Penalties for far away colonies?

[moonpxi]

Apologies if this has already been asked but...

On yesterday's Blorg stream, Wiz was about to colonise a planet far to the 'south', near Sol. Unfortunately the new Fallen Empire thwarted him.

So, after that I was wondering if there are any penalties of having a colony far away from the 'mainland'? Similar to how, in EU4, there's a minimum autonomy of 75% for far away provinces?

 

[puggle999]

I think the issue would be maintaining it defensively. Especially as nearby powers might see it as ripe for the taking.

 

[corny.1234]

You get if i'm right a stronger ethos drift from the pops living far away and therefore a higher risk of revolution/rebellion. Quote me if I'm wrong

 

[Jorgen_CAB]

I think that they have stated that Ethos will drift the further they are detached from the main empire.

I do hope we will get some more civilian economy mechanics in an expansion and then I guess things like this might be impacting a planet as well in some sense.

 

[beckermt]

You get if i'm right a stronger ethos drift from the pops living far away and therefore a higher risk of revolution/rebellion. Quote me if I'm wrong

You're not wrong, but they didn't specify if they meant physical distance or... something else. Like sectors increasing the divergence or a different habitability increasing it, alien neighbors with different ideas, etc.

I suspect it's both.

 

[hjarg]

At least i got an impression that we have some sort if FTL communications. So distance is not as big issue as for Europeans in communicating with India in EU IV

 

[SobakenKusaken]

At least i got an impression that we have some sort if FTL communications

I guess they could send messengers on ships equipped with their version of FTL drive, but it still takes longer for them to get to distant systems.