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[G&K] Collector Civilization

Adds the Collector Swarm as a Civilization, led by the Collector General.

The mysterious Collector General is a unique Collector who commands and guides the rest of the Collectors with unparalleled efficiency. The General also has a unique ability, he can posses any normal Collector at any time, making them significantly more powerful and unlocking their biotic potential, making them a dangerous foe on the battlefield.

Trait: (Ascension) Gain +3% Science and Gold, +2% Production and -1% Culture from captured cities globally.

UB: Processing Vat. Replaces Opera House. Increases land unit production 15% and grants an extra 15 experience for land units built in city. Increases science +1 and gold +2 for every nearby worked strategic resource.

UU: Cruiser. Replaces Modern Armour. An anti-air, anti-city, hovering unit. 25% of destroyed enemies combat strength is gained as science. Cannot capture cities, does reduced damage to land units. Requires 1 Aluminum.

UU: Captain. Replaces great general. +15% nearby friendly land unit combat strength. -15% nearby enemy land unit combat strength.

This is the tenth of our planned Mass Effect civs, the Collectors. Your enemies are weak, but as they fall you will collect what you need and grow in strength. Tear them apart, swarm their position, and show them that they mearly prolong the inevitable. Their cities will become your laboratories, and their weakness will become your strength.

So the Collectors were incredibly fun to create and were probably the race I was most looking forward to creating. The main thing we wanted to concentrate on for them was, well, collecting. This led to their unique trait which means they grow in power as they capture cities, similar to what happened when they were abducting colonies. Technically they're the most advanced race in the galaxy (well, second most) which is why it grants increased science and production, but they have very little culture, which is why it reduces culture. The gold bonus was included to help maintain the large armies they'll need to capture cities, as technically money is not something the Collectors need to worry about. The way this trait is balanced is the fact they'll need to start wars, and make enemies, to grow. You also don't gain much from capturing smaller civilisations, meaning you'll have to weigh up on whether or not you want to gain enemies and a little bonus from capturing a smaller civ, or wait to take on a larger civ and gain more.

The Captain doesn't have any combat abilities himself, but the influence and power he generates on the battlefield makes him a high priority target, as his mere presence can turn the tide of battle. The Cruiser is one of the best units at weakening cities, and commands almost complete air dominance, but is late game and lackluster against land units. The Processing Vat replaces the Opera House as we wanted the Collectors to have less culture and not rely on just capturing all the time. And finally, writing the dialogue for the Collector General was great fun, he's such a jerk and just doesn't care.

As a final note I would like to thank a-iccara, from Deviantart again, for her incredible help on creating another custom made symbol for us to use. The help was invaluable.

This is a dual project and we plan on creating and releasing all these civs (in no particular order) in the near future, and hopefully you'll enjoy them. :)

Volus - released
Hanar - released
Turians - released
Asari - released
Krogan - released
Quarians - released
Drell - released
Salarians - released
Elcor - released
Batarians - released
Collectors - released
Geth - released
Cerberus - released
Vorcha - released
Rachni - released
Protheans - released
Systems Alliance - released
Reapers - released
Terminus Systems - released

Mass Effect and all related names are tm and (c) to Bioware, obviously.

Troubleshooting

• This mod requires Gods and Kings.
  
• If you have Gods and Kings and don't know how to download or activate this mod, please follow this step-by-step guide by clicking here[forums.civfanatics.com].
  
• If some, but not all, of the civs downloaded, then try exiting the game and unsubscribing and resubscribing through Steam Workshop, outside of the game. Steam just acts weird sometimes.
  
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• If the step-by-step guide or the troubleshooting still never fixed your problem, it's a common cache issue, which can be fixed by these steps:
  
  1) Unsubscribe from the mod. Exit Steam and Civ 5 completely
  2) Empty your mod folder (create backups) located at: C:\Documents and Settings\[YOUR USERNAME]\My documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 5\MODS
  3) Delete the 'Civ5ModsDatabase.db' file located at: C:\Documents and Settings\[YOUR USERNAME]\My documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 5\cache
  4) Restart steam, subscribe, restart Civ 5.