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Playing SPORE's archetypes in-character! A while ago I wrote this for fun, and I really wanted to share it now, so, here it is with some improvements. SCIENTISTS • Be sociable with other empires as a means of studying them, but threaten total obliteration on literally anyone who demands tribute. Do a lot of quests, as that also counts towards your empire's goal of researching everything. Keeping to yourself is also a good idea, and do make friends with other scientists if possible.

SHAMANS • Be relatively nice to other empires, but take most or maybe all of their systems if they decide to piss you off considerably, just to send a message. Hand other empires tribute if they demand it, but only if it's a small amount. Mainly stick to yourself.

BARDS • Be as annoying as possible. Just kidding. Have as much fun as you possibly can! Do quests, go on adventures, strike up a good conversation with empires! Just be really uncomfortably friendly with everyone. Play the victim if you somehow start a war and go crying to another empire and pay them to decimate the other empire.

WARRIORS • Be a genocidal maniac. Destroy anyone who even mildly pisses you off, take whatever you want, break the galactic code, and just go totally NUTS. Only ally with other warriors.

WANDERERS • Just go with the flow. Wanderers are wanderers, and do anything they like. Ally people, commit war crimes, destroy planets, go scuttling around the galaxy, just do whatever- it doesn't matter. The universe is your playground.

KNIGHTS • Be kind to other empires, but don't hesitate to tear them apart at a moment's notice. Knights are the more genocidal version of shamans, and if someone even mildly pisses you off then threaten war. Don't destroy someone immediately however. Give them a chance first. If another empire demands tribute, be nice- but only for that one time, and sever any alliance afterwards. If it happens again, obliterate them. Starting unprovoked wars is highly frowned upon, and quests related to killing/abducting people from inhabited planets are to be declined.

ECOLOGISTS • Be relatively peaceful. Try your best not to start wars, and if you do, then get an ally to fight for you. Make friends, and prioritize nature-related missions (ecodisaster preventing, plant/animal gathering) and outright refuse any missions that involve killing things, unless it's to prevent an ecodisaster.

ZEALOTS • Hand over money to any other zealots if tribute is demanded. Anyone else will be threatened with war, and preferably avoid anyone who isn't a zealot. Be reluctant to do quests for other empires and decline quests with low sporebuck offers.

DIPLOMATS • Be peaceful. Even if it means allying with the grox. Try to salvage friendship by sending gifts and complimenting the other empire if a war is accidentally started, and just flee if they still hate you. Hostility of any form is a big no-no unless it's neccessary/forced. (ecodisasters, pirate raids on your planets or allied planets, etc)

TRADERS • MONEY. Do quests, tax runs, trade routes, and snatch every artifact you can find. MONEY!!!!! If a war is started, just leave them alone and mess around elsewhere. If trading with the Grox means getting a few thousand sporebucks, then so be it. MONEY!!!!!!!!!

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