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• Achievements

Complete the following achievements to unlock Microsoft Gamerscore points.

Achievement	How to unlock
Acolyte	Win the game an Advent player.
Actually HAL, I can do that	Win the game by yourself against at least four hard AI players.
Advent Fleet Diversification	Have atleast one of every Advent Capital Ship built at the same time.
Advent Harmony Researcher	Research every subject in the Harmony Tree while researching no subjects in the Hostility Tree.
Advent Hostility Researcher	Research every subject in the Hostility Tree while researching no subjects in the Harmony Tree.
Anti-Globalization	Destroy 100 trade ships.
Archaeologist	Find and own every artifact at the same time.
Best Defense is a Good Offense	Win the game without building any Tactical Structures.
Capital Ship Armada	Own the maximum number of Capital Ships possible. Your fleet research must also be at max level.
Capital Ship Assassin	Destroy 30 enemy capital ships.
Capital Ship Captain	Get a Capital Ship to maximum experience level.
Colonizer	Have 30 planets colonized at the same time.
Comp Stomper	Win the game by yourself against at least three hard AI players.
Crystal Lender	Give 20,000 Crystal to other players.
Crystal Merchant	Sell 10,000 Crystal directly to the Black Market.
Crystal Miner	Collect 35,000 Crstal from resource extractors.
Crystal Speculator	Buy 10,000 Crystal from the Black Market.
Dead Canaries	Destroy 50 refinery ships.
Ensign	Win the game as a TEC player.
Escape from Max	Travel through a wormhole to discover where it leads to.
Expert Bombardier	Do 15,750 damage to planets.
Export Maven	Collect 20,000 Credits from trade ships.
Family Planning	Your empire must support at least 6,000 population at once.
Fear the Icebergs	Win the game without building any Capital Ships.
Frigate Killer	Destroy 1,000 enemy frigates.
Go Big or Go Home	Win the game without building and Frigates or Cruisers.
He's no good to me dead	Spend 66,000 credits increasing the bounty on other players.
Initiate	Win the game as Vasari player.
Master of any Domain	Win the game as a Random player.
Metal Lender	Give 20,000 Metal to other players.
Metal Merchant	Sell 10,000 Metal directly to the Black Market.
Metal Miner	Collect 35,000 Metal from Resource extractors.
Metal Speculator	Buy 10,000 Metal from the Black Market.
Money Lender	Give 25,000 Credits to other players.
Mutual Trader	Form a Trade Alliance with another player.
No Exhaust Port Found	Win the game without building any strike craft.
Outstanding Resume	Complete at least 30 missions.
Pacifist	Form a Peace Treaty with another player.
Pilot's Bane	Destroy enemy fighter craft.
Pirate Baron	Colonize a Pirate base.
Pirate Exterminator	Destroy 1,000 pirate ships.
Planet Visionary	Form an Planet Vision alliance with another player.
Plug Puller	Win the game by yourself against at least one hard AI player.
Pop Idol	Spread your culture to 75% of the galaxy.
Refining Magnate	Collect 20,000 Metal or Crystal from refinery ships.
Resource Opportunist	Gain 15,000 Credits from other players buying up your resources.
Road to Peace	Form a Cease Fire with another player.
Ship Swarm	Own the maximum number of ships possible. Your fleet research must also be at max level.
Ship Visionary	Form a Ship Vision alliance with another Player.
Space Ponies	Um... What?
Squadron Leader	Own at least 100 Squadrons at once.
Star Explorer	Travel to another star system.
Tax Collector	Collect 200,000 Credits from taxes.
TEC Civilian Researcher	Research every subject in the Civilian Tree while researching no subjects in the Military Tree.
TEC Fleet Diversification	Have atleast one of every TEC Capital Ship built at the same time.
TEC Military Researcher	Research every subject in the Military Tree while researching no subjects in the Civilian Tree.
Toaster Roaster	Win the game by yourself against at least two hard AI players.
Union Buster	Destroy 50 construction ships.
Vasari Empire Researcher	Research every subject in the Empire Tree while researching no subjects in the Warfare Tree.
Vasari Fleet Diversification	Have atleast one of every Vasari Capital Ship built at the same time.
Vasari Warfare Researcher	Research every subject in the Warfare Tree while researching no subjects in the Empire Tree.
World Builder	Create your own custom galaxy and preview the results.
Wrecking Crew	Destroy 200 enemy planet structures.

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• Game modding

Note: Improper tinkering of game files may cause problems with the installation; proceed at your own risk.

Look for your game's installation path. (Normally its in C:\Program Files\Stardock Games\Sins of a Solar Empire) Look for the galaxy folder.

Within the "Galaxy" folder, you'll see all sorts of systems from the game, tutorials, and more. Right-click on any file in the "Galaxy" folder and open it with Notepad. You should see the following string at the top of the text file:

* homeplanetupgradelevel: population
* homeplanetupgradelevel: civilianmodules
* homeplanetupgradelevel: tacticalmodules
* homeplanetupgradelevel: home
* homeplanetupgradelevel: artifactlevel
* homeplanetupgradelevel: infrastructure

These strings mean different things, and represent upgrade choices that can increase tactical capacity, population, and more. Here's what they mean specifically:

* population = civilian infrastructure
* civilian modules = logistics capacity
* tactical modules = tactical capacity
* home = capital planet (default when you start a game, cannot change)
* artifact level = exploration (already at max when you start a game)
* infrastructure = emergency facilities

If you head back to the same text file and scroll to the very bottom, you'll find a section that starts with "playercount [#]". You should find it right after the section describing the phase line connections. The section starting with "player 0" represents you. The three strings "startingcredits", "startingmetal", and "startingcrystal" are values of your starting material that can each be changed to a maximum of 9999. Change those values freely.
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• Stealing Resources (Single player mode)

1. Start a new game and play as usual, giving the other empires time to build up their resources.

2. When you're ready to steal resources (as you're running low on resources yourself), save your game, quit, and then reload another empire to play as.

3. Once you have loaded your alternate empire, go to the Diplomacy menu. Send the resources from this empire to your "normal", default empire.

4. Save the game, quit, and reload your original empire. The resources sent from the alternate empire should now be there -- you can repeat this as much as you want.
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