A life well lived

How are you so certain?

50 yrs ago people wouldn't dream of phones and stuff, maybe we are the generation, keep looking up.

well in a sense this generation is the most important , born at the right time to not only experience important interstellar phenomena , to know of older knowledge and traditions but ALSO in time to build the very rockets the next generation will use to explore the solar system

I sit in my cubicle, here on the motherworld. When I die, they will put my body in a box and dispose of it in the cold ground. And in all the million ages to come, I will never breathe or laugh or twitch again. So won't you run and play with me here among the teeming mass of humanity? The universe has spared us this moment.

I highly agree, though it is also a lot of fun to have your whole miltary force you build up the entire game fight to it's limit in the end game crisis. Just a perfect game from beginning to end.

Absolutely! And this is the perfect song to incorporate this exact feeling.

@@justnormalthings1599 fffff.... ck that's my memorable first ever playthrough.

and then it becomes a thousand-star system galaxy wide lagfest clusterfuck

@@jayhill2193 I'd like to think that but honestly I'm just trying to get the right mods so that my endgame actual goes faster than light and not slower than the snail portrait species in an olympic sprint.

Yes.

@Elias Westlund True that.

@Elias Westlund I appreciate your optimism, but I think that the machine learning part is more difficult and dangerous than you give it credit for. The same problems that we have with democracy and autocracy (as you mention) are the ones we will be confronted with when when we start developing sophisticated enough artificial intelligence (sometimes called artificial general intelligence) to get the change that we are all hoping for. Just ignoring the more technical side of the problem, it is hard to narrow down exactly what we would want from an artificial intelligence. Of course we want it to be moral, but we already have a hard enough time defining that for ourselves- the prisons and politics can attest to that fact. If we want the computer to do the task better than we can do it, then it will have to do it in a way different than we do, and that can easily lead to dangerous ramifications. I would highly recommend Robert Miles's KZfaq channel if you are interested in the topic, since he can explain it better than I can. But don't get me wrong, I am not against technology. Far from it really. We need to be aware of the potential challenges so that we can face them head on. We can do it; we have done harder things before. But the fact of the matter is it won't be a save all panacea. Anyways, thank you for your comment. It was very thought provoking. :)

xenophile spotted

@@thegherkinator so you are those enlightened technocratic socialist?

hostile fleet engaged, incoming transmission, colony established, situation-log updated...

special project complete, construction complete, science ship under attack, planetary invasion lost

anomaly detected

anomaly found, evading hostile fleet, enemy planet secured

new race discovered

Then that organ kicks in an everyone gets chills of how good it sounds

"We took to the stars. Was it our birthright? Is it our birthright? It was difficult, but we achieved it- we made our first FTL drive. It was instrumental to our success. We charted the planets beyond our own, and a crushing sense of loneliness began to set in. How could this be? Were we the only ones? Perhaps we were. It terrified us. Then, we realized that perhaps this wasn't such a bad thing. We ruled the stars. We became convinced it was not our birthright, but our destiny to shepherd this place of life. We sowed the seeds of life across worlds, giving rise to new ecosystems on the most barren of places in this system. We captured stars in metal spheres, generating power we previously never could create. We placed gateways from one side of the universe to the other. We created ring-worlds and orbital habitats for our people. We ruled the cosmos. Then our worlds, seeded with life, began to evolve. We slowly lost our hold on the galaxy. And we cried. But we cried tears of joy as the planets we had created gave us company. New civilizations came into being. And though we did not always agree with them, we loved all of them. We have not always been the best of parents. We have been wrathful. We have been greedy. We have been ignorant. But now, we will fix that. This scourge comes for us, to kill us en masse and leave our corpses desecrated. Therefore, it is my honor to announce the formation of the Galactic Council. We shall spare no expense to defend this galaxy from these ravenous invaders. We will defend our home and our children. Or we will die in the attempt." -speech given by Warden Merisava of the Elvan Worlds, hours before the full mobilization of their military and the subsequent destruction of the Prethoryn Scourge

@@ladywaffle2210 Damn. Is this ingame text or something you actually wrote yourself? Its amazing!

@@secretjosh5619 I wrote it myself. Thank you so much for the kind words!

There actually are lyrics here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bMWVfq2q2LDPYY0.html

*WAR HAS BEEN DECLARED AGAINST US* (•_•) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■) "Ready the Tachyon Lances"

Gene Warriors Away !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*pre-nerf naked corvettes

*Proceeds to bitch slap enemy fleet and dump 30 Xenomorph armies on their 7 tile colony*

*All shipyards online*

It could be TV Series :D

That would be like best sci-fi series

@@PericlesJunianus Yeah, true))))

Match this soundtrack to the opening of the Expanse

How would a stellaris tv show work??? Ep1.Encounter with the racist shrimps

Interstellaris am I right?

Omg it gives me chills

***** The unfitting name made it very hard for me to find xD When I was looking for this OST, I was trying more serenish and spiritual titles

***** Yeah, whatever, dude! It's still the best and that's all I wanted to convey, alright? =P

Serenity? Well, that's hardly the word I would use to describe this piece, but I can sortof see how others might see it that way. I would say this song sounds tragic: at best lonely; at worst tortured. I always find it perfect for those moments where I have been trying to avert a war, but the war turns out to be inevitable. First game, I tried to get a certain faction in my alliance (one of the first factions that was allied to me), but my other allies didn't like them because of some differing ethos (I think it was militaristic VS pacifist, pre-Asimov patch). Eventually, as relations deteriorated between them and my allies, they declared me a rival, we recalled our embassies, and in time war erupted. They lost badly. This song fit perfectly for that moment when they declared us their rival and we recalled our embassy! Never finished that game, but I still have it saved so I could. Right now they are in pretty rough shape, while we are a grand empire.

I guess you only get 1 edit now or something? Anyway, was going to say "haunting" might be a better word for what I mean than "tortured," but save timeframe the concepts are close enough.

101jir By serenity, I meant, the first minute of the piece. It was probably intended to match the melancholy and serenity of floating around in space. After that, the music goes FTL-mode and gets filled with action before finally reaching its destination - another lonely, serene point in space. I love the thought put into making these. Could sync it with real FTL space travel easily

S Y S T E M S U R V E Y C O M P L E T E

W A R H A S B E E N D E C L A R E D

Colonisation in progress!

C O N S T R U C T I O N C O M P L E T E

A N O M A L Y F O U N D

TR8R Too bad I dont do this anymore. The hate you get for that is just OP...

>trump supporter >mass genocide checks out

I think I dont understand...

EX-TER-MI-NATE! Cleanse the filthy organics from the Galaxy.

korvix dernevik To be fair, Xenocide is fun to commit in Stellaris.

Civilization anyone?

Holy hell I know that feeling when you really expand around mid to end game.

In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only paperwork.

2020, A game with 150 colonies, and using auto-job movement from The Greater Good resolution 3 master xeno-race.

In term of annoying micro nothing comes close to organizing your armies in victoria2, that's the main reason I stopped playing vc2.

@@Robert-The-Bruce idk man, you ever heard the Mechanicus soundtrack? It's pretty wild.

@@MrSmoothie816 I'm no servant of the Omnissiah- my duty is to die for the Emperor, not to retrieve His machines- but I personally prefer this.

Interesting Tale. As a representative of the Combine of Ni'Quer I state simply when we eventually figure out how to properly manage an empire we will be going to your Galaxy first, we have some sociopathic Fungi who love to turn themselves into robots, a perfect match for you. Alongside that we can also offer you some disgusting, HORRENDOUS, slaves of a race we weren't able to exterminate because the entire galaxy spat in our eyes for it. Alongside that we can also offer you Tomboy Bird Warriors. That is our selling point. Don't ask why.

Wait, what happened, I thought he was still working with paradox? He did CKIII.

@@ehwhoamieh1406 He is. I think he just didnt work on Imperator Rome.

@@davidmarshall1455 and it has some really goddamn good music

Pretty sure it's a multi million dollar game lol

In my opinion, this is the difference that passion makes, when you are at work. If you love what you do, and really care about the result, great things can be made.

I mean ME kinda did except for those who can keep replaying the story cuz of age and Andromeda's release state

Yes, especially the beginning But it fit perfect for the game

it is. united races mod on the workshop gives you most of the stuff youll need to make them. But now I keep getting overthrown by pregenophage krogan, so im questioning my life choices

i swear it's too similar, the tune and the crescendos are identical

I agree, I play it often when I get back from school, listen to this song while doing my homework

But…but sound doesn’t travel in space. You’d have to play it on a speaker in your helmet

@@phoenix0166 Obiously bruh...

@@ctgx7735Man doesn’t even get it

@@phoenix0166You didn’t even get it

@@phoenix0166 retard alert!

i miss Mass Effects, soon Andromeda hype is real

Im a bit skeptical, but at the same time Hyped. Kinda strange.

Same here lets hope they don't fuck it up

and what do you think now, after the fact?

and what do you think now, after the fact?

Best.

lol, love your profile pic SS Wermaht..... XD

Lucky for me I don't even have the Utopia DLC😐

Or your starting habitats...

Dude your profile pic just sells this 🤣

@@scyobiempire4450 when they take out your home system with 9 habitats

search "halo drive" I think that's the closest we'll get to "FTL" travel..... physically FTL is out of the picture but that doesn't mean you can't freeze your own time

@@_timelike Nah man, try the Alcubierre drive.

Nope, climate change is, at this point, effectively unstoppable. Governments are going to do nothing about it, and within 100 years it will be like Mad Max. Hundreds of millions of climate refugees are going to fuck up every country north of the equator, the oil, coal, and natural gas reserves will dry up, fresh water will become very scarce, and a state of perpetual war will overtake the once-great planet we call Earth. Isolated civilization will pop up in the northernmost regions, but they will be constantly attacked by raiders and overwhelmed with refugees, and they, too, will fall. The only hope is for small island nations to wait out the apocalypse and then slowly repopulate Earth. It might take 500 years to get back to where we once were, but it will happen. Humanity will then learn from it's mistakes and... Just kidding. We're all going to fucking die. Best case scenario those small island nations just keep to themselves and eventually establish colonies in the Solar System, worse case scenario Earth becomes all but uninhabitable.

@@sentientsquirrel7794 Good thing I live on an island.

Even if we don't, we could still feasibly colonize the galaxy the slow way.

Ri Nima deep space travel soundtrack is more interstellar-y

Interstellaris.

ehh more mass effect imo

It definitely takes inspiration from it.

It’s both Mass Effecty and Interstellary tbh

With a dash of 40k

@@ruthstewart8725 the Emperor protects

Barroth armor protects

Isso é verdade 🤔

some of the recent dlc added some, not much, but its something

AtomicThaGamer you mean when a 100 Torpedoe patrol boats take out a fleet they shoundnt have won against?

Did you just asked me to kill myself? You're rude!

smh my head so rude I'm going to tell my mom and she going to call ur mom

Welp.... time for a new play through I guess

>when them devouring swarm declares war on you

The Imperium will wipe you foul bugs from the galaxy.

Come meet Battlefleet Dawn foul creatures. Come meet your doom, as we make a stand for all life, for all creation. These are our stars monsters and we shall defend them to the last

When the Unbidden are Pathetic fleet power to you. And they run into your main fleet(s)... Yay!

System reconnaissance completed

Ananamoly found

Tal vez.

we all do

You mean the successor to Civilisation, right? Picking up right around the time you win a space race XD

@@AnonymousUser-tp6ij will do 😂😊

115 likes lol

*SPIRITUALIST FOOL! intensifies*

Sell some of those +100 Minerals on the market XD

Pass the time with some good ol' purgin.

@@isaaclai3523 And forget about any sort of diplomacy... :P

@@PerfectAlibi1 *cough* Fanatic Purifier *cough*

@@isaaclai3523 That's boring. :P