Races
Races in The Last Federation refers to the nine sentient civilizations that populate the solar system. This includes the Hydrals(player race), Acutians, Andors, Boarines, Burlusts, Evucks, Peltians, Thoraxians, and Skylaxians. This article will summarize the important details comparing and contrasting the races, while the individual pages detail specific strategies to deal with each race.
Race Comparison
Race Name | Description | Key Details |
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Hydrals | Player race |
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Acutians | Capitalistic robots |
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Andors | Utopian robotic society |
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Boarines | Isolationist ice-beasts |
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Burlusts | Warmongering warlords |
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Evucks | Paranoid Kleptomaniacs |
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Peltians | Communist agrarians |
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Skylaxians | Honorable Scientists |
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Thoraxians | Villainous insectoids |
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Race Interactions
The various races can interact in a variety of ways:
More info
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<ln id="Politics_Explanation_Andor">There are six political parties in the Andor parliamentary system. Each party has its own agenda, and will only do deals related to its agenda. The deals thankfully overlap some between parties. Each party has a representative chosen from the members of that party who are currently a part of the 400-member body. Members change parties with... surprising frequency. Periodically there is an "Andor Election," which is actually a strange way of saying that a new ruling party is designated based on which party has the most members at the time. These robots may be nice, but there's something a bit wrong with their circuits... They will not accept bribes.</ln>
<ln id="Politics_Explanation_Boarine">Each planet belonging to the Boarines has a regent who runs it. The regent uses her best judgement to determine where priorities should lie; the current situation of her planet and her race are her sole concern when it comes to brokering political deals. Regents' priorities are based entirely around the environmental, medical, economic, and public order ratings for their planet. If you can improve those ratings, then you may put them in a position where they feel the best protection for themselves is solar unity. In such a circumstance, they become an extremely useful ally. Bribes increase your influence with their race.</ln>
<ln id="Politics_Explanation_Burlust">Your Credit is useless here. The Burlusts respond only to Bribes, Blackmail, and Duels. You can find bribe items by raiding pirate bases, and you can purchase blackmail goods from the spy-probe-happy Evucks -- but only if the Evucks sufficiently dislike the Burlusts, and like you. Both of these kinds of items help gain you Leverage over specific warlords. Each Burlust planet has a Prime Warlord and two Secondaries that are vying for power. Occasional internal intrigues lead to "accidents." The only thing that matters against Burlusts, ultimately, is Leverage. You can gain this on specific warlords through the aforementioned ways.</ln>
<ln id="Politics_Explanation_Evuck">The Evuck Council of Elders is a 7-member interplanetary body with membership that never changes unless one of the Elders dies. Given their extremely long life, this pretty much means assassination. Worse yet, the Evucks are extremely resistant to outside influence of even a positive sort; with every political deal you make, you increase their resentment against your "meddling." This in turn jacks up Credit costs with them. As time passes, their resistance fades back to nothing. However, if a specific council member's disposition is not to your liking, you can use bribes to change it. After the bribe rating on a member reaches 1000, a new disposition is rolled at random for that member.</ln>
<ln id="Politics_Explanation_Peltian">Each planet belonging to the Peltians has its own Collective, with a Spokespeltian that acts as an organizer only. Dealing with the Peltians is very unusual, however -- they have no interest in anything that your Credit can yield. The only thing that matters to them are their own Voting Proxies, which you can earn by doing friendly actions for them. Basically, every time you earn 1 influence with them, you also earn 1 voting proxy. Oh, and you can also bribe the spokespeltian to gain voting proxies, too. A little corruption never hurts.</ln>
<ln id="Politics_Explanation_Skylaxian">The Skylaxian Senate is a 40-member periodically-elected interplanetary body with non-partisan members who all vote their conscience. You can see the amount of support that each type of issue has from the current senators. The amount of support for each issue has a big effect on what deals the Skylaxians will do, and at what Credit costs. Skylaxians refer to bribes as "tribute," and dispense them as rewards to particularly "worthy" members of their populace. Anyway, bribing them gains you influence with the race as a whole.</ln>
<ln id="Politics_Explanation_Thoraxian">Each Thoraxian planet has its own hive queen, and she has her own mood based on her local circumstances as well as the Thoraxian situation in general. Dealing with one hive queen versus another, you may get a better or worse deal depending on their respective moods. Bribing a hive queen is interesting, as there isn't a whole lot she can't get for herself. But if you please her, your influence with her race goes up. The time to her next mood shift also goes down.</ln>
<ln id="Story_Intro_A">[#999999]1/7:[#ffffff] I am the last of the murdered race of Hydrals. My countrymen were the dictators of the solar system, so we kind of had it coming. [#999999]Yes, that is me above. And you are me. This is our story.</ln>
<ln id="Story_Intro_B">[#999999]2/7:[#ffffff] I was the sole survivor thanks to a renegade mission I undertook, betraying my race to bring spacefaring technology to our potential rivals.</ln>
<ln id="Story_Intro_C">[#999999]3/7:[#ffffff] My ultimate goal? The creation of a peaceful unified federation of planets. Only then can we be safe from the kinds of atrocities my race committed, and the kinds that were committed against us.</ln>
<ln id="Story_Intro_D">[#999999]4/7:[#ffffff] Naturally, upon my crash-landing at this planet, I was placed in "captivity." Having no concept of my strength, they did not realize that I was merely waiting. I waited for years.</ln>
<ln id="Story_Intro">[#999999]5/7:[#ffffff] [#3ee1b9]Star Date: {0}[#ffffff] My dream of a universal federation is as alive as ever. And now the {1} have finally gotten themselves into orbit. After spending so much time with me as a peaceful "captive," they were ill-prepared for my escape. I have commandeered the first {2}, and now the {1} are in hot pursuit.</ln>
<ln id="Story_Intro3">[#999999]7/7:[#ffffff] Here they come! I outclass this force so severely that it will be almost impossible to lose, so now is a good time to put my ship through its paces. But I still have to be careful -- if they manage to take out my ship, I will be just as dead now as later.</ln>
<ln id="Story_Intro_Acutian">[#999999]6/7:[#ffffff] The Acutians are still in the process of ramping up their space industry, so that gives me a short window of opportunity. But soon their mechanical CEOs will be looking to make planetary "acquisitions." These dangerous, amoral robots destroyed the last remnants of my race after the Evucks almost wiped us out -- having them as my enemy was a given, I think.</ln>
<ln id="Story_Intro_Andor">[#999999]6/7:[#ffffff] The Andors are about the best enemy to have, all in all. They aren't above violence, but I don't think they have any desire to ever spread off their utopian homeworld. Their disapproval means I will find it difficult to get favors from them in the future, however.</ln>
<ln id="Story_Intro_Boarine">[#999999]6/7:[#ffffff] The Boarines are angry, there's no doubt about that. They are usually very solitary creatures, but my theft will have them mobbing their regent with requests for my capture, I am sure. I will have to be wary of them in the future.</ln>
<ln id="Story_Intro_Burlust">[#999999]6/7:[#ffffff] Given that their entire society, if you can even call it that, is founded on warfare... you'd think they would be impressed, not angry. And to some extent I think they are. But that isn't going to stop the Burlust warlords from all declaring me a blood enemy.</ln>
<ln id="Story_Intro_Evuck">[#999999]6/7:[#ffffff] The Evucks are always inscrutable, but their position on my race has been made quite clear, I think. Murdering almost all of us sends a pretty distinct message. Surely I can't have made them hate me any more than they already seemed to.</ln>
<ln id="Story_Intro_Peltian">[#999999]6/7:[#ffffff] These pathetic furry communists pose no long-term threat. Their space industry may be stumbling into a start now, but they will have trouble maintaining momentum. They will hate me for stealing their handiwork, but there are bigger threats in this solar system.</ln>
<ln id="Story_Intro_Skylaxian">[#999999]6/7:[#ffffff] The sense of honor of the Skylaxians is... intense. They have disapproved of my race for centuries, but I think they may have been on the cusp of forgiving me. But I've crossed that line -- there's no going back now.</ln>
<ln id="Story_Intro_Thoraxian">[#999999]6/7:[#ffffff] The Thoraxians do not have a substantive space fleet yet, particularly now that I have stolen their flagship. But they are vicious, they are angry, and I am sure their queen is already plotting her revenge. I will have to be extremely careful.</ln>