I noticed that some people were a bit disappointed that the authoritarian ethos is simply the "slaver" ethos.
Made me think, why not add more castes to species with the "caste system" rights than just "slave" and "not-slave"?
You could divide it into an "underclass" set of castes, who are better at producing food/minerals and an "upperclass" who are better at producing energy/research. The further down you go, the more the caste produces and the less it consumes, but also the less happy it is, the more unrest it generates and the more it's attracted to the "egalitarian" ethic, while, on the reverse, the further up you go, the more the less the caste produces, the more it consumers, the more happy it is and the more it's attracted to the authoritarian ethic. You could even have a "ruling castes" which consumes huge amounts of resources, but has special effects and/or produces special resources, like a priest caste that makes your governing ethics more attractive or a noble/political caste that produces influence/unity.
Thoughts?
Made me think, why not add more castes to species with the "caste system" rights than just "slave" and "not-slave"?
You could divide it into an "underclass" set of castes, who are better at producing food/minerals and an "upperclass" who are better at producing energy/research. The further down you go, the more the caste produces and the less it consumes, but also the less happy it is, the more unrest it generates and the more it's attracted to the "egalitarian" ethic, while, on the reverse, the further up you go, the more the less the caste produces, the more it consumers, the more happy it is and the more it's attracted to the authoritarian ethic. You could even have a "ruling castes" which consumes huge amounts of resources, but has special effects and/or produces special resources, like a priest caste that makes your governing ethics more attractive or a noble/political caste that produces influence/unity.
Thoughts?