Zob

Legendary Leader from the 2024 Modjam Zob is a unique leader that can be found in the rare Zarulia system that will spawn randomly in the galaxy. Originally made for the Modjam competition, this is a standalone version. Zob was the 2nd place finalist as voted by the community. Story Zob is lonely. Once a billiion voices, now one. Zob is desperate to rekindle the feeling of connection the Hive once gave, and hopes to form a new collective out of your leaders. Finding and investigating the Zarulia system will uncover a tragic backstory, give you the opportunity to hire Zob, and eventually uplift the disconnected feral drones. Mechanically, Zob allows you to stack traits from different leaders over time, granting partial bonuses to every member of Zobs collective, and by the end of a campaign, accumulating considerable strength. Spawning The Zarulia system can spawn in a random nebula anywhere in the galaxy. It contains a Hive world and the Forlorn World archaeology site that begins Zob's recruitment event chain. Unlike the original modjam, the system is not weighted to spawn near the player, meaning it is relatively rare for you to actually be able to find and recruit Zob. This is meant to be a mod you keep in your load order so you can stumble across the system naturally rather than guaranteeing it nearby. Any AI empire that claims the system will not investigate the digsite and will not hire Zob. Compatability Generally compatible with most other mods. Requires a new game to spawn naturally, but console firing "event zob. 100" will spawn the Zarulia adjacent to a system you own. Overwrites to the gamerules 'species_can_live_on_planet` and `species_has_happiness` to create special mechanics for uplifting feral Zob drones. Support included in Merger of Rules Japanese translation by Karokaro3