u/Zave_cz

I'll preface this with the fact that I'm not the best in the game when it comes to mechanics and play on the easiest diff. I much prefer to play Stellaris for its roleplay aspects. So here's some storytime if that interests you.

So Tiberius Valerius was the third emperor of the Cevantian Empire. Unlike his Grandfather or his mother, he did not have much desire to conquer. It was during his mother's time that the empire began to delve into psyonics, but it fully came to fruition only once he reached the throne. There were some initial attempts from the emperor to try and reform his people. The Cevanti elves were a bunch of pompous purists that held spite for xenos from ages past.

At first his reign was a peaceful one. During his rule I much more focused on the internal workings of the empire. Stabilized regions by splitting the lands conquered by his mother, establishing new Houses to rule over these fiefs (sectors). He stabilized the economy and built a grand army. Under his rule there was a huge spike in the research and development. The already long-lived Cevanti livespan skyrocketed and unlike his mother he attempted to be much more active in the galactic community. However the centuries prior have given the Cevanti a terrible reputation and their neighbors were often eagerly looking for any weakness in the empire they could exploit. Especially the Ox'braxi Hivemind to the southern border threatened the empire with war on several occassions.

Finally, after decades, Tiberius had snapped. Realizing that perhaps diplomacy may not be an option after all, he turned to the Shroud. For months he communed with the strange otherworldly realm, seeking guidance on how to proceed. And eventually, he got a reply. In his desperation he accepted the covenant with the entity known as the Eater of Worlds. At first the entity seemed to ask for nothing more than the iminent war and the strife that would follow. Over the span of three wars the empire had completely wiped out the hivemind and enslaved any of the local population that wasn't assimilated into the hivemind. Over the span of several more wars the empire grew rapidly and vassalized or outright conquered much of the galaxy. The Great Khan was no match. And although a few worlds fell to the Prethoryn Scourge, it was wiped out before it could ever truly expand through the galaxy.

Through that bloody age Tiberius' covenant to the eater grew. He was blessed as the chosen of one the Eater. Time no longer had an effect on him. He became immortal and he was considered by many the strongest psychic in the galaxy. He did achieve some of the desired changes for his people. The changes are slow, but the united purpose of the Eater has steered many in the empire away from xenophobic values to more spiritual ones. On occasion the Eater was known to consume a portion of a population of this or that planet. But Emperor Tiberius never foresaw that this constant presence of death would lead to the formation of a major Death Cult in the empire.

The changes were too rapid to reverse however. The Death Cult swept through the empire and established several ring worlds within its borders, praising the emperor as well as the entity that elevated their empire. In the time of peace, the ritual sacrifice had sated the Eater somewhat. But with the Emperor's refusal to conquer further and strain the empire's stability had drawn the eater's ire. Instead his focus turned to establish the Galactic imperium with the Cevanti at the center.

However even with the great advancements in Cevanti medicine that extended their lives to well over three centuries, the immortal emperor had outlived his first son who died of old age before he could ever even reach the throne. Instead spending his entire life as a mere advisor to his father. A fate that eventually awaited Faustia Valeria, his second child.

And so, in this time of relevant peace where the Eater's demands are unsatisfied, this charismatic and powerhungry daughter with a thing for expansion happens to sit upon the throne, claiming her once immortal father's place after spitefully standing beside his throne as advisor for 50 long years.

TL;DR The immortal god-emperor, chosen of the Eater of Worlds and conqueror of the galaxy suspiciously gets eaten after the endgame crisis is defeated peace reigns in the galaxy. Empire plunges into chaos.

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So the endgame crisis has just started. Perhaps I should have expected the aliens to show up specifically in the system where I dubbed a station after the "Roadside picnic" from Stalker.

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This is a few months comission but I thought I'd post it here since I am requesting a comission from the artist again in the coming month for my undead. Credit to Looplich on artstation!

https://linktr.ee/looplich

Hello! Just in case you happen to see this, I would like to give my thanks for being so thoughtful and going out of your way.

Yesterday I misplaced my phone with a debit card near the Palladium and realized only like half an hour later in a sudden panic. I've been running around like a headless chicken until I was pointed to the nearby police station where they told me the phone was brought in by some "american ladies" that found it by a tree.

I can't well put to words the relief I felt, but nonetheless, thank you again! ❤️