

Subspecies are considered to be the same species for the purposes of xenophobia, xenophilia and species rights.

A sub-species consists of a pop modification template created from the parent species or another sub-species, which can then be applied either through a modify species special project, through assimilation citizenship, or through pop construction. If two species are created during galaxy generation with the same portrait and name one will be considered the subspecies of the other.Ī parent species is whichever subspecies can be considered the "default" that other subspecies can be derived from.

Species within the same class will be less affected by xenophobia and xenophilia, with the effect increasing if they share the same portrait. Some classes allow access to special traits or civics and/or are only available with DLC. The thirteenth Machine class is available either through constructing robot pops or by playing a Machine Intelligence and includes mechanical versions of each of the twelve biological classes. Playable portraits are divided into twelve classes representing the basic commonalities of their biology as well as their closest analogues on Earth, including their morphology or physical form and structure, their developmental processes and their biochemical and physiological properties.
