


Governors can be killed by an event if a planet in their sector has the Mob Rule planet modifierĠ.1 per day when assisting cloaking detection.When an empire's first ruler steps down it becomes a governor.Rulers can be assassinated by the Contingency during the Crisis.Rulers that return to their pre-ruler class return to their previous traits and can be reassigned.Leaders that become rulers receive a new set of ruler traits.An empire's first ruler's name and appearance can be customized at empire creation but its traits are randomized.Rulers are elected from leaders based on an empire's Government type, unless using the Imperial authority or the Gestalt Consciousness ethic.

Leaders are divided into 5 classes that determine their possible assignments, bonuses, experience sources, and available traits.
