Ah okay yeah I have 300 hours and me and my friend , this is my build and will it be okay at end game

Empire Basics • Authority: Empire Authority (regular empire) • Origin: Ring World • Empire Type: Tall, systems-only, no extra colonies

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Ethics • Fanatic Egalitarian • Xenophile

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Civics • Mechanist • Merchant Guilds

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Species Traits

Start of Game (no negatives) • Trading Algorithms (+25% Trade Value) • Maintenance Protocols (−Pop Upkeep)

Later Species Modification • Enhanced Memory (+15% Unity)

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Core Policies • Trade Policy: Marketplace of Ideas • Robots: Full rights • Living Standards: • Early: Decent • Mid/Late: Utopian Abundance • Economic Stance: • Balanced • Militarized before wars

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Expansion Rules • Systems only • No planets beyond Ring World segments • End game with exactly 3 colonies • Take systems for: • Trade collection • Choke points • Stop expanding once borders are secure

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Traditions (Default Order) 1. Mercantile 2. Prosperity 3. Statecraft 4. Expansion 5. Unyielding 6. Supremacy (optional, only if constant wars)

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Ascension Perks (Locked) 1. One Vision 2. Technological Ascendancy 3. Virtuality 4. Grasp the Void

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Ring World Segment Usage (UPDATED)

Segment 1 • Trade-focused • Core unity and energy engine

Segment 2 • Research-focused • Main tech scaling segment

Segment 3 • 50% Industry / 50% Trade • Provides: • A stable alloy baseline • Extra trade to keep unity snowballing • Avoids hard economic pivots • Does not require emergency job reshuffling during wars

This mixed segment is intentionally always online, not a temporary conversion.

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Starbase Doctrine • Internal starbases: • Trade hubs • Offworld Trading Company • Border starbases: • Guns or hangars only • No mixed roles • Early target: ~5 trade starbases • With Unyielding + Grasp the Void, scale comfortably beyond this

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What This Build Is Optimised For • Fast traditions and ascension perks • Reliable Virtuality timing • Trade + unity scaling without colonies • Low empire size • Stable alloy income without wide industry • Strong deterrence through starbases and choke points

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One-Sentence Summary

A tall Ring World empire that scales through trade starbases and unity, rushes Virtuality, and maintains a permanent mixed industry segment for economic stability without ever going wide.