Councilors

Council view

Councilors are a faction's primary proxies on Earth and may also go to space to advance its interests there. Factions may initially have four councilors but certain projects allow them to expand the size of their council to six. Their primary role is to perform Missions on behalf of their faction.

Periodically, the game will enter the assignment phase, during which all factions will assign their councilors to missions. These missions will be resolved over the next few weeks. While some missions are automatically successful, most require a success roll. Missions can target Regions, Nations, control points, Habs, Orgs, Spaceships, and other councilors.

Factions can recruit councilors by spending Influence. Each month there is a new group of potential recruits to choose from. You can also turn councilors from other factions to work for you.

The name and appearance of recruited councilors can be customized at any time.

Recruiting

On the 1st of each month, just after missions are assigned, each faction refreshes their own private recruiting candidate pool. Each refresh works as follows:

1. Each councilor currently in the recruit list has an age × 1% chance to be removed from the recruit list.
2. The recruit list's desired size is randomized to be between 6 and 9.
3. Repeatedly add councilors until the recruit list size is at least the desired size, where the added councilors are chosen as follows:
   • If there are any pregen councilors that have never appeared in anyone's recruit list and a 15% chance roll succeeds, then one of them is randomly chosen.
   • Otherwise, generate a random new councilor.

Whenever a random new councilor is generated, if the faction cannot afford to hire any of the recruitable councilors and there are less than two recruitable councilors whose professions match the faction's affinities, then the random new councilor's profession is forced to match the faction's affinities.

Randomly generated councilors are assigned home regions randomly, with the chance of a region being selected being proportional to the region's (or the region's nation's): Population × Education × 1.1 if Core Economic × Max(50%, Faction Public Support %).

Randomly generated councilors are assigned birth dates randomly as follows:

• The game rolls three d15s, subtracting their total from the current year, and then subtracting another 21 to become the councilor's birth year.
• The game rolls a d12 to become the councilor's birth month.
• The game picks a random day in that birth month to be the birth day.

XP

Your councilors' XP ("experience points") value represents personal growth and acquired knowledge that can be directed to improve the councilor. Councilors gain 1 or more XP for attempting missions, and they typically gain at least 2 XP for successful missions in which they must pass a die roll.

XP may be spent on improving a councilor's attributes, adding beneficial traits, or removing certain negative traits.

~ Councilor UI XP Tooltip, Terra Invicta, 0.4.90.

Every councilor has a personal pool of XP points. These XP points are typically gained by having the councilor perform Missions, though some Events also award them.

• All Missions award 1 XP when they are performed (nothing if they are aborted).
• Contested Missions award an additional 1 XP for successful outcomes.
• Certain special Missions award an additional 1 XP on top.
• When turn lengths are increased, XP from Missions is also increased:

After 15 years, when 4 missions are sent every 3 months, the base mission reward is increased to 2 XP. The special mission reward is also increased to 2 XP.
After 30 years, when 1 mission is sent every month, the contested mission reward is increased to 2 XP.

A councilor's XP points can be spent to improve the councilor's Attributes, as well as to add or remove certain Traits.

New Recruit XP Bonus

Each human councilor, when recruited for the first time (in the entire campaign, over all Factions), gains bonus XP that is calculated as follows:

• If the councilor is more than 30 years old, then +2 XP per year over 30.
• If the recruiting faction has researched Crash Training Program, then +40 XP.
• If the recruiting faction has researched Onboarding Transform Injections, then +40 XP.
• If the recruiting faction has researched Training Simulation Implants, then +40 XP.
• For each global completion of Future Tech: Information Science, an additonal +5 XP.

Profession

This section discusses the game mechanics for councilor professions. For a list of all councilor professions in Terra Invicta, as well as their stats, see Profession List instead.

Each councilor has a profession, which determines the range of their initial stats, available missions and possible traits. The Alien profession is only available to alien councilors.

The two councilors that each faction begins the campaign with have their base stats modified, possibly beyond the bounds of their profession. See Average Newly Generated Councilors for details.

A faction can have affinity or anti-affinity for a councilor profession. A councilor normally costs 60 influence to hire, but costs only 30 if the faction has an affinity for it. An anti-affinity makes the cost 120 instead.

Whenever a new councilor would be generated during the monthly refresh, if the faction cannot afford to hire any of the current recruits and there are less than two recruits whose professions match the faction's affinities, then the new councilor's profession is set to match the faction's affinities.

Attributes

A councilor has eight attributes:

• Persuasion: The ability to shape the opinions of others to your own.
• Investigation: The councilor's ability to discover information someone would prefer to keep hidden.
• Espionage: The ability to move in secret and conduct covert operations.
• Command: This councilor's ability to organize and lead combat operations.
• Administration: The ability to manage large organizations.
• Science: The ability to investigate and analyze phenomena to derive new understandings of the universe and those who inhabit it.
• Security: This councilor's ability to survive violence.
• Loyalty: How likely councilors are to betray their faction to another.

These eight attributes mainly determine success chances for councilors Missions, including enemy missions against your faction assets. But they may also provide other bonuses such as increasing incomes, increasing Control Point Capacity, increasing org capacity, increasing project unlock chances, and getting better results on certain events.

Each attribute name is a link to a more detailed attribute page that includes a list of all Missions, councilor professions, councilor traits, and Orgs that are related to that attribute.

Natural Death

There is a threshold age at which a human councilor may die of old age. This age is 65, but female councilors gain an extra +6 years. It can be increased further by Technologies:

• +10 years when DNA Repairs is researched.
• +10 years when Methuselah Therapies is researched.
• +0.5 years for each time Future Tech: Life Science is researched.

Every month, the game checks whether human councilors above the threshold age will gain the Declining trait or die. The Declining trait can only be gained if the threshold age has never been increased by Technologies.

Monthly Chance of Declining: (Age - Threshold) ^ 1.2 / 1200

Monthly Chance of Death: (0.016 + 0.001 × (Age - Threshold) + 0.000005001 × (Age - Threshold) ^ 3) / 12

Notably, a human councilor passes the 50% total death chance after roughly 20 years over the threshold age. So the median average lifespan of a human councilor is the threshold age + 20.

Detection

A councilor being detected and aware of that.

Whenever a councilor completes a mission (whether successful or failed, but not aborted), the game checks whether each of the other factions detected the councilor doing the mission. If the councilor is not on earth and the other faction has no councilors on the same hab, then the detection chance is zero.

Otherwise, the chance is calculated in the same way as a councilor mission, with a bunch of attack and defense modifiers pitting the councilors abilities at hiding themselves against the faction's abilities to discover councilors.

The defense modifiers used by a councilor to avoid detection.

Category	Conditions	Strength
Councilor Attributes and Traits	None	Espionage + Trait Modifier to Espionage when being detected
New Recruit Bonus	<6 months since Recruit Date	12 - 2 per month since Recruit Date
Mission Noise	None	- Noise value (may depend on mission outcome)
Region Xenoforming	Councilor is Alien	Xenoflora Growth Levels / 5
SPOILERS INSIDE!   Region Alien Facility	Councilor is Alien	6

The attack modifiers used by a faction to detect councilors.

Category	Conditions	Strength
Faction's Councilor Attributes and Traits	In same location	(Investigation + Trait Modifier to Investigation when detecting other councilors) / 6
	In same nation but not same region	(Investigation + Trait Modifier to Investigation when detecting other councilors) / 12
	In different nation but adjacent region	(Investigation + Trait Modifier to Investigation when detecting other councilors) / 24
Nation Control Points	Not Cracked	2 × Fraction of Nation Control Points Owned
Xenology Lab Modules	Target is Alien. Target is on Earth. Modules are Active. Modules are in Earth Interface Orbit.	Sum of Xenology Lab module tiers, capped at 9.
Listening Post Modules	Target is Human. Target is on Earth. Modules are Active. Modules are in Earth Interface Orbit.	Sum of Listening Post module tiers, capped at 9.
Global Listening Network project	Target is Alien	1
Hab Ownership	Target councilor on your Hab	6 - Hab Tier
Faction is performing Surveil Location in this location or adjacent region	Target is Human	12
	Target is Alien	Alien Activity Investigations, capped between 1 and 12.

Councilor detected

Councilor identified (The Initiative)

A detection normal success will give 10% intel, which typically reveals the location but not the faction of the councilor, marking councilor with a gray icon. This will allow the Investigate Councilor mission to target them.

A detection critical success will give 25% intel, which typically reveals the faction of the councilor and allows all Missions to target the councilor, marking councilor with a faction-colored icon.

Detection awareness

Whenever a councilor's mission is detected by another faction, there is a chance that the councilor will learn that they were detected. The chance is also calculated in the same way as a councilor mission, but the attack and defense modifiers are much simpler:

• The only Attack modifier is the detected councilor's Investigation attribute.
• The only Defense modifier is the sum of the Espionage attributes of the detecting faction's councilors, divided by 6. (But detained councilors are excluded.)

If the player faction discovers a councilor has been detected they'll see the pawn notification icon on left edge on screen in color of their faction.

All councilors keep track of all Factions they are aware have spotted them. Player has this information about turned councilors as well. It is visible on councilor's face image - as highlighted on the picture here. This information however does not tell you when they were last spotted by the faction.

The Go To Ground mission will erase this information. Even though it is not guaranteed that other factions will lose all intel on the councilor. However - it is still possible to be spotted on the Go To Ground mission - it's just unlikely with mission noise caused being negative 8.

Alien Detection Restrictions

SPOILERS INSIDE!

At the start of the game, an alien councilor can only be detected when it is performing a Terrorize Region mission. Furthermore, this only reveals the region that the mission was performed in and places an Alien Activity site in it for factions to investigate. The alien councilor itself is not revealed and cannot be targeted. The following actions must be taken to allow better detection: Research Alien Signatures: Allows the detection of Abductions missions performed by alien councilors. Research Alien Methods: Allows the detection of Enthrall Elites, Enthrall Public, Enthrall Org, and Enthrall Unaligned Elites missions performed by alien councilors. Research Alien Operations: Allows the detection of all missions performed by alien councilors. Research Alien Movements: Actually reveals the alien councilor when its mission is detected.

Intel on target

Each faction's intel on each target is rated on a scale from 0% to 100%. For councilors, the amount of intel a faction has on them determines what the details faction can see:

Intel Level	Details Visible
<10%	Nothing (but the fact that they exist may be revealed if you have intel on their faction).
>=10%	The councilor's location is revealed.
>=25%	The councilor's faction, identity, and class are revealed.
>=50%	The councilor's stats, orgs, and available missions are revealed.
>=75%	The councilor's current mission assignment is revealed.
100%	The councilor's Loyalty is revealed, as well as which faction has turned them, if any.

The intel level that a faction has on a councilor is mainly affects the missions that can be done to that councilor:

Intel Level	Mission Effect
<10%	Cannot be targeted by Missions.
>=10%	Can be targeted by Investigate Councilor missions.
>=25%	Can be targeted by Assassinate, Contact, Detain, Pass Technology, Sabotage Project, and Steal Project missions.
>=50%	Can be targeted by Hostile Takeover missions.
	Suffers +1 Attack on Assassinate, Detain, Hostile Takeover, and Steal Project missions.
>=75%	Can be targeted by Extract and Inspire missions from the councilor's faction.
	Suffers +3 Attack on Assassinate, Detain, Hostile Takeover, and Steal Project missions.
100%	Can be targeted by Turn Councilor missions.
	Suffers +5 Attack on Assassinate, Detain, Hostile Takeover, Steal Project, and Turn Councilor missions.

A faction's intel on a councilor can change from the following:

Source	Conditions	Intel Change
Councilor Retires	None	Set to 0%
Faction is the Councilor's Owning Faction	Whenever below 75%	Set to 75%
Councilor is Turned by Faction	Whenever below 100%	Set to 100%
Faction performs Investigate Councilor mission on Councilor	Normal Success	25% + 0.5% × Investigator's Investigation
	Critical Success	50% + 1% × Investigator's Investigation
Faction Captures (or Buys) Hab of Councilor's Faction	None	25%
Councilor gets Detained by Faction	None	4% × (25 - Councilor Loyalty)
Councilor is no longer Detained by Faction	Detainment ends naturally	4% × (25 - Councilor Loyalty) × Interrogation Research Multipliers
Faction detects Councilor doing any Mission	Normal Detection Success	10%
	Critical Detection Success	25%
Councilor performs Go to Ground mission	Owning Faction	Set to 75%
	Non-Owning Factions	50% + 3% × Councilor Espionage
Natural Decay when Councilor is not Targeted by Faction for a turn	Councilor is Alien	Set to 0%
	(100% - Intel on Councilor / 2) Chance	Set to 0%
	None	25% or 50% (equal chance)

Turn councilor

Turned councilor

Councilors with 100% intel on them can become this faction's spies via Turn Councilor mission. Each faction can have no more than 2 spies in other factions.

Turned councilors provide full vision of their faction, and share all intel that faction has. This includes the 75% baseline intel that the faction has on their councilors, as well as all prospecting data they have on the solar system. Having a turned councilor in The Servants can be especially helpful, since The Servants often have much more intel on alien assets such as Xenoflora.

Turn councilors can be forced to increase failure chance on their missions. Other factions are programmed to track councilors suspected to be traitors and deal with them (their suspicion about advisers is stored in internalCouncilorSuspicion variable).

Alien councilors can never be turned.

Dealing with spies

• Investigate Councilor may reveal whether investigated adviser is turned or not.
• Inspire will make target councilor cut their contacts with faction that turned them. This will not reveal whether this councilor was a spy or not.
• Firing suspected councilor or sending them on suicide mission is also a valid option.

Stealing councilors

It's possible to steal turned councilors from other factions. To do that, open their profile in council interface and press resign. This will add them to your private councilor recruit pool, allowing you to hire them.

Noise

Noise generated by missions

Mission	Noise Generated when Outcome is:
	Critical Failure	Normal Failure	Normal Success	Critical Success
Protect Target			0
Turn Councilor	12	6	0	-4
Contact			0
Crackdown	6	2	0	-4
Deorbit			0
Extract Councilor	10	2	0	-4
Coup d'Etat	8	4	2	0
Orbit			0
Assassinate	10	4	0	-4
Inspire	-2	-4	-4	-4
Go To Ground			-8
Public Campaign	8	2	0	-4
Stabilize Nation	6	3	0	-4
Control Nation	4	2	0	-4
Purge	8	4	0	-4
Advise			0
Assault Alien Asset	12	6	4	0
Increase Unrest	12	6	0	-4
Transfer			0
Sabotage Hab Module	12	2	0	-6
Steal Project	8	2	0	-8
Surveil Location			-4
Set National Policy			10
Assault Enemy Space Asset	12	6	2	4
Sabotage Project	8	0	0	-2
Sabotage Facilities	12	2	0	-6
Defend Interests			0
Investigate Alien Activity			-2
Investigate Councilor	2	0	-2	-4
Detain Councilor	8	2	0	-4
Control Space Asset	30	30	0	-4
Hostile Takeover	8	2	0	-4

SPOILERS INSIDE!

Noise generated by missions Mission Noise Generated when Outcome is: Critical Failure Normal Failure Normal Success Critical Success Build Facility 0 Grant Alien Control 0 Enthrall Elites 8 4 0 -4 Dominate Nation 30 30 30 30 Herald Our Masters 0 Terrorize Region 16 16 30 16 Abductions 8 4 2 -4 Enthrall Unaligned Elites 8 4 0 -4 Enthrall Public 8 4 0 -4 Tame the Enemy 0 Xenoform 8 4 2 -4 Forge an Alliance 0 Launch the Bifrost 0 Claim Hegemony 0 Trigger the Weapon 0 Close the Gate 0 Pass Technology 0 Enthrall Org 4 2 0 -4

Escaping a Hab

Councilors on Habs will attempt various escape methods when the hab is destroyed. In order, the councilor will attempt to flee to:

1. A ship of the councilor's faction that is docked to the hab. If multiple available, pick the one with the most remaining DV.
2. If the councilor has the Undercover trait, then a ship of a different human faction that is docked to the hab. If multiple available, pick the one with the most remaining DV.
3. If the hab is in the Earth-Luna planetary system, any Earth-Luna Lagrange point, or any Sun-Earth Lagrange point, then a random Region of Earth.
4. If the hab was peacefully decommissioned:
   1. A random hab of the councilor's faction that is in the same planetary system.
   2. If the councilor is not an Alien, then a random tier 2 or 3 hab that is in the same planetary system.
   3. If the councilor has the Undercover trait, then a random tier 1 hab that is in the same planetary system.
   4. If there are no other habs in the same planetary system, then a random Region of Earth if any of the following are true:
      • The hab's faction is the same as the councilor's faction.
      • The councilor has the Undercover trait.
      • The hab's tier is 2 or 3.

If none of these escape routes apply, then the councilor dies.

Traits

Note: This page is manually maintained, and may be less up-to-date than the automated Trait List page.

Traits are innate characteristics of a councilor. They may grant permanent or conditioned stat bonuses or maluses, incomes, or access to certain orgs.

Some traits may be purchased, upgraded or removed by spending XP (or Resources):

• Purchase Costs are doubled if the councilor's profession normally does not allow them to acquire the trait.
• Traits that say they are upgraded from another trait cannot be purchased directly: instead, the councilor already possess the other trait, and then paying the costs will swap out that trait for the target trait.
• Costs are displayed as negative if the trait can be removed, not purchased.

Traits in each group are mutually exclusive with other members in the same group: no councilor may have more than one trait from the same group at the same time.

Note: Section work in progress... Group names are not official, the game just assigned them to groups and I gave them the best name I could think of... feel free to replace with better names!

Wealth Group Traits

Name	Description	Cost	Upgrades From	Detection Bonus(es)	Income	Stat Bonus(es)
Affluent	Makes a good living.	10 XP			3
Prosperous	Well-off and able to contribute meaningful funds to the cause.	20 XP	Affluent		5
Wealthy	Has access to a hefty bank account.	40 XP	Prosperous		10
Rich	Has vast sums to call on, but disliked in egalitarian nations.	80 XP	Wealthy		20 1	-1 if ≤4
Billionaire	Access to truly obscene amounts of money, to the point of unpopularity in nations that prize equality.	160 XP	Rich	-1	50 2	-2 if ≤4

Scientist Group Traits

Name	Description	Cost	Tech Bonus	Upgrades From	Income	Stat Bonus(es)
Physicist	An expert in the study of Energy.		15%		5
Chemist	An expert in the study of Materials.		15%		5
Astronomer	An expert in the study of Space Science.		15%		5
Doctor	An expert in the study of Life Science.		15%		5
Social Scientist	An expert in the study of political science, economics, sociology and communications.		15%		5
Military Scientist	An expert in the study of warfare, strategy, logistics, and weapons development.		15%		5
Computer Scientist	An expert in the study of Information Science.		15%		5
Physicist II	A prominent researcher in the field of Energy.	20 XP	25%	Physicist	10	1
Chemist II	A prominent scientist in the field of Materials.	20 XP	25%	Chemist	10	1
Astronomer II	A prominent Space Scientist.	20 XP	25%	Astronomer	10	1
Doctor II	A prominent researcher in the field of Life Science.	20 XP	25%	Doctor	10	1
Social Scientist II	A prominent researcher in the Social Sciences.	20 XP	25%	SocialScientist	10	1
Military Scientist II	A prominent Military Science researcher.	20 XP	25%	MilitaryScientist	10	1
Computer Scientist II	A prominent researcher in the field of Information Science.	20 XP	25%	ComputerScientist	10	1
Physicist III	A distinguished scientist in the study of Energy.	40 XP	35%	PhysicistII	2 20	2
Chemist III	A distinguished scientist in the study of Materials.	40 XP	35%	ChemistII	2 20	2
Astronomer III	A distinguished researcher in the field of Space Science.	40 XP	35%	AstronomerII	2 20	2
Doctor III	A distinguished researcher in the field of Life Science.	40 XP	35%	DoctorII	2 20	2
Social Scientist III	A distinguished researcher in the field of Social Science.	40 XP	35%	SocialScientistII	2 20	2
Military Scientist III	A renowned military theorist.	40 XP	35%	MilitaryScientistII	2 20	2
Computer Scientist III	A distinguished researcher in the study of Information Science.	40 XP	35%	ComputerScientistII	2 20	2

Note: No councilor profession can start with a tier 2 or 3 scientist trait. So the upgrade costs for these traits are always doubled.

Influence Group Traits

Name	Description	Cost	Missions	Priority Bonus	Upgrades From	Detection Bonus(es)	Income	Stat Bonus(es)
Low Profile	Skilled at evading detection.					2
Connected	Able to use back channels to exert a measure of influence.	20 XP					3
Puppet Master	Able to pull strings in many places without notice.	40 XP	Granted: Control Nation		Connected	1	8
Eminent	Influential among elites, but well-known enough to sometimes attract unwanted attention.	20 XP				-2	6
Famous	Broadly known among elites and the public.	40 XP		2%	Eminent	-4	9
Megastar	A person of global renown, whose very movements make the news worldwide.	60 XP	Granted: Public Campaign Blocked: Go To Ground	5%	Famous	-8	12
Opinion Leader	A respected commentator on public affairs, whose words reach many in free nations.	20 XP				-2	4	2 if ≥6
Media Darling	A popular speaker on media channels in free nations.	40 XP			Opinion Leader	-4	7	3 if ≥6
Elder Statesman	A widely respected and influential member of the political elite.	60 XP			Media Darling	-4	10	4 if ≥6
Counselor	Appeals to what we have in common.	20 XP	Granted: Advise	2%				1 if ≥6
Unifier	Influential in nations with a sense of common purpose.	40 XP	Granted: Advise Stabilize Nation	5%	Counselor		2	2 if ≥6
Agitator	Excels at gaining the support of those unhappy with their nation.	20 XP		-2%			3	1 if ≤6 1 if ≤4
Firebrand	Appeals to the anger and fear of an uncritical audience.	40 XP		-3%	Agitator	-3	4	2 if ≤6 -1 if ≥9 2 if ≤4
Demagogue	An influential rabble-rouser who plays to the basest instincts of the public.	60 XP	Granted: Increase Unrest	-5%	Firebrand	-6	5	3 if ≤6 -2 if ≥9 3 if ≤4

Nation Group Traits

Name	Description	Cost	Missions	Restricted From	Income	Stat Bonus(es)
Government	A member of a recognized government with official status.	20 XP 100
Enemy of the State	Faces imprisonment or execution in his or her home nation.	-20 XP -20		Home Nation
Criminal	Involved in illegal activities.	20 XP 200 50			1	-1 if ≤1
Pariah	Strongly disliked in his or her home nation, this person fares better in foreign lands.					-2 if in Home Nation -1 if in Home Nation
National Hero	Well known and influential in his or her home nation.	30 XP 50	Granted: Inspire			3 if in Home Nation -1 if in Home Nation

Personality Group Traits

Name	Description	Cost	Missions	Priority Bonus	Detection Bonus(es)	Income	Stat Bonus(es)
Brazen	Flouts elite conventions, gaining influence among the masses at some personal risk.					2	1 if ≤7 -1
Furtive	A secretive and often negative personality.		Blocked: Inspire				3 Set Apparent to 2 -1 -1
Pollyanna	Always expresses a sunny outlook on events, regardless of their reality.						Set Apparent to 25
Inscrutable	Never seems to express a strong opinion.		Blocked: Inspire				Set Apparent to 12
Transparent	Always means exactly what he or she says.						Set Apparent to
Extremist	Utterly devoted to the cause and holds those who aren't in low regard.						-1 if ≥8 3 1 3 Apparent
Fanatic	An absolute true believer who lacks an understanding of certain subtleties of dealing with the world.						2 if ≤6 5 -1 5 Apparent
Ethical	A person of principle who believes not all means are justified by their end.		Blocked: Assassinate				1 if ≤3.5
Sociopath	Someone skilled at managing others in sole pursuit of his or her own satisfaction.						1 -3
Pacifist	Personally refuses to take part in any violent action.		Blocked: Assassinate Increase Unrest Sabotage Facilities Assault Alien Asset Assault Enemy Space Asset				2 if ≥9 -3
Hard Target	Will strike back if attacked. Enemy critical failures on Detain or Assassinate missions against this councilor will result in a human attacker's death if the attacker is not protected.	20 XP			1		2
Apocalyptic	Believes the end of humanity is nigh and wishes others to do so.						1 if Any Nukes Have Fired
Cynic	Difficult to fool, but expresses little hope for humanity's future.		Blocked: Inspire				1 -3 Apparent -1
Corrupt	Influential, but will steal from us.	-40 XP		-2%		-4 3	2 -3

Ethical and Pacifist traits also cause the councilor to lose 1 and 2 whenever the faction commits an Atrocity. But this loyalty loss can be fixed with Inspire missions.

Advisor Group Traits

Name	Description	Missions	Priority Bonus	Tech Bonus	Detection Bonus(es)	Income	Stat Bonus(es)
Expert	An oft-quoted speaker on topics in a certain realm of expertise.	Granted: Advise			-1	2 5	1 1 -1
Academic	Affiliated with a research university.	Granted: Advise	2%			10	-1
Technocrat	Believes that social relations are simply an engineering problem.	Granted: Advise		5%		2 3	1 3 -1 if ≤8
Oligarch	Has gained riches via political power; influential in nations with high inequality.		2%			3 4	1 if >4 -1 if ≤4

Space Group Traits

Name	Description	Cost	Missions	Required Project	Restricted From	Detection Bonus(es)	Stat Bonus(es)
Undercover	This person's public persona conceals someone who is able to infiltrate enemy space installations without fear of identification.					1
Earthbound	This person refuses to travel to space.	-20 XP	Blocked: Orbit Deorbit Transfer Control Space Asset Assault Enemy Space Asset		Space
Combat Astronaut	Undergone training to serve effectively on our warships.	10 XP 100 1 1	Granted: Assault Enemy Space Asset	Space Navy Academies			1

The Undercover trait allows the councilor to board the ships and tier 1 habs of other human factions.

Minions Group Traits

Name	Description	Missions	Income	Stat Bonus(es)
Lone Wolf	Does not work well with others, but skilled at secretive activity.	Blocked: Inspire		-1 -1 2
Awkward Genius	Poor at recognizing social cues and working with others but able to conduct scientific investigations with unparalleled focus.	Blocked: Inspire Public Campaign		-3 -3 3 2
Crew	Has a small team of loyal followers who serve as bodyguards and can conduct operations.		1	1

Caution Group Traits

Name	Description	Cost	Missions	Restricted From	Detection Bonus(es)	Income	Stat Bonus(es)
Streetwise	Skilled at navigating dark corners in his or her home nation.	20 XP			1		1 if in Home Nation 1 if in Home Nation
Cautious	Particularly concerned with security and avoiding personal risk.	-20 XP		High Unrest Nations			1
Careless	Someone who doesn't take personal security terribly seriously.	-20 XP			-2		-2 if ≥4
Suspicious	Naturally inclined to distrust others.		Blocked: Inspire		1 1		2 2 -2 Apparent 1
Conspiracy Theorist	Sees connections between events that others will not. Occasionally right about them.		Granted: Investigate Alien Activity			-1	2 1 -2
Paranoid	Sees enemies everywhere. Only right some of the time.	-40 XP	Blocked: Inspire	High Unrest Nations	2		2 3 -2

XP Group Traits

Name	Description	Cost	XP Costs Modifier
Quick Learner	Picks up new skills faster than most.		-10%
Striver	Dedicated to self-improvement.		-20%
Inflexible	Slow to learn new things.	-40 XP	+10%

Note: Inflexible's penalty also applies to its own cost.

Command Implant Group Traits

Implant traits can only be added or upgraded following certain projects. Higher tier traits must be upgraded from the previous tier.

• Tier 1 traits cost 500 Money and require the Cybernetic Implants project.
• Tier 2 traits cost 1000 Money and require the Neural Engineering project.
• Tier 3 traits cost 2000 Money and require the Cyborging project.

Name	Description	Cost	Required Project	Upgrades From	Detection Bonus(es)	Income	Stat Bonus(es)
Force Tracker	Embedded computer system that provides live monitoring of nearby friendly forces.	500	Cybernetic Implants				1
Battle Computer	A warfare management system that provides on-the-spot updates about small and large-scale military operations.	1000	Neural Engineering	Force Tracker			2
Strategic AI	An advanced warfare overseer AI that recognizes patterns in enemy behavior and coordinates countermeasures.	2000	Cyborging	Battle Computer			3

Science Implant Group Traits

Name	Description	Cost	Required Project	Upgrades From	Detection Bonus(es)	Income	Stat Bonus(es)
Datajack	Live internal connection to the Internet that provides data lookup on demand.	500	Cybernetic Implants			3	1
Neural Interlink	An advanced data indexing and retrieval AI that is nearly indistinguishable from a user's memory.	1000	Neural Engineering	Datajack		3	2
Cognitive Enhancer	Frontal lobe implants aimed at speeding the brain's analytical capabilities.	2000	Cyborging	Neural Interlink		3	3

Security Implant Group Traits

Name	Description	Cost	Required Project	Upgrades From	Detection Bonus(es)	Income	Stat Bonus(es)
Personal Protection Monitor	An implant that monitors local conditions, looking for potential threats.	500	Cybernetic Implants		1		1
Personal Defense System	An active protection system that scans visual, aural, and electronic inputs to alert to potential dangers.	1000	Neural Engineering	Personal Protection Monitor	1		2
Guardian Angel Implant	A full-spectrum personal safety AI that can also manage a security detail.	2000	Cyborging	Personal Defense System	1		3

Investigation Implant Group Traits

Name	Description	Cost	Required Project	Upgrades From	Detection Bonus(es)	Income	Stat Bonus(es)
Embedded Sensor Package	A package of sensors and augmented reality overlay.	500	Cybernetic Implants		1		1
Enhanced Senses	Implants that increase fidelity and discrimination of a person's various sensory inputs.	1000	Neural Engineering	Embedded Sensor Package	1		2
Argus Implant	A user's senses are augmented by remote sensors feeding data into the brain.	2000	Cyborging	Enhanced Senses	1		3

Administration Implant Group Traits

Name	Description	Cost	Required Project	Upgrades From	Detection Bonus(es)	Income	Stat Bonus(es)
Intelligent Assistant	An adaptive management program that assists in scheduling, HR, and financial matters.	500	Cybernetic Implants				1
Management AI	Learning software that handles routine administrative tasks without disturbing its user.	1000	Neural Engineering	Intelligent Assistant			2
Executive AI	An AI fulfilling many chief-of-staff functions so the manager can focus on fully informed strategic decisionmaking.	2000	Cyborging	Management AI			3

Espionage Implant Group Traits

Name	Description	Cost	Required Project	Upgrades From	Detection Bonus(es)	Income	Stat Bonus(es)
Scrambler	A stealth implant that attempts to disguise a person's presence to various sensors.	500	Cybernetic Implants		1		1
Countermeasures	A package of defensive implants aimed at avoiding detection.	1000	Neural Engineering	Scrambler	1		2
Stealth Field	A monitor that recognizes and helps the user evade nearby passive and active sensors.	2000	Cyborging	Countermeasures	1		3

Persuasion Implant Group Traits

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Name Description Cost Missions Required Project Upgrades From Stat Bonus(es) Pherocyte Emitter We adapt the aliens' biological advantage for our own uses. 5000 Granted: Inspire Turn Councilor Pherocyte Emitter 3 Pherocyte Mass Emitter A powerful broadcaster of alien pherocytes that makes nearby people extremely suggestible. 10000 Granted: Inspire Turn Councilor Pherocyte Mastery Pherocyte Emitter 10

Poverty Group Traits

Name	Description	Cost	Missions	Detection Bonus(es)	Income	Stat Bonus(es)
Indebted	Owes a very large sum of money to creditors, reducing their credibility.	-15000			-100	-2
Delinquent	Refuses to honour outstanding debts, gaining them a reputation for untrustworthiness and causing their movements to be more closely tracked.	-30000		-4		-4 -6 Apparent -3
Extorted	Feels that they have been taken advantage of financially by our faction, making them reluctant to trust us.	-10000	Blocked: Inspire			-6

Engineering Project Group Traits

Name	Description	Cost	Missions	Upgrades From	Income	Stat Bonus(es)
Project Manager	Putting the "D" in R&D.				1
Project Director	A leader of engineers.	20 XP	Granted: Advise	Project Manager	2	1
Project Administrator	A leader of multiple teams of engineers.	40 XP	Granted: Advise	Project Director	3	2

National Priority Group Traits

Name	Description	Cost	Missions	Priority Bonus	Upgrades From	Income
Industrial Engineer	A builder of tools and factories.			2%
Industrial Engineer II	A master of economics, manufacturing, and productivity.	20 XP	Granted: Advise	5%	Industrial Engineer
Industrialist	A captain of industry.			2%		-2
Financier	Funds entrepreneurs to develop an array of innovative businesses.	20 XP		5%	Industrialist	-5
Philanthropist	Turns wealth into good works.			2%		-2
Benefactor	Turns wealth into great works.	20 XP		5%	Philanthropist	-5
Civil Engineer	Turns stone and steel into public works.			2%
Environmental Engineer	Designs public works for the benefit of people and the natural world.	20 XP	Granted: Advise	5%	CivilEngineer
Teacher	Conveys knowledge to willing minds.		Granted: Inspire Turn Councilor	2%
Educator	Develops national educational systems.	20 XP	Granted: Advise Inspire Turn Councilor	5%	Teacher
Reformer	Helps build state institutions that ensure the people's rights are respected.			2%
Nation Builder	A generational talent at building enduring democracies.	20 XP	Granted: Advise Inspire	5%	Reformer
Chekist	A member of the political police.			5%
Iron Hand	Those who adopt nonconforming ideologies are enemies of the state.	20 XP		10%	Chekist
Lobbyist	Sways those in power to direct the state's treasury to particular ends.			5%
Powerbroker	Doesn't write national budgets but directs those who do.	20 XP		10%	Lobbyist
Shady	A siphoner of funds away from their intended purpose.			5%
Crooked	Extracts wealth from an economy regardless of law or harm.	20 XP		10%	Shady
Aerospace Engineer	Gets things flying. And landing.			2% 5%
Aerospace Engineer II	An expert in rocket design.	20 XP	Granted: Advise	5% 10%	Aerospace Engineer
Systems Engineer	Can organize ground systems in support of space operations.			2%
Systems Engineer II	Expert in support of space operations.	20 XP	Granted: Advise	5%	Systems Engineer
Military Engineer	Develops the right mix of doctrine and hardware to defend a nation from its foes.			2% 5%
Military Engineer II	An expert in developing military technology and doctrine.	20 XP	Granted: Advise	5% 10%	Military Engineer
Defense Contractor	Designs and builds military hardware.			2%
Defense Contractor II	An expert in getting military hardware to the battlefield.	20 XP	Granted: Advise	5%	Defense Contractor
Naval Engineer	Knows how to float a boat.			2%
Naval Architect	An expert designer of ships and submarines.	20 XP	Granted: Advise	5%	Naval Engineer
Nuclear Engineer	Knows how to split an atom.			2% 5%
Nuclear Mastermind	An Oppenheimer-like figure who can jump start nuclear weapons development.	20 XP	Granted: Advise	5% 10%	Nuclear Engineer

Ungrouped Traits

These traits have no group, so councilors can have multiple of them at the same time.

Name	Description	Cost	Missions	Tech Bonus	Required Project	Restricted From	Detection Bonus(es)	Income	Stat Bonus(es)
Non Grata	Faces imprisonment or execution in rivals of his or her home nation.	-20 XP -100 -20				Rivals of Home Nation
Awareness	Particularly skilled at detecting other councilors.						1
Addict	Addicted to an illicit substance and willing to go to any length to acquire it.	-40 XP					-1	-1	-2 -4 if ≤0
Veteran	A former member of his or her home nation's armed forces.			2%					1 1
Indulgent	Spends lots of money on personal gratification.	-20 XP						-2	-4 if ≤0
Survivor	Very hard to kill in nuclear war or other mass casualty events.	10 XP							1
Loyalty Monitor	Implant that reports a councilor's emotional responses to events, and assists us in taking drastic action should they betray us. They will not like wearing these.	500			Cybernetic Implants				-5 Set Apparent to
Forebrain Stimulator	Taps the brain's reward system, at the expense of some complex thinking.	2000			Cyborging				3 3 Apparent -2 -2
Untouchable	In too important a position to be safely deleted.	150 XP 500 500 100							3
Beloved	Popular regardless of their loyalties.		Granted: Inspire					3	1
Demanding	Does not tolerate failure from anyone.								2 1
Insecure	Is troubled by personal failure.	-20 XP
Anxious	Worried about dying for the cause.	-20 XP
Loss Averse	Haunted by defeat.	-20 XP
Family Ties	Feels a strong connection to their homeland and has family there.								1 if in Home Nation 1 if in Home Nation
Martyr	A violent death will draw millions to their cause.		Granted: Inspire						1 -1
Innovative	A wellspring of new ideas.								1

Demanding, Insecure, Anxious, Loss Averse, and Family Ties traits also cause the councilor to lose under certain conditions. But this loyalty loss can be fixed with Inspire missions.

Special Traits

These traits are impossible for councilors to get normally. Instead, these traits can appear when the following actions are done:

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Vengeful: Attempt to Assassinate one of your own councilors after discovering that they are a mole. Declining: Have a really old councilor without researching any lifespan extension. Second Wave: Get rid of any of the first wave of alien councilors. Marked: Attempt to Assassinate a councilor that has the Untouchable or Prominent trait. Ace Assassin: Assassinate 5 alien councilors with one councilor. Only available to Humanity First. Name Description Cost Missions XP Modifier Detection Bonus(es) Stat Bonus(es) Vengeful It's payback time. Granted: Assassinate 5 15 3 3 Declining Age is taking its toll. +100% -1 -1 Second Wave This alien appears to be part of a second wave of infiltrators and more skilled at evading detection than its predecessors. 3 3 Marked This councilor has done something public, and terrible, and is the target of surveillance efforts around the globe. -50 XP -1000 -500 -100 Blocked: Public Campaign -4 -10 Ace Assassin An efficient killer. 3

Finally, the Prominent trait is actually not a councilor trait at all. It is instead a trait given by equipping certain Orgs.

Average Newly Generated Councilors

By combining the trait chances for each profession as well as their random stat ranges, we can compute the following:

Profession	Average Initial Stat Values
										Total Except
Activist	7.47	0.50	4.12	4.59	0.68	0.55	0.44	11.99	8.65	18.35
Astronaut	4.36	6.65	1.60	2.53	4.89	5.70	5.24	11.14	15.90	30.97
Attorney	6.47	1.58	2.25	6.52	4.57	1.00	3.58	11.34	12.63	25.98
Celebrity	8.34	0.55	0.57	2.18	4.24	0.50	5.15	10.16	13.13	21.53
Commando	0.96	5.57	5.14	3.62	1.19	0.50	9.07	11.00	7.72	26.05
Diplomat	6.07	2.61	5.23	4.15	5.47	0.65	4.85	10.82	14.15	29.03
Engineer	3.97	1.58	1.75	5.02	5.07	7.48	2.58	11.34	10.63	27.47
Evangelist	8.14	2.63	0.55	1.67	4.18	0.00	3.99	12.61	14.95	21.16
Executive	5.54	4.94	1.12	3.09	6.66	1.62	3.16	11.08	17.15	26.14
Fixer	2.35	0.46	5.86	5.30	0.44	0.56	3.95	9.95	3.25	18.92
Hacker	2.52	0.47	6.70	4.98	1.83	5.10	3.41	10.09	4.83	25.02
Inspector	3.41	4.71	3.59	6.28	4.89	1.04	5.82	11.24	13.01	29.74
Investigator	2.13	0.68	5.46	8.48	2.28	1.03	5.43	11.11	5.09	25.49
Journalist	7.12	0.04	4.48	6.93	1.06	1.60	1.12	10.80	8.22	22.35
Judge	6.10	1.80	2.27	5.65	4.60	0.54	4.02	11.20	12.51	24.99
Kingpin	3.79	4.75	5.63	4.35	5.89	0.00	8.51	8.93	14.43	32.91
Officer	5.01	7.63	2.60	2.15	5.27	1.00	7.42	12.07	17.91	31.08
Operative	2.41	4.63	6.33	3.90	0.68	0.50	6.61	10.99	7.73	25.06
Politician	7.08	2.21	2.70	4.47	5.54	0.55	4.39	7.62	14.83	26.95
Professor	5.38	-0.53	2.97	5.68	2.52	5.85	1.11	11.11	7.37	22.98
Rebel	5.20	6.62	6.26	3.28	1.66	0.00	6.70	9.94	13.48	29.72
Scientist	3.08	-0.36	1.55	5.04	4.12	7.73	2.26	11.18	6.84	23.42
Spy	5.08	2.59	7.58	6.68	1.31	0.50	6.41	10.08	8.98	30.15
TechMogul	5.17	2.00	2.13	3.12	6.29	5.92	3.55	11.16	13.46	28.18
Tycoon	3.52	4.54	2.22	2.12	8.08	2.55	4.27	10.16	16.13	27.30

Note: Negative values are not a typo. There exist traits that reduce a councilor's attributes. Although these traits cannot actually reduce the attribute below 0, they will apply their attribute reduction when the councilor brings their attribute above 0 via orgs or augmentations.

The two initial councilors that a faction can begin with have additional bonuses applied to them:

• All traits that give the councilor movement restrictions are removed.
• If the councilor has only one keyStat, then that stat is set to 8.
• Otherwise, the primary keyStat is set to 7, while the secondary keyStat is set to 6.

Exceptions:

• On Cinematic and Normal difficulties, the AI factions do not get this bonus.
• In rare cases, both of the initial councilors could roll the same home nation. The game does not approve of this home nation sharing, and will force the second councilor to reroll its whole character. This reroll is done without applying the bonus.

Profession	Average Initial Stat Values for Campaign Start Councilors
										Total Except
Activist	7.51	6.00	4.12	4.55	0.68	0.55	0.28	11.99	14.19	23.69
Astronaut	4.36	7.15	1.60	2.53	4.89	6.20	5.24	11.14	16.40	31.97
Attorney	5.97	1.58	2.25	7.02	4.57	1.00	3.48	11.34	12.13	25.88
Celebrity	7.90	0.55	0.57	2.12	4.24	0.50	7.46	10.16	12.69	23.34
Commando	0.98	7.07	5.14	3.60	1.19	0.50	9.04	11.00	9.24	27.52
Diplomat	7.09	2.61	5.23	4.13	6.47	0.65	4.72	10.82	16.17	30.90
Engineer	3.97	1.58	1.75	5.02	6.07	7.98	2.48	11.34	11.63	28.87
Evangelist	8.70	2.63	0.55	1.61	4.18	0.00	3.80	12.61	15.51	21.47
Executive	5.58	6.44	1.12	3.05	8.16	1.62	3.00	11.08	20.19	28.98
Fixer	2.37	0.46	7.36	6.28	0.44	0.56	3.82	9.95	3.27	21.29
Hacker	2.58	0.47	8.20	4.92	1.83	6.10	3.22	10.09	4.89	27.33
Inspector	3.47	6.21	3.59	7.72	4.89	1.04	5.63	11.24	14.57	32.55
Investigator	2.33	0.68	6.96	8.28	2.28	1.03	5.03	11.11	5.29	26.59
Journalist	7.18	0.04	4.48	6.87	1.06	1.60	1.03	10.80	8.28	22.26
Judge	6.12	1.80	2.27	7.13	6.60	0.54	3.89	11.20	14.53	28.36
Kingpin	4.58	4.75	7.13	3.55	7.39	0.00	7.24	8.93	16.72	34.64
Officer	5.03	7.13	2.60	2.13	6.27	1.00	7.29	12.07	18.43	31.45
Operative	2.47	6.13	7.33	3.84	0.68	0.50	6.52	10.99	9.29	27.47
Politician	6.18	2.21	2.70	4.37	7.54	0.55	4.14	7.62	15.93	27.70
Professor	5.90	-0.53	2.97	5.66	2.52	7.35	0.98	11.11	7.89	24.85
Rebel	5.30	7.12	6.26	3.18	1.66	0.00	6.55	9.94	14.08	30.07
Scientist	3.10	-0.36	1.55	6.02	4.12	7.73	2.13	11.18	6.86	24.29
Spy	5.68	2.59	8.58	6.58	1.31	0.50	6.26	10.08	9.58	31.50
TechMogul	5.19	2.00	2.13	3.10	8.29	6.42	3.42	11.16	15.48	30.55
Tycoon	3.56	4.54	2.22	2.08	8.08	2.55	6.11	10.16	16.17	29.14

Other Notable Values

Profession	Average Income	Trait Chance
		Martyr	Survivor	Gov	Crim	Scientist
Activist	6.38	20%	1%	5%	10%	0%	0%	0%	1%	2%	0%	0%
Astronaut	7.34	1%	10%	100%	0%	20%	5%	30%	5%	0%	20%	5%
Attorney	3.79	0%	2%	5%	2%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Celebrity	10.82	5%	0%	1%	5%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Commando	0.02	0%	80%	50%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Diplomat	3.73	0%	1%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Engineer	2.82	0%	2%	10%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Evangelist	7.17	25%	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Executive	5.72	0%	0%	10%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Fixer	0.62	0%	50%	10%	10%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Hacker	1.12	0%	5%	5%	25%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	50%
Inspector	3.09	0%	3%	75%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Investigator	2.65	0%	10%	75%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Journalist	5.31	3%	2%	5%	5%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Judge	3.58	5%	1%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Kingpin	3.82	3%	20%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Officer	1.95	2%	50%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	3%	0%	10%	0%
Operative	1.46	0%	50%	50%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Politician	5.69	4%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Professor	3.43	3%	0%	1%	0%	10%	10%	10%	10%	20%	10%	10%
Rebel	3.87	20%	70%	0%	20%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Scientist	2.76	0%	3%	5%	0%	15%	15%	15%	15%	15%	10%	15%
Spy	0.95	0%	10%	50%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
TechMogul	8.17	1%	0%	0%	0%	5%	5%	0%	0%	5%	0%	25%
Tycoon	7.86	0%	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

Note: If a profession has a non-zero chance of getting the Government or Criminal Trait, they can use XP (and resources) to purchase that Trait. But only if they do not already possess a Trait from that group. The traits in that group are Government, Criminal, National Hero, Enemy of the State, and Pariah.