Kriege7

Alliance of Independent Systems (Elite: Dangerous)

Ship Prefix: ADS

Name Lists: Human (UNE)

Star Name: Alioth

Star System: Random Unary II

Advisor Voice: Original

Ruler Title: Prime Minister

Ruler Name: Edmond Mahon

Ferengi Trade Alliance (Star Trek)

Ship Prefix: FTS

Name Lists: Humanoid 2

Star Name: Ventarus Idrilon

Star System: Random Unary I

Advisor Voice: Materialist

Ruler Title: Grand Nagus

Ruler Name: Ganak Vigon

Turian Hierarchy (Mass Effect)

Ship Prefix: THS

Name Lists: Human (SPQR)

Star Name: Trebia

Star System: Random Binary II

Advisor Voice: The Soldier

Ruler Title: Primarch

Ruler Name: Aulus Antistius

San'Shyuum Sacred Covenant (Halo)

Ship Prefix: SCS

Name Lists: Humanoid 1

Star Name: Qol'Lest

Star System: Random Unary I

Advisor Voice: Authoritarian/Xenophobe/Spiritualist (Player's Choice)

Ruler Title: High Prophet/Matriarch

Ruler Name: Darmull

Borg Collective (Star Trek)

Ship Prefix: Borg

Name Lists: Hive Mind

Star Name: 01

Star System: Random Unary I

Advisor Voice: Hive Mind

Ruler Title: Queen

Ruler Name: Borg

Salarian Union (Mass Effect)

Ship Prefix: SUS

Name Lists: Reptilian 2

Star Name: Pranas

Star System: Random Binary II

Advisor Voice: Materialist

Ruler Title: Grand Dalastrass/Grand Dalastro

Heir Title: Dalatrass/Dalastro

(Salarians are canonically Matriarchal so for Stellaris I had to make up the Dalastro title for male rulers)

Ruler Name: Moz Xiza

(Astronomical Emblems mod required for Salarian symbol)

Unified Earth Government (Halo)

Ship Prefix: UNSC

Name Lists: Human (CM)

Star Name: Sol

Star System: Sol System

Advisor Voice: The Soldier 

Ruler Title: Chairman/Chairwoman

Ruler Name: Pierce Whitfield

Hey everyone! Just thought I'd set up a page where we can post some of our own created empires to fill up the AI slots in our Stellaris games and make them more interesting. Most of the empires I'll be posting myself will be mostly based on popular Sci-fi franchises. The template for posting your empire can be as follows:

Example:

Empire Name: Galactic Vogon Directorate (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) 

Empire Picture: (taken from empire selection screen)

Ship Prefix: VSS

Name Lists: Mammalian 4

Star Name: Voge

Star System: Random

Advisor Voice: Original 

Ruler Title: Chairman/Chairwoman

Ruler Name: Skeg, son of Vurp

The game still works with all the mods we're using, though I haven't played our game since the update yet

EDIT: Just logged into our game.

Astronomical Emblem pack and Downscaled Ships work;

Flags: Emblems & Backgrounds and Real Space 3.3 do not.

So yeah, we may need to start over as our current game is now broken (Some stars may no longer appear rendering those systems unable to be built in)...

As for the 2.4 update, the only mod that doesn't seem to be working is the "Flags: Emblems & Backgrounds" mod... even though it says it's "2.4 compatible."

@KalianVan @Phoenix @Vedian Just so you guys know, that pretty Christmas display of stars to the right of the Devourers is me. Also, including myself, there are up to 5 megacorps in our game... complete BS... 

P.S. You guys need to do something about those Ravagers...

P.P.S. Also... with the latest Stellaris update, I'm not sure if we'll be able to continue this one unless the mods can get updated or something...

In a lore sense, losing one's individuality (via "borging") is worse than death.

If I understand you correctly, you're talking about the cybernetic ascension path, which from my understanding does not require all of its citizens to become cybernetic.

Nobody wants to relive the Second Renaissance episodes from the Animatrix or be on the receiving end of the Borg. 

After an argument had been made in a recent Stellaris game session, I've decided to run a little experiment disprove a claim that had been made about the mod as well as try to better explain how the mod works. The claim was as follows: because the ships are smaller, they take longer to traverse from one end of a system to the other; thus taking a longer time for fleets to reach their destination. The author of the mod has stated on the mod's Steam page that it is purely a graphical mod and DOES NOT affect gameplay. As a game developer, I can attest to this; the mod only affects the visual aspects of the ship models, scaling down the model of each ship does not affect the ship's hitbox, location, fleet size, speed, or placement. Because the mod only affects scale of the visual model, and not the ship's hitbox, the ship's original speed and travel time are not affected.

In my experiment, I started a new game (with Downscaled turned off) and had the starting fleet travel from Jupiter to Saturn (as shown above, they've been placed on opposite sides of the system). I then marked down the in-game travel time and then timed how long the fleet took to reach Saturn in real-time seconds (stopping the clock at "0 Days"). I saved the game and reloaded with Downscaled turn on, repeating the process.

Results:

Normal Scale

-Travel Time: 54 Days

-Real Time: ~40.47 Seconds

Downscaled

-Travel Time: 54 Days

-Real Time: ~40.17 Seconds

In retrospect, using a stopwatch might have been unnecessary; as the game's own internal clock states that ships arrive at their destination within the same amount of time regardless of whether the Downscaled Ships mod is active or not.

Edit: I later went back and tested the same experiment with solitary ships (like the construction ship) and ended up with the same results.

Stellaris: Campaign 7.2

Chapter 2: Sixty Years of War

In the midst of three consecutive wars, territory was lost and gained. The Groot, Alari, Venice, and Templars have all banded together in a holy alliance as a response to these heinous attacks and are now in the process of converting The Rose Corporation and Empire of Gir over to their cause. A new alien federation has been discovered isolated on the other side of the forbidden territories. Meanwhile, the soulless Omni Fabricators have been devising their own response to the constant attacks by the Alliance, Ikaan, and Ferengi in the form of a new superweapon! 

@KalianVan Who is hosting the next session?

Well I found out who lives in that void on the right side of the galaxy, unfortunately (or fortunately I guess) they're not as bad as they could be...

People play with Unions turned off? How do you tell who's in league with who?

The Holy Templar Order has begun spreading the faith across the galaxy, already making new friends... and enemies...

I feel like I'd be able to turtle against one of them, whittle their offense down, then rush their shipyards asap. But I designed to the Arachnids to be OP, so I haven't actually fought against them yet. There was also a chance we could have gotten the Voorg Collective (Borg) as well, next time I won't set them to force spawn... 

Stellaris: Game 7

Session 1

Players:

@Kriege7

@Vedian

@Vikkie

End of Session Status:

EARLY GAME CRISIS!

Well... Game 7 had a rocky start. Vedian ended up sandwiched between a Fanatical Purifier and the horrifying Arachnid Swarm and dropped out. Arachnid Swarm began devouring Vedian's empire. Recommend starting over as Game 7.2 with Tech set to x0.75.

@KalianVan @ShogunTaira @Phoenix @Vedian @Deluxe @Vikkie @Matatomi

I call it... an Inn-Sewer-Ants Polly-Sea...

You really only ever need one anyway

Aww man... only one holo-theatre per planet? Good thing I've only ever used one per planet...