These tree-hugging aliens decided to turn all members of the warring races into meek and happy vegetables via their patented Adami Process. The former enemy races were then sentenced to work together to reforest, repopulate, and recolonize this sector's war-ravaged planets. For extra motivation, the Ethereals announced that the very best colonization team would be spared from the Adami Process. The voice characterizations are great, helping to give each different race a distinct personality. Engineers build, repair, and upgrade your planetary structures.
Botanists gather seeds and plant new forests.
Geneticists analyze the DNA of newly discovered creatures, which you can then synthesize, and can also heal other members of the team. Rangers exert influence over creatures, encouraging them to breed, eat, or attack. Rangers and geneticists carry stun guns for use against hostile animals. Every new building, upgrade, and creature costs GOOP, which you obtain by extracting minerals from the ground and by recycling plants and dead animals at Recycling Plants. Bases consist of the usual melange of specialty structures.