The Obligatory Stellaris Strange Screenshot Thread

[Vitruvian Guar]

So early on in this game, I looked over Eastward and found Sol, and unfortunately discovered Sol III was a Tomb World. So sad. Got a few cockroaches for pre-sapient pops and a bunch of wreckage. Sadly, claimed by a neighbour so I can't pamper the locals.

Then I made contact with the local Xenophile Fallen Empire...
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Buuu....whaaaa...how......?

Bonus points for their flag. Burning planet with a moon - definetely a tombed Earth. They left their home many generations ago. But they still remember.

 

[Mauer]

Maybe Earth was just a lost colony of theirs...

All of this has happened before, and it will happen again.

 

[Prince Silvermane]

The CPU isn't very good at managing fleets. I went through the list and nearly every single one has a different loadout and of various states of tier.

 

[MarQan]

I finally decided to go for a *peaceful playthrough with unity and research focus, some diplo mixed in and this is what I get about 20 years in the game: Galactic Nomads and ship trapped in gas giant. This game is tempting me too hard...

* meaning that initially I don't plan to conquer the whole galaxy... but we all know where this is headed.

 

[Jorrhast]

That's pretty funny. My friend whom I was playing multiplayer with was slightly blocked from northern expansion by the Ether Drake and Dimensional Horror to his north, the two being only a system or so apart.

From top to bottom: Enigmatic fortress, Zanaam, Pirate galleon system.

 

[Devanor]

I finally decided to go for a *peaceful playthrough with unity and research focus, some diplo mixed in and this is what I get about 20 years in the game: Galactic Nomads and ship trapped in gas giant. This game is tempting me too hard...

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* meaning that initially I don't plan to conquer the whole galaxy... but we all know where this is headed.

 

[Shirokitsune]

"Call the best engineer in the empire and build the mightiest Dyson Sphere the galaxy has ever known! Take all of my minerals!"
"Yes sir! Right now sir!"

Featured in the FailGalaxy channel next month...

 

[Jorrhast]

"Call the best engineer in the empire and build the mightiest Dyson Sphere the galaxy has ever known! Take all of my minerals!"
"Yes sir! Right now sir!"

Featured in the FailGalaxy channel next month...

who cares as long as it works

 

[Devanor]

"Call the best engineer in the empire and build the mightiest Dyson Sphere the galaxy has ever known! Take all of my minerals!"
"Yes sir! Right now sir!"

Featured in the FailGalaxy channel next month...

Close enough

 

[Jorrhast]

Erm, they're hivemind. How exactly do you "undermine" their "regime" and "populace"'s "faith" in its "institutions"? Oh, and btw, we're federation of pacifists(one is even fanatic), and my fed buddies wardec left and right. Fun times.

 

[Devanor]

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Erm, they're hivemind. How exactly do you "undermine" their "regime" and "populace"'s "faith" in its "institutions"? Oh, and btw, we're federation of pacifists(one is even fanatic), and my fed buddies wardec left and right. Fun times.

That's the thing, the very idea of declaring a humiliation war against a hive mind messes with the colletive's mind. Kinda like declaring a retreat despite having every advantage.

 

[Olliganak]

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Erm, they're hivemind. How exactly do you "undermine" their "regime" and "populace"'s "faith" in its "institutions"? Oh, and btw, we're federation of pacifists(one is even fanatic), and my fed buddies wardec left and right. Fun times.

By instilling a sense of severe social anxiety?

 

[Jorrhast]

By instilling a sense of severe social anxiety?

if only there was a socium to instil it within

 

[iquabakaner]

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Erm, they're hivemind. How exactly do you "undermine" their "regime" and "populace"'s "faith" in its "institutions"? Oh, and btw, we're federation of pacifists(one is even fanatic), and my fed buddies wardec left and right. Fun times.

Or it's just a literal "humiliation" between two hive minds, like punching someone in the face.

 

[Jorrhast]

Description still doesn't make sense though

 

[monsterfurby]

Quite the "warriors" you are...

 

[Devanor]

Quite the "warriors" you are...

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MartialPacifist

 

[Mitchz95]

Quite the "warriors" you are...

What are their civics? I would assume Warrior Culture, but I thought Pacifist rules that out...

 

[Tale]

Their ethics could simply have changed since the game started.

 

[Nwaij]

...this is the normal size of a fallen (not awakened!) empire, right?