can_harvest_dna = {
	# Only regular empires and hive-minds can genetically ascend.
	is_machine_empire = no
}

can_harvest_parts = {
	has_machine_age_dlc = yes
	OR = {
		has_technology = tech_neuro_quantum_links
		has_technology = tech_synthetic_workers
		has_technology = tech_binary_motivators
	}
	# Only machine empires and cyborgs can use mechanical leviathan parts.
	OR = {
		has_active_tradition = tr_cybernetics_integrated_anatomy
		has_active_tradition = tr_cybernetics_assimilator_integrated_anatomy
		is_synthetic_empire = yes
	}
}