Virtual
MachineNot at creationVirtual is a robotic species trait in Stellaris 4.5.2 that costs no trait points. It is for Mechanical and Machine species, added later, not at species creation. It gives +0.25 Species Minimum Habitability, -90% Pop Housing Usage and +100% Job Efficiency. Opposite of Latent Psionic and Psionic.
What Virtual does
Modifier lines by where they apply, as the game prints them; then the trait's own effect text.
- +0.25Species Minimum Habitability
- from
- Any of
- Machine Intelligence
- Is individual machine
- Any of
- -90%Pop Housing Usage
Cannot be sold on the Slave Market or Abducted
Job Efficiency: +75% (-10% per Colony)
Pop Upkeep: +0.1 
Energy per Colony
Opposite traits
A species cannot have this trait together with any of these.
Latent Psionic
PsionicWhen modification offers it
species_potential_add and species_possible_add: when genetic or robotic modification shows and allows the trait (the wording is ours).
- Never (switched off)
In the game
Liberated from the confines of our primitive physical forms, we are primed to comprehend reality's essence.
Virtual: questions
How many trait points does Virtual cost?
Virtual costs no trait points (common/traits, Stellaris 4.5.2).
What traits are opposite to Virtual?
Latent Psionic and Psionic: a species cannot have both.
Can I pick Virtual at species creation?
No — it is not offered when a species is created (initial = no); it comes from genetic or robotic modification, events or other effects.
What is the ID of Virtual?
trait_robot_digital_2
Source: common/traits/05_species_traits_robotic.txt, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776).