I Roleplay an Empire In Stellaris! | Stellaris Roleplay Playthrough - Part 1

And so It begins, the honourbound sets into the great unknown! With just a dream and a lot o'weapons!
Roleplay Playlist: • Stellaris Roleplay
Mods Used:
Starnet AI - steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...
Tiny Outliner V2 - steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...
Species Diversity - steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...
Ethics and Civics Classic - steamcommunity.com/workshop/f...
Expanded Colors - steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...
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[@Lathland]

This video was going to be out yesterday, but processing made It take WAY longer - Thanks KZbin, so here is an early Christmas Day (Well, at least here in the UK! Timezones yo!) upload!! Hope everyone has a truly fantastic day and a whole great festive season! Now, It's time for me to go get some Christmas dinner cooking & get myself a rum or three.

[@OldAustisticVeganPussy]

No bro it's Christmas 2020 you deserve expensive brandy

[@Lathland]

I have a nice £100 rum that I got as a present, I'm sticking with the rum today! Brandy tomorrow! :D

[@KageKatze]

@@Lathland haha nice I got a bunch of Japanese snacks Honestly my third pick for the empire but I like them all definitely love to see them all in a playthrough at some point

[@ultama.]

You I'm watching you on my new phone

[@RomeGod177]

Merry Christmas ant brother from MN

[@tenebrisevernight]

Hold on.... highly militarized, everyone serves the military, peacekeepers of the galaxy, honor-bound... did.. did you just make the Turians from Mass Effect.

[@Cailus3542]

Spot on.

[@auto27user]

the confederation from starship trooper?

[@shadowofhawk55]

@@auto27user Are you doing your part? Join the Federation today! Service guarantees citizenship!

[@shadowofhawk55]

I'd say no because the Turians are less defend the meek and more obey the law or else. To support this I present the time they nuked a human colony after we activated a Mass Relay with no prior knowledge that it was a no no.

[@Ramschat]

@@auto27user The (Starship Troopers) confederation was very autocratic and the aggressor.... The Turians are a better fit I feel.

[@planetfall5056]

Deep in the bowels of the earth, inside an ancient structure of unknown purpose, a booming voice speaks. *ARE YOU READY KIDS?* A door grinds open on the far wall. *OOOOOOOOOH!*

[@Palitato]

I really like when you read the events out. I haven't played Stellaris myself, and don't know the different story chains. I'd have ot pause and read through them myself before because I was curious about them. At least early on when the empire is first expanding, I like to hear things read out. Makes me feel more invested in the current empire, like they're a real species out there, and not just chess pieces on a space-themed board.

[@hiddencrow7907]

I move my space rook onto your capital system E4

[@tomisabum]

Agreed; plus you've got such a pleasant voice, despite all the self-deprecation you do about that! I think after so long you've got a good idea which events are minor and which aren't, and have a good idea of interesting narrative moments. Maybe just slow yourself on clicking them away at least to give yourself a chance, or let folks pause the vid.

[@erikbergqvist83]

Agreed :-)

[@Mithraxium]

About that chess thing. There is a mod that adds new AI personalities (it's called... ehm... More AI Personalities), including one called "Trapped in a Machine". They are think they are living in a simulation with one or more empires controlled by a higher power. They feel like they are destined to lose against and being controlled by them (I think they call them "The Watchers") and seek to destroy every life in the galaxy to free themselves from their tyranny.

[@supernukey419]

@@hiddencrow7907 I counter with c5 the xenophilian defence

[@jeremiahlaust304]

I loved it when you said "they are repugnant because they are very strict with their rules" then immediately followed up with "they are unruly" 😆 I'd love to see you do run some of the mod jam origins.

[@GaratghDeloi]

Maybe they need to be very strict with their rules since they are unruly by nature?

[@randys2669]

It kinda makes sense, like if their society has a very specific, complicated set of moral honor rules. So to other species, their behavior might seem erratic and unruly, but really they're just living by a very nuanced code of conduct that's easily misunderstood.

[@thesunwillneverset]

@@randys2669 They're not unruly and repugnant because they're Chaotic Neutral, they're unruly and repugnant because they're Lawful Neutral but nobody else can fgure out their rules.

[@Bloodlyshiva]

@@GaratghDeloi “Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature, whenever they may find occasion for it.”

[@shadowofhawk55]

I like to think more like Jaffa from Stargate. Its less rules and more a very strict code that doesn't make much sense to outsiders that allow for homicide very commonly.

[@MrFormrlyknownas]

I stumbled onto you accidentally years ago and your truly exceptional content started a fire in my heart for stellaris that is still burning bright today and brought back my long dead love for grand stratagy... Thank you so much.

[@Thermascorch]

You know what started that fire, my mans amazing voice! His content is great and all, but his accent is just enticing

[@mr_confuse]

Found him back in the Robocraft days and continued to watch till today! I really think this is one of the few channels with quality content.

[@Dfarrey]

To go with the "furnace and forge" theme, you need to name something "Hammer" and "Anvil."

[@elianas1121]

And another one needs to be “Crucible”.

[@ollyravenhill7341]

Also foundry and Smelter

[@notoriousgoblin83]

Crucible for the star

[@shadowofhawk55]

Maybe the ships? The Corvettes could be Flame, the Destroyers Hammer, the Cruisers Anvil, the Battleships Crucible, the Titans.....I don't know.

[@planetfall5056]

I think the planets should have forge names but the ships should have weapon names. The planets forge the ships, the ships defend the forges. Corvette Interceptor: Rapier (Fast thrusts and feints) Corvette picket: Buckler (Small shield) Destroyer: Spear (Simple mainline weapon) Cruisers: Halberd (Heaver more intricate polearms) Battleship: Maul (Huge spiked club for crushing armor) Titan: War Hammer (The war hammer is a polearm that is devastating against armor but it also harkens back to the forge theme with the hammer part of the name. This pay homage to the titans manufacturing abilities.)

[@arandomusername6230]

For once, we are actually the good guys

[@westernstealth873]

We’re always the good guys, as long as no one has the ability to disagree

[@barondemontesquieu6111]

Yeah we’ve always been the good guys. We’ve never done anything that wasn’t for the greater good.

[@laserlights9684]

Lathrix is just snapping each galaxy away but this time he has restrained himself for a challenge,his raw power makes it too easy.

[@dinamosflams]

That's boring. I want to Go back to causing mass genocide by making them work to death with spikes tearing their limbs.

[@giaxo1739]

Depending on how you define good, we've always been the good guys! (In all seriousness, I feel like I'm the ONLY GOOD PERSON on the Stellaris subreddit)

[@mango4554]

Truly, an excellent Christmas gift. Here’s one for the algorithm.

[@Shadownight-zg2pn]

Here's another one

[@jackdudley3755]

Excellent argument

[@christophercarson6634]

T

[@michaelearl6765]

Blood for the blood God, comment for the algorithm

[@solsystem1342]

Feed the algorithm

[@marleyb.6058]

Honestly, i love the slower paced gameplay, with more attention looking at the different events in more detail. It's a great difference from the usual style. I think this is a welcome style for these very in depth playthroughs, but for the usual style of playthrough i still prefer the fast paced gameplay.

[@newromanianmappernrm4420]

Seeing how it seems like the main theme of this species if being forged by their planet to be super-friendly and cooperative due to competitiveness just resulting in both dying due to overuse of resources on fighting over said resources, it could be interesting naming the first and second colonies respectively "Hearth" and "Furnace".

[@anonimus370]

The honourbound is basically how the US portrays itself

[@keith5524]

And fails miserably in the real world

[@Klanosek]

@@keith5524 It would work better if only soldiers would be capable to vote. Just like Lath republic

[@mso2013]

Not really, the world policemen sure but not honourbound.

[@giaxo1739]

Stop being right, it's hurting my patriotism.

[@gayfroggo]

*deep breath* WIIIILLLLLSOOOOOOOOOOON!

[@aberlol]

The Herzschlag Station... Hmm i mean... kinda fits to the Necroids but then again it does not... it is weird, it translates to heartbeat for those who want to know. While im at it, Fieber is fever. Edit: The station names are named after the Celestial bodies the station is build upon. Edit2: Well Should have watched the Vid first, then commented... oh well. Comments, for the KZbin algorithm then

[@dragonlord1935]

**sigh** I'm usually not the guy who nitpicks stuff like this but since you WERE talking about language I feel like I need to mention this. *those and *algorithm. That's how those words are spelled.

[@aberlol]

@@dragonlord1935 Should be fixed now, Thanks.

[@carlstein9278]

Herzschlag can also mean heart attack. Which goes nicely with fever.

[@mana6549]

​@@carlstein9278 well normaly not, a heart attack would be called Herzinfarkt. while the normal heart beat is called Herzschlag. correct me if i am wrong lul

[@patti441]

Thsts what i wanted to say:0 Edit ... I am potato.. he knows its heartbeat ...

[@TheNerdinat0r]

you could call a food world "the bellows" because it "fuels" the people living on the forge

[@Improposterous]

Ghon... where did he go? Dude I choked on my tea because of that XD

[@k1ngcarrot]

I love watching people play “the good guys”, it’s refreshing sometimes

[@napdragon7324]

I can hardly stand playing oppressive authoritarian/xenophobic empires. I just feel too bad about it. :(

[@greatertexanunion8662]

“I’ve been looking forward to this.”

[@Trippy2549]

Hey can I have more water? Please

[@GamingGreyBeard]

Yup, it's definitely nice having you read out those events. I watch youtube on my old cell and can't make out any writing. Makes me feel like a kid again.. read it to me again uncle Lathy!!

[@comet.x]

I feel like the player outpasing alot of the galaxy is more an issue with how stellaris itself works, as even in multiplayer the same will happen. Eventually the biggest empire just crushes everyone

[@TlalocTemporal]

Perhaps there needs to be more internal strifes when you get large, even being at risk of fracturing unless you have a focus on unity or authoritarianism.

[@supernukey419]

steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1809087738&searchtext=Dynamic+difficulty You could try this mod

[@theasparagus1769]

See's first episode of a lets play notification Thinks it will be short episode One Hour Long Video! Thanks for this most great boon Lath!

[@FeyMoonFlower99]

When you described the empire at the start all I could think of was that they are the Mandalorian form StarWars.

[@Speedster___]

Same

[@matthewklestinski7030]

If we run into a small nation that needs our help for a vital quest, and can only pay us in Beskar steel ingots from their traditional forges.. We might be Mandalorian.

[@501ststormtrooper9]

Noted.

[@olivia242]

I'm so glad that you've gone back to your roots of roleplay and I've never realised how much there is in stellaris!! You're an amazing creator and I wish you a very merry Christmas and I hope you get to see your family soon.

[@ansgar8649]

First of all [Mandatory comment for algorithm deception] Second I really like your stellaris videos in general but the rp empires are making them even better. And last but not least thank you for uploading even if it's Christmas.

[@LordLions13]

Merry Christmas, dude!

[@outland2874]

Merry christmas

[@SviatoslavDamaschin]

Stay healthy and Merry Christmas!

[@regben2057]

Merry Christmas to you and your families!

[@TristenGRrrather]

Seems like you've basically recreated the Turian Hierarchy from Mass Effect

[@issobcgeneral-jason7006]

I like this ship name theme to be honest Your nation honors their military. And the ship names could be from their troubled past, it's their way of honoring where they came from? Anyways I love how this new series is done, the more story telling parts amazing. Happy holidays, thanks for who you are!

[@ranosian1135]

"Are you ready?" "Aye Aye voice" "I cant hear you" "AYE AYE VOICE" "OOOOOOOOOOOOH Who lives in a cave under the ground?"

[@purpledevilr7463]

I’d like to see a civic that damages the military power but makes a job for the unemployed as solders which gives a small bonus. Unemployed military overflow.

[@uplayxer6421]

You are truely the only person which can make hour long videos of stellaris so interesting and funny.

[@user-vt7vf9nv8m]

The amount of time I have been waiting for an rp from you is amazing, keep up the great work and Merry Christmas!

[@abbodon1]

I do enjoy hearing you read all the events, like you I end up skimming a lot of them but hearing it all read out really drives home a lot of the stories that are so often missed.

[@RoboMuskVsLizardZuckerberg]

man. this Role-Play "Star Wars" opening is bring me Dungeon & Dragon flashback

[@bendre1997]

Merry Christmas Lath!! I really love how in depth this play through feels already and how much love has gone into making/playing it.

[@KK-pt4rq]

i love this this is so chill instead of your usual minmaxing and felt to quick but this is chill

[@danielfeagin3846]

I really liked this! I forgot how much I missed the slower pacing, more narrative feel of the videos! Really love it, keep it up!

[@michaelroberts8881]

i'm really liking this new form of video. can't wait for more

[@archapmangcmg]

Herzschlag. Heartbeat Research Station. Please keep this name :)

[@Lathland]

42:00 - I remember that's what It means in the very end! Though I do continue to pronounce It very badly for a while.. But that's a given haha! :)

[@archapmangcmg]

@@Lathland Ich Will - Rammstein. One of my favourite songs! "Ich Will Jeden Herzschlag kontrollieren" - "I want to control your every heartbeat." Good to see you got these references in the end! Interestingly, it used to mean "heart attack" which is even more on theme for Necroids.

[@elessarwraith547]

Thank you for this. I really enjoy your playthroughs. Reading the events out does no doubt make it take longer on your end, but I really enjoyed it. Read out as many as you would like, please.

[@theeunseen8820]

Love the video and love the focus on roleplaying the empire and the interesting lil events.

[@LastMohecan]

I really love your long videos, that's why you are my favorite Stellaris youtuber, but I am really excited to see this let's play! Thanks for working so hard on these videos.

[@lightstrikedragonlps6516]

I'd say keep reading the more significant events but not all of the anomalies. Loving it so far and keep up the great work!

[@CucumberThunderpatch]

So chuffed you made this video! I first subbed when I discovered one of your early full playthroughs of Stellaris. It was your infectious excitement and tentative exploration of the game that kept me hooked to your channel. It really has been cool to see you go from "I don't fully know what I'm doing" to "how the flipping hell does he do that so fast??". But to revisit and reflect like you have here after mastering a game for so long just highlights the care and attention you give to what you do. Thank you for all the effort -- it really is appreciated!

[@RoseBeeKind]

Absolutely enjoying the high quality, fun content you always put out 🙂

[@ExInfamous]

I remake and replay multiple species every week on stellaris. Most campaigns I never finish. I always give my race a full biography and create them with a specific role-playing idea in mind. I think that's what makes this game fun for me!

[@bkmelseth]

Love this so much more than cutting 95% of a playthrough and only showing highlights. Show as much as possible, read as much as possible imo - it's by far my favourite format and makes for a very relaxed and enjoyable series

[@TheGum525]

I really enjoy it when you take it low and slow, reading all the events and showing off every decision is great to see how you are roleplaying the Honourbound (its fun to watch too), and it means I learn things about the game I didn't before! I have a few hundred hours in Stellaris and I learned a ton about factions and other things from this. Thank you for all the hard work!

[@bow-tiedengineer4453]

I really like this super in depth, with nothing cut out. also, going the full mile on the lore is great, I don't have the game, so all this stuff is new and interesting to me.

[@AsherLimaPapa]

I love your reading out of the events. Adds flavor to it all!

[@DrakadorChaos]

We indeed wish the series to be continued in the future, reading out events and explaining the thought process behind your decisions is also very nice, keep it up!

[@gregdobbin9549]

Aw man an upload for Christmas! Can't get watching it today have to keep an eye on the wee man but have a pre emptive like

[@razumnygerstein2448]

I loved this...and the title image was perfect! I loved the DND homage!

[@tedlangton8667]

Sick vid m8. I like this style of playthrough, it is refreshing.

[@kanski9]

I very much enjoy watching this type of gameplay, so please do more! and do read the events please. and merry christmas!

[@mikaelberg4304]

LOVE the roleplaying. This is exactly how I play - so Im very happy to see it! Great content as always! Looking forward to more of this :D

[@Snuffvi]

I fall asleep to these every night and rewatch whatever I missed in the morning :) thank you for these wonderful videos!

[@pinpointinaccuracy8223]

Comments for the algorithm god! I really like the whole roleplay aspect of this playthrough. I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes.

[@_6HavoK9]

Most entertaining video on your channel so far. An appreciated christmas present! Kudos!

[@Silly2smart]

By GOD I love that race you made!! They're like galactic angels! :D

[@christhepillowstealer9807]

I am personally loving the fact you are reading them out, it helps me stay with whats happening

[@karlg2123]

I purposely didn't finished the video about "choosing a race" just to go into this as blind as possible. Thanks for this Christmas gift Lath, keep it up.

[@onehuman4853]

This is exactly what I want from Stellaris videos. Thank you so much!

[@invaderzimm1083]

A good playthrough! Keep it up this way is a lot more fun!

[@williamstahl5777]

Great vid just continue like this one and take some time off for the holidays. Merry Christmas

[@thomasandre5013]

Please keep reading the events out loud! Loving all of the flavor and RP so far, looking forward to the rest of the series!

[@heliossams3639]

Love you man thank you for the Christmas present!

[@andersam2908]

I love the slower pace start and actual reading of the events. Also the focus on role-playing makes me really happy :). The 'evil' names for the ships don't really fit I think, but nothing I can't imagine away.

[@unitzulu1836]

I never knew i wanted this until today, thank you

[@chicagobreed502]

I've waited for a role-playing playthrough with the ethics mods and stuff for a while. Gonna have fun with this

[@necron8368]

You are one of my favorite creators and I love how you are RPing. I would like it if you just overviewed the events. Have a great christmas!

[@kulibzz8254]

Nice playthrough, extremely nice to watch!

[@caedmon6225]

My favourite part of Stellaris is the early exploration, the gradual discovery of the shape of the galaxy. You spending more time here is interesting.

[@koenik1986]

Keep it going! This will become a wonderful series. No doubts

[@theteutonking3306]

BLOOD FOR THR BLOOD GOD. SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE. ROLEPLAY FOR THE NEEEERRRRRRRRDDDDDDDDSSSSSS

[@lordprotektorwurstgesicht6526]

VIDEOS FOR MY SOUL!

[@lordbane4383]

I find it wonderful to listen to you and see you enjoying yourself. Please stay with the extended reading, if you like. It makes the empire and its people grow at you and care for it. Please take care and have a perfect ending of the year. PS: Bitte sende Grüße an deine Verwandten in Deutschland.^^

[@garychisholm2174]

I really enjoy hearing you read anything you wish and love the more thoughtful pace. The only caveat i would make is that if you feel the reading is so much that it is sapping *your* fun/zeal/energy, then feel free to fold in a few summaries. And the Cybrex is awesome, because the way they Ended could be the origin of the Honourbound's ethos!!

[@oswaldii3258]

This is going to be a great playthrough! Great content as usual, lathland. You're the best!

[@Plasma123100]

Really nice format, please continue! :D

[@timwelt9982]

I love your roleplay-playthroughs of stellaris, it is so interesting to watch how these empires evolve. also i like it when you read the events, since i also always skip them, so its nice to know for once whats happening lol. also all hail squarf.

[@omniragnjc7917]

love your playthroughs buddy

[@sony4everct]

Love it bud. So glad to see u do a playthro

[@apila4859]

I really like the way you describe things in a way that allows one to follow along by just listening. Also, happy holidays!

[@demolition3612]

Love the episode, excited for the next part

[@jeffnerd9221]

I like the idea of you reading out some of the more interesting anomalies, but mostly the rp elements are super interesting

[@gamimgtime2499]

Thank you for this video! have a happy new year m8

[@marcocoladonato5737]

Aye merry Christmas I love your stellaris videos, keep it up :)

[@RobintheW]

23:33 ''Herzschlag'' means heartbeat in german

[@struppi441]

well he noticed it at 42:13 ^-^

[@thwmonk]

Amazing work and Merry Christmas!!!

[@candiedskull9841]

Quite enjoyed this style of Stellaris video, including the reading of the events

[@xenosfloofwitch9691]

honestly, I quite liked listening to all the events reading out and all the decisions you're putting in for the RP styled empire by the same token, I'm well aware just how much time and effort you'd have to put in to such so perhaps just the ones you find more interested or the ones better suited towards your empire itself? Also merry christmas! hope you've had an enjoyable day and managed to take a break

[@saintsatan3350]

Love what this series is gonna be, keep it up!

[@gumtaffy]

I love your series and full play throughs

[@agent_bedrock5844]

Mad man Lathrix having to post an amazing video on Christmas day because of KZbin. Very nice present for me!

[@simplyspenser887]

I love this new serie VERY much! Stellaris always be more roleplay game for me, rather then strategy. Thank you very much Lath:)

[@georgelong5180]

Merry Christmas! Thanks for the new RP game

[@epa2113]

This is great to watch... Glad the algorithm brought me here!

[@Lucifer_Nihilum]

My Mandatory comment for the algorithm. So I'm loving this series, far more what of I've wanted from your stellaris content. I have no issues with the structure of this video so keep doing what you're doing.

[@earthleaderindigo4720]

Really like how you read the events great video.

[@JDBlack3347]

Keep it up, this was great!

[@meau400]

Keep it up, this is FUN! Happy Holidays!

[@daedalusdreamjournal5925]

Been busy lately with loads of stuff, so just starting this one for real today. Still, always a pleasure to see a playthrough like this from lathrix ... and a RPG'ed one on top of that! Knowing of my favorite streamer on this game ... ah yes! Just what the doctored ordered! Bonus points for making this as a series! It will allow me to savor this playthrough as the 'stellar' wine that it truly is ;) See you on the other side! ( when I finished one or more episodes!)