Stellaris Dev Diary #281 - A Message from Minamar Specialized Industries

[NilsFabian]

Hope you have enjoyed your vacations
Now get back to work

Always good to see fellow PDX Fans to embrace the workculture of Victorian Capitalists

 

[Vorpaliminal]

This has me hoping that we'll be able to guide primitives to government types we want them to have. It's always good to have a tiny megacorp subject under your grasping digit to dote on.

 

[Spaceception]

I hope that when you try to enlighten a civilization, you can simply stop, and their planet will hold at some developmental age, instead of remaining in their original age, and it being all or nothing (and events when they pass into each era! Like festivals, conflicts, new socieities forming, etc). I want to uplift each civlization to the industrial age, and gradually infiltrate them to be a part of my empire. Right now, I've never had that option because finding an industrial civilization is rare, and the civilizations I do find aren't advanced enough. So just another roleplay option.

 

[Emperor great love]

DO NOT TRUST THEM

THIS IS A TRAP

I see nothing wrong with this.

 

[LystAP]

DO NOT TRUST THEM

THIS IS A TRAP

It is indeed a trap.

A trap of UNTOLD RICHES AND PROSPERITY!

Minamar Specialized Industries is Specialized in Specializing You!

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Anyways this sounds fun. If this is a primitives pack, I wonder if it will come with a special Fallen Empire that pretends to be a primitive empire like the Organians from Star Trek? That'll be a interesting development for star empires that decide to pick on the weak.

 

[Starfury]

Always good to see fellow PDX Fans to embrace the workculture of Victorian Capitalists

Any good Victorian would have them pull double shifts to make up for their leave of absence the past few weeks!

 

[iniudan]

My sense of new fallen empire are tingling. Can't wait to do business with a company that make Weyland-Yutani look like a a brand new start up.

 

[Wendigo514]

I hope that when you try to enlighten a civilization, you can simply stop, and their planet will hold at some developmental age, instead of remaining in their original age, and it being all or nothing (and events when they pass into each era! Like festivals, conflicts, new socieities forming, etc). I want to uplift each civlization to the industrial age, and gradually infiltrate them to be a part of my empire. Right now, I've never had that option because finding an industrial civilization is rare, and the civilizations I do find aren't advanced enough. So just another roleplay option.

This is definetely something I'd like to see. I hate that when I find a pre-industrial primitives I have to either fully enlighten them, getting a protectorate that i can only integrate later on, or invade them. Having the middle ground option that is covert infiltration expanded would be really nice.

 

[Peepijeep]

Reversing the process would be funny, forcing enemies into devolution.

 

[Peepijeep]

Whilst all additions to Stellaris are appreciated, this makes me think that the long desired internal politics rework is probably not happening this time around. Such a change would be the biggest aspect of a given DLC, and emphasising the primitive interactions rework first means internal politics may yet again be on the backburner.

Which does sadden me, as internal politics is in my opinion the area of the game both most in need of an overhaul and the area of the game that is the most promising in terms of new mechanics.

Yes, internal politics would make mid game much better.

 

[RabbaDooDabba]

Improving on primitives?

Oh please, can I make primitives worship my Director-General or even my entire species as gods... for purely scientific purposes, of course. I promise

 

[Koopatin]

Now we need a reverse x -com scenario where we send troops and primitive ships just to mess with them for society research and some fluff. And after we "loose" the war, we send one real corvette and bomb them down. cause... fun

*edit*
also.. we could experiment with releasing xenomorphs. To breed stronger ones. or at least better fed ones.

 

[Arcvalons]

Reversing the process would be funny, forcing enemies into devolution.

I've wanted this since forever. A colossus that nukes all infrastructure but leaves everything else intact. Like in The Day the Earth Stood Still.

 

[oreopirate]

WHOOOO!!!!
More mechanics to feed Xeno compatibility!

 

[TrotBot]

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Warmest greetings from Minamar Specialized Industries! ​

We delight in meeting new peoples and welcoming them into the greater galactic community. With over 143 successful uplifts to date, we’re the acknowledged leaders in the field of social and technological ascendancy. We’re thrilled to finally make your acquaintance, and hope to add your world to our success story.

We understand that this is all very sudden. Receiving a transmission ‘from the stars’ has likely come as a surprise to you, but we’ve been watching your world for some time and your civilization scores very highly on several relevant metrics. With an evaluation score of ?ERROR_UNDEFINED, the people of ?ERROR_HOMEWORLDNAMENOTFOUND have been flagged as particularly worthy of cooperative enlightenment. Congratulations!

We have assigned some of our best specialists to your case, and our representatives will be arriving on world shortly. We can’t wait to meet in person to discuss the benefits of ascendency as well as the terms of this beautiful arrangement.

Enlightenment may not be free. But at MSI, it’s always worth the cost.

Your friends at Minamar Specialized Industries
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Amazing can't wait

 

[Rafss]

I've wanted this since forever. A colossus that nukes all infrastructure but leaves everything else intact. Like in The Day the Earth Stood Still.

That is fantastic, reverse Neutron Sweep!
Or a TikTok Beam, where the effect is self explanatory.

 

[FleetMaster]

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Warmest greetings from Minamar Specialized Industries! ​

We delight in meeting new peoples and welcoming them into the greater galactic community. With over 143 successful uplifts to date, we’re the acknowledged leaders in the field of social and technological ascendancy. We’re thrilled to finally make your acquaintance, and hope to add your world to our success story.

We understand that this is all very sudden. Receiving a transmission ‘from the stars’ has likely come as a surprise to you, but we’ve been watching your world for some time and your civilization scores very highly on several relevant metrics. With an evaluation score of ?ERROR_UNDEFINED, the people of ?ERROR_HOMEWORLDNAMENOTFOUND have been flagged as particularly worthy of cooperative enlightenment. Congratulations!

We have assigned some of our best specialists to your case, and our representatives will be arriving on world shortly. We can’t wait to meet in person to discuss the benefits of ascendency as well as the terms of this beautiful arrangement.

Enlightenment may not be free. But at MSI, it’s always worth the cost.

Your friends at Minamar Specialized Industries
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Yeah.....I've seen this movie. And Deep Space Nine.

Your friends at Minamar Specialized Industries

60 years later......

Work faster slave! Those minerals won't mine themselves!!! .....Wha? You want a new vassal agreement? HAHAHA! You funny slave! Now get back to work!!!!!

 

[Alfray Stryke]

Deep Space Nine.

The design team has had multiple long, intense discussions over which Star Trek is the best and the answer more often than not is DS9.

 

[FleetMaster]

The design team has had multiple long, intense discussions over which Star Trek is the best and the answer more often than not is DS9.

Truly great Trek and TV. Feel free to add a 'Gods in the Wormhole' event .

 

[Pete0714]

Yeah, it translates to THISISATRAP with the arrows pointing backwars being dashes and vice versa.

It's a COOKBOOK!