When enslaving synths, do they count as aliens for the purposes of alien slavery tolerance with xenophobe, or do you have to be collectivist with full slavery in order to enslave synths? If all I want to do is wage war, purge all aliens and use synths as slaves, is there any reason collectivist might be a better choice than xenophobe? My planned ethos would be militarist/materialist, along with either xenophobe or collectivist. Would prefer xenophobe for roleplay reasons and some of the bonuses go well with militarist but if I can't enslave synths without collectivist I will go that route.
As an aside, do all the negative happiness modifiers stack on a xenophobe synth slave? For example, synths with AI servitude policy get -25% happiness, do they also get the additional -15% modifier for being enslaved and not collectivist? If they are collectivist, do they still get the -25% policy modifier, as normal collectivist pops do not suffer unhappiness for being enslaved? Do Synth xenophobe slaves still also get the xenophobe modifier for being around my main species, and the alien overlords modifier?
If/when I get the AI Rebellion crisis, once it is over can I go back to using synths normally or do they remain tainted for the remainder of the game? If they can't be used anymore I will resort to a genetically modified alien species I haven't purged yet to serve as their replacements.
As an aside, do all the negative happiness modifiers stack on a xenophobe synth slave? For example, synths with AI servitude policy get -25% happiness, do they also get the additional -15% modifier for being enslaved and not collectivist? If they are collectivist, do they still get the -25% policy modifier, as normal collectivist pops do not suffer unhappiness for being enslaved? Do Synth xenophobe slaves still also get the xenophobe modifier for being around my main species, and the alien overlords modifier?
If/when I get the AI Rebellion crisis, once it is over can I go back to using synths normally or do they remain tainted for the remainder of the game? If they can't be used anymore I will resort to a genetically modified alien species I haven't purged yet to serve as their replacements.