Many buttons simply don’t work, such as the 'Exploit' button on planets. The UI is littered with placeholder text. Moreover, the demo build of Alliance would generously be described as roughshod. The biggest eyesore, however is the UI, an assault of clashing colours and wildly varying font sizes that makes it extremely hard to parse the information it displays. The planets look nice, but the character portraits are stunningly ugly. It’s also worth noting Alliance isn’t the prettiest looking grand strategy around. But Alliance’s UI design is not much help in this regard.
It’s entirely possible that this is my fault, and that I simply overlooked an important button or tooltip.
It could be as simple as imagining what kind of leader you’d like to be, or it could be more specific, such as how to respond to a colony that has suddenly cut off all communication. Alongside the more dynamic political wrangling, most turns commence with a bespoke, Crusader Kings-style event that helps define your leader’s character. I like this side of Alliance, the way it attempts to simulate the burden of duty that comes with power, all the wearisome games you have to play to massage bruised egos and channel the ambition of rivals so that it’s useful without being a threat. Consequently, all Houses want to be selected to do the Empire’s good work, and will be more amenable to you if they’re included (and offended if left out).
Completing Projects increases the Power of both the Emperor and those who partook in its completion. Each Project is overseen by a project leader of your choosing, and is supported by three 'Contributors' who excel in a relevant field of expertise. Expanding the Empire is achieved through Projects, which include scouting new systems, colonising planets, and building new infrastructure like trading hubs. Alternatively, Inquisitors can be used to unravel the plots and schemes of other houses, the information from which can be used to have conspirators arrested, thereby removing them from the power structure.īut the most effective way to influence houses of all stripes is simply giving them things to do. These interstellar spies can be dispatched into rival houses to covertly monitor their activity or perform heavier handed actions such as assassinations. Like Crusader Kings, Alliance has an entire system dedicated to subterfuge, which revolves around characters known as “Inquisitors”. In which case, a subtler approach might be required. But it’s unlikely you’ll be able to do this early on. If you’re powerful enough, you could simply force their house leader into exile or remove them for their post. More belligerent houses are trickier to deal with.
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