Privatized Exploration, civic

Description

WARNING: Challenging Civic
For years, this civilization was told that the hyperdrive was almost finished. Patiently they waited, yet all the while, the subsidiary in charge of the project was quietly diverting the funds into their own, private accounts. When the fraud was finally revealed, the Corporation hastened to provide experimental, exploratory vessels.

Effects

Start with 2 Exploration Vessels and an Engineering Vessel equipped with Subspace Drives, making them incapable of Hyperlane travel but granting limited Jump Drive abilities.
Gain an increased chance to discover FTL Travel Technologies
Start with the Starhold technology and a Starhold already built in your home system.
The Private Mining Consortium Corporate Building generates additional Trade Trade and adds +200 job trader Trader jobs to our Capital.

- Start at a technological and infrastructural disadvantage, and with 1K fewer Pop Pops than normal

+30% Station Building Build Speed
+30% Station Module Build Speed
+30% Station Upgrade Speed
+25% Resources Produced from Mining Stations
+25% Resources Produced from Research Stations

Conditions

Only offered if

At least one of the following
- Authority “Corporate”
- Civic “Corporate Sovereign”
Incompatible with ethic “Gestalt Consciousness”

Requirements

Not a nomadic empire
Incompatible with origin “Payback”, “Broken Shackles”, “Fear of the Dark”, “Synthetic Fertility” and “Hard Reset”
All of the following
- Incompatible with civic “Eager Explorers”
- Does NOT have a Sovereign Guardianship Civic
- Does NOT have a Hyperspace Specialty Civic
- Does NOT have a Genesis Guides Civic