Paranoid Concealers

Empires so afraid of alien life that they wish to be completely unknown, hiding in lost pockets of the galaxy, growing in power and wisdom unseen by all. Those with secret ambitions, suddenly becoming evasive; be they a disloyal subject plotting to overthrow their overlord, or an independent nation seeking forbidden powers worthy of being a crisis in their own right. This mod adds the capability for a new playstyle focused on hiding your empire from others. Features: Paranoid Concealers (regular empires) Engrained Paranoia (hives) and Concealment Protocols (machine intelligences) Civics: Requires not xenophile - Reduces other empire's intel on you - Reduces border friction (they'll barely know you are there) - Protects against espionage - Other empires find it harder to make first contact with you, and you take your time, if you choose to do so at all - Systems cost more empire size (that's more effort to hide) - Your diplomatic weight, should you join the galactic community, is vastly reduced - Trust is reduced (Since trust contributes to intel gain, that may not be a bad thing) + Cloaking is a guaranteed research option at game start + A new technology, Sensor Jamming has partial progress at game start + A unique agenda that boosts encryption, grants increased cloaking and clears some foreign empire intel Sensor Jamming Technology - Adds a new starbase building which blocks outside sensors like a nebula and disrupts enemy sensors in the system - Requires Tachyon Sensors or Paranoid Concealers civic Translation/Localisation Russian translation by the talented Koskamoska Notes: AI empires get the tech instantly at game start, because otherwise they won't research them. They also auto-build the new building if they have the civic or are a crisis empire.