To enable cheat mode, create a file named NOUGAT.LF and save it to the Ascendancy directory. You can now use any of the following codes while playing.

Planet Screen

I - completes current project
O - max planet population
R - bring alien colony under your control
SHIFT + M - adds 1 to maximum population
T - create colony on uninhabited planet

Research Screen

E - finish current project
D - gain all researches
F - forget all researches

Galaxy Map

1-7 - cycle through playing empires
8 - starlanes and planets are revealed
ALT + E - steal technology
C - shows status of the galaxy
L - shows all starlanes
S - all stars are revealed