Paragons

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Leaders

Paragons

Paragons are unique leaders with special backstories, portraits and predefined traits that can be obtained as part of certain events. Most paragons have their destiny trait unlocked early and will not gain a second one at level 8.

Renowned paragons[]

Renowned paragons are very powerful leaders shown with a purple border in the leader UI. Tuborek is always the species of the current Militant Isolationists fallen empire.

Renowned paragon	Class	Veteran class	Destiny trait	Other traits	Ethic	Age	Level	Source	Description
Tuborek	Commander	Admiral	Master Gunner	Commanding Presence III Wrecker III Aggressiveness II Resilience II	Xenophobe	65	10	Shielded Militant Isolationists world (25% chance)	This commander spent centuries in stasis, and all they knew now belongs to a forgotten past.
Reth Unddol	Commander	Admiral	Hell's Heart	Material Liberator II Shipbreaker II	Materialist	58	5	Defeating the Tiyanki Matriarch	A fanatic hunter, always looking to surpass their last kill. After being trapped inside of a Tiyanki Matriarch, joining our cause should prove a refreshing experience.
Caretaker AX7-b	Official	Industrialist	Caretaker	Settler Intellectual	Gestalt Consciousness	Ageless	4	Unidentified Drop Pods anomaly	A machine specialized in caring for others. The failures of the past are embedded in its memory banks.
S875.1 Warform	Commander	Admiral	Corrosive Survivor	Skirmisher II Scout	Gestalt Consciousness	Ageless	5	Mysterious Construct anomaly	An ancient combat computer ready to serve our empire after having spent centuries in a toxic graveyard.
Oracle	Official	Industrialist	Oracle	Principled II Urbanist Architectural Interest	Gestalt Consciousness	Ageless	5	Hidden Worlds archaeological side outcome	An advanced AI specialized in optimizing colony output. She has a unique method, reducing individualism.
Oakenstalk	Commander	General	Grand Taskmaster	Reinforcer II Homesteader	Gestalt Consciousness	Ageless	5	Siege of Paradise astral rift outcome	Oakenstalk is an Commander we met in an Astral Rift. They are a respected general in the war against the Grunur.

Enclave paragons[]

Enclave paragons can only be obtained by hiring them from enclaves. All of them start at level 5. Unlike other paragons their name is randomized. If the Galactic Paragons DLC is installed each enclave paragon will unlock a new council position only they can be assigned to.

If the enclave it was hired from is attacked its enclave paragon will leave the empire. If they held a council position the current agenda will lose 20% progress. If the empire unlocked the enclave paragon's unique council position it will be able to reselect council positions.

Enclave	Class	Veteran class	Traits	Ethic	Council position
Curator Order	Scientist	Statistician	Curator	Materialist	Curator Archivist
Muutagan Merchant Guild	Official	Industrialist	Muutagan Liaison	Xenophile	Trader Liaison
Riggan Commerce Exchange	Official	Industrialist	Riggan Liaison	Xenophile	Trader Liaison
XuraCorp	Official	Industrialist	XuraCorp Liaison	Xenophile	Trader Liaison
Salvagers	Scientist	Analyst	Master Salvager Civil Engineer Salvager III	Pacifist	Master Salvager
Shroud-Touched Coven	Official	Industrialist	Shroudwalker Teacher Psychic Unifier II Righteous	Spiritualist	Shroudwalker Teacher

Xeno-Linguistics paragons[]

The following renowned paragons have a small chance become available to recruit each decade after the Xeno-Linguistics technology has been researched and the empire shares the paragon's ethic. All of them start at level 4. Each renowned paragon has a 10% chance every decade to trigger an event that grants a reward. There are two events for each renowned paragon and each can only happen once.

Renowned paragon	Class	Veteran class	Destiny trait	Positive traits	Negative trait	Ethic	Age	Random rewards
Kai-Sha	Official	Ambassador	Shadow Broker	Eye for Talent Spycraft	Tyrannical	Authoritarian	36	Unity and choice to gain Research with a 25% chance of gaining a temporary −25 Opinion with all empires Kai-Sha gains or upgrades the Shady Contracts trait, if already fully upgraded then grants 20 Intel on all known empires
Q'la-Minder	Commander	Commissioner	Ruthless Developer	Iron Fist II Private Mines II	Cruelty	Authoritarian	39	Governed planet gains the Vanity Palace Vanity Palace planet modifier Q'la-Minder gains the Embezzler trait, Energy and 50 Minor Artifacts if the Ancient Relics DLC is installed
Jynn	Commander	General	Supreme Warrior	Guardian Heavy Hitter Cyborg	Recluse	Egalitarian	30	Alloys Choice between a level 3 Commander leader or +10% Army Damage and Army Health for 40 years
Zosira K'Tun	Scientist	Statistician	Driven Educator	AI Assistant 'Gorky' Spark of Genius	Gulliblity	Egalitarian	22	Physics research and a 10% chance to unlock the Science Nexus technology if the Utopia DLC is installed Zosira K'Tun loses the negative traits and gains the Emotional Support Pet trait
Borin	Scientist	Statistician	Brilliant Shipwright	Master Salvager Salvager Expertise: Materials	Substance Abuser	Materialist	40	Engineering research and a 10% chance to unlock the Mega Engineering technology if the Utopia DLC is installed Choice between a level 3 Commander leader or the Administrator Beryllia permanent empire modifier
Xondar	Commander	Admiral	Resilient Commander	Guidance System Focus Scout Synth	Micromanager	Materialist	Ageless	Choice between a random Robots technology or the Maniacal III trait Special project to add a +4 Alloys deposit to a celestial body
Baron Vyctor Jariden	Commander	Strategist	Military Overseer	Artillerist Fleet Organizer	Melancholy	Militarist	45	Baron Vyctor Jariden loses the negative trait and gains 5000 Experience Choice between two positive empire modifiers for 10 years
Gia'Zumon	Commander	General	Tzynn Tithe	Interrogator Butcher II	Disorder	Militarist	28	Choice between a level 5 Commander Aggressor leader or +5% Ship Weapons Damage for 10 years Capital gains the Arena modifier for 50 years and Coliseum Opened modifier for 10 years and Gia'Zumon gains 5000 Experience
Judge Uld Dagr	Commander	Strategist	Peacekeeper	Martinet Resilience II	Lethargic	Pacifist	65	Improved Crime Fighting permanent empire modifier Influence, Unity and Society Research
Vas the Gilded	Official	Ambassador	Master Diplomat	Deep Connections Xenolinguist	Lavish Lifestyle	Pacifist	30	Population United permanent empire modifier Influence and Unity
Nasuz Demetor	Scientist	Scholar	Vibrant Storyteller	Excavator Archaeologist II Resilience II	Stubbornness	Spiritualist	80	Physics Research and 200 Minor Artifacts if the Ancient Relics DLC is installed Society Research and the Under the Ice archaeological site
Ulastar	Official	Advisor	Shroud Preacher	Reformer Unified Focus Psychic	Serenity	Spiritualist	48	Prophesized Greater Destiny permanent empire modifier 3 pops with the Psionic trait
Lysator Sang	Commander	Admiral	Guerilla Tactician	Material Liberator Trickster	Negligence	Xenophile	33	Special project to gain Alloys, Exotic Gases and Rare Crystals and 100 Minor Artifacts if the Ancient Relics DLC is installed Gain a pop from 4 random species
Nona	Scientist	Explorer	Xeno-Cataloger	Adventurous Spirit II Prospector II	Hoarder	Xenophile	32	Special project to gain Minerals, Alloys and Consumer Goods Minerals and a level 3 Official leader
Aturion	Commander	Strategist	Gray Eminence	Recruiter Logistic Understanding Synth	Intolerance	Xenophobe	Ageless	Option to gain +7% Resources from Jobs and −15% Happiness for 10 years Choice between −15% Crime or +5 Happiness for 20 years
Factorator Shuladun	Official	Industrialist	Galvanizer	Forge Focused Distribution Manager	Polluter	Xenophobe	40	Choice between Unity or the Industrial Network Industrial Network planet modifier on the capital Choice between Engineering at the cost of a pop or +5 Happiness for Specialists and Workers on the capital for 10 years

Legendary paragons[]

Legendary paragons are the most powerful leaders in the game and are shown with a golden border in the leader UI. They do not count against the empire leader capacity.

Gray[]

Gray is an Immortal level 10 Official with the Industrialist veteran class and the Nanite Entity, Utopian Idealist, Architectural Sense III, Forge Focused III, Distribution Manager III, Architectural Interest II and Scrapper traits. Gray can only be obtained by opening the L-Cluster, getting the outcome where it is abandoned, investigating the Surface Signature anomaly and choosing from the Contacts menu the Official form. Gray uses the same appearance as the empire's primary species.

Astrocreator Azaryn[]

Astrocreator Azaryn has a 1% chance to appear every 5 years in empires that aren't militarist or a gestalt consciousness. Once that happens a random empire will be contacted twice. The second time it will offer a special project that requires 180 days. Completing it will issue a second special project that requires 1000 Society Research. Completing it will grant 2000 Society Research and issue a third special project that requires 4000 Society Research. Completing it will grant 5000 Society Research. After each special project the empire will be asked two questions. 60 days after all projects have been completed Astrocreator Azaryn will be recruited. The empire capital will gain a bonus to Happiness, Growth Speed, Resources from Jobs and doubly so from Workers and Researchers for 2 years. How large is the bonus depends on the answers to the questions. The following answers will increase the effect of the modifier:

Is this a trick question?
Yes, we would.
We would.
Yes. Decisive actions require consideration.

Astrocreator Azaryn is a level 7 Scientist with the Scholar veteran class and has the Perceptive Mentor, Xeno-Cataloger, Terraformation Nuclei and Spark of Genius traits and Xenophile ethic. It commands a science ship that has the ability to terraform 3 planets into Gaia Worlds with the Overgrowth modifier at the cost of 10000 Energy and 10 years. Barren Worlds can be terraformed too but the time is increased to 25 years. The science ship merely starts the process and does not have to wait. The appearance of Astrocreator Azaryn will change each time a terraforming process is started and once the third terraforming process is started she will die and unlock the Contained Ecosphere empire building.

Each time a terraforming process is started there is a 25% chance to be offered a special project. Completing the special project will grant 5000 Society Research and the next terraforming technology. If all terraforming technologies have been researched it will grant an additional 15000 Society Research. There is a 25% chance that a few months after the special project has been completed the empire will have to pay either 2500 Energy or 1000 Society Research and 500 Minerals and Alloys.

Keides, Scion of Vagros[]

Keides, Scion of Vagros can be recruited after 20 years by the first empire that investigates the Dugar unique system. He is a level 1 Scientist with the Nebulous Past, Erudition and Scrapper traits. An event 10 years before he becomes available will let the empire choose which of the governing ethics Keides, Scion of Vagros will have.

A few months after Keides, Scion of Vagros is recruited he will add 3 Points of Interest to the situation log. Entering those systems will add a special project in each that needs 2 years and can only be researched by him. Completing each special project will upgrade the The Key relic. Once all 3 special projects are completed the empire will receive one final special project that requires 4000 Physics Research. Completing it will grant 6000 Physics Research and create a wormhole in the capital system leading to the Sursect system.

Skrand Sharpbeak[]

The first time an empire reactivates a Gateway there is a 20% chance to spawn a unique and powerful avian ship. In 4-8 months the empire will gain a special project that requires an army. Once the project is completed the empire will gain the option to invade the ship. There is a 20% chance to take control of the ship and an 80% chance the ship will become hostile. Empires that are not Gestalt Consciousness or Fanatic Xenophobe will have the option to gain a special project that requires a construction ship instead. Completing it will recruit Skrand Sharpbeak.

Skrand Sharpbeak is a level 8 Commander with the Admiral veteran class and has the Shield of the Empire, Engineer II, Resilience II, Carrier Focus and Unyielding traits and Militarist ethic. The ship has the following components:

Weapons	Utility	Core
6 Skravird Strike Craft 4 Launcher T2 3 Kinetic T5 5 Autocannon T3 3 Flak T3 3 Point-Defense T3	6 Shields T6 14 Armor T5 3 Shield Capacitor	Tachyon Sensors Jump Drive Dark Matter Reactor Dark Matter Thrusters Advanced Combat Computer (Carrier)

While Skrand Sharpbeak is recruited the empire will gain one of the following unique situations each decade:

Command Integration
Cure Progression
Lessons of the Past
New Species
Study The Crisis
Talon Study
Talon Upgrade

Within a few decades after the Command Integration and Talon Study situations has been completed the empire will unlock the Skravird Strike Craft technology.

The Beholder[]

The Beholder can be recruited by investigating the Spiky Readings anomaly. It starts at level 10 and is immortal and unlike other leaders it has two forms:

In space The Beholder is an Commander with the Admiral veteran class and has the Psychic, Energy Weapon Specialist, Scout and Prudence traits. It commands a heavily armored ship that disables all shields in the system and has weapons that ignore armor but have randomized damage. The ship has the ability to land on planets, where The Beholder can become Official.
On planets The Beholder is a Official with the Industrialist veteran class and has the Xeno-Mediator, Psionic Communion, Intellectual and Generator Focused III traits. It adds to the planet the Murmuring Monolith building. The Beholder can be switched back to Commander by using the Deploy Murmuring Monolith decision.

Zadigal[]

Zadigal can be recruited by saving the Formless and not subjugating or becoming hostile towards them. He is a level 10 Commander with the Admiral veteran class and has the Spacebender, Psychic, Energy Weapon Specialist, Commanding Presence II, Scout II and Celebrity II traits and Xenophile ethic. If the empire becomes hostile towards the Formless then zadigal will leave the empire.