Thread:Amonbofis/@comment-4960835-20200127193603/@comment-4960835-20200128175200

Some adhere archetypes and stages very strictly, others less so. It's generally seen as a handly guideline though. For exemple my Waptoria Alliance of species are very much Ecologist with something of a Bard thrown in, and wouldn't do anythong which cotradicts these archetypes. Meanwhile Gorzill's United Persan Descendants never held much to a single archetype, and we share a galaxy mind you.

If you are not comfortable with that, you could always make your galaxy a satellite of an existing a galaxy, or even settle yourself in one that has been abandoned but still technically exists. Phradox and especially Kraw would fit nicely. After all, each empire in the Kraw Galaxy sticks closely to an existing archetype, and it is my impression that it was an unspoken rule one's empire shouldn't deviate from it there. If that is what you plan on doing, then by all means continue that tradition! It has only ever had two or so native users, so there's still plenty of undiscovered space to go placing your empires about.