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Distant Worlds 2: Explore New Frontiers with the Quameno and Gizureans Factions!

Expand your galactic empire in Distant Worlds 2 with the Factions - Quameno and Gizureans DLC! This expansion introduces two entirely new playable races, each with unique gameplay styles, technologies, and storylines, offering fresh challenges and strategic depth to your space exploration and 4X gaming experience.

Unravel Ancient Mysteries with the Introverted Quameno

The Quameno are a reclusive, research-driven race focused on puzzle-solving and the pursuit of knowledge. Immerse yourself in their unique Geniocracy government, optimizing research and technological advancements. Use energy technologies extensively and gain enhanced capabilities in energy fields, unlike ships and stations of other factions. Uncover the Ancient Guardians' secrets and strive for transcendence with the Transcendence Hub, a wonder that allows them to achieve a singularity, furthering research into eternity and ultimately achieving victory. Enjoy bonuses at the discovery of new research locations and building of new research stations. With the right event the Quameno can find new Ancient Guardian Vaults scattered throughout the galaxy and recover knowledge and artifacts. They are the ideal choice for players who enjoy deep research trees, strategic resource management, and uncovering galactic lore.

Overwhelm Your Enemies with the Ruthless Gizureans

Lead the Gizureans, a rapidly reproducing and resource-hungry race driven by a shared consciousness. Exploit their incredible reproductive rate and partially organic ship engineering create tougher ships designed for quantity. Dominate the galaxy with swarms of smaller ships and utilize hive starfighters for planetary defense, leveraging their early access to planetary starfighter bases against your opponents. Navigate internecine Tribal Conflicts by reverse engineering and conquest, leading the Gizureans from tribal strife to galactic dominance. Special events like the Scouring and Breeding World means they gain extra bonuses when retiring ships or conquering planets. Play as the Gizureans and experience a different approach to victory in this exciting space strategy game.

Quameno Unique Features

• Geniocracy Government: Starts with superior Research Labs, granting massive research bonuses but limiting growth funding. Benefit from research breakthroughs and mitigate critical failures.

• Unparalleled Researchers: The most gifted researchers in the galaxy, they excel in focused research, but face limitations in concurrent projects.

• Research Bonuses: Receive additional benefits when exploring new research locations or building additional research stations.

• Strategic Disadvantages: Suffer temporary research penalties when signing treaties or assimilating new populations.

• Advanced Technology: Utilize Novacore Reactors, the game's best reactor, and Bubble Shields with the highest shield resistance.

• Transcendence Hub: Achieve an end-game victory condition by transcending physical limitations.

• Advanced Infrastructure: Build and maintain larger Research Stations

• Research-Focused Leaders: Recruit leaders and scientists with exclusive traits geared toward research.

• Thematic Events: Experience unique conditional events that reward thematic play, such as Alien Distractions, Integration Studies, and Puzzle Solved.

• Ancient Guardian Advantage: Their unique story gives them an advantage when it comes to finding the new Ancient Guardian Vaults scattered throughout the galaxy and recovering the knowledge and artifacts within.

Gizurean Unique Features

• Cell Hegemony Government: A limited shared consciousness offers hive mind benefits with fewer drawbacks. Enjoy improved sensors, command control, inspiring characters, and reduced luxury resource needs.

• Boarding and Salvaging Experts: Excel in boarding combat and gain extra resources from salvaging and retiring captured ships.

• Swarm Tactics: Swarm Targeting systems increase ship accuracy based on fleet size, emphasizing the power of numbers.

• Organic Technology: Utilize Hive Hangars and Hex Armor for faster starfighter construction/repair and stronger, partially organic ship armor.

• Planetary Defense: Deploy Hive Fighter Bases early in the game to defend your planets.

• Internal Conflicts: Mitigate Internecine Tribal Conflicts by leveraging reverse engineering and conquest to accelerate research.

• Larger Fleets: Build and maintain larger Carriers

• Collective Consciousness: Recruit leaders and generals that can improve collective consciousness, increasing the size and resiliency of their armies.

• Ruthless Events: Trigger special conditional events that rewards thematic play, such as Waste Nothing and The Scouring. The Rivalry event means that their characters periodically engage in power struggles to eliminate the weak and Breeding World allows them to choose to boost their own growth rate further by using other species as food.

*Important Note: This DLC includes a conditional mega-ship or planet destroyer for each faction. However, the Return of the Shakturi Expansion is required to utilize these special ships as feature support for mega-ships and planet destroyers is included in the expansion.