The Obligatory Stellaris Strange Screenshot Thread

[ArcturusWolf]

So I started as a Fanatic Materialist Science Directorate. Normally, these guys don't even get Psionics because of the massive, massive malus on the probability of them getting a Psi-tech. Had one of my scientists in a research vessel get a level-up-new-ability event - and it was PSIONICS. Threw her into the research rooms as the head of the biological research section. Twenty years later, she ended up getting the Psionics tech called Telepathy, and thus began my Materialist Empire's ascent to...spiritual ascension?

Fifty years later, and a Synthetic Personality upgrade later for my robot populations, and I start getting those sweet immortal synthetic leaders. Lo and behold, the ultimate ascension of synthetics:

Yes. That is what you think it is. A synthetic scientist leader with the PSIONICS specialty!

"Does this unit have a soul?" <-- answered.

 

[Jorrhast]

"You chose the wrong planet to collide with, asteroid"

 

[Devanor]

So I started as a Fanatic Materialist Science Directorate. Normally, these guys don't even get Psionics because of the massive, massive malus on the probability of them getting a Psi-tech. Had one of my scientists in a research vessel get a level-up-new-ability event - and it was PSIONICS. Threw her into the research rooms as the head of the biological research section. Twenty years later, she ended up getting the Psionics tech called Telepathy, and thus began my Materialist Empire's ascent to...spiritual ascension?

Fifty years later, and a Synthetic Personality upgrade later for my robot populations, and I start getting those sweet immortal synthetic leaders. Lo and behold, the ultimate ascension of synthetics:

Yes. That is what you think it is. A synthetic scientist leader with the PSIONICS specialty!

"Does this unit have a soul?" <-- answered.

"Stardate 2270: Fleet Array F-19 has shown interesting behaviour. As a sentient synth, it has shown... understanding? (Or perhaps it's simply acknowledging the existence?) of psionics. We had it join the research team in order to see what it can do."
"Stardate 2275: My earlier log didn't do F-19, whom we've named Fiq, justice. Fiq didn't merely acknowledge the existence of psionics, he's fully comprehending it! A synth that may have wasted away years, decades, if not even centuries in a mine somewhere had this kind of affinity for research into something that may not even be considered science..."

General, we've made contact with a new conclave!
Show me.

...pray tell, HOW did we come into contact with them again?

 

[Tavior]

"Stardate 2270: Fleet Array F-19 has shown interesting behaviour. As a sentient synth, it has shown... understanding? (Or perhaps it's simply acknowledging the existence?) of psionics. We had it join the research team in order to see what it can do."
"Stardate 2275: My earlier log didn't do F-19, whom we've named Fiq, justice. Fiq didn't merely acknowledge the existence of psionics, he's fully comprehending it! A synth that may have wasted away years, decades, if not even centuries in a mine somewhere had this kind of affinity for research into something that may not even be considered science..."

General, we've made contact with a new conclave!
Show me.

...pray tell, HOW did we come into contact with them again?

In a recent synthetic dawn I had three conclave reveal themselves to me despite being on the opposite side of the galaxy from where I am behind three hostile civilizations that block the path to them.

It seems that it is too easy for conclave themselves to get contacts.

 

[TheBromgrev]

"You chose the wrong planet to collide with, asteroid"

Which weapon do you have installed on the station?

 

[Hopit]

Which weapon do you have installed on the station?

Looks like blue plasma

 

[Mitchz95]

Which weapon do you have installed on the station?

Looks like kinetic artillery.

 

[Hopit]

Looks like kinetic artillery.

Too many of them to be kinetic arty (considering 9 of them are shooting, there are some small guns not firing at all, there's not enough space for 9 KA,)

 

[Jorrhast]

Actually that's large autocannons.

 

[Hopit]

Actually that's large autocannons.

Is that some kind of a modded station?
As the amount of guns it has is more than normal

 

[Devanor]

I thought I had a general understanding of how sectors work

I was wrong... (how can I add Estreon to the Widbarill sector when there's a system in between them?!)

 

[Marc123]

For some reason I doubt I'll be lacking in energy this game

Synthetically ascending while in the middle of the Horizon Signal event chain allows for some interesting things...

 

[Devanor]

For some reason I doubt I'll be lacking in energy this game

Give that planet's development to the sector AI, and I swear to god it'll build food on the betharian stone

 

[NiL_FisK|Urd]

For some reason I doubt I'll be lacking in energy this game

Watch out for the FE tough - Prophet's Retreat is usually a holy world.

 

[Devanor]

Watch out for the FE tough - Prophet's Retreat is usually a holy world.

Rather than saying 'usually', isn't it impossible for holy worlds (and their associated names) to spawn without a Spiritualist Fallen Empire? Otherwise it would've been named after the system it's in, with the suffix II, IIa etc.

Either that, or he's already thrown out the trash (Fallen Empire) and he's determined to colonize that delicious gaia world. Wouldn't surprise me if someone could bag a Fallen Empire 127 years into the game.

 

[Mitchz95]

If a Spiritualist FE is in the game, there will always be four Holy Worlds: Emerald Mausoleum, Prophet's Retreat, Walled Garden, and Pristine Jewel.

 

[Devanor]

If a Spiritualist FE is in the game, there will always be four Holy Worlds: Emerald Mausoleum, Prophet's Retreat, Walled Garden, and Pristine Jewel.

Yeah, and gaia worlds with those specific names will not spawn if a Spiritualist FE didn't spawn, right?

 

[Mitchz95]

Yeah, and gaia worlds with those specific names will not spawn if a Spiritualist FE didn't spawn, right?

Correct.

 

[Jorrhast]

Is that some kind of a modded station?
As the amount of guns it has is more than normal

That screenshot is kinda old. Either it weren't large AC or I used some T4 defence station mod in there. Probably latter.

 

[ICBM 16]

Oh hey Worm in waiting!

captain appears inside neighboring empire because I have science ships on auto-explore
attempts to rush there with my captain SHIT SHIT SHIT! FLY FASTER DAMN YOU! but he gets killed by my neighbor Well shit.

I then sent a science ship back to study the Spiraling pod and the remains of...

NAME_Syzygy_Remains...

Honestly I wish that ship would appear in your own boarders at least.