Everywhere in sci-fi (and real-life conspiracy theories) there's stories about how aliens visited Earth in the distant past and were worshipped as gods. There's the Goa'uld in Stargate, Marvel has the Asgardians, the History Channel has the Ancient Aliens guy.
They say they built the pyramids, or Stonehenge, or the face on Mars. So why not let us play as them? The DLC could have various alien portraits, inspired by ancient myths (my personal preference would be Ancient Egypt, so you'd have Anubis and Ra and Sobek, though the gameplay would absolutely work for players who have the Humanoids DLC, as you could use a dwarf or elf as the gods of a Norse mythology-themed race, or the cyclops as a Greek Titan, etc, and that one robed Necroid just screams "worship me" as well)
Speaking of gameplay, it'd be pretty self-explanatory. Instead of enslaving Primitives (though you could still do that if you wished), you could beam down to the planet, and be worshipped as gods--perhaps you would recruit priests instead of soldiers, and instead of a ground war, the UI would show your progress converting the locals to your religion.
You could use displays of your GODLY POWERS to create monuments to your greatness, which you could use to gain all the benefits of adding a Primitive planet to your empire, while avoiding the Stellar Culture Shock penalty--Primitives would have an easier time understanding the concept of gods than the concept of aliens.
I think it could be a lot of fun, and encourage a new style of play.
They say they built the pyramids, or Stonehenge, or the face on Mars. So why not let us play as them? The DLC could have various alien portraits, inspired by ancient myths (my personal preference would be Ancient Egypt, so you'd have Anubis and Ra and Sobek, though the gameplay would absolutely work for players who have the Humanoids DLC, as you could use a dwarf or elf as the gods of a Norse mythology-themed race, or the cyclops as a Greek Titan, etc, and that one robed Necroid just screams "worship me" as well)
Speaking of gameplay, it'd be pretty self-explanatory. Instead of enslaving Primitives (though you could still do that if you wished), you could beam down to the planet, and be worshipped as gods--perhaps you would recruit priests instead of soldiers, and instead of a ground war, the UI would show your progress converting the locals to your religion.
You could use displays of your GODLY POWERS to create monuments to your greatness, which you could use to gain all the benefits of adding a Primitive planet to your empire, while avoiding the Stellar Culture Shock penalty--Primitives would have an easier time understanding the concept of gods than the concept of aliens.
I think it could be a lot of fun, and encourage a new style of play.
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