Civic
Parasitic Caste
Caste parasite
Gestalt consciousnessDLC Shadows of the Shroud
Description
WARNING: Blocks all Ascension Paths except for Psionic Ascension.
This collective repurposes valuable metabolism from lesser drones via parasitic psychic connections. Once properly collected, these energies can be redistributed to the more important castes.
Effects
- Enables the following Edicts:
- Energy Drain
- Sanguine Council
- Convergence of Will
- Can construct: 
Leeching Tower.
- Leaders start with the Psychic trait.
- -10% Resources from
Jobs - -0.1 All technology research speed
- -10% Pop Growth Speed
- -10% Mechanical Pop Assembly Speed
- -50% Leader Upkeep
- +50% Leader Lifespan
- +0.25
Growth Node Experience Gain
Conditions
Only offered if
- Authority “Hive Mind”
Requirements
- Incompatible with civic “Memorialist” and “Innate Design”
- Incompatible with origin “Evolutionary Predators” and “Wilderness”