Note that the buyout cost for any items being built in a system is affected by buildings that decrease buyout cost in a system, such as Superspud-based luxury system developments, or certain economic buildings. Note for both of these that the dust-buyout option is still available, and that the prices aren't hard-correlated (I believe they're based on a shared multiplier against the core cost-value, but buyout cost isn't affected by dust inflation)įurthermore, Technologies can also be bought out with, which is something no faction can buy out. Anything that can be bought on the marketplace with can be bought out with as well. United Empire Quest Question (Spoilers) Im up to Chapter 4 and Im asked to scan the curiosity on one of my planets once I have gathered 30 admantium. They have at least one important unique mechanic though:Īnything that can be bought out with in a system can be bought out with as well. The United Empire is a rather vanilla faction with very few special mechanics they mostly differentiate themselves by numerical bonuses rather than changed mechanics.