The Obligatory Stellaris Strange Screenshot Thread

[Sacaros]

You know that feeling when you've purified and assimilated half of the galaxy, just to get tired of the constant tinkering and slapping some Prethoryn arse around? I did, and decided to start some tall egalitarian/materialist science build in max difficulty to see where it goes. Started in small galaxy, with 0 reliable planets to lessen the late-game lag. Was greeted with this spawn:

Thats 10 planets within 5 jumps, increasing to total of 14 planets after succeeding tactical terraforming event in Prythe, finding one in Urill and finding ANOTHER two planets just below Covall. All this protected by a materialist Fallen Empire in the north and two chokepoints. Planets weren't bad ones either...

There was just one problem:

MEs truly went from trash compactors to terminators with the last patch. 40+ corvettes in the first 20 years is just too much to handle. With some luck and exploiting AI's horrible ship builds (primary corvette is a picket ship, really?) I managed to peace out. I hope to start colonizing soon and manage the next confrontation. My best tall start ever turned into survival of the fittest. Fun!

 

[Vilhelm]

I founded the Galactic Market apparently because nobody else bothered, and decided what better way to make use of it than to buy some extra workers from the Slave Market? I quickly bought up some aliens able to live on a Tropical World, and eagerly decided to put them to work. It was only then that I noticed this:

I'd like to know who put some pre-sapients on the Slave Market and why...

 

[Dustman]

I founded the Galactic Market apparently because nobody else bothered, and decided what better way to make use of it than to buy some extra workers from the Slave Market? I quickly bought up some aliens able to live on a Tropical World, and eagerly decided to put them to work. It was only then that I noticed this:
I'd like to know who put some pre-sapients on the Slave Market and why...

ROFL. Had similar experience first time I bought slaves on the Market

 

[The Founder]

I'd like to know who put some pre-sapients on the Slave Market and why...

You did not read the fine print. "Some uplifting required".

founded the Galactic Market apparently because nobody else bothered, and decided what better way to make use of it than to buy some extra workers from the Slave Market?

Had that happen to me too. I never had the Influence and Energy to even nominate one of my planets. Still spawned in my Home System.

 

[Darkspysrival]

I founded the Galactic Market apparently because nobody else bothered, and decided what better way to make use of it than to buy some extra workers from the Slave Market? I quickly bought up some aliens able to live on a Tropical World, and eagerly decided to put them to work. It was only then that I noticed this:

I'd like to know who put some pre-sapients on the Slave Market and why...

That's actually pretty brilliant. Pre-Sapients, for all intents and purposes in this scenario, are like domesticated animals.

 

[Vilhelm]

That's actually pretty brilliant. Pre-Sapients, for all intents and purposes in this scenario, are like domesticated animals.

I didn't think of it that way. I was looking for some slaves to fill the many vacant Worker jobs on my homeworld, but that analogy does work. Besides, they are still technically in the Slave stratum.

What I want to know now is why these animals have political power and happiness.

 

[Saluki.exe]

A very exciting discovery for me. I have found Earth (Sol III), and it is populated with primitive Early Space Age Humans! It has taken me from Stellaris version 1.0 all the way to version 2.2.5, but I have finally found them! This may not seem remarkable, but this is the very first time I have found the Earth at this stage of development with actual Humans. My ME has now declared this system to be a national treasure. Do MEs even have national treasures?

*whisper* Don't tell the Humans that I'm going to shatter their planet in hopes that I will generate the fabled wormhole I have only heard rumors about.

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Sorry I'm a bit late on this , but is that in the vanilla build of the game or a nodded version? When I've found Earth it's just been a normal primitive civilization.

 

[Vilhelm]

Sorry I'm a bit late on this , but is that in the vanilla build of the game or a nodded version? When I've found Earth it's just been a normal primitive civilization.

It's vanilla I believe, but fairly rare compared to finding Earth as a primitive world, the capital of the UNE, or a tomb world. For me, I've only gotten the latter two thus far.

Also, I recently discovered a system where practically every planet has a rare crystal deposit. That's a whopping 7 Crystals per month!!

 

[FiddleSticks96]

Sorry I'm a bit late on this , but is that in the vanilla build of the game or a nodded version? When I've found Earth it's just been a normal primitive civilization.

It's vanilla I believe, but fairly rare compared to finding Earth as a primitive world, the capital of the UNE, or a tomb world. For me, I've only gotten the latter two thus far.

It is a lightly modded game, but the only mod that affects actual gameplay is Glavius AI (because c'mon). Everything else is UI improvements or graphics, so this rare spawn of primitive Earth in Early Space stage can be considered vanilla. I actually still have that game as an ongoing game (I stopped playing for awhile but picked it back up yesterday). I have uplifted the humans and a few other primitives because I desperately needed the extra influence. The humans even spawned as the UNE with matching ethics, traits, and civics.

I still intend to blow the humans up, but the little stinkers somehow managed to grab a few systems from one of my neighbors on the other side of my territory. I don't even know how they did it. I DID go to war with said neighbor for a short while, but it's not like protectorates join their overlord's wars anyway. The only thing I can think of is that you can still make claims as a protectorate (I've never been a protectorate, so I don't know, I'll have to test this with the console) and that the human's must have done this before I went to war, thus gaining those systems in the aftermath.

EDIT: Protectorates can't make claims. I have no idea how the Humans ceded territory from my neighbors.

 

[PeterPancake]

Also, I recently discovered a system where practically every planet has a rare crystal deposit. That's a whopping 7 Crystals per month!!

The tech Mineral Station Output increase your 7 crystal by 50% (level 5 max). + Playing as Machine Empire in 2.2.5 you get this patch note:
* Machine Empires get 50% more resources from mining bases (should work for strategic resources, too)

 

[Vilhelm]

The tech Mineral Station Output increase your 7 crystal by 50% (level 5 max). + Playing as Machine Empire in 2.2.5 you get this patch note:
* Machine Empires get 50% more resources from mining bases (should work for strategic resources, too)

Well, I'm not a Machine Empire, I'm just a Criminal Syndicate so I can't boost it to too ludicrous levels. Still, I wasn't aware the Mining Station output worked on strategic resources.

 

[Darkspysrival]

Dinosaurs were actually killed by nuclear warfare!

 

[Saluki.exe]

My empire is developing so fast this is what others see.

 

[Saluki.exe]

Ahh and good to see the galactic map working too

 

[Robokiller2500]

Ahh and good to see the galactic map working too

Can i ask you about how all of this started? I've seen many visual bugs and errors, but this is something beyond my knowledge. Do you have a 32-bit version like me or there something else that caused this?

 

[Darkspysrival]

That's an... odd shape. That's not what a compass looks like on my planet.

 

[FiddleSticks96]

That's an... odd shape. That's not what a compass looks like on my planet.
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That cluster looks like a tall empire's paradise, not to mention a perfect place for a ringworld.

 

[Sacaros]

AI got some decent planet for its capital

What a pity. 725 years and counting, just to be evaporated in a tragic shuttle accident after communion

 

[Assman]

 

[Vilhelm]

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Reminds me of that time in Synthetic Dawn when I found a moon with a modifier giving a huge bonus to machine output (courtesy of Guilli's Planet Modifiers). I terraformed it into a Machine World for even more machine output and made it my capital. I'll see if I can find a few old pics.