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[Thana]

"By a curious quirk of evolution or perhaps the First Maker (as they believe), the Saathids were blessed with gentic code that could, within no more than a few generations, adapt to almost any climate and food sources. This, combined with their close connections inside their hives, makes them them good at spreading once the stars were opened to them."

"Saathid Blessed Council"
={
    name_list="MAM4"
    ship_prefix=""
    species_name="Saathid"
    species_plural="Saathids"
    species_class="ART"
    species_adjective="Saathan"
    species_bio="By a curious quirk of evolution or perhaps the First Maker (as they believe), the Saathids were blessed with gentic code that could, within no more than a few generations, adapt to almost any climate and food sources. This, combined with their close connections inside their hives, makes them them good at spreading once the stars were opened to them."
    portrait="art6"
    name="Saathid Blessed Council"
    adjective="Saathan"
    government="theocratic_republic"
    ftl=wormhole
    weapon="tech_mass_drivers_1"
    planet_name="Dirosh"
    planet_class="pc_arid"
    system_name="Anhaldar"
    initializer=""
    graphical_culture="avian_01"
    city_graphical_culture="arthropoid_01"
    empire_flag={
        icon={
            category="ornate"
            file="flag_ornate_8.dds"
        }
        background={
            category="backgrounds"
            file="new_dawn.dds"
        }
        colors={
            "grey"
            "black"
            "null"
            "null"
        }
    }
    ruler={
        gender=female
        name="Yurulek"
        portrait="art6"
        texture=0
        hair=0
        clothes=2
    }
    spawn_enabled=yes
    ethic="ethic_pacifist"
    ethic="ethic_fanatic_spiritualist"
    trait="trait_extremely_adaptive"
    trait="trait_repugnant"
    trait="trait_sedentary"
    trait="trait_weak"
}

 

[Greenboot]

The Dreth race evolved from fungus growing on the bones of an unknown precursor species. Dreth are a long lived race that are part bone and part fungus. The species reproduces by mixing spores from one or more partners over the bones of a corpse that has decomposed into a skeletal state. Modern practices often use an artificial skeleton that is manufactured in medical vats, but it is preferred to use the corpses of fallen enemies for their offspring. The Dreth are independent beings but rally together to protect and further the Dreth Realms.

Spoiler

"The Dreth Realms"
={
   name_list="MAM2"
   ship_prefix="USD"
   species_name="Dreth"
   species_plural="Dreths"
   species_class="FUN"
   species_adjective="Dreth"
   species_bio="The Dreth race evolved from fungus growing on the bones of an unknown precursor species.  Dreth are a long lived race that are part bone and part fungus. The species reproduces by mixing spores from one or more partners over the bones of a corpse that has decomposed into a skeletal state.  Modern practices often use an artificial skeleton that is manufactured in medical vats, but it is preferred to use the corpses of fallen enemies for their offspring. The Dreth are independent beings but work together to protect and further the Dreth Realms."
   portrait="fun6"
   name="The Dreth Realms"
   adjective="Dreth"
   government="direct_democracy"
   ftl=wormhole
   weapon="tech_missiles_1"
   planet_name="Dretaski"
   planet_class="pc_tundra"
   system_name="Deidra"
   initializer=""
   graphical_culture="molluscoid_01"
   city_graphical_culture="avian_01"
   empire_flag={
     icon={
       category="pirate"
       file="flag_pirate_5.dds"
     }
     background={
       category="backgrounds"
       file="stripes.dds"
     }
     colors={
       "dark_brown"
       "grey"
       "null"
       "null"
     }
   }
   ruler={
     gender=male
     name="Maxc Rekkeshi"
     portrait="fun6"
     texture=1
     hair=0
     clothes=4
     ruler_title="Overlord"
   }
   spawn_enabled=yes
   ethic="ethic_fanatic_individualist"
   ethic="ethic_materialist"
   trait="trait_venerable"
   trait="trait_repugnant"
   trait="trait_slow_breeders"
}

I really wanted to make these guys fanatic purgers because when written into the bio it was better I thought.

 

[imperium3]

"Tog Federation"
={
    name_list="Human2"
    ship_prefix="SOS"
    species_name="Tog"
    species_plural="Togs"
    species_class="MAM"
    species_adjective="Tog"
    species_bio="\"All the gear and no idea\" is the best description of the Togs. Members of this small and cute species are mainly noted for their incredible cowardliness, comic ineptitude and inability to get along, yet their society is blessed with a small number of exceptionally gifted scientists and engineers who can reliably improvise a technological solution to any problem at short notice. The usual Tog battle strategy is to fire a wide array of advanced weapons in the enemy's general direction before running away and beginning surrender negotiations."
    portrait="mam6"
    name="Tog Federation"
    adjective="Tog"
    government="indirect_democracy"
    ftl=warp
    weapon="tech_lasers_1"
    planet_name="Tog Prime"
    planet_class="pc_continental"
    system_name="Togara"
    initializer=""
    graphical_culture="mammalian_01"
    city_graphical_culture="mammalian_01"
    empire_flag={
        icon={
            category="spherical"
            file="flag_spherical_8.dds"
        }
        background={
            category="backgrounds"
            file="v.dds"
        }
        colors={
            "dark_blue"
            "orange"
            "null"
            "null"
        }
    }
    ruler={
        gender=male
        name="Rikuto Yamashita"
        portrait="mam6"
        texture=4
        hair=0
        clothes=4
    }
    spawn_enabled=yes
    ethic="ethic_individualist"
    ethic="ethic_fanatic_materialist"
    trait="trait_intelligent"
    trait="trait_weak"
    trait="trait_slow_learners"
    trait="trait_natural_physicists"
}

"All the gear and no idea" is the best description of the Togs. Members of this small and cute species are mainly noted for their incredible cowardliness, comic ineptitude and inability to get along, yet their society is blessed with a small number of exceptionally gifted scientists and engineers who can reliably improvise a technological solution to any problem at short notice. The usual Tog battle strategy is to fire a wide array of advanced weapons in the enemy's general direction before running away and beginning surrender negotiations.

 

[Tiaexz]

The Othiocordyceps Verduris were inherently a parasitic fungus which preyed on the primitive species of Verdure. The Kuma, a stone-age species, recorded tales of venturing into the lust forests, sometimes returning with the 'dark consuming taint', mark which corrupted their spirits. Early efforts by tribal shamans to cure this ‘taint’ failed, leading to the great chief Bjorn to lead a campaign to eradicate this corruption, known as the ‘Abyss’. The Othiocordyceps Verduris possessing rudimentary genetic memory, acquired knowledge and first traces of sentience as it congealed into the first ‘Inferi Sententia’, or ‘Thinking Dead’. Facing eradication, the Inferi Sententia lured the Kuma warband into the darkest reaches of the forest, and at the pinnacle of twilight, embraced them. What returned to the settlements were Kuma no more, but the ‘Abyss’, taking the name denoted to them by the Kuma. This is a symbiotic union of Othiocordyceps Verduris and Kuma, which spread itself through the tribes, and becoming the dominant species on Verdure. What if the greatest minds of our time could live on in a new generation? The genetic memories of the Abyss allowed technological evolution at an accelerated pace, no need for the basic schooling known to other species, they flourished and multiplied, looking to spread amongst the stars themselves. Abyss society is greatly influenced by its tribal origins of Kuma shamanism, and with their unique perspective on life and spirit, and to this end, they aim to answer the ultimate question.

"Abyss"
={
    name_list="FUN2"
    ship_prefix="Symbiote"
    species_name="Abyss"
    species_plural="Abysmal"
    species_class="FUN"
    species_adjective="Abysm"
    species_bio="Ever since the union of Othiocordyceps Verduris and the Kuma, the Abyss have had the potential for great things. The rapid advancement of the species, not being hindered by the fragility of life by genetic memory, led to a permanent golden era. They seek to explore and expand amongst the stars, spreading their spores, and answer the ultimate question as we know it."
    portrait="fun16"
    name="Abyss"
    adjective="Abysmal"
    government="indirect_democracy"
    ftl=wormhole
    weapon="tech_missiles_1"
    planet_name="Verdure"
    planet_class="pc_tropical"
    system_name="Amaranthine"
    initializer=""
    graphical_culture="fungoid_01"
    city_graphical_culture="fungoid_01"
    empire_flag={
        icon={
            category="zoological"
            file="flag_zoological_3.dds"
        }
        background={
            category="backgrounds"
            file="new_dawn.dds"
        }
        colors={
            "black"
            "purple"
            "null"
            "null"
        }
    }
    ruler={
        gender=male
        name="Nodens"
        portrait="fun16"
        texture=0
        hair=0
        clothes=0
        ruler_title="Inferi Sententia"
        ruler_title_female="Inferi Sententia"
    }
    spawn_enabled=always
    ethic="ethic_fanatic_xenophile"
    ethic="ethic_spiritualist"
    trait="trait_talented"
    trait="trait_strong"
    trait="trait_repugnant"
}

 

[Phibs]

Spoiler: The code

"The Octagon"
={
    name_list="Human2"
    ship_prefix="Ocho-"
    species_name="Octagonian"
    species_plural="Octagonians"
    species_class="MAM"
    species_adjective="Octagonal"
    species_bio="The Octagonians are a combative species. Their bodies are weapons. They have two fists, two legs, two elbows. What do the Xenos have? A laser maybe. If they lose that, what do they have then? No matter the obstacles, the Octagonians will not be swayed from earning the respect of the space-Yardies."
    portrait="human"
    name="The Octagon"
    adjective="Octagonian"
    government="indirect_democracy"
    ftl=warp
    weapon="tech_mass_drivers_1"
    planet_name="Terra"
    planet_class="pc_continental"
    system_name="Sol"
    initializer="sol_system_initializer"
    graphical_culture="mammalian_01"
    city_graphical_culture="mammalian_01"
    empire_flag={
        icon={
            category="ornate"
            file="flag_ornate_14.dds"
        }
        background={
            category="backgrounds"
            file="new_dawn.dds"
        }
        colors={
            "burgundy"
            "black"
            "null"
            "null"
        }
    }
    ruler={
        gender=male
        name="Walter Mitty"
        portrait="human_male_01"
        texture=0
        hair=6
        clothes=2
        ruler_title="Top Cat"
    }
    spawn_enabled=yes
    ethic="ethic_fanatic_individualist"
    ethic="ethic_militarist"
    trait="trait_weak"
    trait="trait_solitary"
    trait="trait_venerable"
}

 

[Ridder Blauw]

"Rasha'do Hlo'vas"
={
    name_list="MAM5"
    ship_prefix="R.S.H."
    species_name="Rasha'do"
    species_plural="Rasha'di"
    species_class="MAM"
    species_adjective="Rasha'do"
    species_bio="The Rasha'do Hlo'vas (Rasha'do Covenant) is the interstellar confederation of the eleven nations of the Rasha'di, nominally led by an elected prodigy (the Rasha'ko or Rasha'ka). As taught by the great Rasha, the Rasha'di believe the physical realm is but one of the three planes of existence, whereas the second and third have supposedly been shielded from mere mortals. Individuals may ascend to the second, and the third plane only through faith and perseverance: testaments to the spirit are central tenants in Rasha'vo (the Rasha'di faith). Common religious tradition among adherents of Rasha'vo is ceremonial blinding, in order to heighten spiritual awareness."
    portrait="mam16"
    name="Rasha'do Hlo'vas"
    adjective="Rasha'do"
    government="theocratic_republic"
    ftl=wormhole
    weapon="tech_lasers_1"
    planet_name="Rasha'vas"
    planet_class="pc_tropical"
    system_name="Rasha'het"
    initializer=""
    graphical_culture="avian_01"
    city_graphical_culture="avian_01"
    empire_flag={
        icon={
            category="pointy"
            file="flag_pointy_18.dds"
        }
        background={
            category="backgrounds"
            file="new_dawn.dds"
        }
        colors={
            "dark_blue"
            "blue"
            "null"
            "null"
        }
    }
    ruler={
        gender=male
        name="Gel'hedur had'Marem"
        portrait="mam16_m"
        texture=3
        hair=0
        clothes=2
        ruler_title="Rasha'ko"
        heir_title="Rasha'zo"
        ruler_title_female="Rasha'ka"
        heir_title_female="Rasha'za"
    }
    spawn_enabled=always
    ethic="ethic_individualist"
    ethic="ethic_fanatic_spiritualist"
    trait="trait_repugnant"
    trait="trait_sedentary"
    trait="trait_intelligent"
    trait="trait_conformists"
}

 

[Blauny]

"Ic'Icare Planetary Protectors Union"
={
    name_list="ART3"
    ship_prefix=""
    species_name="Ic'Icare"
    species_plural="Ic'Icares"
    species_class="ART"
    species_adjective="Ic'Icarian"
    species_bio="Millenniums ago, the Ic'Icare have been  visited by an ancient alien race. This event has since been known as \"The Blessing\" to the Ic'Icarian people. According to manuscript tradition the ancient race taught them their ways of life but most importantly: the technology of interstellar travel by wormhole generators.     Nowadays the Ic'Icarian people haven't forgotten about \"The Blessing\". In honour of what they learned from their teachers  they worship life, seek to protect it whereever needed but will hunt down anyone who opposes those under their protection."
    portrait="art7"
    name="Ic'Icare Planetary Protectors Union"
    adjective="Ic'Icaran"
    government="theocratic_republic"
    ftl=wormhole
    weapon="tech_missiles_1"
    planet_name="Diel'Sh"
    planet_class="pc_tundra"
    system_name="Diel'Sh Sh"
    initializer=""
    graphical_culture="arthropoid_01"
    city_graphical_culture="arthropoid_01"
    empire_flag={
        icon={
            category="domination"
            file="domination_12.dds"
        }
        background={
            category="backgrounds"
            file="triangle_split.dds"
        }
        colors={
            "grey"
            "dark_teal"
            "null"
            "null"
        }
    }
    ruler={
        gender=female
        name="Ibbac Inaverta"
        portrait="art7"
        texture=3
        hair=0
        clothes=3
        ruler_title="Protector"
        ruler_title_female="Great Protector"
    }
    spawn_enabled=yes
    ethic="ethic_xenophile"
    ethic="ethic_militarist"
    ethic="ethic_spiritualist"
    trait="trait_communal"
    trait="trait_charismatic"
    trait="trait_slow_breeders"
}

 

[scottybomb]

Lizard space mob is go!

"Galactic Yaanari Cartel"
={
    name_list="REP1"
    ship_prefix="YTUS"
    species_name="Yaanari"
    species_plural="Yaanari"
    species_class="REP"
    species_adjective="Yaanarian"
    species_bio="The Yaanari are highly social creatures, who evolved on a dry planet where resources were scarce. In spite of this, they pulled themselves up into a global civilization through shrewd cooperation and trade, forming syndicates and guilds in which competition between various monopolies was fierce - and in many cases, not entirely legal. Now, as they step out into space, they intend to take that strong business sense into the wider galaxy."
    portrait="rep4"
    name="Galactic Yaanari Cartel"
    adjective="Yaanarian"
    government="plutocratic_oligarchy"
    ftl=warp
    weapon="tech_missiles_1"
    planet_name="Baanthur"
    planet_class="pc_desert"
    system_name="Baanth Vir"
    initializer=""
    graphical_culture="reptilian_01"
    city_graphical_culture="reptilian_01"
    empire_flag={
        icon={
            category="blocky"
            file="flag_blocky_1.dds"
        }
        background={
            category="backgrounds"
            file="vertical.dds"
        }
        colors={
            "brown"
            "teal"
            "null"
            "null"
        }
    }
    ruler={
        gender=female
        name="Hask'Endek"
        portrait="rep4"
        texture=2
        hair=0
        clothes=4
        ruler_title="Boss"
        ruler_title_female="Boss"
    }
    spawn_enabled=no
    ethic="ethic_individualist"
    ethic="ethic_militarist"
    ethic="ethic_materialist"
    trait="trait_thrifty"
}

 

[Vhaldez]

Now while I'm sure this is against the rules, I couldn't resist the opporturnity to share my OC

Spoiler: Their code, (just in case)

"Funbidden Party Federation"
={
    name_list="EXT1"
    ship_prefix="DJ"
    species_name="Funbidden"
    species_plural="Funbidden"
    species_class="EXT"
    species_adjective="Funbidden"
    species_bio="The Funbidden are from a dimensional plane neighboring the Unbidden, who are known to terrorize countless realities for sustenance. Unlike their nefarious counterparts however, the Funbidden generate perpetual kinetic energy to feed hemselves by having endless EDM dance parties and festivals on their homeworlds. Their near primal need to party has given them an aptitude for socialising with other species (got to sell those festival tickets) and a welcoming nature as a species. The galaxy will never party the same way again with these guys in their neighborhood."
    portrait="exd11"
    name="Funbidden Party Federation"
    adjective="Funbidden"
    government="peaceful_bureaucracy"
    ftl=warp
    weapon="tech_lasers_1"
    planet_name="Euphoria"
    planet_class="pc_ocean"
    system_name="Radical Redemption"
    initializer=""
    graphical_culture="extra_dimensional_01"
    city_graphical_culture="extra_dimensional_01"
    empire_flag={
        icon={
            category="special"
            file="extradimensional_01.dds"
        }
        background={
            category="backgrounds"
            file="hexagone.dds"
        }
        colors={
            "customcolor1084"
            "customcolor1486"
            "null"
            "null"
        }
    }
    ruler={
        gender=male
        name="Euphoric Master"
        portrait="exd11"
        texture=1
        hair=0
        clothes=0
        ruler_title="DJ"
        ruler_title_female="DJ"
    }
    spawn_enabled=yes
    ethic="ethic_fanatic_xenophile"
    ethic="ethic_pacifist"
    trait="trait_charismatic"
    trait="trait_communal"

 

[erkkijuusto]

Hooman Combine of Friendship and Labour

"Due to their agrarian nature and great understanding of the land which provides them with meagre amounts of food, the Hoomans have mastered the collective thought. Since the dawn of time, The Hoomans have had to eat very little, causing the population to grow exponentially over the course of the last millenia. The Hoomans are friendly with everyone, unless they are presented with a great opportunity to enslave everyone to serve The Hoomans as their servants, advisors and sexual partners. Now, The Hooman Combine of Friendship and Labour are searching the stars for a new place to call home and to reproduce even faster..."

"Hooman Combine of Friendship and Labour"
={
    name_list="MAM2"
    ship_prefix="HOO"
    species_name="Hooman"
    species_plural="Hoomans"
    species_class="MAM"
    species_adjective="Hooman"
    species_bio="Due to their agrarian nature and great understanding of the land which provides them with meagre amounts of food, the Hoomans have mastered the collective thought. Since the dawn of time, The Hoomans have had to eat very little, causing the population to grow exponentially over the course of the last millenia. The Hoomans are friendly with everyone, unless they are presented with a great opportunity to enslave everyone to serve The Hoomans as their servants, advisors and sexual partners. Now, The Hooman Combine of Friendship and Labour are searching the stars for a new place to call home and to reproduce even faster..."
    portrait="human"
    name="Hooman Combine of Friendship and Labour"
    adjective="Hooman"
    government="despotic_empire"
    ftl=hyperdrive
    weapon="tech_mass_drivers_1"
    planet_name="Hoolan"
    planet_class="pc_desert"
    system_name="Hoolano Gatto"
    initializer=""
    graphical_culture="reptilian_01"
    city_graphical_culture="reptilian_01"
    empire_flag={
        icon={
            category="blocky"
            file="flag_blocky_4.dds"
        }
        background={
            category="backgrounds"
            file="new_dawn.dds"
        }
        colors={
            "orange"
            "brown"
            "null"
            "null"
        }
    }
    ruler={
        gender=female
        name="Volghi Hoccadda"
        portrait="human_female_01"
        texture=0
        hair=5
        clothes=1
        ruler_title="Combinator"
        heir_title="Combin"
        ruler_title_female="Combinatress"
        heir_title_female="Combina"
    }
    spawn_enabled=yes
    ethic="ethic_fanatic_collectivist"
    ethic="ethic_xenophile"
    trait="trait_rapid_breeders"
    trait="trait_sedentary"
    trait="trait_agrarian"
}

 

[Bodrake]

"Void of Skexx"
={
    name_list="AVI3"
    ship_prefix="SS"
    species_name="Skexxis"
    species_plural="Skexxes"
    species_class="AVI"
    species_adjective="Skexx"
    species_bio="The Skexxis are a brutal race of slavers who have depleted their homeworld of many natural resources and killed off  their former slave race. They now expand into the galaxy seeking precious crystals of minerals, and of course more slaves to do their bidding."
    portrait="avi17"
    name="Void of Skexx"
    adjective="Skexx"
    government="divine_mandate"
    ftl=wormhole
    weapon="tech_missiles_1"
    planet_name="Roost of Skex"
    planet_class="pc_tropical"
    system_name="Karakt"
    initializer=""
    graphical_culture="molluscoid_01"
    city_graphical_culture="avian_01"
    empire_flag={
        icon={
            category="pointy"
            file="flag_pointy_22.dds"
        }
        background={
            category="backgrounds"
            file="stripe.dds"
        }
        colors={
            "burgundy"
            "dark_purple"
            "null"
            "null"
        }
    }
    ruler={
        gender=male
        name="Zo"
        portrait="avi17"
        texture=3
        hair=0
        clothes=0
        ruler_title="Skex Emperor"
        heir_title="Ritual Master"
    }
    spawn_enabled=yes
    ethic="ethic_collectivist"
    ethic="ethic_fanatic_spiritualist"
    trait="trait_decadent"
    trait="trait_venerable"
    trait="trait_repugnant"
}

The Skexxis are a brutal race of slavers who have depleted their homeworld of many natural resources and killed off their former slave race. They now expand into the galaxy seeking precious crystals of minerals, and of course more slaves to do their bidding.

 

[BlazeKnightSS]

"Grand Hegemony of the Ash'Tau"
={
    name_list="Human2"
    ship_prefix="Ash'Phi"
    species_name="Ash'Nu'Rho"
    species_plural="Ash'Tau"
    species_class="MAM"
    species_adjective="Ash'Mu'Pi"
    species_bio="The Ash'Tau were a primitive race similar to the classical age of earth, until warriors of the sky rained down upon their home, these invaders were surprised to meet resistance and were overwhelmed before they could bring their mighty guns to bear. The reverse-engineering of this colony ship and it's engines took some time, but in a matter of a few years, the Ash'Tau were a strong, united people with unswerving loyalty to their Alpha."
    portrait="mam7"
    name="Grand Hegemony of the Ash'Tau"
    adjective="Ash'Mu'Phi"
    government="divine_mandate"
    ftl=wormhole
    weapon="tech_missiles_1"
    planet_name="Ash'Xi"
    planet_class="pc_continental"
    system_name="Ash'Eta"
    initializer="sol_system_initializer"
    graphical_culture="arthropoid_01"
    city_graphical_culture="reptilian_01"
    empire_flag={
        icon={
            category="domination"
            file="domination_1.dds"
        }
        background={
            category="backgrounds"
            file="vertical.dds"
        }
        colors={
            "grey"
            "black"
            "null"
            "null"
        }
    }
    ruler={
        gender=male
        name="Ash'Psi"
        portrait="mam7"
        texture=0
        hair=0
        clothes=3
        ruler_title="Alpha"
        heir_title="Omega"
        ruler_title_female="Alpha"
        heir_title_female="Omega"
    }
    spawn_enabled=yes
    ethic="ethic_xenophobe"
    ethic="ethic_militarist"
    ethic="ethic_spiritualist"
    trait="trait_sedentary"
    trait="trait_decadent"
    trait="trait_conformists"
    trait="trait_enduring"
}

The Ash'Tau were a primitive race similar in advancement to the classical age of Earth, though they did not possess a language, living on the continental world of Ash’Xi in fractured states and constant war. Until warriors of the sky rained down upon their home, these strange invaders with smooth skin of many colours had unfathomable levels of technology to the Ash’Tau, but the invaders were surprised to meet such hard resistance and natural cunning, they were quickly overwhelmed before they could bring their mighty guns to bear. In the aftermath it was noticed that many of the Ash’Tau had developed almost magical abilities when the veil was torn asunder by the strange craft, these individuals began to serve as aids to the rulers of the new nation rapidly gaining the loyalty of the remaining city-states and empires and the scientists of the new hegemony began studying what remained of the invaders’ technology. The reverse-engineering of this apparent colony ship and the strange engines took some time, but in a matter of a few years they had advanced the equivalent of centuries by the histories in the invaders’ records. The Ash'Tau were now a strong, united people with unswerving loyalty to their Alpha, and a growing hatred for outsiders…


Years later they took to the stars, gathering all of their people onto an enlarged version of the ship which first opened their eyes and made them look upwards. Saying goodbye to their home (for they knew not how to return once they set forth), they set the navigation systems to return home, a strange designation of “Earth” in the invader’s language. They descended upon the world with a fury they had never known, not even in the largest of their wars. The death toll was unimaginable, but when the dust settled, the Ash’Tau were standing alone once more, they will return home one day, and they would bring the blood of all those who would seek to harm them. Science has given them power, but their faith in the Alpha would give them the strength to use it

 

[ShinEmperor]

"United Nations Space Agency"
={
name_list="Human"
ship_prefix="UN"
species_name="Human"
species_plural="Humans"
species_class="MAM"
species_adjective="Humanity"
species_bio="The Human experience, is an experience of struggle. We've stuggled to survive. In the cold, in the wet, in the dry and in the heat. From the deserts of the Sahara to the rocky cliffs of the Andes, to the beautiful beaches of the Azores. The Human home, is where the heart is. After a millennium of war, suffering and disease we've finally arrived at the threshold of a new frontier. We turn our backs to the vast darkness of space and we let our bodies fall into the current. We will go, where ever the Tides of Infinity take us.

Space, the untouched frontier, we are home."
portrait="human"
name="United Nations Space Agency"
adjective="UN"
government="direct_democracy"
ftl=warp
weapon="tech_mass_drivers_1"
planet_name="Earth"
planet_class="pc_continental"
system_name="Sol"
initializer="sol_system_initializer"
graphical_culture="reptilian_01"
city_graphical_culture="reptilian_01"
empire_flag={
icon={
category="human"
file="flag_human_9.dds"
}
background={
category="backgrounds"
file="00_solid.dds"
}
colors={
"dark_blue"
"black"
"null"
"null"
}
}
ruler={
gender=male
name="John Smith"
portrait="human_male_05"
texture=0
hair=4
clothes=0
ruler_title="Secretary-General"
ruler_title_female="Secretary-General"
}
spawn_enabled=yes
ethic="ethic_fanatic_pacifist"
ethic="ethic_materialist"
trait="trait_repugnant"
trait="trait_weak"
trait="trait_slow_breeders"
trait="trait_extremely_adaptive"
}

 

[SolarGuy]

I think I already have one ^.^

I always play the Chiaukesh in two-armed galaxies, because the flag is supposed to resemble their galaxy.

Spoiler

"Unified Chiaukesh Nations"
={
   name_list="MAM1"
   ship_prefix=""
   species_name="Chiaukesh"
   species_plural="Chiaukeshas"
   species_class="MAM"
   species_adjective="Chiaukesh"
   species_bio="The Chiaukeshas once were a very divided species. Some states had fusion reactors while others were still trying to develop nuclear weapons. In this far too unstable state of their global civilisation, the Annihilation War began. They underestimated the enormous force of antimatter bombs, turning one third of the surface of Chiaukon into wasteland, killing billions of people. In the aftermath, the survivors fought the militaristic governments, united all nations under one flag, and elected a Scientific Council to rule on Chiaukon. They seek to research everything and give this knowledge to everyone equally, in order to prevent further conflicts like the one on Chiaukon.                        Peace through Science!"
   portrait="mam3"
   name="Unified Chiaukesh Nations"
   adjective="Chiaukesh"
   government="science_directorate"
   ftl=warp
   weapon="tech_lasers_1"
   planet_name="Chiaukon"
   planet_class="pc_arctic"
   system_name="Mekyra"
   initializer=""
   graphical_culture="mammalian_01"
   city_graphical_culture="mammalian_01"
   empire_flag={
     icon={
       category="ornate"
       file="flag_ornate_2.dds"
     }
     background={
       category="backgrounds"
       file="double_hemispheres.dds"
     }
     colors={
       "blue"
       "grey"
       "null"
       "null"
     }
   }
   ruler={
     gender=female
     name="Rald Mikon"
     portrait="mam3"
     texture=0
     hair=0
     clothes=0
   }
   spawn_enabled=no
   ethic="ethic_xenophile"
   ethic="ethic_fanatic_materialist"
   trait="trait_natural_physicists"
   trait="trait_intelligent"
   trait="trait_nonadaptive"
}

And here is my way to the Unified Chiaukesh Nations, with explanations to why I chose these traits and ethics, and how I play them, in case you are interested
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/the-ultra-scientific-nation.917730/

 

[Cirolletish]

The Cthulhu Theocracy:

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn. Great Cthulhu has awoken; risen from his slumber. With His re-emergence, He has rewarded His followers and tasked them to return to the stars. From R'lyeh, née Earth, His worshippers spread accross the galaxy in His name.

"Cthulhu Theocracy"
={
    name_list="MOL3"
    ship_prefix=""
    species_name="Cthulhu"
    species_plural="Cthulhu"
    species_class="MOL"
    species_adjective="Cthulhu"
    species_bio="Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.  Great Cthulhu has awoken; risen from his slumber.  With His re-emergence, He has rewarded His followers and tasked them to return to the stars.  From R'lyeh, née Earth, His worshippers spread accross the galaxy in His name."
    portrait="mol5"
    name="Cthulhu Theocracy"
    adjective="Cthulhu"
    government="theocratic_oligarchy"
    ftl=wormhole
    weapon="tech_lasers_1"
    planet_name="R'lyeh"
    planet_class="pc_ocean"
    system_name="R'lyeh"
    initializer="sol_system_initializer"
    graphical_culture="molluscoid_01"
    city_graphical_culture="molluscoid_01"
    empire_flag={
        icon={
            category="zoological"
            file="flag_zoological_3.dds"
        }
        background={
            category="backgrounds"
            file="v.dds"
        }
        colors={
            "green"
            "dark_grey"
            "null"
            "null"
        }
    }
    ruler={
        gender=male
        name="Fern'fuj"
        portrait="mol5"
        texture=0
        hair=0
        clothes=4
    }
    spawn_enabled=no
    ethic="ethic_collectivist"
    ethic="ethic_fanatic_spiritualist"
    trait="trait_intelligent"
    trait="trait_talented"
    trait="trait_sedentary"
    trait="trait_slow_breeders"
}

 

[Sintobus]

Somewhat generic bug collective. Selectively breeding captured and risen species or purging them from the collective if they are unable to conform. Society within the collective ranks species off of their usefulness and dedication towards the collective. The first being the Vaul-Okan them selves who have not diverged and been purged. The second are generally uplifted species who have embraced the ethos of the collective in full and have taken on their genetic traits. The third are those who have not yet conformed completely to the collective and are not allowed to travel off-world of colonize elsewhere until their whole species has become second. Fourth are on a fine line between being purged for good or being brought into the folds of the collective. All newly obtained species are given the conformist trait once genetic engineering is possible and hand bred on their home worlds till they are second. The collective despite being materialist outlaw AI and use of robots on worlds as to keep the mental integrity of the colony pure. Once the collective it's self obtained two genetic points they obtain enduring and rapid breeders. All other races must obtain conformist first then communal if points are left.

Spoiler: Race code

"Vaul-Okan Collective"
={
    name_list="ART2"
    ship_prefix=""
    species_name="Vaul-Okan"
    species_plural="Vaul-Okons"
    species_class="ART"
    species_adjective="Vaul-Okan"
    species_bio="The First of Sarathar shall spread it's colony among the stars. The collective is a whole and will encompass all within the colony. Consuming other worlds, other species and bringing them within the fold. It is for the betterment of all that all shall become Second only to the First. The decision towards greatness is made through the collective and all who oppose shall be stamped out and reformed to serve as the Third. From the Third there will be the Fourth those who have yet to be engulfed within the colony and accept their destiny as part of the collective among the countless stars."
    portrait="art11"
    name="Vaul-Okan Collective"
    adjective="Vun-Okan"
    government="despotic_hegemony"
    ftl=warp
    weapon="tech_mass_drivers_1"
    planet_name="Saathurna"
    planet_class="pc_tropical"
    system_name="Sarathar"
    initializer=""
    graphical_culture="arthropoid_01"
    city_graphical_culture="arthropoid_01"
    empire_flag={
        icon={
            category="zoological"
            file="flag_zoological_5.dds"
        }
        background={
            category="backgrounds"
            file="sinus.dds"
        }
        colors={
            "dark_green"
            "indigo"
            "null"
            "null"
        }
    }
    ruler={
        gender=male
        name="Okan Valuer Sarathar"
        portrait="art11"
        texture=1
        hair=0
        clothes=0
    }
    spawn_enabled=yes
    ethic="ethic_fanatic_collectivist"
    ethic="ethic_materialist"
    trait="trait_repugnant"
    trait="trait_communal"
    trait="trait_conformists"
}

 

[Kiwillian]

Here is mine

"Deep Ones"
={
   name_list="MOL3"
   ship_prefix=""
   species_name="Great Old One"
   species_plural="Great Old Ones"
   species_class="MOL"
   species_adjective="Great Old"
   species_bio="Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn! Ph'nglui mglw'nfah Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!  The Most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of  black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but someday the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the dealy light into the peace and safety of a new dark age."
   portrait="mol11"
   name="Deep Ones"
   adjective="Deep"
   government="divine_mandate"
   ftl=wormhole
   weapon="tech_lasers_1"
   planet_name="R'lyeh"
   planet_class="pc_ocean"
   system_name="Yuggoth"
   initializer=""
   graphical_culture="avian_01"
   city_graphical_culture="molluscoid_01"
   empire_flag={
     icon={
       category="zoological"
       file="flag_zoological_3.dds"
     }
     background={
       category="backgrounds"
       file="circle.dds"
     }
     colors={
       "blue"
       "dark_blue"
       "null"
       "null"
     }
   }
   ruler={
     gender=male
     name="Cthulhu"
     portrait="mol11"
     texture=2
     hair=0
     clothes=4
   }
   spawn_enabled=yes
   ethic="ethic_collectivist"
   ethic="ethic_fanatic_spiritualist"
   trait="trait_repugnant"
   trait="trait_talented"
   trait="trait_enduring"
}

 

[PictureMonkey]

"Grand Holy Empire of the Tendra-Zuhn"
={
    name_list="FUN2"
    ship_prefix="FUN"
    species_name="Tendra-Zuhn"
    species_plural="Tendra-Zuhns"
    species_class="FUN"
    species_adjective="Tendra-Zuhn"
    species_bio="After thousands of years of false prophets and holy crusades the peoples of Finuuvia have joined together under the spiritual guidance of Archprophet Yeerak and taken to the stars. The individuals have become one in the eyes of the Divine and the false Gods of lesser beings shall not be tolerated. The non-believers must join and become one, lest they face divine retribution."
    portrait="fun11"
    name="Grand Holy Empire of the Tendra-Zuhn"
    adjective="Tendra-Zuhn"
    government="divine_mandate"
    ftl=wormhole
    weapon="tech_lasers_1"
    planet_name="Finuuvia"
    planet_class="pc_tropical"
    system_name="Gratiil"
    initializer=""
    graphical_culture="fungoid_01"
    city_graphical_culture="fungoid_01"
    empire_flag={
        icon={
            category="zoological"
            file="flag_zoological_18.dds"
        }
        background={
            category="backgrounds"
            file="new_dawn.dds"
        }
        colors={
            "orange"
            "red"
            "null"
            "null"
        }
    }
    ruler={
        gender=male
        name="Yeerak"
        portrait="fun11_green"
        texture=0
        hair=0
        clothes=0
    }
    spawn_enabled=yes
    ethic="ethic_collectivist"
    ethic="ethic_fanatic_spiritualist"
    trait="trait_communal"
    trait="trait_conformists"
    trait="trait_repugnant"
}

 

[Tukuro]

Spoiler: code

"Symphony of Koruko"
={
   name_list="MAM4"
   ship_prefix=""
   species_name="Kuro"
   species_plural="Kuro"
   species_class="FUN"
   species_adjective="Kuroan"

species_bio="The Kuro are a fungal lifeform that developed as ectosymbionts of native flora-fauna hybrids, granting them mobility. Biologically mute, the Kuro communicate through allomones they release into the environment, allowing them to control native lifeforms for their benefit. They also developed a senstory-tactile sense, allowing them to \"feel\" sound and eventually communicate - through proxy - with fellow members of their species. Now after aeons the Kuro have heeded the call of the void and wish to share this connectedness with all other sentient life. Letting them too enjoy the song of life! Regardless of whether they want to hear it or not..."
   portrait="fun15"
   name="Symphony of Koruko"
   adjective="Korukoan"
   government="plutocratic_oligarchy"
   ftl=wormhole
   weapon="tech_missiles_1"
   planet_name="Koruko"
   planet_class="pc_tundra"
   system_name="T'Kohr"
   initializer=""
   graphical_culture="fungoid_01"
   city_graphical_culture="fungoid_01"
   empire_flag={
     icon={
       category="ornate"
       file="flag_ornate_4.dds"
     }
     background={
       category="backgrounds"
       file="stripes.dds"
     }
     colors={
       "dark_purple"
       "purple"
       "null"
       "null"
     }
   }
   ruler={
     gender=female
     name="T'Khoruo"
     portrait="fun15"
     texture=2
     hair=0
     clothes=0
     ruler_title="Prime Conductor"
     ruler_title_female="Prime Conductor"
   }
   spawn_enabled=always
   ethic="ethic_collectivist"
   ethic="ethic_fanatic_spiritualist"
   trait="trait_industrious"
   trait="trait_thrifty"
   trait="trait_repugnant"
   trait="trait_weak"
}

Gameplay summary: Lot's of metal, lot's of energy, and extra ethics convergence and research through happiness. Wormholes + missiles for an early game combat advantage. Being Evangelizing Zealots boost aggressiveness.

Traits:
Weak: The Kuro are fully reliant on the native life they control, being completely mute and immobile without it. As their mounts and servants are not as adaptable as themselves, invading alien worlds comes with great difficulty.

Industrious: Instead of merely exploiting their environment, sufficient Kuro can mobilize the entire biosphere in their service. Through allomone controlled organisms they harvest the resources of the planet, greatly enhancing efficiency.

Repugnant: Their symbiotic lifestyle and need to be surrounded by swarms of controlled native life make them difficult to be around. Other sentient beings might also be wary to deal with a species seemingly so effective at "mind control"...

Thrifty: The Symphony's energy grid takes great inspiration from their controlled surrounding environment. Being in symbiosis with the local biosphere and forming a highly efficient self-correcting system that massively reduces waste.

Ethics:
Spiritualist Fanatics: The degree of control Kuro have over their environment and the life around them has not only made them belief that they are special, but also that the universe has endowed them with unique powers. A gift they must share with all other life. After all, aren't they all happier in their perfect symbiosis?

Collectivist: Only through cooperation are the greatest feats of social and technological achievement possible. It takes millions of Kuro to tame a planet's biosphere, a fact they are all well aware of.

Government:
The mightiest Kuro eventually coalesced into the Symphony, so that together they might tame the cosmos, and connect all life. The upcoming centuries will determine whether their cause will take on a more profiteering or spiritual tone...

 

[Dave189]

Upon the emergence of the highly intelligent and gifted species of the Vidonians, life on Vidonia changed forever. The many disjointed and largely separated Island States of the Ocean World were soon unified under the guidance of the avians and would eventually come to be known as the Vidonian Research Pact. With their unusually high intelligence, the Vidonians longed to explore the unknown and their society has honored and valued venerable scientists above all else. Entrusting all matters of state and military in the hands of an academically distinguished elite, the Vidonian People strive to better their understanding of the galaxy and all it presents to them.

With an AI playing the empire more of my own perspective on them can't necessarily be played out. However, I view the Vidonian Research Pact as a society focused and aimed at improving biological life. As such, they view the pursuit of robotics research as negligent, instead they are determined to advance and progress species through genetic modifications and enhancements.

"Vidonian Research Pact"
={
    name_list="ART1"
    ship_prefix=""
    species_name="Vidonian"
    species_plural="Vidonians"
    species_class="AVI"
    species_adjective="Vidonian"
    species_bio="Upon the emergence of the highly intelligent and gifted species of the Vidonians, life on Vidonia changed forever. The many disjointed and largely separated Island States of the Ocean World were soon unified under the guidance of the avians and would eventually come to be known as the Vidonian Research Pact. With their unusually high intelligence, the Vidonians longed to explore the unknown and their society has honored and valued venerable scientists above all else. Entrusting all matters of state and military in the hands of an academically distinguished elite, the Vidonian People strive to better their understanding of the galaxy and all it presents to them."
    portrait="avi8"
    name="Vidonian Research Pact"
    adjective="Vidonian"
    government="science_directorate"
    ftl=wormhole
    weapon="tech_lasers_1"
    planet_name="Vidonia"
    planet_class="pc_ocean"
    system_name="Ra"
    initializer="deneb_system"
    graphical_culture="avian_01"
    city_graphical_culture="avian_01"
    empire_flag={
        icon={
            category="zoological"
            file="flag_zoological_2.dds"
        }
        background={
            category="backgrounds"
            file="stripes.dds"
        }
        colors={
            "orange"
            "dark_brown"
            "null"
            "null"
        }
    }
    ruler={
        gender=male
        name="Im-Do"
        portrait="avi8"
        texture=2
        hair=0
        clothes=4
        ruler_title="Esteemed Director"
    }
    spawn_enabled=yes
    ethic="ethic_individualist"
    ethic="ethic_xenophile"
    ethic="ethic_materialist"
    trait="trait_intelligent"
    trait="trait_quick_learners"
    trait="trait_weak"
}