The Expanse mod idea

[Zarpaulus]

I have this idea for how The Expanse could be worked into a Stellaris game.

For starters, the Sol system is a lot bigger, and Mars and Ceres (among others) are inhabitable, as Tundra and Arctic ("Ceres was once covered in ice") planets respectively. Martians have trouble on Earth and Belters can't handle the planet at all.

Spoiler: Variants of humanity.

Earther: Continental Preference, Nomadic, Strong.

Martian: Tundra Preference, Conformists.

Belter: Arctic Preference, Industrious, Nomadic, Weak

Spoiler: Powers of Sol

The UN: Militarist, Xenophobe, Materialist. Democracy, Cutthroat Politics, Parliamentary System, (Shadow Council).

Mars Congressional Republic: Authoritarian, Materialist, Militarist. Oligarchy, Nationalistic Zeal, Technocracy.

Outer Planets Alliance: Fanatic Egalitarian, Militarist. Democracy, Idealistic Foundation, Mining Guilds.

For another thing, only Hyperlane travel would be enabled and Sol would have no lanes connecting it to other systems.

Spoiler: Spoilers for the books

After an event chain involving the Protomolecule, a single hyperlane connects Sol to a "hub" system with no inhabitable planets but a Precursor station at the center. The system links to 30 other hyperlanes.

 

[Yandersen]

Jezz, this could be an awesome idea, I wish u good luck in this! Love those series. But I am not sure if the game engine and mechanics will technically allow u to create what u want in an any desired extent. If I understand correctly, there will be 3 empires in a single system, and the whole gameplay will roll in there, leaving the galaxy as a sort of artifact of vanilla's gameplay? Not sure if all this will work out, but again, good luck anyway. Everything new is interesting to observe.