Most of the civilization abilities in Gal Civ IV have at least one core civilization using them. Because of that, it is clear how they work with lore. But there are a few abilities that are not. That can be used in custom civilizations, but are not used by any core civilization. These abilities are:
Cartographer
Certain
Craftsman
Cybernetic
Hive Mind
Raiders
Resilient
Xenophobic
I would like to ask you, how would you use these abilities lore - wise? In other words, what kind of civilizations would use such abilities?