Stellaris No Conquest Payback Challenge

Stellaris No Conquest Challenge will be tough. We will be limited to pacifism, yuck, which means we cannot launch wars of agression. We also won't be taking any vassals. We aim to build a Federation of equals, using the liberation wargoal. We will of course be sprinkling in a bit of roleplay in this Stellaris Challenge playthrough.

But can the United Earth Governments survive?

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:45 Our Empire
5:54 The Challenge Begins

Stellaris Version 3.7

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[joshuawittenberg]

Me, who never makes war because it makes me sad: "This is a challenge?"

[Elyseon]

The most unrealistic part in this is humanity uniting AND not wanting to get payback.

[franciscoangeles]

I have to throw in that Switzerland did indeed conduct conquest wars.

[errortrek]

Not launching offensive wars? This is like my first playtrough

[justinsinke]

This is exactly why I don't like forming defensive pacts, especially in the early game; getting dragged into wars I'm in no position to fight and then having my fate tied into the war decisions of an AI empire.

[gurrspar]

This was basically a France game! You were called into a war against a military power based on a defensive pact, lost the war, your empire and your home planet, but your colonies remain.

My suggestion would be to embrace your inner de Gaulle, use console commands to shift to another human empire, then roleplay your way back to liberating sol together with your Free Human forces and your surviving allies. Personally I'd love to see it.

[User]

Montu: "No one would willingly sign their life away"

Every military recruiter in the U.S. just started laughing uncontrollable. They have yet to figure out the cause.

[zordiarkdarkeater]

He calls it a Challenge.
I call it an everyday playthrough lol i allways play more of a passive agressive Empire in 4x games. barely ever do wars myself.

[Savaris]

Ah yes, liberation Wars, my favourite kind of non-aggressive war, right after Total war, which of course is purely defensive, as I do not know how many guns my neighbours might be aiming at me

[IainG]

I'm gonna recommend Out of the Dark (by David Weber) as good book for anyone interested in the Payback Origin story-wise. It's about humanity defeating technologically superior invaders (and not just relying on bacteria to do it for them....). Has a slightly ridiculous premise in it which is then explained far better in the sequel.

[art-games]

I like how you say that some people are calling for agressive first contact policy, others passive, yet you cannot press either one of these buttons

[Treyast]

*"TRY NOT TO EXTERMINATUS CHALLENGE (IMPOSSIBLE) (NOT CLICKBAIT)"*

[the_last.satrap]

The Modified Churchill speech was INSANE

[norymk]

YESSSS We need more themed playtroughs! multiple 30 minute episodes are perfect!

[MrAlex_Raven]

5:00 I mean you could tried writing something.
"Having first hand witness the cruelty of a people who haughtily thought they were mightier than the people they sought to conquer; no human would dare subject anyone to such a fate. War if they must, but never to lord over a people as they once were."

[ironclad]

Really love the Rp focused challenges, I’m looking forward to more.

[jacobhoover]

My favorite challange is preserving as much space from being colonized as possible, like having Consecrated Systems instead of Worlds.

[TheWolf]

reminds me a little of the "all tomorrows" story. how the big baddies ended up paying for their evil, so satisfying

[TheM]

...half way thru, you selected nearly every offensive option you got your hands on...

[Cosmic_SC]

25:00 Winston Churchill would be proud.