
The Celestian Order was founded a long time ago when psionic abilities first started to awaken in the human race. They believe psionic power comes from the Stars and use this power to protect their ideals and teachings. The Celestians are an ancient order of psionically-gifted individuals that strive to achieve inner enlightenment and create balance and harmony in the universe. These Tech groups unlock additional Units, Mods, Ops and Doctrines, as well as powerful Doomsday Weapons, which form the Tech Victory of the game.

Secret Technologies are experimental, forbidden research projects that originated from the collapsed Star Union. Next to the main faction, players select a secret technology at the start of the game. The hero can choose between 4 perk types in the start of the game.Įvery level above 1 grants a hero 5 skill points to use on hero upgrades. These can vary greatly, depending on how the player decides to rule their empire. The diplomatic choices the player makes will reflect in their opinions, popular support and reputation. However, instead of having to be revived when defeated, commanders return from recuperating automatically.Ĭommanders are also the representative when engaging in Diplomacy.

They have the same features as heroes: they can get new equipment, and they can be upgraded. The chosen race and secret technology unlock unique research paths and are therefore the defining choices for the empire the commander will create.ĭuring gameplay, commanders are their own unit on the planet: a hero. At the start of a game, the commander can be customized by choosing their race, appearance, secret technology, perks and faction banner.

Commanders are tasked with building an empire from the ashes of the Star Union. Commanders are the avatars of the players in Age of Wonders: Planetfall.
