Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely - Stellaris Lore

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  • @observer3887
    @observer3887 Рік тому +259

    I loved this origin. I managed to entomb my leader in the "golden throne" and make them immortal as well as psionic chosen one and chosen of the instrument. And they were worshiped as God Emperor.

    • @williamsledge3151
      @williamsledge3151 Рік тому +33

      I did the same! Also destroyed the galaxy!

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  Рік тому +67

      I may later down the line replay through this and do a "40k Emperor" style story

    • @ilovespongebob7840
      @ilovespongebob7840 Рік тому +22

      chosen of instrument? HERESY.

    • @grumpydinosaur2347
      @grumpydinosaur2347 Рік тому +1

      But it was bugged? I didnt got actual chosen one traits after event.. They just.. Waant there

    • @observer3887
      @observer3887 Рік тому +4

      @@grumpydinosaur2347 not for me. I got both chosen one and chosen by instrument later. And with the golden throne it was three levels of immortality. The life sustaining apparatus removed all negative traits

  • @LegatusLigeratus
    @LegatusLigeratus Рік тому +93

    You can always count on thr Praetorian Guard to put the absolute worst person in power and also remove the absolute worst person from power. Always keep your household guards loyal, my dudes!

  • @silentempr8003
    @silentempr8003 Рік тому +41

    I love how in the depictions, her crown gets larger and while she is descending deeper and deeper into madness 😂

  • @mandaloretheangry9043
    @mandaloretheangry9043 Рік тому +89

    i love this origin, you can pull a palpatine or drag your empire into a civil war

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  Рік тому +18

      It's alot of fun, i'm sure i'll get another story out of it when I replay through it

    • @therealspeedwagon1451
      @therealspeedwagon1451 Рік тому +2

      I kinda want to drag my empire into a civil war intentionally. I like the idea of people resisting my ruler made up mostly of unhappy reformists and slaves. Kind of like the slave revolt in TNO if you have Albert Speer.

    • @northstargaming2363
      @northstargaming2363 Рік тому

      What origin is it?

  • @Diarmuhnd
    @Diarmuhnd Рік тому +19

    "From CHAOS a leader emerged" Sounds legit to me.

  • @DarkKnight52365
    @DarkKnight52365 Рік тому +26

    this is why i always go for the benevolent rule

  • @xoereneau8007
    @xoereneau8007 Рік тому +34

    I love these videos please never stop with the stellaris lore!

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  Рік тому +4

      Thanks Xoe!! Glad you're enjoying them :) I have no intentions to stop with Stellaris!! It's too much fun!!

  • @johnnyhampton8633
    @johnnyhampton8633 Рік тому +17

    Ive never been this early. The Shroud shines upon me! All hail The Red King.

  • @keyboardtaskforcephi-3689
    @keyboardtaskforcephi-3689 Рік тому +15

    While playing this i thought i was the Chosen savior. Then until the end, i was like why do i get to kill my leaders? I killed most of them because i only realize there are agenda for the event until half way. So anyways i crashed the rebel in Civilwar despite that they took all my Core worlds, energy, alloy, minerals etc. Their fleets is pathetic tho.However, i lost 65% of my fleet to that 1 defense starbase i desgin and bulit for the worm hole connected to the exterminators. My fleet werent desgin to fight that star base.And since i lost all my Core worlds. I can't rebuild my fleet instantly. So in the end, no body wins the civil war.
    This is why i like to keep Genocide empire alive. Stuff like this is fun.

  • @1293ST
    @1293ST Рік тому +12

    I wish if it wasn't so buggy. All the events following imperial just simply don't work and the paranoid trait is absolutely atrocious given that you can fine keep power forever if you stay a dictatorship.

  • @EmperorRyu1
    @EmperorRyu1 Рік тому +25

    Power does not corrupt. It enables.

  • @bgcvetan
    @bgcvetan Рік тому +16

    Ah classic Gaddafi ending.
    Thank you for bringing this to our attention Great One.

  • @SupCom78
    @SupCom78 Рік тому +9

    i went the genetic route and made her an empress who managed to defeat the rebels, but i also chose to compromise with social welfare. i played as a strict but fair ruler anyway, so it was ok to compromise, later i also put her on a golden throne. damn, by the time the project is done, the resources needed to keep her alive are huge. make sure your economy is stable ;) i think next time i will use the psi route or a cyborg route would be useful too. regardless, this origin is really good. also the leaders are much more useful now. it really hurts when you lose a good leader.

  • @plmokm33
    @plmokm33 Рік тому +31

    This origin feels like it should have been a civic, much like the new low tech civics that came in the last expansion.

  • @majortnt2941
    @majortnt2941 Рік тому +9

    If it’s possible, can you possibly do a video on the Ithome Cluster and “The Chosen?” They were added with 3.8 but require First Contact. Extremely neat storyline for them.

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  Рік тому +2

      Literally writing the script as I type this :)

  • @youthoughtaboutit6946
    @youthoughtaboutit6946 Рік тому +13

    The fact that her title is high queen implies that there are lower monarchs that rule under her and personally I find that concept facinsting.

    • @Sirithil
      @Sirithil Рік тому +4

      Planetary governors might be kings and queens. Then you'd have lower nobility for progressively smaller regions of a planet - dukes, counts, barons, etc.

  • @Sephiroth144
    @Sephiroth144 8 місяців тому +2

    And I bet they kept airing those Imperial Broadcasts during Firefly's timeslot...

  • @Aquilifer-rw5hk
    @Aquilifer-rw5hk Рік тому +3

    Another banger, well done man

  • @jeangermain837
    @jeangermain837 Рік тому +6

    Awsome video as always man i love your content

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  Рік тому +2

      Thanks Jean :) Appreciate the support!!

    • @jeangermain837
      @jeangermain837 Рік тому +1

      @@TheRedKing love from chile my bro
      You are my pana weon xdd

  • @tobiasGR3Y
    @tobiasGR3Y Рік тому +6

    A truly Romanian Ending to a Stellaris story.

  • @therealspeedwagon1451
    @therealspeedwagon1451 Рік тому +8

    I love using the space elf portrait. I called mine the Zelvan Empire and they’re a fanatic authoritarian xenophilic empire loosely based off the Russian Empire. I say loosely because there’s two other options for them. There is the Zelvan trading corporation which as the name suggests is a megacorp led by the bourgeoisie of the old feudal Zelvan family. Another option is the Galactic Revolutionary Front which as the name suggests is a militarist communist democracy led by the Zelvan working class.

    • @williek08472
      @williek08472 Рік тому

      Space elves are my favorite portrait. I usually use them as force-spawned cat-worshipping cultists known as The Church of the One True Gilbert (created by my favorite UA-camr/streamer), but sometimes there are other space elf empires I make. Probably my favorite was using the Clone Army origin to create a race of all-female elf clone soldiers called Mokinans.

    • @therealspeedwagon1451
      @therealspeedwagon1451 Рік тому

      @@williek08472 I named mine the Zelvans because that was just a randomly generated name I thought was nice. I based their history and possible empires off the Russian Empire. The feudal empire is somewhat based off of Tsarist Russia, the Zelvan corporation is kinda based off of the provisional government, and then the Galactic Revolutionary Front is of course based off the Soviet Union. I also made others which is the Zelvan Imperium which takes place when the revolution destabilized the old monarchy and upheaved the traditional matriarchal structure. And then the final empire I made with the under one rule origin is quite possibly the worst case scenario for the Zelvans. It is where their revolution was so bloody and intense that from the ashes came a visionary who had all the answers to Zelvan problems, but it was all a ruse. In the end she transformed Zelvan society into a totalitarian police state the likes of which has never seen before. It seems that her answers were simply more authority.

  • @cesargeney5268
    @cesargeney5268 Рік тому +3

    Heck yeah. Let's go Stellaris with your dystopia

  • @starstudiosRPG
    @starstudiosRPG Рік тому +14

    Still no machine god :(

  • @CyberController-
    @CyberController- Рік тому +4

    4th Cyber Legion update: The stalemate in the war against the Mov Imperium has been broken. Stalemate began 14 Stellar Rotations ago (consisting of 300 Planetary Rotations) when initial assault failed to breach Mov defences at Vex's Maw Starbase. Cyber Command dictated tactical withdrawl to Cyber Station Alpha-2. Cyber Intelligence discoveres that Emperor Jog Gro-Ta, leader of the Mov Imperium, was suffering from a minor brain tumor that would grow to be fatal if not treated. Sleeper agents successfully consealed the tumor from the Emperor and his court, leading to his death 4 Planetary Rotations ago. With the Mov people honouring a day of state-mandated mourning, the 4th Cyber Legion was able to break through the defences at Vex's Maw, leading to a decisive victory. Cyber Command predicts total victory within 1 Stellar Rotation.
    This victory only strengthens The Cyberiad's claim over the Galaxy, and humanity's dominance over all other life.
    *WE MUST SURVIVE*

  • @samaelsyfer
    @samaelsyfer 6 місяців тому +1

    Love this origin, it's either you focus on the outside, expanding and get eaten from the inside in civil war, or you focus inside and get ran over by the aliens..
    But had a good playtrough on grand admiral, x25 crisis with a luminary psyonic chosen one of the instrument, opressive autocracy, aristocratic elite and pompeous purists for the flavor of nobles looking down on every others, had zro precursors, got the rubricator too, and the only entrance to my personal edge of galaxie cluster of stars where 2 pulsars i build storm casters and 48% damage bosted ruination glares in it, -100% sublightspeed.. made me invincible, and has hidden bonus, the storm caster prevents being seen from hyperlane detection, and once a luminary get psyonic, you gain 2 encryption free, combined with subterfuge and all the techs, you are imposible to be infiltrated or spy upon, you are just some psyonic storm on one side of the galaxy, no ia goes to war with you, as they dont know anything about you 😂
    And the crisis where a joke, archeo-tech rubricator bonused 5x ruination glares, in a no shield system, -100% sublight speed, with 50% bonus range with a fleet of 25 neutrons launchers, nano missiles elite rank cruisers, absolutly nothing could get past that.
    Let's say even Cetana feared that god emperor psyonic pompeous owl 😏

  • @swordsnspearguy5945
    @swordsnspearguy5945 Рік тому +2

    had 3/4 phases of the cycle in one leader impressive

  • @XxplosiveL
    @XxplosiveL Рік тому +1

    This is definitely in my top 5 favorite story’s

  • @amirali4428
    @amirali4428 Рік тому +4

    Please make a video about the new chosen empire. The fanatic purifier that has its own sector outside the galaxy conected with only a wormhole

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  Рік тому +3

      Mmmm new Chosen Empire? Has something slipped past me? Is that the name of the Empire?

    • @amirali4428
      @amirali4428 Рік тому +2

      ​@@TheRedKing it doesnt spawn everytime but i usually find it when i play with 200 stars with 5 ai empires. Name of it is "The Chosen" if the spawn, they are at the outer edge of the galaxy in their own star cluster, only connected to the rest of the galaxy with a wormhole. Fanatic purifier, exalted priesthood , life seeded and they have three size 10 habitates near the wormhole that they can colonize. They start with a bunch of extra resources(more than 100 basic and 500 consumer good/alloys

    • @Uwawa96
      @Uwawa96 Рік тому +1

      Mine was inside the Galactic Core... and also had a small un-connected system somewhere with an archeology side that adds LORE about em.

    • @amirali4428
      @amirali4428 Рік тому

      @@Uwawa96 is that like a new midgame crisis empire? Cause it can get some drcent fleet power by then

    • @onyxlepgm
      @onyxlepgm Рік тому

      @@TheRedKing "chatayoi" its their name

  • @durrangodsgrief6503
    @durrangodsgrief6503 Рік тому +12

    ive always disagreed power does not corrupt it reveals it is an inanimate thing its not a spirit or organism that can whisper we need to stop putting the blame on everything else besides us

    • @Giovanni-kr4dk
      @Giovanni-kr4dk Місяць тому

      I take the saying just as a warning. Something like "spoiled milk will make your stomach sick". Not attributing any blame towards the element. Just warning that most of us are not built to deal with its effects

  • @samueltheslime1125
    @samueltheslime1125 Рік тому +4

    Very nice.

  • @Youalleatmuffins
    @Youalleatmuffins Рік тому +2

    I once had a manager like this...

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  Рік тому +1

      Ha! I think we've all been there ... I hope you escaped :)

    • @Youalleatmuffins
      @Youalleatmuffins Рік тому

      @@TheRedKing damn right I did! 💯

  • @pyeitme508
    @pyeitme508 Рік тому +4

    YEP!

  • @arian9468
    @arian9468 7 місяців тому

    Now with the new crisis and with my favourite origin,I can become a fallen empire in the end while my immortal Luminary is in charge ...It was a good experience(I played under one rule origin for almost half of my playthroughs.😂)

  • @jy3n2
    @jy3n2 8 місяців тому

    The High Queen was awful, but you can't fault her taste in hats.

  • @1650th
    @1650th Рік тому +3

    The hive is early

  • @derpaderp2919
    @derpaderp2919 7 місяців тому +1

    The Luminary is NEVER WRONG guys. All naysaying is dissident rumor. Long live the luminary.

  • @Centurion98
    @Centurion98 Рік тому +3

    If you don't already, you should narrate audio books aswell

    • @andrewrecard5857
      @andrewrecard5857 Рік тому +1

      Have we seen evidence he can do an array of voices for different characters?

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  Рік тому

      I've done a couple of more narrative longer reads, the two Halo videos for example - but no i've never done any audio book work - thanks for the kind words though!! :)

  • @mathhews95
    @mathhews95 5 місяців тому +1

    I really like this origin, but not that it has a scripted descent into madness for the leader. It should be based on the choices before.

  • @helrem
    @helrem Рік тому +1

    How you recommend to start with Stellaris?

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  Рік тому

      mmm what do you mean? I prefer the learn while playing approach personally

  • @Alex_FRD
    @Alex_FRD Місяць тому

    Elf dommy mommy supreme ruler. Sorry, what was that about space empires and ethics?

  • @eliminatorvr1350
    @eliminatorvr1350 Рік тому +1

    could you make a video about the new "the chosen" midgame crisis, and the ophala system?(added to first contact with 3.8)

  • @Aetherblade-z4o
    @Aetherblade-z4o Рік тому +1

    Angry God noises intensify 😅

  • @vindiesel6695
    @vindiesel6695 Рік тому +2

    Girlbossed too hard

  • @joshuachapman247
    @joshuachapman247 Рік тому +2

    Do we know what happened to the nation after?

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  Рік тому +2

      Their galaxy imploded when I hit Alt F4

  • @Vasilefs_Terranorum
    @Vasilefs_Terranorum Рік тому +12

    I haven’t seen the video yet, but there’s no adage I despise as much as “power corrupts” or “absolute power corrupts absolutely”.
    It is such a naive and reductive statement to make and portrays the pursuit of power in a negative light. It makes ambition into a crime when it has historically been one of humanity’s greatest strengths.
    Furthermore, it ignores the countless figures in history that sought power and used it for the benefit of their people. That brought peace, prosperity and security. I can think of dozens of examples from just the Roman Empire: Augustus, Aurelian, Diocletian, Majorian, Justinian, Constantine V etc. The list is endless and this is just for one state, across all of human history there are innumerable such individuals.
    With that off my chest, I can now go watch the video.

    • @MrBartolomeo22
      @MrBartolomeo22 Рік тому +7

      Sounds like something a Fanatic Authoritarian would say :P

    • @bgcvetan
      @bgcvetan Рік тому +15

      Augustus destroyed the very soul of Rome, after him it was a slow decline to extinction, one example being the Romans no longer invented things, one example being the Corvus invented during the Roman Republic, and the Unbreaking glass invented during the reign of Tiberius whom had the inventor executed.
      Diocletian persecuted the former equates and patricians that he deemed unloyal to him causing unrepairable damage to Roman socienty.
      The violent end of the Republic caused by Patricians seizing power though military coup turned Rome from a place where people came to build their future to a place where people came to escape harsh taxes. In the end like any evil it turned on itself, Germans didn't ended the Roman Empire, the Roman Emperors did that, by the time Odoacer was in power Rome was little more than a carcass filled with maggots.

    • @Vasilefs_Terranorum
      @Vasilefs_Terranorum Рік тому

      @@bgcvetan I disagree entirely. The late republic was a corrupt oligarchy where the senators exploited the plebeians and optimates were for all intents and purposes, tyrants.
      Augustus restored peace and prosperity to the republic. He (and Caesar) were beloved champions of the general population as opposed to the elitist senators. He fought against corruption and reversed the internal decay that had set into the Res Publica. The government he established would last (with the natural evolutions along the way) for a staggering ~1500 years, in comparison to the earlier system which was around ~500.
      All things considered, Augustus was undoubtably a massive net positive for the Roman civilisation.
      By the way, you are correct in that the Germans did not in fact end the Roman Empire. The ottomans did, or the crusaders depending on whom you ask.

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  Рік тому +5

      I don't know enough to comment i'm afraid!! Nevertheless I hope the video was worth it :)

    • @samuelerickson7521
      @samuelerickson7521 Рік тому

      For every "good" dictator there is many more terrible ones. The pursuit of absolute power and authority deserves its demonization.

  • @gerasimosnektarios4077
    @gerasimosnektarios4077 Рік тому +3

    My story begin like this. On Earth at the Year 2200 the nations have united under one leader. In this totalitarian regieme, under a dystopian society primarch Malcolm Miller reigned with an iron fist...and ends with...The emperor after many years under the experimental health program manages to prolong his death enough to attain immortality under the guidance of the composer of strands, to become his champion, his chosen one. An immortal tyrant to rule over mankind... NOPE!!! The event bar is full now. He died.🥲

  • @urbangradisek5695
    @urbangradisek5695 Рік тому +1

    it is just like cersei from got