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Whenever I start, I can get a friendly status from the Thalexians, Peltians and Andorians. However to start the federation you need them to have at least 80-90 relation with each other. This takes forever if you sit on one planet and use the friendly option 'improve relations with another race'.

Is there a better way to do this ?

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NOTE: This answer has been made at least partially wrong by updates. Exact numbers probably need fixing, and some methods might have been added that were not taken into consideration while writing this.

Get them to trade with one another! This may not be the best way, but it was the main tool for me thus far.

For trade to occur, both races need to be spacefaring and produce over 1000 of some resource - not the same for both races, of course. Then use either race's diplomacy menu to convince them to broker a trade agreement. For you, this is entirely free and requires no further involvement.

While the races exchange trade fleets (which they will be doing periodically until the trade agreement is broken), they will exchange 500 units of resources per month and receive a great bonus to their attitudes towards one another.

Not all races seem to be able to trade. I don't think Thoraxians and Burlusts can initiate a trade agreement (but will accept one), while Boarines seem to be altogether too antisocial to trade.

A more expensive, but quick method is asking Boarines to encourage relations between the two races. This requires a fairly high influence on the Boarines and costs credit, but the attitude boost is immediate.

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  • For some reason I cannot get the races I need to get along together for the Federation to start to trade together. I need to find where I can see their production of resources.
    – BlueTrin
    Apr 24, 2014 at 20:37
  • @BlueTrin Right-click their planets and scroll down to the bottom. Here's a screenshot: imgur.com/g6eyx8t.
    – Pvt. Grichmann
    Apr 24, 2014 at 20:46
  • You'll also need them to colonize their moons.
    – Theo Belaire
    Apr 27, 2014 at 17:55
  • @Tyr It definitely helps, but is it a strict requirement?
    – Pvt. Grichmann
    Apr 28, 2014 at 23:08
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    Here's how a planet looks 91 years into an observer mode game: imgur.com/CY7WGVn. Thousands of production, dozens of mines and processing plants. I don't think races can colonise moons without the hydral's help. Other factors that may or may not be in play are population, planet size, compatibility, economy scores, technology and random chance. In any case, "how is a planet's resource production determined?" definitely looks like a separate question.
    – Pvt. Grichmann
    Apr 29, 2014 at 11:44

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