Restored Origins

The Restored Origins mod restores three cut origins into the game. This is my first Stellaris mod so the changes aren’t anything on the level of, say, Forgotten Queens (great mod, definitely subscribe to it!) but I do think that it keeps the flavor of the Vanilla origins and is something for that millionth playthrough.

An empire that specializes in espionage, the Covert Action origin gives you a head start on the other empires and by allowing you to start the game with a boost to operations and code-breaking.

FEATURES:
– Start the game with the Subterfuge tradition tree unlocked. You also get the Operational Security tradition.
– Admirals are granted a unique trait that gives bonuses to speed and hyperlane detection

Your home planet was home to many different advanced species, for unknown reasons, these species left the world and colonized other planets within the solar system… well at least according to the legends.

FEATURES:
– Two other planets in your home system are colonized by primitive species but you do not have any guaranteed habitable worlds.

A spiritualist empire type that specializes in psionics and unity production, the Shroud Touched origin allows your empire to have an immortal ruler by starting the game with the Chosen One perk.

FEATURES:
– Ruler has Chosen One trait and is Psionic at the start of the game
– Your species has the Shroud Touched trait
– Scientists start the game with Expertise: Psionics

COVERT ACTION
– Add in feature where you know of your closest neighbor’s location and have intel on them
– Event chain to add flavor

ELDEST SIBLING
– It would be nice to figure out a way to make the two primitive species spawn in with the same portrait as your empire species, but I have thus far been unsuccessful in implementing this. Also comment if you think this is a good idea or if the species should stay randomized
– Add event chain for flavor

SHROUD TOUCHED
– Add specific event to add research progress to Psionic Theory sometime in the early game, but not to be unbalanced.
– Add event chain for flavor

MISCELLANEOUS
– Possibly release origins separately so that you don’t have to download all three if you don’t want to, if people are interested.

This mod will most likely conflict with mods that add in SAME-NAMED origins, I have not tested with mods that would add in another Shroud Touched origin, but I can’t imagine the game would react very well.

10/06/2021
– Added in the "Eldest Sibling" origin
– Removed leftover pc_shrouded_habitable files, so now empires will not spawn with worlds named "pc_shrouded_habitable"
– Stopped "Stealth Expert Admirals" from randomly spawning in non-Covert Action empires