Empire

The Empire is a faction added by the Royalty DLC, with a variety of unique mechanics.

They can have a randomized name with a Greek theme, though the description will contain "Empire".

You can choose to join the Empire promoting your pawns with Nobility ranks and being rewarded with things such as the powerful Psycasts, Monoswords, or Cataphract armor; Alternatively you can fight them and loot the same things.

Empire caravans, trade ships and settlements can only be traded with by a pawn that holds the title of knight/dame or higher. This pawn must be in any be the one to initiate the trade and must be present in any caravan parties.

Lore

"An ultratech refugee society from another planet, organized along feudal lines. They lived for thousands of years in a stable multi-planet empire with a strict caste system, an intricate code of warrior ethics, and enforced cultural stasis. Invaded by powerful outsiders, they fled. Despite losing almost all of their people, their fleet and technology still make them powerful. They will refuse to trade with anyone who lacks the appropriate royal title." - In-game description

The Empire are the remnants of a technologically advanced interstellar empire, or of one section of it, that have fled from invaders. They are organized in a feudal hierarchy nominally headed by a far-off Emperor, however, due to the lack of Faster-than-light travel, much of true day to day power is held by the Stellarchs who have dominion over their entire star system.

Names

The name of the Empire varies from game to game, but follows one of several patterns:

• [Empire] of [ofThing]
• The [Empire] of [ofThing]
• The Exodus [Empire]
• The Refugee [Empire]
• The Broken [Empire]
• The Shattered [Empire]
• The Fallen [Empire]
• The [Color] [Empire]

Where [Empire], [ofThing] and [Color] are replaced by the following:

Part	Word
[Empire]	Empire	Commonwealth	Imperium	Dominion	Sovereignty
[ofThing]	[Constructed Word]	the Sun	the Moon	the Universe	God	Perfection	Eternity	the Spirit

Examples:

• The Imperium of the Sun
• The Green Commonwealth
• The Exodus Sovereignty

Pawns

Pawn Type	Image	Combat Power	Gear Health (%)	Avg. Gear Quality	Clothing Budget	Weapon Budget	Available Weapons	Age Range	Additional Info
Imperial Citizen		30	100	?	200-1000	?	?	Up to 65	Never has Nudist trait.
Imperial Trader		40	?	?	1250-2500	1100-3500	Revolver	Up to 65
Laborer		30	100	?	200-1000	?	?	Up to 50	Is never incapable of Dumb Labor, Skilled Labor, Cleaning, Hauling, Mining and Firefighting. Never has Nudist trait.
Trooper		60	70-230	?	5000-8000	1100-2500	Assault rifle, Chain shotgun, Heavy SMG, LMG	Up to 55	Always has a Flak jacket, Flak vest, Flak pants and implanted Death acidifier. Can spawn with implants. Never has Brawler or Body Purist trait. Always has Shooting between 4 and 10.
Janissary		100	70-230	?	6000-9000	1550-2700	Assault rifle, Charge rifle, Charge lance, Chain shotgun, Heavy SMG, Sniper rifle, LMG	Up to ?	Always has Black Recon armor, an implanted Death acidifier and either a Black Recon helmet or Gunlink. Can spawn with implants. Never has Brawler or Body Purist trait. Always has Shooting between 6 and 10.
Champion		100	70-230	?	1100-2500	1250-2500	Axe, Gladius, Mace, Monosword, Plasmasword, Warhammer, Zeushammer	Up to 40	Always has a Plate armor and a Shield belt. Can spawn with implants. Never has Body Purist trait. Always has Melee skill between 8 and 13.
Cataphract		150	70-230	?	7000-10000	1250-2500	Charge rifle, Charge lance, Minigun	Up to 40	Always has a white Cataphract helmet, white Cataphract armor and implanted Death acidifier and Armorskin gland. Has a chance to be a Freeholder or Yeoman. Never has Brawler trait. Always has Shooting between 8 and 12.
Stellic Warden		175	100	Excellent	7000-10000	3000-3500	Persona Monosword, Persona Plasmasword, Persona Zeushammer	Up to 40	Always has a Black Prestige cataphract helmet, Red Prestige cataphract armor and clothes, Shield belt, and implanted Death acidifier, Stoneskin gland, Bionic eyes. Has a chance to be a noble between Freeholder and Knight. Never has Body Purist, Wimp or Nudist traits. Always has Melee between 11 and 16. Can never spawn with a Mindscrew
Stellic Defender		175	100	Excellent	7000-10000	3000-3500	Charge rifle, Charge lance	Up to 40	Always has a Black Prestige cataphract helmet, Red Prestige cataphract armor and clothes, and implanted Death acidifier, Stoneskin gland, Bionic eyes. Has a chance to be a noble between Freeholder and Knight. Never has Body Purist, Brawler, Wimp or Nudist traits. Always has Shooting between 11 and 16. Can never spawn with a Mindscrew
Bestower		150	?	Excellent	1000~1500	99999	Eltex staff	Up to 50	Always has a Red Hood, red Prestige robe and red clothes. Never has Body Purist or Nudist traits. Is never incapable of Violence.

Royal Tribute Collector

If you are not enemies with the Empire, Royal Tribute Collectors will visit your base approximately twice a year. They accept gold and prisoners in exchange for Honor. The pawn who initiates the trade receives the Honor.  

Gold's exchange rate (listed in the trade window) is .02 and is not affected by social skill. The Royal Favor earned rounds up when greater than .5, so players can take advantage of the rounding to maximize Royal Favor for gold:

Gold	Royal Favor
26	1
75	2
126	3
175	4

Exchanging 26 gold twice (52 total) will result in 2 Honor, saving 23 gold compared with trading 75 at once. The rounding may change in future bug fixes, as this gets around the intended exchange rate.

Prisoners generate 4 Honor - factors such as bionic body parts, etc, do not appear to affect the trade value. Prisoners do not need to be at full health in order to exchange, but they must be healthy enough to walk. You can see the Royal favor value listed under View Information for prisoners. You will receive the normal mood and social penalties from selling prisoners to slavers.

Version History

• Royalty Release - Added
• 1.2 - Empire soldiers now have more distinctive haircuts. Empire is no longer enemy with civil NPC factions. Warning added if players call Empire military aid when there are enemies on the map that the aid won't fight. All Empire pawns have at least the title of Freeholder. Bestowers and Bestowal Ceremony added to Titles mechanics.
• 1.2.2753 - Bestower is no longer required to have archotech eyes.

See Also

• Titles