Achieving their goal of making the universe a prettier place might involve heavy amounts of political intrigue, a military campaign, or simply growing their population so massively that they overcrowd every other race in the universe. An entire faction dedicated to achieving artistic perfection in design, construction, and even their own bodies each one is a perfect clone of the original Horatio. The Horatio, for example, is actually a single man who cloned himself repeatedly. Each faction has an interest in a particular means of playing the game, with inherent racial biases towards moral standards or different ways of dealing with the universe at large, but these deep biases can be skewed heavily in favor of alternate means of ultimately achieving their goals. There are eight factions, each one with a unique quest-based story involving performing various tasks and making difficult choices that can guide your faction into becoming something ultimately different than when it started. Starting a game of Endless Space 2 is based on setting up custom settings for your universe, who you’ll be playing against, and most importantly, which group you'll take control of.

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