They are also able to enslave other populations, increasing their FIDS output, but reducing their Approval (happiness). The Cravers gain 150% bonus to FIDS resources (Food, Industry, Dust and Science), but slowly deplete the planets that they inhabit, turning them unproductive and reducing their FIDS output to 50% after a certain time. The Cravers are always in war with other factions and are incapable of signing peace unless the Militaristic party has no representation in their senate.

The Cravers are an aggressive hive-like half-machine half- insect race created by the virtual Endless who used them as a weapon against the Concrete Endless.

The Sophons have a unique ability to gain a research bonus to the technology that they are researching proportional to the number of factions that haven't yet researched the chosen technology. For Sophons, the universe and life are something to be looked with awe and to be studied and understood. They pursue scientific advance to the point of recklessness and have once accidentally blown up their moon.

The Sophons are a peaceful and curious race which resembles grey aliens.

The player takes control of one of the 12 major factions, 'each with their own asymmetrical gameplay, storyline, homeworlds, spaceships, heroes and technologies'. Tens of thousands of years after the demise of the Endless, the galaxy is yet again thriving with life capable of interstellar travel. The quarrels quickly grew into an open war, called the Dust Wars, which essentially destroyed their society, leaving but a few splintered surviving individuals. This created a great schism in their society, splitting it into two opposing factions, the Virtuals, who embraced electronic immortality, and the Concretes, who viewed it as an abomination. Inquisitive and dedicated, the Endless were able to make great advances in the fields of science, which culminated in them achieving virtualization, allowing them to upload their minds into machines and giving them eternal life. ( October 2020) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Įndless Space 2 is set in the universe that was long ago dominated by a powerful race called the Endless. Please help by spinning off or relocating any relevant information, and removing excessive detail that may be against Wikipedia's inclusion policy. This section may contain an excessive amount of intricate detail that may interest only a particular audience.

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