Leaders

From time to time powerful leaders in Interstellar Space: Genesis will approach your empire for hire as a random occurrence, the result of an event or search, or in response to a. They will generally stick around in the (star icon at the top left of the ) for around 30 turns waiting to be hired, but the turns remaining listed on their card. In addition to the initial hiring cost, each leader has an ongoing salary deducted from the Empire's each turn that will increase as the leader gains levels.

There are a finite number of leaders in the galaxy--once all have been hired by any Empire, more will not be available.

Leader Opinion
Each Leader's Opinion of you is shown in the top right of their card in green and acts as a bonus or malus to experience gains as well as resistance to being lured away by, etc. At -10 a leader may defect to another empire

It goes up for each turn the leader is assigned to a ship or colony, and in response to fulfilling requests the leader may make from time to time. It goes down when the leader is not assigned to any role or when a promised request goes unfilled.

Ship Leaders
Ship Leaders are assigned to a specific ship and provide bonuses to the entire fleet based on their primary stats. When multiple Ship Leaders are present in single fleet, the bonuses are not cumulative--only the highest bonus of each type will be applied.

When a Ship Leader's ship is destroyed, that leader is lost unless the ship was equipped with a. They may also be captured by.

Colony Leaders
are assigned to specific where they apply their bonuses to all colonies in the system. They may be captured in a.

Secondary Skills
Main Article: Leader Secondary Skills Leaders may gain up to 5 Secondary Skills and may add or increase the level of one of two options provided on each level up. Many of these are quite powerful and provide empire-wide bonuses. Others may allow the leader to engage in, which will be indicated by a "Spy Missions Available" selection at the bottom of the leader card. Some leaders may already have some when hired. See the main article for details and a complete list.

Leader Traits
Main Article: Leader Traits These are personality traits of the Leader that may provide bonuses or maluses. Leaders typically come with at least one and may randomly gain others as the game progresses. The Player cannot choose or change these fundamental characteristics of a leader. See the main article for details and a complete list.