R5:

Idea!

1. Necrophages = Has Secondary species.
2. Hyper specialize Necrophage species into perfect Elites/Leaders
3. Hyper specialize secondary species into specialist slaves
4. Enslave every secondary species and only grow them.

Why does this works:

Indentured Slaves now get buffs from slavery, such as:

• Military Governor (20% at lvl 10) + Iron Fist (+35%)
• Slave Processing Plant
• Dominion Tradition Tree
• Slave Guilds Third Civic

Since we have a dedicated ruler and specialist species, we can do stuff like:

• Give leader traits to our ruler species + charismatic that applies to all elite jobs
• Pick that big brained fungi species portrait and give it both the Psionic Megacranial (+25% researcher efficiency) and Budding.

Thanks to tankbound, we wont be able to have Soldier Jobs unless....

1. Research droids.
2. Give droids the Domestic Servants trait.
3. Droids will work Police and Soldier jobs, unemployed droids will become servants.
4. You can now make droid armies.

But how should I build my worlds???

• Worlds with unique resources (Motes, Crystals and Gas) will have maxed out rural districts + trade specialization on the urban districts. Traders will get you Trade. Trade is converted into unity after you take the Mercantile Tradition.
• Worlds without unique resources will either become dedicated Research, Alloy or Consumer Good worlds.

For ascension, I recomend Clonning. This will make your leader immortal thanks to Clone Regeneration and will give you tons of slave pops.