Neutral Race?

[Ehndras (OP)]

What does this option do?

[Jorgen_CAB]

It simply adds a neutral population that your civilian trade fleet can use as a source of population to colonise with. They represent population that are not partaking on the effort of space exploration on your home world but are willing to help you settle new colonies in space. So you need to see them as immigrants.

In my latest game I started my faction with 2 billion at earth and another 2 billion of neutral population.

You could also at a later date use SM to lower the neutral population and increase yours as more countries align themselves to your cause.

It is in many ways a role-play tool.

[Gabethebaldandbold]

Also, I think you can trade with them, and they dont count when deciding the size of NPR populations

[Father Tim]

They are the vast herds of Tyrell Corporation replicants ready for work in the offworld colonies; the clone banks of Kamino ready to fulfill your order; the hordes of coppertops plugged into the Matrix; the native populations your racist, colonial views will "uplift" to join "civilized society" and/or the endless fields of meat puppets your cybernetic organisms need for spare parts.

[Ehndras (OP)]

Ahhh, gotcha! Very cool.

So can I add a neutral NPR race as a 3rd Human-variant on Exodus Prime to supplement the oppressed Outer Rim Coalition and the mainline Altaraxian Polity?

(O.R.C. = Pre-TN - no labs; rebel & civil defense ground forces only. All tech must be stolen via intel ops. 10m pop compared to 100m Altaraxian. Maybe 5m for the neutral race, RP'd as a peaceful anti-technological splinter along the lines of the American Amish society. Blend of Neo-Luddism and Anarcho-Primitivism.)

Non-Sol starts FTW!

[Ehndras (OP)]

Confirmed. You can also add a neutral alien race, who incidentally doesn't require oxygen to breathe and can colonize barren worlds 

[vorpal+5]

Confirmed. You can also add a neutral alien race, who incidentally doesn't require oxygen to breathe and can colonize barren worlds 

Robots?

[Ehndras (OP)]

Well... IC, crystalline entities. But whatever works for you.