Questions about story

[PalmettoExplorer14]

Hello everyone!

I've been reading up on this game and I must say that my scifi geekiness is overloading now! Stellaris is an amazing game and I'm looking forward to it.

However I did have some questions:

I read an article about the game and it said that there would be random backstories for different species. So that means I'm guessing that each game will have a different backstory for your species. My question is will this backstory be determined by our ethos, traits, species type, planet type, etc or is it something else?

I'm a huge fan of Master of Orion so Im looking forward to seeing how Stellaris does.

 

[Veracin]

Well it turns out that from the only source I could find all of your specific guesses are what determine the background story of your species. In the video I am referencing, the player is an Avian species that are spiritualisic. They are also on a tropical world, the very first message that pops up is one that described what life was like before FTL travel on your planet in a summary. Something like watching the young nestlings emerge from the tree canopy not knowing of what the divine has in store for them is all I can recount from that video. I'll try to find it.

 

[HoogerTarp]

While I suppose custom species have generic backstories, for example: The ancient [species name] evolved on the planet of [planet name], I believe that the default, quick start species may have a unique backstory. For example, humanity definitely has a unique backstory:

 

[PalmettoExplorer14]

I see. This is quite helpful actually. Btw for those wondering about the article I saw this is in: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/08/06/stellaris-paradox-strategy-game/

And I do hope it isn't too generic for custom races. Maybe it'll contain something pertaining to our species's traits and or ethos. Or we might write it but the backstory is a hidden surprise (sort of like everything we ever known is a lie or something along those lines or there were godlike ancients who once roamed the cosmos). Stellaris seems to be big on randomness which is good.

Just wish we could pick our sun or if we want to be a moon of a gas giant.

 

[Veracin]

I see. This is quite helpful actually. Btw for those wondering about the article I saw this is in: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/08/06/stellaris-paradox-strategy-game/

And I do hope it isn't too generic for custom races. Maybe it'll contain something pertaining to our species's traits and or ethos. Or we might write it but the backstory is a hidden surprise (sort of like everything we ever known is a lie or something along those lines or there were godlike ancients who once roamed the cosmos). Stellaris seems to be big on randomness which is good.

Just wish we could pick our sun or if we want to be a moon of a gas giant.

I see a lot of people referencing the ability to be the moon of another planet. Is this confirmed? Cause even if it's random it'll still be cool to have the possibility to be a large moon of a gas giant or something.

 

[ahhheygao]

I see a lot of people referencing the ability to be the moon of another planet. Is this confirmed? Cause even if it's random it'll still be cool to have the possibility to be a large moon of a gas giant or something.

Yes, it's confirmed to be possible... Blorg Prime is a moon, remember?

Gas giant is not possible for vanilla species until DLC or mods allow it to be habitable for something like mineral/energy beings.

 

[Veracin]

Yes, it's confirmed to be possible... Blorg Prime is a moon, remember?

Gas giant is not possible for vanilla species until DLC or mods allow it to be habitable for something like mineral/energy beings.

Never noticed that! Now I have to go back and watch one of the streams to see how it looks!

 

[ahhheygao]

Never noticed that! Now I have to go back and watch one of the streams to see how it looks!

Probably not noticeable because Blorg Prime is still a fairly large tropical live moon. But yeah, cKnoor and Wiz joked that the Blorgs were so repugnant, not even a planet wants them.

 

[PalmettoExplorer14]

Cool! Thanks y'all!

Also wondering if you can change your species' clothing? I've seen several people with species wearing different clothes. Not sure if you can. Or is the clothing based on your ethos and government? Oops! Nevermind that question. I didn't noticed that in the first All Hail Blorg stream! And that answered my question!

Are we able to put in our own description about our species and civilization?

Also, will there be cutscenes where our soldiers will report that they have acquired tech from conquered civilizations like they do in Master of Orion?