User Guide

free exchange of information, which increases efficiency but also carries
greater security risks. +2 Research, +1 Efficiency, -2 Probe
• Wealth. Leaders seeking wealth concentrate on building economic and
industrial infrastructure rapidly. They achieve rapid growth and develop-
ment, with possible side effects being decadence and moral decay.
+1 Economy, +1 Industry, -2 Morale
FUTURE SOCIETY
Powerful doctrines of social development arising from advanced theories of
Social Engineering.
• None. The default. Your society has not yet evolved to a far future society.
No positives or negatives.
• Cybernetic. In the far future, citizens may turn many of the tasks of gov-
erning society over to artificially intelligent computers, increasing efficiency
and freeing humans for more creative tasks. But will workers displaced by
computers sink into despair, poverty, and possible unrest? +2 Efficiency, +2
Planet, +2 Research, -3 Police
• Eudaimonic. Perhaps the most pleasant to contemplate living in, this far
future society takes its name from an ancient Greek word for fulfillment and
happiness. Eudaimonic society encourages each citizen to achieve happiness
through striving to fulfill completely his or her potential. Population, econ-
omy and industry all experience healthy growth. Violence fades as society
grows more tolerant and just, and even when this society’s hand is forced it
often shoots to subdue rather than to destroy. +2 Economy, +2 Growth,
+2 Industry, -2 Morale
• Thought Control. The ultimate in “Big Brother” methods, thought control
effuses subtle neurochemical triggers into the atmosphere to render its pop-
ulation obedient, loyal and resistant to outside ideas. However, significant
resources are required to maintain this level of control. +2 Morale, +2
Police, +2 Probe, -3 Support
CONTROLLING SOCIETY
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