The chance for one Marauder empire to have mercenaries is rolled yearly, and 30 for each Empire/80 for nothing. All players will be informed of this change. Once the mid-game year has been reached, the option to hire mercenary fleets of varying sizes will be unlocked. Hired leaders are replaced if they die, start at level 3 and have the Mercenary Warrior trait, granting the following: Fleet strength depends on the number of years passed, and thus facing them can result in a considerable challenge.Įmpires can also permanently hire a Marauder Admiral or General for 2000 energy credits. They will still be hostile on their way back. A fleet on Marauding will go into the orbit of the target planet and either steal some resources depending on the amount of tribute demanded or killing up to 4 biological Pops. It can and will travel through wormholes if the route is faster. The Fleet will attack the nearest colonised Planet, destroying all outposts and mining stations along their path.

Marauders will never raid Fallen Empires and will always refuse to do so if asked.īoth forms of raiding involve the Marauders sending a fleet to that empire's territory. Marauders can only raid one empire at a time, but multiple Marauder empires can raid the same target. This form of raid cannot be bought off and while they will always reveal they were paid to raid, they will never tell by which empire. While raiding on behalf of an empire, Marauders are treated as allied and their systems can be travelled through.

Settled empires can also pay the Marauders to conduct a raid on one of their Rivals for 3000 energy credits, both diverting their attention and potentially weakening that rival's military and economy.

Once Marauder raiders reach an undefended planet, they will bombard it until it reaches 15 Devastation, at which point the Marauders will steal either resources or up to 4 biological Pops. While in the process of raiding, they can still be bought off with tribute, but the price is doubled. If the Marauders are not paid, the pillaging will begin. Targeted empires can choose to pay Minerals, Energy or Food, the value depending on their monthly income Before raiding, they will offer said empire a chance to pay them off with a hefty tribute. Marauders will occasionally set out to raid settled empires they have established contact with.

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