The Obligatory Stellaris Strange Screenshot Thread

[HFY]

So it turns out Enclaves and Caravaneers will happily continue to do business with you even as you're actively trying to destroy the galaxy.

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Racket: "One ... last ... deal ... "

 

[Lykus Cerebros]

So this is where the awoken decided to settle. Can't imagine this going wrong in any way xD
It's also next to the Prikkiki-Ti

 

[Erratorium]

My first game in months, I get the event to find the governor Caretaker, invite it in my empire and... he decided to start the religious faction (in my materialist/militarist/egalitarian empire.)
I know that since he want to take care of my bio-pop, it's logical that he doesn't want them to become robot but still...

 

[malakhglitch]

AHEM!

Remember that isolated system?

Remember the Rubricator system?

I present to you the Rubricator system as a bypass into the isolated system!

P.S. - The Rubricator system is 5 jumps from my capital so the no-longer-isolated system is 6 jumps.

 

[HFY]

Ulba, daughter of Gack, is a Synth with a custom AI assistant and also a sapient AI assistant.

 

[Celulthor]

So, apparently this is possible:

I'm kinda glad I did the archaeological site first, but come on Paradox... Isn't Zroni precursor chain troubled enough already without us also having to worry about excavation site planets disappearing?

 

[legionof1]

That is pretty oof, but on the other hand the odds are pretty slim, since the successive precursor sites are spawned when the previous one is completed, and most of the time you finish any anomalies before you get the system claimed.

 

[malakhglitch]

So, apparently this is possible:

I'm kinda glad I did the archaeological site first, but come on Paradox... Isn't Zroni precursor chain troubled enough already without us also having to worry about excavation site planets disappearing?

I had that happen to Earth... with medieval era primitives.

 

[Akamia]

I had that happen to Earth... with medieval era primitives.

Shhhhhh... There’s no such thing as a human. Don’t worry.

 

[knotfish]

I never found out what they were or where they went

 

[ASGeek2012]

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I never found out what they were or where they went

Clearly one of your scientists on board successfully divided by zero.

 

[ASGeek2012]

So, apparently this is possible:

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I'm kinda glad I did the archaeological site first, but come on Paradox... Isn't Zroni precursor chain troubled enough already without us also having to worry about excavation site planets disappearing?

But this raises an interesting paradox (no, not the company, the other meaning). If he planet did not exist, ergo the dig site was an illusion as well. In turn, the artifacts you gained are illusions, and any info you gained pointing you to the next site were illusions. So ... are perhaps the Zroni themselves illusions?

I'm surprised your game didn't CTD just from the existential questions raised by this conundrum.

 

[HFY]

But this raises an interesting paradox (no, not the company, the other meaning). If he planet did not exist, ergo the dig site was an illusion as well. In turn, the artifacts you gained are illusions, and any info you gained pointing you to the next site were illusions. So ... are perhaps the Zroni themselves illusions?

I'm surprised your game didn't CTD just from the existential questions raised by this conundrum.

This is the exact sort of galaxy-brain conundrum which, if you think about it long enough, turns you Psionic.

 

[malakhglitch]

This is the exact sort of galaxy-brain conundrum which, if you think about it long enough, turns you Psionic.

Consider a teapot orbiting a star.

EDIT: Huh... I think I found my signature

 

[malakhglitch]

I found my old post about the illusionary Earth and primitives... which also left the moon all alone,

Facepalm moment

:oops: When a Primitive (Crusader Kings) Sol III (Earth) suddenly got erased because of "The Planet That Wasn't There" anomaly. I took a peek at the anomaly code and yes it doesn't stop the anomaly from popping up on planets with primitives.

forum.paradoxplaza.com

 

[Devanor]

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Ulba, daughter of Gack, is a Synth with a custom AI assistant and also a sapient AI assistant.

Triplets?

 

[HistoricalScore1]

I didn't know any empire would be opposed to a +10K resource cap.

One of the opposed is an ally and another a recent vassal.

 

[Troyen]

Sometimes empires vote on things based on their relationship to the proposer. So if they really hate you for whatever reason, they might be objecting out of spite.

 

[The Founder]

I didn't know any empire would be opposed to a +10K resource cap.

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One of the opposed is an ally and another a recent vassal.

Spoiler: I looked up the event code

# Galactic Market Resolutions
resolution_galactic_market_form = {
    icon = "GFX_resolution_form_galactic_market"

    resources = {
        category = resolutions
        cost = {
            influence = @resolution_cost_t1
        }
    }
    target = no

    effect = {
        custom_tooltip = resolution_galactic_market_form_effect_success
        hidden_effect = {
            # Kickoff the Forming the Market event chain
            country_event = { id = action.96 }

            set_global_flag = galactic_community_resolution_passed

            set_timed_country_flag = { flag = galactic_community_resolution_passed_general days = @resolution_flag_timer }

            add_modifier = {
                modifier = resolution_passed_diplomatic_weight
                days = 2200
            }
        }
    }

    fail_effects = {
        hidden_effect = {
            set_timed_country_flag = { flag = galactic_community_resolution_failed_general days = @resolution_flag_timer }
            add_modifier = {
                modifier = resolution_failed_diplomatic_weight
                days = 2200
            }
        }
    }

    modifier = {
        country_resource_max_add = 10000
    }

    potential = {
        NOR = {
            has_global_flag = galactic_market_founded
            has_global_flag = ongoing_market_nomination
        }

        is_gestalt = no
        is_homicidal = no
        count_diplo_ties = {
            limit = {
                is_country_type = default
                is_homicidal = no
            }
            count >= 3
        }
    }

    ai_weight = {
        weight = @resolution_weight_popular

        modifier = {
            factor = 2
            has_authority = auth_corporate
        }

        modifier = {
            factor = 1.25
            OR = {
                has_ai_personality = peaceful_traders
                has_ai_personality = ruthless_capitalists
            }
        }

        modifier = {
            factor = 0.5
            has_ai_personality = xenophobic_isolationists
        }

        modifier = {
            factor = 0.8
            is_xenophobe = yes
        }

        modifier = {
            factor = 2
            years_passed > 50
        }

        modifier = {
            factor = 2
            years_passed > 100
        }

        modifier = {
            factor = 2
            years_passed > 150
        }
    }
}

I am not quite sure what the tresholds for Accept/Reject are. But I would guess the AI score is compared to it.

 

[Devanor]

I didn't know any empire would be opposed to a +10K resource cap.

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One of the opposed is an ally and another a recent vassal.

I guess they are fervent believers of the idea that you can "have too much of the good stuff", and wanted to avoid that?