R5: These are two of my builds for an SCP Foundation inspired empire. What do you think?
Personally, I am struggling to decide on civics. I believe that Technocracy, Experimental Sentencing, and Dark Consortium works. The first two are more obvious, but the third is due to the anomalous reality-bending shenanigans that occur. The problem is I think all should be available at game start, but I can only pick two, and Technocracy works better if you start with it. I could rush the tech to get Dark Consortium before researching Dark Matter, or I could wait to get Experimental Sentencing until later, but I don't know. Either choice seems to lose the magic of the build. Does Technocracy make sense compared to other civic choices?
The Hardliner empire is if I do Natural Design to reject all ascendancies, but a. that's not really realistic in the case as seen in the possible futures with >!The Broken God!< , and b. it is extremely under powered unless I am conquest rushing which I do not like to do. It's a better design for what I think humans would have for traits, though.
What choices do you think make the most sense?
Would the empire be better with a modded play-through with more civic slots, or do you think it would work with vanilla slot amounts?