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In the previous patch you oculd spam out unity via Rogue Servitors, Spiritualists and Agarian Idyll/INward perfection combo.

Right now I am thinking of some sort of exalted priesthood build that is conservative perhaps xenophobic for the growth rate and focus on sciences and a trade planet.

You can use the trade policy to generate extra unity. THe sciene and unity will be used to rush a Ecumenpolis even a size 10 or 12 one early ion the game is enough to set up more unity- as long as you can plug in enough minerals and consumer goods in it. The Ecumenopolis could also be filled with Holo theatres. Habitats could also be used but not 100% sure.

So my ascenscrion perks would be the 10% one, ascension perjk, acology perk, then probably complete your ascension.

Basic idea would be to turtle hopefully with a few decent mineral planets as they will be your choke point.

So what do you think the best set up will be? A Megacorp perhaps or something else?
 

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Once you have filled out the traditions, the only benefit of unity is being able to run more unity ambitions, so you probably want to get some edict-related bonuses.

You can kind of mimic the Rogue Servitor style with an Egalitarian empire, using Utopian Abundance. The thinking is that Utopian unemployed pops are better than most worker-stratum jobs once you're self-sufficient in raw materials, so you aim to a) 'go tall' by cramming absolutely massive populations onto a few planets (gaining the pops through raiding or immigration?) and b) avoid creating Clerk and other low-level jobs. The CG needs are brutal though, so you need to deal with that somehow, e.g. by having a lot of robot workers to do the actual jobs, or somehow arranging for a second species with worse living standards to do the jobs.
 

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Go with some degree of spiritualist and build temples, and some degree of egalitarian for utopian abundance. Use the trade policy to make consumer goods rather than generating unity directly.
 

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For flavour try the 'Celestial empire' - Spiritualist with inward perfection - you also need imperial authority to be the official celestial empire though. You will have amazing pop and unity growth and the adaptability tree. But you can't vassalise or tribute the entire galaxy.
 
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