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[G&K] Terminus Civilization

Adds the Terminus Systems as a Civilization, led by Aria T'Loak.

Aria is the ruthless Asari leader, the "Pirate Queen", of Omega, the lawless hub of the Terminus Systems. She rules it with an iron fist, backed by extremely loyal men, and almost nothing escapes her notice. No matter who she deals with, she makes sure she has the upper hand in the bargaining. She has centuries of experience dealing with people who thought themselves to be in better positions. Cunning, dangerous, and powerful, it would be a fatal mistake for anyone to break the one rule of Omega; "Don't F**k with Aria".

Trait: (Land of Opportunity) City-States provide greater bonuses and Influence degrades slower and recovers faster. Omega provides +4 gold and +2 production, increasing to +20 gold and +10 production upon researching Industrialization.

UU: Pirate. Replaces Infantry. Provides gold equal to 75% of defeated enemy. Can move through unopen borders. 15% weaker than unit it replaces, 50% attack bonus vs cities.

UB: Mining Facility. Replaces Mint. Each nearby worked source of Gold, Silver, Gems and Uranium provide +2 gold and +1 production. Requires resource nearby.

This is the nineteenth of our planned Mass Effect civs, the Terminus. Why worry about building alliances with other civilisations when you can control the city-states, the lawless, the free. Omega is yours, its vast benefits are yours to control. As the others bicker and fight, scrambling for gold and resources, use Omega to your advantage, unite the lawless under Omega's flag and show the rest what real power looks like.

So the Terminus were different from the other civs in many ways. Unlike the rest, who were created with G&K in mind, the Terminus Systems were created with BNW in mind. Because of this it means the BNW and G&K versions, despite having the same design philosophy, have the most differences between them. The Terminus were also planned after almost all the other civs had been released. The reason for this is because of Omega's, and the Terminus', importance in the series and because the Terminus could be balanced quite easily with the rest, filling a niche not covered by the others; city-states.

Originally Omega was going to be a city-state, but the Terminus Systems can be seen as Omega being "upgraded" into a civilisation. Because of that their entire civilisation revolves around it, Omega is the hub and the most important part of them, but more on that later. The reason for extra benefits from city-states is because, in the series, the Terminus Systems aren't under control of the Citadel Conventions. They aren't part of a larger civilisation, they're seperate regions and planets which create their own laws. City-states are similar, they're not part of a larger civ, so it makes sense for the Terminus to wield greater control over them and receive extra benefits.

Now, one incredibly unique thing about the Terminus Systems is Omega. Omega is powerful and part of their trait, but importantly, if Omega is captured then its trait bonuses will transfer to whoever captured it. This means that Omega itself becomes an important resource. It must be protected at all costs, because the benefits it grants are vast, and your enemies cannot get their hands on it.

The UU, the Pirate, is designed to be part of their main fighting force. Because they're pirates, and not fully trained soldiers, they're weaker than their counterparts. They're designed to be used tactically, as an army of Infantry can take on an army of Pirates. But, like pirates, they plunder gold from defeated enemies and are exellent at taking cities. The UB is the Mining Facility, meant to represent Omega's mines. This helps transfer their power throughout the Terminus, and allows other cities to shine rather than just being about Omega. It gains advantages from precious minerals and the strategically important Uranium, things a "lawless" society would care for.

As a final note I would like to give a massive thanks to a-iccara, from Deviantart, for her incredible help on creating a custom made Terminus symbol for us to use.

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.

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