Today we're continuing the Q&A series we're doing, answering questions related to different topics. Last week we asked you to post your questions related to Origins, which were previously revealed in Dev Diary #160. Here we go!

General Origins Questions

How will randomly created AI empires choose an origin? Will it be completely random, or are some more likely to show up than others? If the latter, which logic does it follow? The weightings are scriptable. The default currently has a weight of 100, others that are available to the AI (which is most of them) have between 2 and 10, so statistically you are likely to have a few of them once you have 10+ AI nations. Some origins like Doomsday are also blocked for advanced AIs as that wouldn't fit the narrative. Many are also restricted so they will only randomly generate if that origin is not already represented in the galaxy. Are there any events related to each Origin? (And many similar questions.) Yes. Some origins, such as the Galactic Doorstep, are primarily narrative-based and thus have many events. Others, like the Shattered Ring, are primarily changes to an empire's starting conditions and have few, if any (other than custom start text). Will the preset empires have different origins? Will they have new civics picked to substitute those that become origins? (What will happen with the Xanid Suzerainty for example?) Yes, preset empires have origins. Most of them have Prosperous Unification, but some have others. Empires that previously had civics that have been turned into origins will have new civics given to them. As examples, the Xanid Suzerainty now has Corve System and Cutthroat Politics, and the Lokken Mechanists have Technocracy and Meritocracy. Can you change your origins through events? No, that would involve timeline alterations and the potential destruction of the space-time continuum. Will there be origins that allow for special tech, that is otherwise unobtainable? For example, could a Fallen Empire share tech for Fallen empire buildings with you if you choose the Scion start? We do not currently have any origins that have unobtainable tech, but this would be possible. I believe you mentioned before that each origin had special events. Will we still have the special start events of say Mass Extinction, Habitable planet survey, and Radical Cult events? Will they still happen even if we pick say Doomsday or Remnants or Void Dwellers? Some event chains have been disabled for certain Origins, when they no longer made sense. Do Fallen Empires have origins? Yes, for flavor they have been given a unique "Elder Race" Origin. If you want to find out more about Origins, check out the full post here . PS. Next week, our Tech Lead Moah will be posting a dev diary giving an update on performance improvements planned for the 2.6 "Verne" update... Stay tuned!