Question regarding Despotic Empire

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Despotic Empire

• -15% Building Cost
• +10% Slave mineral output
• +10% Slave food output
• Can build a oversized military station

I know I'm not the only one a bit confused by the term "slavery" in both the Collectivist and Xenophobe ethoses. My question is related the the slave outputs bonuses of the Despotic Empire government. Are those bonuses available only for "slaves" of my own species, or only for alien slaves? Or both?

 

[Veilstorm]

I tought you could only enslave other species by uplifting them from animal status, or another ftl race that you conquered, and i guess robots could be considered slaves. So i guess these are the ones that receive the slave output bonus.

 

[Admiral Howe]

I'd imagine both as government types apply across faction and ethos. Though I don't have any inside info, just a gut feeling.

 

[Denkt]

I think it is for all slaves in your empire.

 

[Adijedi]

You can enslave your own Pops if you hat the right Ethics for it. There's a button for it right next to the Purge button we saw, which you can also use on your own Pops if you have the right ethics

 

[Denkt]

I think you can even kill your own race pop which may be useful if they are getting the "wrong" ethos.

 

[Adijedi]

Slavery and genocide are options

 

[Denkt]

And forced relocation.