined_protocols

What Streamlined Protocols does

Modifier lines by where they apply, as the game prints them; then the trait's own effect text.

Species

-10%Empire Size from Pops

Opposite traits

A species cannot have this trait together with any of these.

High Bandwidth

Who can take it

Only with origin

Hard Reset

When modification offers it

species_potential_add and species_possible_add: when genetic or robotic modification shows and allows the trait (the wording is ours).

Any of
- Can add cybernetic traits
  - Trait: Cybernetic
  - Requires the Integrated Anatomy Tradition.
- Can add unplugged traits
  - Has unplugged positive trait
    - Any of
  - from
    - Origin: Hard Reset

In the game

Extensively batched AI processes allow these units to scale greatly with minimal loss of efficiency.

Streamlined Protocols: questions

How many trait points does Streamlined Protocols cost?

Streamlined Protocols costs 1 trait point (common/traits, Stellaris 4.5.2).

What traits are opposite to Streamlined Protocols?

High Bandwidth: a species cannot have both.

Can I pick Streamlined Protocols at species creation?

Yes, for Biological and Lithoid species with the origin origin_unplugged.

What is the ID of Streamlined Protocols?

trait_cyborg_streamlined_protocols

Source: common/traits/10_species_traits_cyborg.txt, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776).