Stellaris Warhammer 40K - Great Crusade Challenge

Stellaris Galactic Paragons DLC has given us the Crusader civic and the Under One Rule Origin. This is the God-Emperor Origin in Stellaris. We will use these to recreate the Great Crusade from Warhammer 40K. Can we find all the primarchs? Can we unite the disparate factions of mankind? Can the Imperium of Man survive? Will the God-Emperor of Mankind end up on the golden throne?
Lets dive in and find out!
Sellaris Stories Playlist: • Stellaris Playthroughs
Stellaris Version 3.8
If you enjoyed this video please leave a like & SUBSCRIBE!
Humble Bundle Affiliate link: www.humblebundle.com/?partner...
Patreon: / montuplays
Channel Membership: / @montuplays
Twitter: / montuplays
Twitch: / montuplays
Instagram: / montuplays
Tiktok: / montuplays
And please comment with any feedback, any ideas or if you disagree!

[@marcopeter7581]

Damn what a tribute to 40k. Especially realistic was the full tyrnid invasion

[@justinlast2lastharder749]

It would be fitting if they got the Daemonic Invasion.

[@ErikaWeiss633]

@@justinlast2lastharder749 Why not both?

[@FuelDropforthewin]

And then of course, there's the Necrons...

[@krieger8825]

​@@justinlast2lastharder749Daemonic Nyds!!!

[@cp1cupcake]

I'm surprised that you didn't name the lost scion Magnus, after all, he is having visions.

[@MontuPlays]

I couldn't make up my mind on that one, though Magnus may have been a better choice!

[@ezequielmorales4221]

Or Konrad...

[@Xexelli]

Everyone is Horus, except the guy named Horus, that’s Konrad in a wig.

[@user-ez9ng2rw9c]

Nah the scion isn't nearly as incompetent. /hj

[@seandowney2338]

@@MontuPlays Yeah, he's even a funny color, just ignore the fact that he's the opposite funny color (though magnus is red/blue and he plays red/blue, so I guess its alright).

[@wombataldebaran9686]

I love that Malcador the -Sigilate- Hero has the "Inquisitive" trait. It is just... poetic.

[@redecterthomsonshadowascen5177]

Montu after "Horus" 's death: That wasn't Horus!, this is Horus The true fate of the 2nd Primarch Oh and I am Alpharius

[@maxxus0923]

You thought you were alpharius but it is I! ALPHARIUS!

[@spaceengineeringempire4086]

You are alpharius he is Alpharius. They are Alpharius every one is alpharius.

[@SOmeUser404-he22xa]

No, I am Alpharius

[@spaceengineeringempire4086]

@@SOmeUser404-he22xa as I said… we all are Alpharius

[@GabrielHorne]

I am omegon.

[@Esdra_]

The Inquisition approves

[@MontuPlays]

The Emperor Protects

[@antonycharnock2993]

@@baseupp12 Go away. No one likes blue skinned commies.

[@antonycharnock2993]

I DONT APPROVE. MULTIPLE INCIDENTS OF HERESY HAVE BEEN DETECTED DURING THIS PLAYTHROUGH. BLASPHEMOUS MACHINES. XENO SCUM AS LEADERS. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJu8ZnuAiqp-hZI

[@kuronyaa-san]

For the Emperor! "Nothing could go wrong with that!" - Famous Last Words. :D

[@LethargicScientist]

​@@baseupp12 the ordo xenos would like to know your location

[@ace_the_race9340]

The graves of the warriors that have given their lives for the Emperor now outnumber the star themselves. - Venerate the Immortal Emperor.

[@ace_the_race9340]

"No planet shall be beyond my rule, No enemy shall be beyond my wrath" THE EMPEROR OF MANKIND

[@gjc21ful]

I would put the Earth or Terra as either a relic world or a tomb world in warhammer 30k, becoming a world city as you say by the end game

[@ultrimarines9198]

A relic world would make the most sense, sadly you can't mix the 2 origins

[@LordEsel88]

It would fit, but you can sadly only pick one Origin. I personally use the Remnant Origin for my 40k civ, representing the aftermath of the Horus Heresy.

[@AT-9777]

​@@ultrimarines9198 Mixable origins would be cool

[@enzioassansin4378]

@@AT-9777 Paradox: hey someone write that down

[@yesugeikhan6784]

There’s a mod that gives you the option to choose more origin perks as an edict in the first year of the game 👌🏼 great for role playing playthroughs

[@mariotcarreon]

I think everyone who got the new DLC immediately made an Imperium of Man run (I know I did).

[@pixelchrome2]

nah i made a robot empire

[@theapexdragon5010]

I did

[@Josh-zk3ru]

I went for Maud'ib

[@koolguy751]

Imagine not playing as defensive Human Democratic Crusaders.

[@therealspeedwagon1451]

I just spend every game as space Romans. So far I’m doing well. I just need to do some save scumming because i can’t handle both the great Kahn and the XT-489 crisis

[@albertoblanco4786]

Has he accepted some Xeno on the Council of Terra?!?!

[@joshbunton6424]

The first primarch to die was the primarch of the second legion lol

[@El_Presidente_5337]

I really like how the fleets have more than three stars now.

[@paradox7358]

I remember when a 40k mod was made available within the first week of the games release (Precisely 7 years and 1 day ago in fact).

[@pixelchrome2]

i forgot how old stellaris is

[@BFTBGSFTST]

Stellaris would be a great 30K game. Wish Paradox would work with GW to make it a scenario we could play.

[@kelly4187]

I hope paradox are listening. If they made a properly licensed and balanced "stellaris: warhammer 40,000" or horus heresy version, with all the names and events included, I would throw money at that. I'd happily even pay £40 for the effort. I've tried many mods, but they are either horrifically unbalanced or are so bloated that you can't get to midgame without everything grinding to a halt (the star trek mods did the same).

[@christophercyr1460]

GW is a huge pain to work with, according to CA (total war) and several other companies

[@davidt0504]

We got a Star Trek skin of stellaris. Maybe we can get a 40k one.

[@JohnSmith-pj6wb]

its the next total war game coming by the way...its all secret but i have leaks...theyre working on it right now but its in the early stages...most of you wont know about it til a few years from now...they plan a whole new business model with dlcs for dlcs...they plan over 50 dlcs on launch day with 150 more after that within those dlcs...if you want to colonize planets itll be 2.99...if you want to build a larger fleet that will be 4.99...if you want certain tech there will be tech packs for 9.99...id start saving now cuz the full price will be close to 1k for the entire thing on launch...its the new mega game business strat they will be doing...or you can buy the monthly sub for 50 bucks to get all of it or an annual plan of 500 for 50% off...really good savings...very excited times in the future :)

[@TheRewasder97]

I was so excited to play this, but I spent all my free time yesterday trying to get the Zroni, as getting psichic with materialists is quite hard otherwise. They really need to add a slider on galaxy creation that allows us to select precursors. We have it for the crisis, so why not that? It's quality of life as it allows us to get the one we need/want and play without having to waste precious time rolling it.

[@JohnSmith-vl1ql]

there is a mod for it

[@TheRewasder97]

@@JohnSmith-vl1ql I know, I use it, but I like to use the out dlc time to get some achievements while the modlist updates

[@tylermitchell185]

I swear I only ever get cybrex or yuht

[@DraconisV2]

For those who haven't found Zroni yet, the easiest way to go about it is to only scan habitable planets with your science ships. As in don't scan the whole galaxy, don't use auto survey and just focus on the habitable planets near you and you'll eventually get the Zroni precursor event.

[@TheRewasder97]

@@DraconisV2 I know too, but I keep getting the baol

[@celem1000]

Slight point of order. Wrecked ships are not necessarily hulks, despite that English uses the word in this fashion. Hulks in 40k are specifically an amalgamation of many wrecks welded together by dropping in and out of the Warp. They are seldom if ever in static orbits in lore, either on insterstellar drift or hijacked and guided by Orks. Probably my favourite facet of the 40k 'verse, I once ran a RogueTrader campaign aboard one

[@th3exceptionexception452]

I love that the pythoreon leader is an entrepreneur 😂

[@ClockworkOuroborous]

Tyrannids as an MLM

[@th3exceptionexception452]

@@ClockworkOuroborous lol I've actually done a tyrannid megacorp using a warhammer 40k mod

[@edali131]

What surprises me that how well Montu knows about 40k lore

[@pixelchrome2]

krieg guys are funny

[@AllTheUsernamesRUsed]

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

[@drinkme6803]

Surprises me more if someone does not know about 40K before playing Stellaris.

[@Prxypad]

​@@drinkme6803 I learned about 40k after starting to play Stellaris

[@drinkme6803]

@@Prxypad wow

[@ilosada2933]

Finally, my Stellaris 5th playthrough.

[@DraconisV2]

Only 5th?

[@wodensol5000]

Imagine not having a hundred playthroughs but never finishing one. I think I've only come across the crisis once, got bodied or course. And I've played for nearly 1000 hours :D

[@jjfajen]

The Emperor protects

[@roguewasbanned4746]

@@wodensol5000 doesn’t the term “playthrough” necessitate that you’ve played all the way through the game? Looks like you have no playthroughs to me

[@primahalivar5173]

@@roguewasbanned4746 a Playthrough is just the course you take through the game. For example you could have a toxoids playthrough and a aquatic playthrough going at the same time

[@AspectPL]

Nicely done. My favorite way to play stellaris is to fill the map with 40k inspired factions.

[@RalynLongs]

Just wanted to say I've really enjoyed all your Stellaris videos, excellent information, good quality productions, no filler content or slow videos. Keep up the great work!

[@kelly4187]

This is what earned you a sub. I've seen many other stellaris content creators cheating to make it a good and impressive outcome, but you roll the dice and play from where they land. Kudos sir.

[@Konung82]

your Emperror is governer type, should have been admiral - it also get +20% bonus to exp from "Destingueshed Admiralty" civic ;D

[@Lukashoffmann94]

Now that can be argued quite a bit. Governor might not suit him, but General and Scientist both suit him as well, considering his role in the unification wars and the creation of the space marines.

[@nashiffuadkhan9817]

Stellaris could easily do a scenario like this. People would have a lot of fun playing this. THey could release this as a story pack, with horos heresy and tiranid invasion etc

[@regiuseques6333]

I cant wait to get this expansion! I have taken to trying to keep my first leader alive all game and I had gotten pretty good at it. I like the roleplay aspect of this origin honestly.

[@thatprofessorguy8316]

Given some foresight, maybe you should send Mr Horus Heresy in an unshielded, unarmored and unarmed corvette into the system with the eldritch black hole monster. Just in case.

[@MontuPlays]

That... kind of happened about halfway through lol

[@inyrmind]

This is a nice glimpse into what my future might hold. Ive been playing a "nice guy" galactic empire and I've been feeling pretty good about my military since im at the point where i could blitz the fallen empire into submission if i wanted to. But seeing the scourge casually swinging around 800k fleets has me worried. Its looking like I might have to deal with my crisis soon and my three kain fleets might be able to hold the line for a while. Makes me very glad that I started the process of becoming the custodian already.

[@dododostenfiftyseven4096]

For The Emperor!!!!

[@chunkygumby443]

Great build, I would definitely recreate in my game but I never liked the human shipset in stellaris and I feel like the mammalian shipset fits the warhammer setting more

[@PRFL7]

there is a mod called 'We Are the Imperial Navy' that uses Imperium shipsets

[@martymartin5302]

I do have some advice for people who wish to play this origin, as it is a very fun one. While your leader may be mortal, there are many ways to make him immortal. If you get to the final phase of any of the ascension paths (synthetic, psionic, etc), and about to pop up to meet your leader immortal, also giving you some nice bonuses. It’s a very fun thing and encourages you to explore the different ascension. I am currently doing this right now and I did synthetics.

[@matthewpink123]

Really enjoyed this, keep up the good work!

[@mykaela7726]

@Montu Love your videos and events. Very entertaining and enlightening. Keep up the hard work

[@tash1201]

Great role playing and execution of 40k. I can see you as Leto ll or Emperor Palpatine. The sci fi empire opportunities are endless.

[@Stevenabled]

That was a really entertaining challenge and I would like to see more of those :)

[@nekrindenekrinius1503]

Very lovely challenge, we need more Warhammer in this channel!

[@alvanna787]

This looks like a fun idea. Think I'll try something similar.

[@prestonjones1653]

All hail the Man-Emperor of Mankind!

[@spacebumpkin1565]

Montu. I can’t wait for your new civic tier list considering council positions

[@Michael-yf1wo]

Watching Montu play Stellaris is more fun than me actually playing!

[@benjaminrobertson2990]

Shame you cant have a separate Martian society in Sol at the start of the game with this origin

[@IapitusMcHeimer]

Is Mars at least teraformable?

[@maximilianschaffert]

"nothing could go wrong having Alpharius on the Council" depends.... wich Alpharius ?

[@skepticalmagos_101]

Adeptus Mechanicus reporting in... Praise the omnissiah!

[@meirzamsky]

Fun fact, Sirius III is orbiting the star Sirius, which in the modern day is the brrightest star visible from earth.

[@JamesTAdams]

And will most likely be one of the first systems we colonize in the future.

[@GroupGarbage]

Must have been great to nerd out like this! 😂 The end result seems very accurate tbh.

[@michaelthayer5351]

"Suffer not the Alien" unless they're a paragon, then they get to be the governor in charge of Sacred Terra.

[@michaellopate4969]

He's just a.....very variant human, like a reverse-ogryn! Yeah, that's the ticket!

[@Chaoskye]

Roll plays the imperium and the great crusade, recruits a xeno paragon to govern earth itself xD

[@greygoo6945]

I hope other leaders can get plundering warlord and kidnapper to BD empires. Would give a slight buff but additionally more flavor

[@hildus7222]

So many references to comment on… I can’t keep up. Nice work, solid video

[@lucasgambone5123]

That was so cinematic!

[@patrickdargel4684]

quite prophetic, considering the developments in 10th edition :D

[@CrunchyFluids]

I have been toying with a more Primarch minded Imperium build using the clone solider origin, combined with the crusader spirit civic.

[@kevinjumper9555]

Is there a particular reason that you used 1.65x logistic growth and 0.15x growth scaling? Those numbers just stood out to me in your campaign setup. I also see you used Grand Admiral Scaling Difficulty. I’d imagine some sort of scaling would make this Origin a lot more fun to play, given that your Luminary grows based on how much they are able to expand their empire (still trying to find a more detailed explanation of the mechanics of that process on the wiki). But on Grand Admiral without scaling, while I can do well pretty consistently, I often find I have to essentially turtle for the first few decades or so, which is precisely the time that I need to be expanding as much as possible if led by the Luminary.

[@dogsura]

hey what a cool video i just can't stop watching it. I would love to watch a full playthrough of it. So I can understand it better. Unfortunately I still have problems with Stellaris. That's why I'm asking you to make a whole playthrough of it.

[@Michael_Brock]

Nihilistic acquisition would be a good thing when crushing xenos, if possible. I think the psycher trait should be used/modded/abused with mechanistic origin because that fits the lore. Cybernetic psychers (or synthetic) would be way way OP. So need to counter with 25 or 55 crisis.

[@Konzon]

As a fellow 40k fan, this was absolutely great

[@yvjlvyu]

Loved this video and especially all the little hardcore lore nerd references such as the Emperor being called Neoth but calling your assault armies Thunder Warriors come on - you know they were not meant to leave Terra the non genetically augmented members of the Crusade were the Solar Auxilia

[@soradann305]

30:30 "That slimy fish is alright" XD

[@robertwadsworth3411]

Konrad he might have been able to make Corvus surrender.

[@SoulReaverVidView]

Loving this update so far. Hoping they do a new expansion to improve the spy system. They need counter spys and better offensive missions, like nudging other empires towards your ideology, destroy starbases or armies, turn leaders so much more potential.

[@YomamaYodaddyYobjtchassGranny]

Imagine the spy has the ability to start a Horus heresy

[@baseupp12]

Was the immortal chosen one trait gained from the Shroud also reworked?

[@Quiet-Kayoss]

"And if I cannot save it from your failure, father then let the galaxy burn" damn lol

[@esorevikofficial]

This video was beautiful

[@antuanwallace7665]

This is the canon ending for the Imperium of Man.

[@michaellopate4969]

Not quite enough chaos beasts rampaging across the galaxy....but otherwise yeah probably.

[@tymeier7570]

​​​@@michaellopate4969*uses cheat codes to switch to an AI empire and starts the end of cycle event before switching back *

[@pyrolight7568]

Telling ya Montu, you need to give corvette + disruptors a go. You will be very pleasantly surprised. Cruiser + disruptor is even stronger but it very weak against ranged unless you outnumber them. The AI is just too derpy and just goes back and forth getting killed.

[@gledtrain]

Ah dam would have been cool to see a "the planet broke before the guard did" event happen on earth lol

[@Teyloune]

That got pretty intense at the end!

[@ziggyz8345]

My emperor had a stupid heart attack and died like 2 hours ago...so much for a god emperor run

[@El_Presidente_5337]

>Calls the Emperor in God while in the age of the Great Crusade. >A xeno is in charge of the governing of Terra. >The orks are a subject. Heresy.

[@tomratz1161]

Perhaps Alpharius Omegon was cast someone at Netflix.

[@andrus6663]

Everyone needed that

[@CarrionMaw]

Says he's gonna do roleplay, invites a xenos to become govenor of Holy Terra. Ah, you're that fake Emperor that the Luna Wolves kill at the start of the Horus Rising novel. That checks out.

[@Slavesforsale1]

The Emperor didn't hate aliens and even protected non-hostile/non-Chaotic xeno species that submitted. While he was certainly more focused on human supremacy, he wasn't xenophobic or genocidal towards xenos, so long as they never enslaved or harmed humans. I could see him accepting a xeno leader if he felt like the alien would be especially useful.

[@antonycharnock2993]

Blooming Heck. I'm going to have to restart my Necron campaign again now. New updates & DLC keep breaking my 40K mods. Trazyn the Infinite sighs with displeasure at this galactic vandalism.

[@dracish123456789]

Transcendent learning is so good

[@Menhtrol]

What is your Duty? To serve Emperor's Will. What is Emperor's Will? That we fight and die. What is Death? It is our duty. What is your Duty?

[@Noxiefy]

For councilor traits genetics would be fitting as well.

[@ahmadmansy9948]

YOU DID GREAT

[@homefront1999]

I really hope someone takes 3.8 and makes a great and detailed Warhammer mod.

[@sunnysonne2957]

It was a challenge after all, and I argue that the traits and bonuses arent broken, they're meant to allow you to build up your forces

[@danieltan7344]

How funny it seems that when the Scourge invades and the emperor comatose, it's kinda comparable to the lore-wise imperium in WH40k, imperium still being a powerhouse, but enemy is everywhere and in a sense, the economy is just barely holding on in keeping the imperium alive

[@etiennesauve3386]

Nice one! I would have pick spiritualist tho with the faith in the god emperor and getting some sister of battle ;)

[@alexalopez6638]

Fenomenal video very entertaining 🎉

[@alaskan_bigfoot9090]

I started my first under one rule playthrough last night and will continue it today, its such a fun origin. I took fanatic militarist/authoritarian and became so powerful so fast it was hilarious, I think im up to 5 vassals and my stacked leader traits are crazy, I ended up making my leader immortal and then my minister of defense by having him chosen by the devourer of worlds which made him stupid powerful with like a 40% ship damage buff if i remember right lol.

[@Seth90]

well, it was a valiant effort. In the end, it's still better to die for the emperor, than to live for yourself!!

[@memus5367]

Like the videos bro. How many more dlc do you think we're getting for Stellaris?

[@TechnoMinarchistBall]

We'll probably keep getting them until Stellaris 2 comes out.

[@YEE465]

Finally someone as nerdy as me when it comes to Warhammer

[@ace_the_race9340]

Failure means extinction and the path to victory leads only to war. This is the Era Indomitus.

[@harleybeta]

"brought to heel" always feels so insidious and evil a phrase to me lol

[@XXLPIakat]

for a post heresy/40k imperium, using oppressive autocracy would fit as well

[@allytank-itykitty7417]

would love a new crisis if you are gene edited where maybe your crown prince has delusions, or the shroud gets to them and starts a massive civil war giving him super powers.

[@dandominare]

I've never encountered anyone who loves the word "whopping" as much as you do.

[@amx3748]

20:40 ha yes , good old emperor's SS Montpellier corvette , you made the wrong emperor haha

[@romanmilsent8920]

That just wow, thanks

[@Efrostling]

"our resources are going to go through the roof" *everything goes down or stays the same apart from alloys which go up by 4* "look at this.... WOW"

[@siagrim701]

when you met that uplifted bird species and said "they're weird, i dont think i made them" considering the context of who you are playing, made me laugh :P

[@superwilliam7415]

Wait isnt this warhammer 30k?

[@thechazz3230]

5:39 Interestingly enough. Theres been a lot of evidence coming forth in recent years that humanity likely emerged around The Mediterranean. Fascinating stuff and it would go a long ways to explaining why humanity has been so obsessed with that sea for so many thousands of years.

[@cewla3348]

we... lived there?

[@Guinnessmonkey1]

Um. The people who lived near it used it. Not sure people in China were "obsessed" with a sea they might not have heard of. I'm not sure anyone was "obsessed" with it. And no. We emerged in East Africa.

[@DrMalsyn]

Knowing absolutely nothing about the actual setting, im sure this is all 100% accurate

[@scubaj991]

Blood for the blood God, skulls for the skull throne?

[@MontuPlays]

Yes, Commissar, this one over here...

[@Krazy6ix]

The mod community is going to have fun with this

[@Delmworks]

14:48 I allways knew Clark Kent was the lost primach