Indigenous Population

An example of an indigenous person.

The indigenous population is the sentient species that inhabit a world. All worlds with a habitable environment in the habitable orbit zone can have an indigenous population.

Initial Indigenous Population

Upon generation there is a 15% chance of the habitable world having a sentient species that matches the species of the explorer. A 35% chance of having a sentient species drawn from the pirate empires. And about 50% chance of having no sentient species at all.[1]

Setting an Indigenous Population

Ordering a male and a female of the same species to garrison in the wilderness of a habitable world will set the sentient species of the world if there isn't one already.[2]

When citizens leave a city, for example due to bad morale, they will also set the sentient species of the world if there isn't one already.

DNA

The DNA of the indigenous population is determined the first time a village is encountered or a city is constructed, whichever comes first.

Cities

The indigenous population affects any city where the population's DNA is not the same as the indigenous DNA.

• If the two DNAs have the same phylum and ecological role, the city's population will be a mixed breed of the two.
• If either the phylum or ecological role is different, the city will receive a -1 morale penalty.