Aven Colony
48 Achievements
40-48h
Rigged Elections
Win 5 referendum elections in a row with at least 90% of the vote
3.3%
How to unlock the Rigged Elections achievement in Aven Colony - Definitive Guide
A smaller colony can certainly make getting this Achievement easier, but it is really about building placement. Make sure your residential buildings can be affected by more of the Morale buildings so that the effects stack. This can be seen in the lines going to it as you place it, but also the distance from buildings along walkways.
Overall, getting around 90% and +/- 3% is easy enough if you place about one of each Morale Building in range of your other buildings ala a central commercial district. However, this means your streak can be beaten by random variables to notch to 89 or 88 percent without a clear indicator why. Can be annoying.
So monitor your immigration and keep your employment and housing near 70% and just above. Try to space your housing so that any one structure isn’t full and is supplying people to different buildings than other units. And when you reach a happy eqaulibrium, turn off your Immigration Center and simply coast at max speed.
Lastly, and most importantly, if you can leave a large 4x4 space in the "center” of all your residential buildings and you have a buildup of unused nanites, plop yourself down a Stadium. Made a huge impact for me. While Shucky’s guide got me close, this last detail keep me at 99% without me doing anything else than what I’ve stated above and in 5 Sols, I had the Achievement with no fuss.
This can be done two ways, campaign missions or sandbox missions. The easiest method is to load up a sandbox map and set the referendum frequency to every Sol and all mission parameters to "easy". Maintain a very small population with minimal buildings and maximum staffing (Jobs filled 100%). Keep the colonists needs fulfilled and overall happiness over 90% over the course of 5 Sols.
Alternatively this can also be acquired while you are completing the Sol Survivor trophy requirements (Survive for 50 Sols) during campaign missions Hyla's Crescent, Tenari Glacier or Eden Crater. You are able to utilize the Unity Artifact to boost overall happiness to 100% during the end of the referendum year. The Unity Artifact will be recharged by the next referendum year.
You can also do the following in parallel to pass the time:
Megapolis - 3 megastructures
Park ranger -10 parks in one colony.
Solar Tycoon - 200 solar panels.
Flash Sale - Recycle 100 structures (solar panels)
Jack of all trades - 100 trading contracts.
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If there is not enough ore for nanites, they can be made from plants (Kelko sludge) slowly, but more processing can be supplied.
When I completed all the trophies except 50 sols - I placed 5 colonies around the city on the coast and missile batteries as close as possible in the ocean - no one could fly up. I received about 700 nanites per sol for expeditions, plus, on the expedition map the acceleration of time goes even faster. At the base I turned on auto repair.