Lol i'm surprised they didnt edit it back in at all.
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Looks like 5 origins (that will all feature situations to some degree, maybe??)
- starting as a disloyal vassal and trying to break free? / starting with disloyal vassals and keeping them in check?
- maybe differentiated from hegemony, further, by the client/parent state(s) being the same species, rather than random aliens.
- something psychic (like start with a chosen one leader and fast-track your species' psi-potential)
- looks like a crosshair - makes me think this thing is a galaxy gun that can hit other star systems(based on the trend of optional big-ass things in expansions) - start on a world targeted by some far off mega-weapon, a bit like doomsday (with a situation tracking the firing time, or used to pick targets if owner?), but avertable if you destroy it in time.
- start as a subterranean society - maybe with aquatic-like mechanics to hollow out worlds or something.
- not sure...
- overpopulation? (start with tonnes of pops - but they're all barren, or it requires fanatic pacifist or something that makes getting even more at least a little bit of effort)
- A latent hive mind? (individualistic pops that hive-up over time?)
- The cut origin where you get a bunch of different escaped slave species at the start?
Interestingly one, but
only one, of these is an existing unused origin icon.
1. Definitely a subject, although the lifted arm makes it more similar to the tributary icon than the vassal one. The big problem with starting as a vassal is that you can't expand (unless your overlord has the Feudal Empire civic).
2. I'd expect starting with a chosen one leader to use the existing unused "origins_messiah_cult" icon, or
maybe "origins_shroud_touched":
What I think this looks like is the icon for the Mind and Body Harmony tradition / Unity of Self Synchronicity tradition:
Common Ground / Hegemon are precedent for starting with a tradition, after all.
4. This icon has existed in the unused origin icons folder for a while - it's named "origins_subterranean" so this guess is probably spot on!
5. Interesting that this
isn't "origins_unwashed_masses.dds" which has a very similar appearance.
Looks kind of like the icons for democratic or oligarchic authority, although I'm not sure what that would entail. Also kind of like the faction support icon.
5.3. The escaped slaves origin already has a different existing unused icon, so I don't think that's it.