Character Traits

Traits Unique to a Sponsor Leader, these Traits are roughly equivalent to the Sponsor bonuses from base Beyond Earth.

Al Falah - Arshia Kishk

• Asabiyyah: Yield from City Processes increased by 150 / 175 / 200%.

• Commercial Lobby: Capital Energy yield increased by 20 / 25 / 30%. [250 + 25 DC/T]
• Strategic Supply Network: Energy maintenance for Military Units reduced by 10 / 15 / 20% [75 + 9 DC/T]

American Reclamation Corporation - Suzanne Fielding

• Corporate Espionage: Cover Operations complete 30 / 40 / 50% faster and require 1 less Intrigue level to attempt.

• Special Ops: Covert Operations are 25 / 35 / 50% faster to complete. [75 +10 DC/T]
• Field Recruitment: Covert Agents are recruited at 1 / 2 / 2 ranks higher than normal. [75 +10 DC/T]

Chungsu - Moon Han-Jae

• Jeog-ui Naebu: Start with 1 extra spy. Each successful Covert Operation in a foreign City rewards +10 / 15 / 30 Science per agent rank.

• Academic Lobby: Capital Science yield increased by 12 / 16 / 20% [250 + 25 DC/T]
• National Science Foundation: Science cost for branch techs reduced by 6 / 8 / 10% [150 + 15 DC/T]

Commonwealth of the Pacific (Polystralia) - Hutama

• Common Bond: 2 free Trade Route slots in the Capital, and 1 free Trade Route in all other cities. / 3 free Trade Route slots in the Capital, and 1 free Trade Route slots in all other cities. / 3 free Trade Route slots in the Capital, and 2 free Trade route slots  in all other cities.

• Tax Haven: 1 / 2 / 3 Free trade route in your Capital. [75 + 9 DC/T]
• Market Deregulation: Trade route population thresholds reduced by 30 / 40 / 50%. [150 + 15 DC/T]

Franco-Iberia - Elodie

• Shining Path: Gain 1 free Virtue for every 10 / 9 / 8 Virtues earned with Culture.

• Think Tanks: Culture cost of Virtues reduced by 10 / 15 / 20%
• Philanthropy: Production costs for city buildings that produce Culture reduced by 15 / 20 / 25%

INTEGR - Lena Ebner

• Kategorischer Imperativ: Agreements cost 50 / 60 / 75 less Diplomatic Capital. Purchasing units and buildings cost 25 / 50 / 75 less Diplomatic Capital.

• Party Politics: +3 / 6 / 10 Diplomatic Capital from your Capital. [25 + 3 DC/T]
• Information Warfare: War Score points increased by 10 / 15 / 25%. [250 + 25 DC/T]

Kavithan Protectorate - Kavitha Thakur

• Doctrine of Oneness: Culture and Energy costs to acquire new City plots are reduced by 30 / 40 / 50%.

• Central Health Authority: + 3 / 4 / 5 Health in your Capital [75 + 9 DC/T]
• Self-Reliance: Unhealth from Global Population reduced by 10 / 15 / 20%

North Sea Alliance - Duncan Hughes

• Indefatigable: Aquatic Cities have +50 / 60 / 75% more Combat Strength and cost 50 / 60 / 75% less to move. 

• Officer Trading Command: Aquatic Cities have 15 / 25 / 35% more Combat strength. [150 + 15 DC/T]
• Hydroengineering Corps: +15 / 20 / 25% Production for Naval Units. [150 + 15 DC/T]

Organization of South American States (Brasilia) - Rejinaldo de Alencar

• Guerilla Mastery: War Score points increased by 30 / 40 / 50%. Gain 1 / 2 / 3 Diplomatic for each Unit killed in combat.

• Castle Doctrine: Increased city defense? in your Capital. [150 + 15 DC/T]
• Outpost Militia: Outposts have more strength and can perform a ranged strike. [75 + 9 DC/T]

Pan-Asian Cooperative - Daoming Sochua

• Thousand Hands: The first Wonder built in every city is free. +1 / 2 / 3 Diplomatic Capital from Wonders.

• Public Works: Energy maintenance for buildings in your Capital reduced by 30 / 40 / 50% [150 + 15 DC/T]
• National Land Management: +1 / 2 / 3 Production from strategic resources. [150 + 15 DC/T]

People’s African Union - Jama Barre

• Umoja: 10 / 15 / 25% Food in growing Cities when Healthy. All Specialists Citizens produce 1 / 1 / 2 extra yield.

• Social Safety Net: + 15 / 20 / 25% Population growth in your Capital
• Pioneering Spirit: + 30 / 40 / 50% outpost growth speed

Slavic Federation - Vadim Kozlov

• Cosmonaut Legacy: All Orbital Units Strategic Resource requirements reduced by 1 Start with 6 Petroleum, Titanium, and Geothermal resources. / Gain 2 additional Petroleum, Titanium, and Geothermal resources. / All Orbital Units Strategic Resource requirements reduced by 2.

• Crash Program: Production cost for Orbital Units in your Capital reduced by 30 / 40 / 50% [25 + 3 DC/T]
• Civilian Observatories: All active Orbital Units produce +2 / 3 / 5 Science. [25 + 3 DC/T]

Domestic Traits

Humanitarian: City Food yield increased by 8 / 12 / 15%

• Colonization Corps: Colonist Units Production cost increased by 250 / 200 / 150%, but found Cities immediately. [75 + 9 DC/T]

Developer: +3 / 5 / 8 Global Health.

• Civil Infrastructure: +1 / 2 / 3 Health from Strategic Resources [125 + 25 DC/T]

Industrialist: City Production yield increased by 8 / 12 / 15%

• Public Transport: Movement speed on roads and magrails increased by 30 / 45 / 60% [25 + 3 DC/T]

Refined: City Culture yield increased by 8 / 12 / 15%

• Eminent Domain: Culture cost for new plots in your Capital reduced by 15 / 20 / 25% [150 +15 DC/T]

Innovative: City Science yield increased by 8 / 12 / 15%

• Conservation Areas:  +1 / 2 / 3 Science from Strategic Resources [150 + 15 DC/T]

Commercial: City Energy yield increased by 8 / 12 / 15%

• Estate Tax: +0.5 / 0.75 / 1 Energy per each owned plot in your territory. [250 + 25 DC/T]

Defensive: +5 / 10 / 15% Combat Strength for units fighting inside friendly territory.

• Citizen Soldiers: Hostile Units take 3 / 4 / 5 attrition damage per turn inside your territory. [250 + 25 DC/T]

Cooperative: Yield from internal City trade routes increased by 20 / 30 / 45%

• Liquid Resources: International Trade Routes that yield Strategic Resources yield + 1 / 2 / 3 more. [150 + 15 DC/T]

Vigilant: Intrigue rises 10 / 20 / 30% more slowly in all Cities.

• Agency Cooperation: Longer sight range for Covert Agents in foreign Cities. [75 +9 DC/T]

Spacefaring: +20 / 25 / 30% Increased duration for Orbital Units.

• Reusable Vehicles: Each Orbital Unit launched reduced production cost for future Orbital Units by 1 / 2 / 3%.

Political Traits

Progressive: Gain 2 / 3 / 4 Health for each active Agreement initiated by you.

• Student Aid: Specialist Citizens consume no Food. [75 + 9 DC/T]

Expansionist: City plot are 10 / 15 / 20% cheaper to acquire with Culture.

• Public Health: Cities may Process Production into Health at 20 / ? / ?% rate. [150 + 15 DC/T]

Ambitious: +10 / 20 / 30% conversion rate for City Processes

• Engineering Corps: Workers are free to build. [25 + 3 DC/T]

Enlightened: Virtue cost 2 / 4 / 6% less Culture for each active Agreement initiated by you.

• National Parks: +1 / 2 / 3 Culture from Strategic Resources [150 + 15 DC/T]

Insightful: Gain 4 / 8 / 12 Science per turn for each active Agreement initiated by you.

• Scientific Grant Program: Science cost of Leaf technologies are reduced by 6 / 8 / 10%. [150 + 15 DC/T]

Generous: Cost to purchase units, building, and projects with Energy reduced by 10 / 20 / 30%

• Strategic Reserve: More Energy from Strategic Resources [150 + 15 DC/T]

Disciplined: Military Units gain XP 15 / 20 / 25% faster.

• Reserve Army: Units heal fully each turn when fortified in a City [75 + 9 DC/T]

Enterprising: Yield from International Trade Routes are increased by 20 / 25 / 30%.

• Black Markets: +8 / 12 / 16 City Defense Strength per occupied Trade Route slot. [25 + 3 DC/T]

Subtle: Covert Agents finish operations 15 / 20 / 25% quicker and 20 / 25 / 30% less likely to die in an operation.

• Wet Teams: Covert Agents are less likely to die in operations. [150 +15 DC/T]

Aspirational: City Orbital Coverage increased by 1 / 2 / 3.

• Orbital Cooperation: More Orbital Coverage from Trade Stations. [75 + 9 DC/T]

Military Traits 

Protective: +1/1.5/2.5 City defense Strength per unit of Population.

• Shock and Awe: Units may attack and pillage on the same turn. [150 + 15 DC/T]

Colonial: City plots are 20 / 30 / 40% cheaper to purchase with Energy.

• Medical Corps: Unhealth from conquered Cities reduced by 30 / 40 / 50%.

Efficient: +15 / 20 / 25% Production for Military units.

• Private Arms Development: Production costs for military units reduced by 10 / 15 / 20%. [75 + 9 DC/T]

Honorable: Gain 5 / 8 / 12 Culture when killing a unit in combat.

• Neopatriotism: Gain 2 / 3 / 5 Culture when killing a Unit in combat. [75 + 9 DC/T]

Precise: Gain 5 / 8 / 12 Science when killing a unit in combat.

• Skunkworks: Science cost for technologies that unlock units reduced by 10 / 15 / 20%. [75 + 9 DC/T]

Practical: Energy maintenance for Military units reduced by 20 / 25 / 30%

• Smart Grid: Gain Energy per Turn equal to 3% of your Energy Reserves [250 + 25 DC/T]

Imperial: +5 / 10 / 15 combat Strength for units fighting outside friendly territory.

• First Responders: Cities and Outposts recover more damage each turn [75 + 9 DC per Turn]

Profiteering: Yields from Station trade routes are increased by 30 / 40 / 60%

• Military Convoys: +8 / 12 / 16 Combat Defense for Trade Units. [25 + 3 DC/T]

Suspicious: Covert Agents require 1 fewer successful operations to rank up.

• Surveillance State: 15 / 20 / 25% less Intrigue in your Capital [75 + 9 DC/T]

Integrated: +5 / 10 / 15 combat Strength for Military units inside friendly orbital coverage.

• Orbital Defense Net: City Anti-Orbital Strike Range increased by 2 / 3 / 4 [25+ 3 DC/T]

Cost Info

• Adding or Upgrading Traits costs 150 DC and increases by 5 every time a trait is added or upgraded?

Cost Categories:

• Low:                25 + 3 DC/T
• Medium:        75 + 9 DC/T
• High:                150 + 15 DC/T
• Very High:        250 + 25 DC/T