History Characters / CivilizationBeyondEarth

** BadassBookworm: Also a distinguished military leader. His faction bonus is as easily [[KillSat applied to warfare]] as it is to peaceful purposes.
* UnfortunateNames: This leader is frequently referred in the game simply as "General Kozlov". Due to the UsefulNotes/RussianNamingConvention, it can be read as, literally, "the general of goats" (the latter, besides the GruesomeGoat associations, is also a Russian slang for a person who's a jerk, so it's also "the general of jerks"). Note, that it's perfectly accurate, just... unfortunate.

** On a deeper level, the combination of an egalitarian, populist ideology with a strong emphasis on personal freedom and a decidedly capitalist economic bent has ''definite'' overtones of a Type 1 Eagleland flavour (which [[FridgeBrilliance makes perfect sense]] when you think that the notions of "the fair go" and "the American Dream" are [[NotSoDifferent pretty much interchangeable]] as long as you ask Australians and Americans of roughly equivalent political leanings to define them).

* UnfortunateNames: This leader is frequently referred in the game simply as "General Kozlov". Due to the UsefulNotes/RussianNamingConvention, it can be read as, literally, "a general of goats" (the latter, besides the GruesomeGoat associations, is also a Russian slang for a person who's a jerk). Note, that it's perfectly accurate, just... unfortunate.

* UnfortunateNames: This leader is frequently referred in the game simply as "General Kozlov". Due to the UsefulNotes/RussianNamingConvention, it can be read as, literally, "a general of goats". Note, that it's perfectly accurate, just... unfortunate.

* BloodKnight: Rejinaldo is the most militarily aggressive leader on Planet and it is isn't unusual for Brazilia to either declare war on you or ask you to make a joint declaration of war on a third faction within ten turns of Brasilia making planetfall.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: While "Reginaldo" is a real Brazilian first name, "Rejinaldo" isn't. The developers have explained this as a result of Brazilia being the result of a merge between Brazil and its Spanish speaking neighbors.

* EverythingIsBigInTexas: She grew up there.

* [[TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry Glorious War of Cousin Rivalry]]: With Lena Ebner. There is a big ideological schism between the two cousins' factions.

* [[MerchantPrince Merchant Princess]]: Used her family wealth and influence to become part of Franco-Iberia's ruling class.
* {{Only One| Name}} MeaningfulName: The name "Elodie" that approximately means "foreign riches".

* [[ManOfWealthAndTaste Woman Of Wealth And Taste]]: Rich and a patron of the arts.

* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: In the same vein as Egypt, Wonders provide a lot of helpful benefits. For Sochua, the first wonder built in a city is free (i.e. costs no strategic resource to maintain) and each wonder provides +1 Diplomatic Capital.

* MeaningfulName: Shares a last name with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trist%C3%A3o_de_Alencar_Araripe Tristão de Alencar Araripe]], a Brazilian revolutionary.
** And of course, the name Bolivar comes from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sim%C3%B3n_Bol%C3%ADvar Simon Bolivar]], a famous revolutionary hero for half the countries in South America.
** FamousNamedForeigner

* NeverLiveItDown: [[invoked]] According to the Civilopedia, when Polystralia started their Seeding project, due to Australia's past starting off as a PenalColony, the planner made sure that they put extra effort into ensuring the wellbeing of the colonist, so that project will be seen as a celebration of Australia's pioneer spirit, instead of a repeat of it's [[DarkAndTroubledPast less then glorious past]].

** BewareTheNiceOnes: The lore states that he is willing to be ruthless [[IDidWhatIHadToDo if that's what's needed]], and much like [[{{Civilization}} Gandhi]] he is still capable of wars of aggression.

* Eagleland: Viewed it as a Boorish-Type 2 with a smatter of FutureImperfect, which she mockingly reference on precious metals being used as building materials ("Streets Paved with Gold" motto) and Uncle Sam being impoverished ("Uncle Sam Wants You" poster).

* NeverLiveItDown: [[{{in-universe}} ]]According to the Civilopedia, when Polystralia started their Seeding project, due to Australia's past starting off as a PenalColony, the planner made sure that they put extra effort into ensuring the wellbeing of the colonist, so that project will be seen as a celebration of Australia's pioneer spirit, instead of a repeat of it's [[DarkAndTroubledPast less then glorious past]].

* GloriousMotherRussia: Russian-themed faction. Bombastic Soviet-style speech. Boasts of specialness and fortitude. However, beyond that, the classic ''razvesistaya klyukva'' that is this trope is [[AvertedTrope averted]], brutally. The Space!Russians end up PlayingAgainstType as TheSmartGuy and BoldExplorer. Naturally, such a turn dropped quite a few jaws, with some quite blatantly asking "Wait, a [[Franchise/StarTrek Starfleet officer]] instead of Space![[UsefulNotes/JosefStalin Stalin]]?"

* CompositeCharacter: Very similar to Miriam Godwinson, Cha Dawn, and Pravin Lal from [[SidMeiersAlphaCentauri Alpha Centauri]], being a female MessianicArchetype, a person with a MaybeMagicMaybeMundane backstory, and an Indian humanitarian.

** Considering his ideology's focus on improving the standards of living for the common people and some of his quotes suggesting an apparent lack of concern for the environment, he is basically a [[HonestCorporateExecutive capitalist version]] of [[SidMeiersAlphaCentauri Foreman Domai]], with them using different means to achieve the same end goal of a society with NoPoverty.

* {{Foil}}: Serves as one to Élodie, according to an [[http://www.civilization.com/en/news/2015-08-the-new-continental-philosopher/ in-universe editorial]].

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: This faction looks and sounds like a futuristic version of North Korea. That being said, Chungsu is revealed in the actual game to have answered to Seoul and was a secret paramilitary and scientific organization that only stepped into the public light when it helped save South Korea during the Great Mistake.

* SpaceNavy: Served in the SF one, although the branch appears to be an Air Force offshoot, [[UsefulNotes/CommonRanks judging by the ranks]].

* DareToBeBadass: The default capital name for the Slavic Federation is Khrabrost: "Bravery" in Russian.

* {{Badass}}: A decorated soldier with nine combat tours under his belt and the leader of Brazilia's first Seeding expedition.

* DichterAndDenker: While forward-looking and iconoclast in some respects, she follows the long tradition of German intellectuals.

Elected to the Commonwealth Parliament before his 30th birthday as a junior member of the opposition, he famously launched the Platypus Inquiry, which ended up splitting the majority coalition, toppling that government and ushering in a new government with Hutama as Interior Minister. Once in high office, he continued his work against corruption, crony contracts, and waste, all while retaining his famous irreverent, informal sense of humor. His weekly Internet broadcast “Question, Minister” mixed populism, no small amount of flashy production, and occasionally serious politics. Hutama is credited with delivering the popular vote needed on a referendum on funding Polystralia’s merchant fleet, on being an early backer of the Tahiti2 Island Project, and on universal access to fresh water.

The last son of rich aristocrat family in Neo-Busan, Moon loved learning and his parents spent generously for his education. Already known as prodigy at the age of six, the government recommended him to go Chungsu's Sesokogye Institute. Educated as a leader in the Institute, he showed excellent political cunning.

* NoNewFashionsInTheFuture: Compared to the other characters and even Hutama's more futuristic variant of the suit, Moon's outfit wouldn't be out of place in the 20th-21st Centuries.

* SocialDarwinist: Cultural variation. Asabiyyah is an Islamic philosophy where, when their communal ties become weak, existing ruling classes fall to pieces and are usurped by [[BarbarianTribe barbarians from the periphery]]; in her case, this meant taking over the ship from a Clan Council that had grown too rigid and conservative.