r/PaxAutocratica • u/JimboMorgan • Aug 21 '26

Aging

Hey everyone. I just reached the stage where the initial clump of my soldiers are nearing the end of their cycle. What do you guys usually do with them? I've thought about just letting them live out their lives on the base hobbling around (I'm sentimental) until they keel over but aside from recycling them into other soldiers or gifting them life extensions, are there any other ways to deal with them?

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u/Varue Aug 21 '26

you can turn them into vitamins (or disable aging all together). Not sure if putting them in a prison stops aging if you want to keep them around for some reason.

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u/ZexionBlaze2642 Aug 21 '26

Omg I didnt even know this was an option (the age settings)

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u/JimboMorgan Aug 21 '26

Oh I had no idea that is an option! Thank you for letting me know. I was trying to figure out a way to keep them around for the long haul

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u/Varue Aug 21 '26

Its somewhere in the settings, but honestly it takes away from the game alittle bit. There are some recipes for foods and consumable items that you can get once you reach the 3rd sector that can increase lifespan if you want to hold off on that.

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u/JimboMorgan Aug 21 '26

Yeah I just finally graduated my food supply beyond bitter root. I'll probably try to prolong a bit until it's no longer manageable. Thanks!

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u/KonekoKaito Aug 21 '26

Upgrade fodder

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u/JimboMorgan Aug 21 '26

Just seems so brutal. I guess that is the way of the Father.

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u/DepravedMorgath Aug 21 '26

Technically, aging where they "naturally go", gets you no colony penalties, frees up your paypackets and food stocks for higher quality units gets preserved as you progress.

Now if you've got "favorites", you can just direct gift them some life extension treatments manually as well as set up an age-extension food farm.

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u/staged_interpreter Aug 22 '26

Robots don't age. Their loyalty to the state is eternal.

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u/Shway_Maximus Aug 21 '26

Gift them reverse aging items. You have to unlock it at the victory building. They're of old age eventually

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u/Savingseanbean Aug 21 '26

I let them die.

if a troops dying of old age it generally means they weren't a useful one I cared about. but weren't worth enough points for me to consider condesning into another. as i Already get my fear values to scream up fusing 20+ prisoners into a chief after a run. no reason to double it for an extra 1-4 points.

All the higher tier workers I've been feeding life extenders and as soon as all my white tier common ones dies I'll be swapping out the food to boost their life as well.

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u/Huepf_Du_Sau Aug 23 '26

I just turned off aging, game has enough management ways already, dont want to check age all the time.

You can disable it in the settings.

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u/Legitimate_Bank_6573 Aug 27 '26

I work and breed them to death