The Gaians prefer Green economics and will not pursue a Free Market due to the rampant environmental damage it causes. They are pacifistic (-1 Morale, -1 Police) but are all environmentalists (+1 Planet), and in pursuit of this have become skilled at eliminating waste and inefficiency (+2 Efficiency).
Their artificial symbiosis with the environment always lets them capture the first mindworm they fight, and unlike everybody else, they can harvest the xenofungus for 1 extra nutrient. The Gaians make planetfall with Centauri Ecology, allowing them to harvest xenofungus squares for nutrients, construct Formers, and build the Weather Paradigm Secret Project.
This balance of advantages and disadvantages-which are balanced in the mid-game and late game but provide a distinct advantage in the early game-makes them a preferred faction for beginners. Human Hive: Led by Unity Executive Officer Sheng-Ji Yang from Great China.Yang's philosophy takes influences from communism, collectivism, and elements of Buddhism and Taoism to produce a society with a strong emphasis on sacrificing the individual for the greater whole. Yang himself is something of an amalgam of historical communist leaders, and his plans for social experimentation and mind control rival those of SEELE, Vault-Tec and Ingsoc, although his philosophical quotes exhibit a strong Nietzschean influence-which he then subverts, by embracing the collectivism Nietzsche rejects. Yang prefers a Police State and will never allow a Democracy dictatorship of the masses. The Hive breed/are bred quickly (+1 Growth) and work hard (+1 Industry), but the extreme levels of collectivism repress free enterprise and economic development (-2 Economy). Hive society is well-structured, and therefore ignores choices that would result in penalties to Efficiency. In addition, their bases are always well-protected by being mostly built underground (represented in-game by a free Perimeter Defense). University of Planet: The University of Planet is directed by Academician Prokhor Zakharov, something of an Omnidisciplinary Scientist from Russia who served as Chief Science Officer aboard the Unity.The Hive makes Planetfall with Doctrine: Loyalty, allowing construction of the Command Nexus secret project (and, if they did not already get them, allowing them to build Perimeter Defenses) and selection of the Police State governmental choice. The University believes that human survival and welfare are best achieved through the constant pursuit of science technology.
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