On Janus ( Minor spoiler)

[Holy]

I have all my characteristic red ( security 10, efficiency 2 and complacency 6 ) ( ?slander? )
why is it all red? and how do i get ride of it ?

[corisai]

Red stats mean you have a penalty to those stats. Penalties from colony events.

[Sparhawk122]

Colony events are still bugged. 'slander' on Kiava Gamma is bugged. It says it will give plus 2 to my stats and does the opposite to my stats.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3327706873

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3327707321


Some Colony Events have no positive/good outcomes and hurt the player experience.

There are more bugged Colony events where the stat outcomes do not correctly reflect what is stated. All the bugged outcomes only work in the negative for stats.

[Balekai]

Don't worry about it too much, but do make sure for Chronicles of the Protectorate and Colony stats/Project stats to optimize when you can and take no penalties when you can (Protectorate wide Colony stat buffs from certain projects are a great way to overstack stats over time and avoiding projects you don't need that also give penalties to a stat or two).

I also made sure that when picking bonuses form events, to reload and check which stat was the lowest out of all three. That helps too.

So by end game you have around 20-25ish in every colony stat on every colony regardless of penalties like Word Bearers (being the absolute worst). That should keep your stats above 10 by the time you finish Chapter 4 with more than enough room to farm/max Reputation and get max character/ship level by the beginning of Act 5.