HORIZON Manual - Steam

GALACTIC COUNCILFrom time to time the Galactic Council comprised of the major races in the galaxyconvenes to try to elect a leader that will unite the Galaxy. Representatives of the twomost advanced races are automatically selected as candidates.The human representative (under your control) may select himself as a third candidatefor the council to vote on, may abstain or choose one of the other two candidates.Once everyone has voted if a candidate has a super majority the council will elect thatcandidate (and race) as the new Galactic Leader. In the case where the player is not thewinning candidate or did not vote for the winning candidate you are prompted to acceptor reject the judgment of the council. If you accept the vote, the game ends but if youreject a Galactic war will begin with all those who voted for the new leader and all thoseagainst until one side eliminates the other and the game ends.Note: The Galactic Council feature is automatically disabled if missions (quests) areenabled.35