It's kind of fitting that there was a second empire that came before everyone else and you don't like them. It mirrors how a pair of fallen empires can hate eachother in normal games.

Wanted to play as fallen empire. Ended up becoming a precursor event.

It’s pretty appropriate you had the Prikki rise up as the War in Heaven was partially between a fanatic purifier empire and a guardian empire. So in a way, you’re recreating the war in heaven

Reminds me of one of my Dark-Elves-in-space playthroughs. The Scourge was too powerful for me and the galaxy, but I had a completely isolated, starless star system that I Jumped into and built a habitat in. I moved my capital there last minute, along with my final Shroud Avatar to act as a sort of moon for the habitat to provide light. My Dark Elves then waited in the darkness between the stars for two hundred years until they were strong enough to rebuild their armada with better technology and take the galaxy back from the Scourge, system by system, over another two hundred years of war. Then I spent the next two hundred years watching the next generation of primitives discover the hyperdrive, join the Galactic Community, and fill the galaxy with life again. It was such an awesome campaign.

Wolf: fanatic pacifism, fallen empire. no war! Prikkiki-Ti: *funny music plays* Hello we are cute purifying lizards who will destroy *EVERYONE* Wolf: *Death is now an option.*

i like the idea of the prikki guardians taking down the contingency in honor of the people who helped them see the light.

I’m pretty sure that the fallen empires can awaken if those lizards get free

Declaring war on the prikkikiti makes sense because fallen empires will declare war on an empire if they are too genocidal

I think "existential threats to the galaxy" is a fair exception to the cannot declare wars rule.

Honestly, you probably could've kept the Prikki Guardians as a vassal, destroyed a bunch of the outer outposts instead of handing them over, and treated them like a Scion Empire. Would've even been thematic, since you just had a big war to prevent the cleansing of the galaxy.

Fantastic content as always May bubbles live on in our memories

Come to think of it this looks like a more plausible scenario than usual Stellaris run: 1. Challenged by the dread of the galaxy's emptiness one species chose to become it's gardener another became paranoid with the Dark Forest idea to the point of embracing genocide. 2. Those two species go to war with each other and the good guys win. 3. Dark Forest proves to be true as Contingency activates right after a sufficiently advanced species becomes more active than usual. 4. The galaxy is reset to default by the Contingency - all is right with the universe.

"im not going to intervene in galactic affairs" Prikki: "Lets introduce ourselves"

For the Prikki Guardians, I would probably have attempted to make more sectors (if possible) and then make multiple nations rather than 1 large one.

Variation: select the Remnant origin for flavor. Delay the crisis starts to give the foundlings a chance to grow. Spawn in *one* advanced start genocidal empire (guarantee it to spawn) as your nemesis somewhere in the galaxy. Your goal is not to destroy them, but rather to thwart their plans. Your role: to shepherd as many primitives as you can before the galaxy is swallowed up by threats, then recede and only involve yourself in galactic affairs as needed when an urgent threat presents itself. No subjugation or vassalization or conquest, no blocking them in, etc. You enlighten each civilization, pull away to give them room to grow, and hope this generation of children will be able to face the threats that loom over them. And if not... only then do you step in to even the field.

Tech/unity rush for mega engineering would be a godsend for a second attempt at this run. Would love to see that

Lovely to see you do a more challenge like run (Also attacking the Prikki is completely valid for the purpose of your run)

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"The Finnish names sound ancient." - The Wolf with the Dragon, 2023

this is so funny that out of all the events in this massive game, the prikkiki-ti spawned.

sith the scaleless looking race trying to protect the galaxy from a bunch of geckos made me smile

This video was so cool, definitely a goal to edit a stellaris video to at least half of this quality! Maybe next time, you could have the crisis year start way later to allow yourself to have more of that fallen empire scariness! Loved the viddy!

You convinced me to finally do what I've been considering for ages. But with some slight changes. I would expand all over the galaxy. Having an insane economy and unlocking all the events while primitives ascend. Eventually i would vassalize all my sectors except my home world or the L Gate cluster. From their i would become a fallen empire and watch what becomes of the galaxy, only awakening for a crisis or fanatic purifier types

I think a precurser war against your ideological nemesis would be reflective of the "war in heaven" in the lore, so should be allowed.

You should use the remnant origin, it really fit the vibe of a fallen empire

*Prikkiki-Ti breaks free; slow heavy metal music becoming increasingly furious* Seriously though. A fallen empire run sounds interesting

I think I would've done a few things differently with the Prikki. I would've released each sector as its own nation and disbanded all the extra outposts. Granted, the main Prikki homeworld would've had the majority of their pops compared to the second nation, but I think I'd prefer they have a bit more competition. Alternatively, you could've brought ALL the Prikki to your worlds, abandoned their space to the actual primitives and reformed them that way (via Governing Ethics attraction). It probably would've been a bit tricky with habitability issues, but it might've worked.

Gigastructural engineering penrose sphere start is my favorite pseudo-fallen empire start. It can be a bit difficult, yes, but when you reach that end point, dear god is it worth it.

Any time i ramp up primitives and remove other empires, there always ends up being like 3 or 4 who enter the space stage within a like 2 years. It actually kinda annoying

Bro you truly saved hundreds of million primitive souls from the sweet little lizzards. You are a true hero :)

And that last scientist found a way to escape this dimension. Becoming a legendary paragon of Bubbles. He will return to destroy the Contingency for their crimes

Your content is great. Im surprised you don't get that many views

I’m glad I found this video. I’ve been really wanting to do a play through like this but haven’t been able to find much on it. So this video is exactly what I needed.

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Reforming the Prikiki-ti is cannonically how I imagine the "Scion" origin to work.

I fully understand why every fallen empire doesn't want ANYTHING to do with the galaxy. I'm 3/4 the way through the video; and dealing with the Prikki and space dragon, and general stress, I would want to mind my own business as well.

Very nice video. Remember to always check the estimate arrival time for fleets so they all come at the same time. Alternatively have all you faster fleets follow your slowest.

Really glad the algorithm's started blessing you. Love this content. ❤

Loving your Stellaris videos, with this one, I've now watched every one. Might do this one too, looked fun

I would have gone for Remnants or Post-Apocalyptic origins as that they are more thematic with an empire that has fallen. Ring world and life seeded also thematically work as they were they show the power of the fallen empire had while Clone army and void dwellers would have works as roleplaying as surviving remnants of the empire. Mod wise, the Dark Space adds a bunch of origins like Ninates, Vi and phoenix empire which are meant to be great civilisation making a come back.while solarflare is more of a empire that was in contact with a another empire, but it let's you have dark matter from the start..Dark space also allows you to become a fallen empire. Another mod is Planetary Diversity: Unique Worlds which adds a another set of origins that are basically great civilisations making a come back, but less OP as Dark Space. there's also the Gigastructures mod which has more megastructure origins, but I would recommend installing it for the shipwrecks and cool tech.

Greatly enjoyed this. Subbed. Looking forward to more. Good vid

This sounds like a really cool idea and I'll have to remember to try this myself sometime

I like how only galactical threat forced you to dump pacifism Fitting for a fallen empire i think.

This is a super cool idea! Gonna give it a try, too. Thanks for the content!

Really, original, I’m going to try this myself, also, it would have been fun too see you use the prikiki as a vassal, kinda like the scion origin

This entire video is the greatest OOF. Nice.

Huh. Never thought of being a 'fallen empire' in this way. Very cool. 👍 Going to try it myself. Thanks!

I love this video! Great vid man

Wolf: What if YOU were the Fallen Empire? The Machine Age: Interesting idea...

Another great video! Thanks!

Oh, hi there! Nice to see you back!

Would love to see another run like this!

Oh lord what have you done I’ve never heard or seen this game but now I’m falling deep in a rabbit hole

Your editing is amazing!

This was a really interesting idea. Well done!

Since the standard difficulty setting does not affect the crisis but does affect AI empires (as well as Space Fauna and Marauders) it might be more fitting to have it set to the one that gives no buffs Although that way they wouldnt catch up to you ig so that might be an issue

If you find those geckos, *always* repair the shield. Let those monsters fry

Wolf: now time a for nice peacefull start, woth no one being abble to- wait, why do I hear boss music? Prikki: did you miss us?

Awesome! You're back :D

the murder geckos going from xenophobe militarist to xenophile pacifist and back XD holy moly

I would play as a holy guardian fallen empire just to crusade

Nice to see you are back

i know i'm 6 months late but it's extremely funny to use Italian-esque music in a video about being a fallen empire

I'm pretty sure there was a mod that lets you play as actual fallen emprie, not sure if it was updated since fall of rome tho. There is aloso realy fun mod that lets you start in L-cluster, so you are completly isolated inside untill you get the gates open, kinda like fallen emprie with a twist.

This actually looks like a really fun way to play Stellaris

I havent watched the full video as of this comment, but the whole prikiki-ti thing, you could have kept them as a vassal and mimicked the start where you play as a subsidiary to a fallen empire and helped them grow/see if they ever try to rise up against you (if that is within the games capabilities). That could be fun.

an easy way to deal with the contigency fleets is to spam disruptors as the contigency has a botoriously low amount of hull points compared to everything else.

Player: "So lets chill and let the world grow, before we blow it up" Prikkiki-ti: "The roof, the roof is on fire!"

I had no idea the Ether Drake would chase you down.

Every playthrough ive done, no matter what race I choose, what government or where I go I fucking ALWAYS run into the Prakiki

Playing pacifist in Stellaris is like bringing a feather to tank warfare.

HES BACK! THE GOAT

Why does Bubbles always die no matter the galactic cycle. Like that's just heartbreaking.

Never ask Prikki what they did before 2318

have to say, I enjoyed this

Wolf: Lets do this, no wars until my empire can rise from its stagnation. *Iron Savior - "Kill or Get Killed" starts playing* Prikkiki-Ti: "Buenos dias fboi" Wolf: "Cowabunga it is"

And remember: Always (ALWAYS!) repair this fricking shield.

A tip fighting against most Crisis, use Destroyers with as many boosters as you can, either Hangar or Arc Emitters and have them using the Carrier computer, it'll kite around and widdle down the enemy. Use to the best effect with point defence.

This looks quite fun concept play gonna try this 😂

I've never seen the event where Bubbles grows up before.

You should do this challenge again but set the start date to be earlier! Also with the prikiti you should have made them multiple nations and not just 1 big one, you could've also forbidden their expansion in the contract

Have done something like this before. Very fun and unique

Dealing with the prikkiti isn’t war, it’s pest control

First time seeing this game, looks quite fun

“Anomaly discovered” four times in a row 😭

After watching you a decide that my first playthrouht in Stellaris will be just like the one you did (except that o am planing to be a militaristic xenophile and will expand as much as i can before an empire its strong enoght to fight me).

prikikiti can be another fallen empire, fanatic purifier vs fanatic xenophiles

He really said I'm not going to let them out and then did not fix the shield 😂

This was a wild ride. But very fun to listen to.

THEY WERE GUARDING THE HITCHHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY! XD

I did not know that you had made a video , youtube did not show me the video wtf , anyway , I hope in future videos where you play together with someone , those videos were too funny

Did this once waaay back and tried to forge a United Federation of Planets sort of thing. That was the last time I went xenophile and that was 3-4 years ago

How did you keep Pre-FTL civilizations (aside from the prikkiki) from forming? A friend and me are trying to replicate this challenge but new empires form withing 5 years of starting.

Every time I try this three primitives achieve FTL 5 years into the game and i don't know how to stop it.

Now the Fallen Empire has truly fallen.

That was fun :)

this was fucking great. just a pity not more primitives rose up ig. id love to see more like this

I find it interesting how you became the advanced civilisation that died a long time ago. Maybe one day your technology will aid someone else.

Hope you come back soon dude, miss you vide. Take care

Wow, this idea sounds really cool. Always like the idea of being an FE, but all the mods felt slightly off to me in their description.