Stellaris Newbie Tutorial for WAR

This is a brief tutorial aimed at new players to Stellaris. This tutorial covers the basics of starting and ending wars, and covers some of the more common war scenarios.
0:54 Casus Belli (Reasons for War)
2:28 Time Sensitive Cassus Belli
3:33 Subjugation Introduction
4:26 Waging Wars
4:59 War Icons (Quick Access)
5:15 Attackers, Defenders, and War Exhaustion
6:06 Capturing Systems & Planets
6:13 Borders
6:33 Capturing Systems
7:09 Capturing Planets
7:29 Creating Armies and Invading Planets
8:11 War Resolution (Peace Offers)
8:19 Surrender
9:49 Conquest (Achieving 100% War Goals)
11:26 Status Quo Peace Offer
12:27 Introduction to Claims
13:31 How Claims Work
14:28 How To Make Claims
15:25 Humiliation Wars
16:47 Claims Wars
18:23 Subjugation Redux
18:57 Subject Integration
19:29 Subject Empires
19:50 Subjugation Cassu Belli
20:27 Vassals vs. Tributaries
20:38 Tributaries
21:15 Vassals
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[@Gr1dSh7ftR]

Just wanna take a couple moments to highlight a few pros in regards to your channel here. First off, excellent tutorials! As a newbie to Stellaris I have found it to be an intensely compelling game full of fun things to explore and do, but the learning curve and sheer complexity of the game is daunting for a newcomer! I've looked at a few tutorial guides and found yours to be the best! The narration of your voice is perfect for a game like this. Not only is the tone of your voice fitting for the genre, but you get right to the nitty-gritty without adding a bunch of fluff and meaningless banter. Also, your approach for explaining things is very well-thought out, clear, and efficient. The structure of the tutorials is straight forward and concise and doesn't waste words like so many others do. I've been able to learn exactly what I needed to know about the game with each video without having to scrub forward to skip the BS, like I find myself doing in other videos. Not only that, but the quality in the sound is also spot on. Great job bro, you definitely earned my subscription! Thanks for being a breath of fresh air.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Thank you for the very kind comment Matt. I appreciate it so much!

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@Esteban Terrance i would suggest Flixzone. You can find it on google :)

[@generalpublic3744]

I agree wholeheartedly with your assessment. A very helpful guide for someone like me who is clueless and trying to feel my way into the game. It can be frustrating to come across options that won't do anything and you don't know why. For example I've just found out that expansion not only depends on resources, but influence too! A small point, but waging war is not an option when you are short on influence. I've a lot to learn!

[@hvanmegen]

can we just take a moment and realize how comfortable the whole listening experience of this video is? not just the timbre of his voice itself, but also the sound equalisation/engineering.. no boomy ear destroying bass, no retina-detaching, eardrum slicing S'ses, no audible noise, no annoying music, just the ambient sound from the game, at a decently lowered level from your voice, with the midtones filtered out to create THAT MUCH BIT better audio separation from your voice... bravo. For your audio alone you have my sub!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Thanks for the sweet comment Henry! Maybe all those years being picky about my guitar tone paid off :)

[@hvanmegen]

@@ColorsFadeGaming it sure did, if keep creating content like this, people will keep watching.. good strategy game help is hard to find.

[@manuescamilla]

Agree, it is an important reason for me to follow all Stellaris series and later other games.

[@CerpinTxt87]

I have to agree about the hissing 'S' sounds. I remember playing the Blood and Wine Witcher 3 expansion and having to take my headphones off, because some of the people in Toussaint just make the most horrible hissing sounds when they talk.

[@anartismal]

HELL YES

[@xZippy]

9:51 Interesting shapes I see there...

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

LOL

[@LeveragedInvesting]

Ah, Life - it's all one big Rorschach Test - lol.

[@fahad737dk]

you are a natural teacher, thank you.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Thank you so much!

[@SpectrumByte]

Because you have to study to know everything and be good at this game.

[@TheMuffinMan328]

Didn't realize vassalization was the best first step to fully conquer an empire. Cool stuff.

[@preoximerias7366]

Your tutorial videos honestly should become officially linked. They have helped me so much since I got Stellaris a few days ago.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Glad to hear it!

[@combustion9426]

Seriously, I hadn’t played since 2017 and these videos really helped me get back into it this weekend.

[@Warren_L.]

As is true of your other tutorials, this was an excellent, well-organized and clearly presented video. Now excuse me, but I've got some subjugating to do...!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Hell yes!

[@furiousone942]

Same here! lol

[@SirMarshalHaig]

Thank you, this helped me a lot, after I had Stellaris in my Steam library for don´t know how long without ever playing it.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Glad I could help!

[@TheDesertTroop]

600 hours and Now I know how claims Exactly work Nice meme

[@skinflaver]

I seen you integrate an empire. It was cool because it created a vacuum, and you had to recover economically.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

That is one thing I've learned to do a bit better, and I probably should have mentioned it (but heck, maybe a small video on Vassals is next?) is that it really pays to PREPARE for their integration. Once you start the process, it takes a few years to complete (longer the bigger the empire I believe, but again, would be good to get that information solid and present in a guide). So you have some time to focus on your empire and pumping up your resources in preparation for the horrible worlds you're going to get once the integration is complete :)

[@Caedus103]

This was by far the most through and informative tutorial that I've come across for Stellaris. I was going oit of my mind trying to figure out how end a war and keep all the systems that I conquered, especially since after a period of time I'm forced to end it on terms that are not in my favor. I'll be sure to check out your videos as I continue to tackle the galaxy. Thanks!

[@harlemhellfire9487]

Wow first tutorial that was straight to the point extremely helpful and with great helpful tips and a clear break down of the mechanics great job

[@Jonnystorm_pb]

Such a great help. Thanks. I’ve watched a bunch but truly didn’t understand until I watched this video. Thanks!

[@introneurotic]

Claims. OMG. It took me three games to realize why I wasn't getting my opponent's systems. This video is gonna help so many new players. Great work again on the tutorial.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Thanks man

[@prolamer7]

Its overly complex mechanic

[@bradparchment3141]

So if I conquer a whole empire and settle for a status quo will I earn everything?

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

@@bradparchment3141 Only if you have claims on "everything". One way to get rid of a smaller empire is to only claim the inhabited systems. Then, conquer every world and settle for Status Quo. You'll earn all the enemy's planets and the systems that contain those planets. All other uninhabited systems in the enemy's territory will revert to "unclaimed" and then it's a free-for-all with everyone else.

[@bradparchment3141]

ColorsFade Gaming thanks I’m bout to try that right now

[@SirMrDog]

Great guide! A lot of good tips even for semi-experienced players, especially the vassalize and integrate trick. One thing I'd like to add though is my personal favorite way of conquering half a galaxy in one fell swoop: the Colossus Total War casus belli. Simply build a colossus and then go ham on every empire in planet cracking range, no claims required.

[@caesarplaysgames]

Usually I find tutorial videos to be almost as confusing as the thing they are trying to teach you, however this one was great and easily understandable. Thanks for the great tutorial.

[@grahamturner2640]

BTW: if you have a Colossus (if you have the Apocalypse DLC and have built a Colussus), you will also have a total war cases belli, though you lose the casus belli if you lose the Colossus. However, if you lose it during the middle of the war, the casus belli still applies.

[@illumination8764]

Hey dog you put out some phenomenal videos. Stellaris was definitely intimidating but you made it manageable, so thank you!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

That is so good to hear!

[@goodtoseeya1543]

Lots of great tips. But if you wanna shorter version. Just start at 17:00 for Claims War, subjugation, ect

[@stephenmcorby]

Something else that might be good to mention about wars is that the cost to claim a system increases the number of jumps it is away, if it has a station, and if it has a planet. So if they are a large empire you might want to claim some closer systems, take those, and then fight another war in ten years because claiming the remaining systems will be cheaper if you are closer. It's also a reason the total war Cassi Belli is so freaking strong. You can spend influence on other things.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Covered that at 14:35

[@stephenmcorby]

@@ColorsFadeGaming You're right about the distance. Must have missed it.

[@sohpol]

Again, excellent tutorial. This is how official how-to-play materials should looks like. Additionally I must say, that you have a very nice voice and good diction. It's pleasure to hear. Please make more of these :)

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Thank you so much!

[@crzy1gs]

Excellent guide! You did a really good job of explaining the various options we have available to us, thanks :)

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

You're welcome!

[@alimoorad5998]

Wow! What a video! I was looking for an explanation on how to capture territories and what claims are.. saw a bunch of videos and I was still left a little confused. Wish I came across this one first. Well explained! Liked and subbed!

[@randyewing4566]

Well laid out and great content, you have my thanks.

[@ryouskye]

Thank you very much for all your tutorials, they may be pretty long at first glance but you talk slowly and explain things very well! Helps me a lot as a newbie :D

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

I am so happy to hear when they help players. That's why I do them.

[@stephenmcorby]

Very good tutorial, thanks! I would love an updated "advanced tips" or some sort of video discussing good strategies in the current meta. Also, your voice is so chill in comparison to other Stellaris KZbinrs that it was a nice change of pace!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Thanks Phantom!

[@roblaurizo2181]

Amazing content. Exactly what I needed after throwing the keyboard into the wall in frustration. Both the info AND the calm voice ;) THANK YOU!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

You're welcome! Sorry for my late reply.

[@fredericdonais4539]

Dude I love you. Extremely well explained and for bonus, I really appreciate...the "color" of your voice. 😁 Thank you for taking the time to create high quality material like this, I really think it helps a lot of "newbie" players...like myself. Continue your awesome work !!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

I appreciate that!

[@yuenin5318]

Thorough, concise and precise! Thanks for this! Very good teacher and clear. Oh, yeah and well earned sub.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Thank you! You're welcome!

[@sfjarhead4062]

Very well done!👏 I've been away for awhile and look to start enjoying your vids again..congrats on doubling your subs since the last time I was here.🖖

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Thanks SF! I credit the virus :) :(

[@SusannaSaunders]

I'll have to watch that over again I think to get to understand it! But thanks for this introduction to the subject! It's at least a good starting point for me!

[@richardnicholson4159]

This and the guides to planet managementt & trade routes are among best guides to any game I have discovered online.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Thank you!

[@floriansiemer3553]

wish u would be my teacher in school, it's so comfortable to listen to you `

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Very flattering comment. Thank you Florian!

[@arrxzon]

thanks so much, a few great guides so far have really helped out.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Glad to hear!

[@codymacintosh2339]

Great job on all of your Stellaris Tutorial Videos. I also wondered WTF after my first status quo without having made any claims. Bonus points for the awesome use of Scut Farkas. Best villain ever.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Haha, thank you Cody!

[@SMCMUSICLIST]

I've played slots of stellaris and you've helped answer questions I always struggled with. Love to see more videos like this one

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Thank you! Glad it helped!

[@drunkenhowler22]

okay now i know what im doing haha, I got myself into a bad situation where im at war with all my neighbours, the federation I was in decided to let in a warmongering empire that decided to pick a fight with me now theyve all been pulled into a war despite friendly relationships. Didn't even realise they were enemies so I never fortified that border, now theyre close to splitting my empire in 2 because of 1 choke point, oh joy.

[@Salvation8o8]

I'm currently playing my campaign while watching this but I'll definitely rewatch it and am definitely subscribing. And look forward to your other videos

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Thanks!

[@luisalonsoxy3530]

13:30 for those of us who only searched up tutorials on war to figure out why we didn’t get to keep the land after a war, man and I just saved after taking most of their land

[@mutantsheepofdoom]

Your tutorials are lifesavers! Thank you so much!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

You're welcome!

[@RedLegend402]

Excellent video and happy Christmas!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Thanks! You too!

[@PerogiPalooka]

Also please do more tutorials. I find your information clear, concise, and the tips after you've taught the specific lesson are welcome.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Working on a ship building tutorial now!

[@PerogiPalooka]

@@ColorsFadeGaming You got mind reading powers now? As soon as I finished your three video series of tutorials, the next thing I looked up was ship tutorials. Problems I've seen are either they're from 2018, which is back when I last played and so the info is severly outdated. Or there's a few made in 2020 but they assume you know so much, and start at max-tier ships to explain mehcnaics and systems that a new player or someone coming back in from the cold, woudln't understand what they're looking at. Would also suggest you touch on if/when the auto-best option is good and when to disregard it and design your own ships. Either way, good luck with the next video, take your time, and I'll be subbed to know when it comes out!

[@Cybernaut76]

So far, I have only played New Horizons once with the Borg and it happened years ago so I think this was useful to me. Thank you so much.

[@RadCommieGamer]

14:00-14:10. Man, I LOVE YOU for this. My word, was I puzzled...

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

You're welcome!

[@Linus117]

Haven't played since launch so I was kinda lost with all the new stuff. Thanks for explaining all this, really helpful video!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

You're welcome!

[@LockeRobsta]

Excellent tutorial, very descriptive!

[@rafael_moreira]

Dude, congrats on your job. What a great tutorial!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@sievid2066]

This guide was so useful, cheers man. Many good tips. :)

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Akabane101]

This was extremely informative and helpful, thank you very much! :D

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

You're very welcome!

[@melovepeas]

YES. I've been waiting for this one

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

I hope you like it!

[@terminator499]

I recently came back to playing, last time I played Stelaris was when ships cost minerals, this tutorial helped a ton. Thanks!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

No problem!

[@leube13]

Fantastic information! Thank you for taking your time to create these tutorials! I'd love to see a ship building one in the future; nevertheless, thank you and best wishes!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

You're welcome!

[@uncleiroh6189]

I learned so much by watching this! Thank you so much!!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

You are so welcome!

[@louisgentilucci1188]

The vassal vs claims idea is intriguing. I'll have to try that in my next game.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

It's so much more effective for taking over big empires.

[@Momchilsky]

Beautiful tutorial !

[@sharker2003]

Really good, clear tutorial. Thank you!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Glad it was helpful!

[@leaflotus6726]

Perfect, I had no idea the army was used too take planets (new to stellaris and im an inner perfectionists. Only guide that told me what I needed and alot more Thanks

[@Matty_B0y]

Fantastic tutorial buddy this is exactly what I needed, War is not new player friendly in the slightest, and I couldn’t make heads or tails of it, the way you’ve explained it, has made it all click! Really good video, and I appreciate your time and effort… *Now on that note, a fairly small Empire has gotten a little too big for it’s boots or claws, or whatever. Anyway, I think it’s time to expand, ready the fleets Admirals*

[@jacoballey21]

the claims system is THE biggest gotcha moment in almost any game I've ever played. it sucks the first time it happens, and usually results in an immediate restart

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Without a doubt. Everyone gets hammered by it that first time.

[@arthurcuesta6041]

Amazing video, thank you so much.

[@Steve_E90]

Fantastic video, thank you!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Glad you liked it!

[@slice9996]

Great job as usual

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Thanks Slice. Appreciate it!

[@drewcifur3443]

The gatcha happened to me just now. I'm brand new to the game and genre and i took like half the small ring map we were playing on then my war exhaustion filled up so i ended it and something broke in my brain when i saw i only gained a lil at the beginning i thought the claims were just so you had a reason to start the war. Your video helped thanks I'm really loving the game and figuring out most of what i do wrong on my own by fucking around.

[@LazyRare]

Great video this helped so much!

[@RevLovesSnakes]

This is incredibly helpful. I watched it a while back during a cold war where relations between the United Nations of Earth and a neighboring dictatorship were rapidly digressing. An arms race began and I knew it was time to educate myself on the laws of war. Fortunately, things cooled off and the humans remained in peace for a while. Now we have found ourselves in a full galactic war between a democratic Coalition of Free Systems and authoritarian Galactic Accord. Upon COMPLETELY occupying one of the neighboring authoritarian empires, I was confused as to why we didn't simply own the land. I returned to this video and now understand why. Thank you for such a straightforward and easy to follow explanation of all the basics needed to be competent in a galactic war.

[@Rippone]

Thank you, very useful!

[@connermorrison8384]

very informative. Helped me out a lot. really appreciate it.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Glad to hear it!

[@drownedtoad6391]

Ah, Thanks! Was getting frustrated with having to save scum after not receiving any territory. Helpful video.

[@CommanderGreen]

This is very helpful. Thanks!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

You're welcome!

[@veo16]

I love how status quo is championed as the default war end result. With strict requirements on having a reason to go to war in the first place, rules to follow during the war itself, and needing to pay influence for claiming each system. In other 4x games, I can simply walk across the map with my doomstack and call it a day. Ignoring all diplomatic penalties if I want to just paint the map red. It feels too easy to wipe out the AI, and isn’t very fun. Stellaris seems to allow the AI a chance to make comebacks throughout the rest of the game. And if the player falls behind, they can exist as a vassal while they rebuild instead of just quitting the campaign and starting over. Cool stuff.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

That complexity is probably in my top 3 reasons why I like the game.

[@okay2240]

this is an extremely good tutorial

[@10brucelees]

V helpful and a nice style. Thanks

[@Rekr.Winter]

Thank you so much! after a long war and victorious, two front campaign against a federation we were left wondering where our lone confederacy went wrong, and now we see, vassalization is the only solution

[@DanielVoisin]

Good stuff! I'd just watch some of the transitions. A few were pretty abrupt which upsets the otherwise soothing flow of your voice. Besides that it was well organized, useful, and concise. Keep at it and I'm sure you'll carve a niche as a Stellaris KZbinr!

[@wowiexist9875]

"By the end of this video you should feel comfortable with the war mechanics." Between that command and the ambient background sounds I feel like your trying to hypnotise me lol.

[@Dunescaler]

Your voice reminds me of the Turians from Mass Effect, love it :D I've learnt so much from your tutorials, thank you!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Excellent! Thank you Jamie! Glad I could help.

[@realtissaye]

Amazing video!

[@basho345]

Two strokes of good luck! Yesterday, i found Stellaris. Today, i found your tutorials. Kudos!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

You're welcome!

[@reverseflow6903]

Once again an awesome guide! I had no idea there were so many Casus Beli! (It also seems to be doing awesome too! 180 views as of 4 hours of being posted! Nice!) This covers the first half of war absolutely perfectly, but the thing I really want to see next is a complete guide to ships and ship design. There are so many things I don't get about it and honestly reading up on them on the wiki never seems to stick as well as watching a video. Some of the things I would love to see in it are: -A breakdown of all the ship sizes, and their different customization options. -A breakdown of all the different weapons, and how they work. Especially when they are in short, medium and long range slots, and how that changes how they work. -The mechanics of weapons, such as accuracy, and how that affects overall damage. -How shields, armor and hull are calculated, and how to make ships that counter them well. -How FTL inhibitors affect war, and some more advanced tactics such as building bases and luring the AI into traps with them, or looking at enemy ships while they are in the opponents system and "scouting" where they are going. (You can see which direction the AI is sending ships by which hyperlane they move towards in adjacent enemy systems and is a great way of out maneuvering them) -How to merge and split fleets, and what all the gizmos in the fleet manager do. -The main upgradable components of all ships, such as the thrusters, hyper drive and reactor core and what they do. -How retreating in a battle works, and how different policies can change the outcome of a battle. An example would be using the "no retreat" doctrine and how that means you lose all your ships in a fight, instead of some of them respawning elsewhere. I apologise if a misslabled anything or had any incorrect info here. I'm still a beginner at the game and am trying to learn. I loved this guide and as you can see I am hungry for more! These seem to get lots of juicy views too so they seem to be worth it to do. If you ever are in need of a video idea, this would be a fantastic one to compliment this guide since the two go so in hand.

[@reverseflow6903]

I think you replied to one of my other comments a while ago saying you were planing a ship video but I thought it couldn't hurt to write down the main points I would like to see in one.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Appreciate the comment man. Some sort of newbie guide to ship design was next on my plate. And these are GREAT questions for me to try and answer, so kudos!

[@ndb6ndk99]

Your guides are great!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Thank you!

[@stevzor]

Stunning guides on Stellaris, now I just need a guide on what the best or atleast good routes are to go down when it comes to tech if you wanna get a heavy duty fleet quick for defense, and ofc what sort of tech you should aim for mid/late game. Hopefully you have this done already!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

I have not done anything on Research routes for the simple reason that Stellaris's "Tech Tree" is somewhat random. So it's really hard to tell users "Get X, Y and Z, in this order", because it's not a hard-and-fast static tree you can traverse like in a game such as Galactic Civilizations 3 or Endless Space 2. You can influence the emerging Research somewhat by slotting Research specialists in certain jobs (example: if you put a Particles specialist in the Physics slot, you're more likely to get Particles Research showing up). Only two suggestions I can really give (that keep it simple) is research Reactor Tech and Hull Tech every single time they popup, as soon as you get them. Those will generally spearhead everything else.

[@stevzor]

@@ColorsFadeGaming Nice man I never knew that as I'm fairly new to Stellaris and it's fantastic. I currently have the Utopia and Synthetic Dawn expansions so I have a good few others to get, have you got all expansions and if so what do you favour the most out of them all?

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

@@stevzor I have all the major ones, and a few of the minor ones. Utopia is by far the best. After that, Apocalypse and Federations have a lot of value.

[@19Burgandy]

Love the content. A helpful hint. @4:35 would be nice IF you could show us how to navigate to the menu such as diplomacy. I had a hard time finding certain pages

[@PGMP2007]

Thank you for the video it made things clear.

[@svijj_]

Thank you for the guide! Now I can finally show my rival's empire to respect me!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Glad I could help!

[@GnosisPrevoditelji]

Very nice, thank you!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Glad you like it!

[@wm9950]

Very good tutorial it really helped me understand a lot. I barely knew any of that im a very agressive player and do not dabble with diplomacy much so the purification causis beli will help how I make future empires. Thank you

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Go glad to hear this is helping players. Thanks for watching!

[@San-wi3kl]

Excellent tutorials, my friend. I couldn't survive 200 years before now I feel like I can rule the entire galaxy.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Sweet!

[@awesomefishX123]

I never comment on anything but thank you about explaining vassalization!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

You're welcome!

[@drothganger]

you covered everything that I desperately needed to know when I got my ass handed to me last night. Phenomenal job. For a second I clicked on a different video to learn these tips, immediately noticed it wasn't your guide, and backed out to find yours instead XD

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Excellent!

[@vladimirmaslivetc5244]

Nice guide!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Thanks!

[@ahmedwahid7943]

I wish I had watched this before spending 3 days in Stellaris only to realise that I was playing war all wrong

[@jonathan8295]

Thanks for the help! I happened to be a vassal for another empire, so i declared war on them and became independent:) cheers

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

You're welcome. I am glad this helped! And good job fighting for independence!

[@linkieloos]

I remember having a major game between three major human factions, and a few smaller alien ones in my game. Had vanilla United Nations of Earth and Commonwealth of Man duke it out whilst my neutral empire the Human Colonial Initiative (Direct democracy) colonised as many planets possible and later mobilised for war. Story-wise the HCI were several colonies split between UNE and COM jurisdiction but they later broke away due to feeling shunned, oppressed and forgotten. COM wanted HCI back under their boot whilst t the UNE wanted to co-exist with them. The HCI later allied with UNE after forming a federation (Galactic Union type that I named Galactic Partnership for Peace) with my smaller custom empires. They were: The Ee'koni Heirarchy (Theocratic Oglicarchy) The Lotharian Hegemony (totalitarian regime) And the Del'rana Defence Force (military commissarist) Managed to get them all on my side against COM and later we kicked out the UNE from our federation and I vassalised them. What a game that was. 😁

[@Slap7481]

Amazing guide

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Glad you think so!

[@nickdervent]

OMG thank you so much!

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

You're welcome!

[@sverker7826]

Your guides are great. I recently bought Stellaris and it's my first serious 4X game (I tried Crusader Kings 2 a few years ago but it was too overwhelming). Coming from RTS games and the Total War series where wars are pretty straight forward, the complexity of the war system here amazes me. There are so many interesting mechanics and details. Thank you for your guides, which greatly helped me to understand this game.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

You're welcome!

[@jatari7871]

nice vid. thanks. you say the borders will open when war begins... but ive started wars only to discover the borders still closed.

[@scottorpwood6777]

thanks for this just brushing up after taking a long break u got a sub from it.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Thanks!

[@mnbgfdsa]

Great job as always :), i wonder what will happen if you wage war to vassalize an empire, and settle status quo, but you control like 50% of the system and planets. Will they be releiesed as a vassal only partialy?

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Yeah, so I meant to cover that, but I was having a difficult time getting a good screen shot of it. So, what happens in that scenario, if you offer a STATUS QUO in a SUBJUGATION WAR and you haven't conquered everything (in my experience) the enemy empire will SPLIT OFF into two factions. One faction will become your vassal, and the other empire will become your enemy. But now they're much smaller and weaker and you don't have to worry about them. And sometimes they're so small you can then run a CLAIMS WAR against them and finish them off. I've had that happen a LOT actually. Just didn't have a good video clip of it! But great question!

[@VijoPlays]

Huh, that's interesting. I assumed nothing will happen, but I guess that's a great way to chop up an enemy, without having to integrate the whole empire at once

[@ska5024]

would be super awesome if you created a guide on how to manage fleets. when to upgrade, when to build ships, etc.

[@ColorsFadeGaming]

Actually working on a ships tutorial now!

[@ska5024]

@@ColorsFadeGaming I would suggest to cover some of these topics in it - fleet manager usage, how "reinforce" works, cost and duration of upgrades, importance of shipyards, maintenance cost and its dependence on "Capacity", etc.