Feature request: Galactic Slave Market

[Freezy]

I've seen a very neat mod in the steam workshop called "Slaver Enclave", which would be interesting for developers to adopt something similar in a future DLC.

It would be really fun for slaver empires to buy and sell slaves on a market. Now you could sell the inhabitants of your recently conquered planets or buy slaves with strong traits without having to wage a war over it. It's cool to see alot of diversity in slave populations throughout the "decadent" empires. Gonna collect em all!

I see many possibilities in this one, what do you guys think?

 

[faljen_isus]

buy slaves with strong traits without having to wage a war over it

this!!!

 

[praftd]

I agree, this wouls be cool. Expecially if the market had "highs and lows".

This would be great for a diplomacy and trade dlc.

 

[corny.1234]

Yeah but with some restrictions.
As 1 pop could represent billions of people, you should only be able to buy a pop which is not fully grown to represent the small number. Just an idea

 

[Exarian]

I wish to buy slaves to eat them or turn them into furniture
Selling problematic species as food will be nice option too

 

[SadeRat]

Sounds like a cool idea!

I could liberate recently enslaved species by buying all of them and freeing them :>

 

[Scourgeclaw]

Honestly an overall "Galactic Bazaar" could be the subject of a future expansion with galactic wide trade of strategic resources, consumer goods, pops, technology, and maybe even ships being a main focus

With more morally sound markets being the basis but also a galactic "black market" to allow such things as slave exchange for authoritarian governments, and "indentured contractors" for the more weak-stomached galactic powers.

 

[Diezy]

It might be a bit complex to trade with a really wide empire, in terms of interface. You'd have to actually choose which pop to offer for sale or to buy, though a list of every eligible slave pop could appear similar to the Transfer System. Likely when moused over you could see the planet they're from, the resources/tile they currently work, traits/ethos, so everybody knows what they're trading there. It should fit easily within an average-size tooltip!

Otherwise, I'd find lots of uses for such a feature! So long as they can't have Migration Treaties but can own slaves, they're all good for slave trade offers! Even Egalitarians could 'buy' themselves some citizens with Very Strong to fight for them, or maybe just a species that can colonize dry planets for them!

 

[faljen_isus]

Yeah but with some restrictions.
As 1 pop could represent billions of people, you should only be able to buy a pop which is not fully grown to represent the small number. Just an idea

not a bad way to make purchase of superslaves not so OP, kick in some massive growth penalties and it would make the exhaustive effort more rewarding in the long run

 

[Dr. B]

To prevent abuse, slaves are eunuchs, or genetically sterile. The slavetraders are no fools, and want to stay in business

They should look kind of like the Druuge from Star Control II. Think Crimson Corporation.

 

[Elfwind]

I've seen a very neat mod in the steam workshop called "Slaver Enclave", which would be interesting for developers to adopt something similar in a future DLC.

It would be really fun for slaver empires to buy and sell slaves on a market. Now you could sell the inhabitants of your recently conquered planets or buy slaves with strong traits without having to wage a war over it. It's cool to see alot of diversity in slave populations throughout the "decadent" empires. Gonna collect em all!

I see many possibilities in this one, what do you guys think?

Only if Xenophiles can try to shut it down.

To prevent abuse, slaves are eunuchs, or genetically sterile. The slavetraders are no fools, and want to stay in business

They should look kind of like the Druuge from Star Control II. Think Crimson Corporation.

What's to prevent cloning?

 

[Dr. B]

What's to prevent cloning?

Genetic replication nano-inhibitors of course!

 

[Elfwind]

Genetic replication nano-inhibitors of course!

That might cause abnormalities within the DNA and the slaves at large, I demand lifetime insurance!