I can also force the faction to use only ships and stations designed by itself, or allow it to use those from the common pool too.

Trading stations are what you expect them to be, the main location in a sector where people can buy and sell stuff. Military Bases are used to defend key sectors with a fleet of fighters. The Faction HQ is the central shipyard from which military bases will buy ships and from which constructor ships and military fleets will be managed. In this tab can be set the stations used by the selected faction for specific roles. Its ability to use military bases, and to invade 3rd party sectors. Here I can also set if a faction is in perpetual war with everyone (like the Xenons and Khaaks in the X-Universe). Stubbornness : How long a race will continue a war when things look grim.

Xenophobia : How resistant a race to diplomacy.Diplomacy : How convincing a race is at making treaties with others.Trade : How likely a faction is to trade with other races.Expansion : How often a faction will try to increase its territory.Aggression : How likely a faction is to choose an aggressive path (declare war) to solve an issue.The behavior panel is more interesting (and more settings will probably be added here): This is the first panel, here can be set the logo, color, name and description of the faction. The AI will follow settings defined in the Faction Editor I made for the game (click on images to enlarge): It is important to note that the player is considered as a faction and as such will be submitted to basically the same rules (ability to claim sectors, declare war, sue for peace and so on). More to the point, they will have to manage their funds, as they will have to buy those costly ships and stations. In UG, each faction will have a global artificial intelligence (or AI, loose term) that will manage ships, plant stations, expand across the map, declare war and so on. Here is another development post regarding my Unending Galaxy project that will mostly focus on Faction related mechanics and on the recent additions to the AI.

Unending galaxy trainer mrantifun