Galactic Civilizations
User Manual
Installation and Requirements. 5
Introduction. 5
Our story so far…... 5
Starting a new game. 6
Designing a Civilization. 6
Civilization Bonuses. 8
Galaxy Size. 9
Fill the galaxy with aliens. 9
The Main Game Interface. 10
The main screen. 10
Ships, Stars, Anomalies, Resources, and star bases. 12
The Mini-Map. 13
The Graphs Window. 13
The Control Panel 13
The Bridge/Advisor Panel 14
Your Civilization in action. 15
Abilities. 15
Good & Evil 17
Morale. 17
Cultural Influence. 18
Trade. 19
Star System notification icons. 19
Combat. 20
Ship to Ship. 20
Invading Star Systems. 20
Star bases. 21
Star System view.. 23
The Planet View.. 24
Building Things. 25
Social Projects. 25
Planetary Improvements. 25
Galactic Achievements. 25
Galactic Wonders. 25
Trade Goods. 26
Details view.. 26
The Planet List. 26
The Fleet List. 26
Domestic Policy. 26
Economic Policy.. 27
Tax Rate. 27
Spend Rate. 27
Spending Ratios. 27
The Galactic Senate. 28
Where your money can come from.. 28
Where your money goes. 28
Forms of Government. 29
Imperial 29
Republic. 29
Democracy. 29
Federation. 29
Governors. 29
Trade. 30
Domestic Statistics. 30
Graphs. 31
Setting Foreign Policy. 31
Relations. 32
Foreign Statistics. 32
Foreign Reports. 32
Treaties. 32
United Planets. 32
Minor Races. 33
Espionage & Destabilization. 33
Diplomacy. 33
Setting Technology policy. 34
Events & Ethics. 34
Influence. 35
The United Planets. 36
The Metaverse. 37
Basic Walkthrough. 38
Reference. 40
Technology Tree. 41