The Diplomatic Audience screen lets you interact directly with another faction's leader. Open it by clicking a faction badge on a star system, a foreign fleet popover, or the CONTACT button on the Diplomacy panel.
Per-Faction Policies
- Stance (Cooperative/Neutral/Hostile): Sets your general tenor toward a specific faction. Cooperative stance adds +0.4 relation drift per turn; hostile stance adds -0.4 per turn.
- Borders (Open/Closed): Controls whether this specific faction's fleets may pass through your territory, independent of global border policy.
Social Actions
- Compliment: A diplomatic nicety that improves relations by +3. Can be used once every 5 turns per faction.
- Taunt: A provocative insult that decreases relations by -5. Can be used once every 5 turns per faction.
- Send Gift: Transfer credits to a faction. Improves relations proportional to the amount (up to +25 for 250+ credits).
Treaty Proposals
From the audience screen you can propose any treaty you currently qualify for. Each proposal is sent and the AI responds next turn based on their disposition and your relationship score.