Rival Colonies

Note: This feature is exclusive to the Space Race DLC

Rival Colonies are Mars colonies founded by Sponsors which weren't selected as the player colony and compete for Milestones and Planetary Anomalies. Up to three Rival Colonies can be added. As Rival Colonies expand and develop their infrastructure and their progress can be followed in the Planet View.

The Colony has a Standing with each Rival Colony, ranging from -100 to 100.

Diplomacy

Each diplomatic action can only be used once every 5 Sols for each Rival Colony.

1. Offer Resources: Loads a landed rocket with the selected resource and sends it to the Rival Colony once refueled. +20 Standing.
2. Initiate Trade
3. Exchange Technologies: Requires Good Standing and both colonies having at least one technology the other doesn't.
4. Request Resources: Requests a Rocket loaded with the selected resources. Requests they don't have enough resources for will be grayed out. If Standing is Bad or Hostile they will refuse and give another -10 Standing.
5. Insult: -40 Standing with the insulted Rival Colony, +10 Standing with all other Rival Colonies.

Covert Ops

Covert Ops require a Rocket loaded with 15 Fuel and 3 Officers, will lower Standing and have a chance to fail. Successful Covert Ops they will bring benefits to the Colony at the expense of the Rival Colony but failed Covert Ops will have the 3 Officers arrested and lost. Each Covert Op can only be done once every 10 Sols for each Rival Colony.

1. Steal Drones: Steals a large amount of Drones. Least dangerous Covert Op.
2. Steal Technologies: Steals a random technology. If the Rival Colonies doesn't have any new technology it will steal 1,000 research points instead.
3. Recruit Colonists
4. Sabotage buildings to delay milestone and Expedition progress

Sponsor Personalities

The Sponsor of a Rival Colony determines its behavior and initial Standing with the Colony.

Sponsor	Initial Standing	Development Speed	Bias	Sponsor effects
International Mars Mission	Slightly Positive	Relaxed	Colonists	Gets twice more Food from Passenger Rockets Landed Rockets synthesize Fuel
USA	Neutral	Expansive	Colonists	Receives periodic Funding
Blue Sun Corporation	Slightly Negative	Normal	Production	Always offers Funding for basic resources Employs Colonists to produce Funding
China	Neutral	Expansive	Mining	Always offers resources for Food Passenger Rockets carry more Colonists Has double birth rates
India	Neutral	Normal	Colonists, Mining	Has increased birth rates Produces more Metals
Europe	Neutral	Normal	Research	Always offers Research points for any tradable resource Gains Funding whenever a tech is researched
SpaceY	Neutral	Normal	Production	Buys advanced resources at 50% cost
Church of the New Ark	Slightly Negative	Normal	Colonists	Has double birth rates
Russia	Neutral	Expansive	Mining	Always offers basic resources for advanced resources Produces more Concrete
Paradox Interactive	Unpredictable	Normal	Research	Produces Funding by releasing games
Brazil	Neutral	Normal	Mining	Produces more Rare Metals
Japan	Neutral	Normal	Research	Produces Metals without using Colonists Gains research points when exploring sectors