NCS, NCUs, and NCU expansions.
Perks
NCS, NCUs, and NCU EXPANSIONS
The NCS (Nano Control System) can be upgraded in various ways. Two ways are by NCUs (Nano Control Units) which dedicate nanites to a specific task. The main way of acquiring NCU upgrades is through the NCS. These System NCUs cost a percentage of energy gathered and slow down energy gathering and self-cultivation. The NCS itself requires an energy cost of 6% gathered energy just to have it active.
The second way is to buy (for crystals from a crafter or other source external to the NCS) NCU expansions for expansion slots. These NCUs provide their service for free as long as they remain slotted. Slots are opened by applying energy credit and have a subsequently and progressively more expensive cost to open additional slots. Tech 1s NCS have maximum of 4 expansion slots. Tech 2s have 8. Tech 3s have 12. Tech 4s have 16. Tech 5s have a yet unknown amount.
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PERKS
Perks are gained from either rituals or automatically through ascension. Perks from rituals cost harmony (gained from increasing skills) and often have a material or component cost. Some perks are restricted by tier, but most aren’t if the user has the mats, a and a high enough harmony capacity, and the harmony.
COMMON PEERLESS WORDS
Simplified translations
Alia/Alii – Child/adult matriarch caste. Alia originally meant daughter, and Alii wife. Like all these words, the Peerless believe they mean a lot more now and are untranslatable.
Li/Oli – Child/adult warrior caste. Oliua is a house's lead Oli, like a majordomo
Ele/Mele – Child/adult intelligent caste. Meleua is a house's lead Mele, also like a majordomo with very different duties.
Alu – Female
Heiau – Clan
Kauwa – House