Faction Highlight: The United Nations of Earth

The United Nations of Earth are our personal galactic representatives and the playable human faction of Stellaris Nexus. Possibly the most flexible faction in the game, the UNE's unique resource Senate Backing does a few things that will help you establish your empire and shoot you to the top of the leaderboard.

First, each turn you will receive additional support equal to the number of Senate Backing you have, and second when you get to 3 or more Senate Backing, they will be automatically spent at the start of your next turn to draw an extra Edict. Now if you're trying to build up Support that can sound like a penalty, but when you factor in that you earn Senate Backing by playing either the Politics or Consolidate Edicts, you can see that it's actually a fast-moving resource, and if you get a Politics Edict you can use it to create a Consolidate Edict and end up with a boost to your resources and +2 Senate Backing, which then means you get more Support the next turn. Of course, this is not the only way to use this resource, as with all factions the UNE leaders have unique Edicts, which show off each leader's specific play styles.

For instance, if you play as the Diplomat, you get the Edict Forced Negotiation, which costs 2 Senate Backing and lets you form any Pact with a peaceful empire, and is perfect for a more passive-aggressive play through, as you can force through Packs which other players will need to break if they want to attack you, which can cost them Succession Points.



If, however, you want to take a more active aggressive approach, the Admiral gets Bolster, which adds 2 Ships to a fleet you control for just 1 Senate Backing. Meaning you can spontaneously reinforce your fleets before a battle.



Last but not least we have the Patriot who focuses on spy craft and gets the Edict Security, which gives you +1 Senate Backing and puts a Counter Espionage agent on a planet you control, which will prevent anyone trying to get revenge for any plots you may or may not have played against them.

As we said before the UNE is an extremely flexible faction, and great for new players who want to experiment with different play styles.

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