Repurposed Hardware

Robotic species trait

+1 point backMechanical

Machine

Repurposed Hardware is a robotic species trait in Stellaris 4.5.2 that gives 1 trait point back. It is for Mechanical and Machine species and can be picked when a species is created. It gives -10% Species Leader Exp Gain. Opposite of Learning Algorithms.

Cost: -1
At species creation: yes
Random species: yes
Species: Mechanical, Machine
ID: trait_robot_repurposed_hardware

What Repurposed Hardware does

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

Species

-10%Species Leader Exp Gain

Opposite traits

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

Learning Algorithms

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 synth traits
  - from
    - Technology: Artificial Administration
    - Not: Policy: Outlawed
- Owner is machine intelligence
  - from
    - Machine Intelligence
- Owner is individual machine
  - from
    - Is individual machine

In the game

Designed to meet the very specific needs of their creators, this line of machines were never intended to have the capacity for higher reasoning, and retrofitting will only get them so far.

Repurposed Hardware: questions

How many trait points does Repurposed Hardware cost?

Repurposed Hardware gives 1 trait point back (common/traits, Stellaris 4.5.2).

What traits are opposite to Repurposed Hardware?

Learning Algorithms: a species cannot have both.

Can I pick Repurposed Hardware at species creation?

Yes, for Mechanical and Machine species.

What is the ID of Repurposed Hardware?

trait_robot_repurposed_hardware

Source: common/traits/05_species_traits_robotic.txt, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776).