Surviving my Hardest Starsector Challenge Yet

[@Rarr]

I enjoy pain so you don't have to.

[@Vik.castle]

Your sacrifice shall never b forgotten

[@rulerofeverything6294]

@@Vik.castle hehehe

[@stechuskaktus3577]

Please try a Lokomotive run i think its great fun. Double range for ballistic weapons.

[@Mad_Dog_of_the_Regime]

I noticed that your gameplay is very different from mine. Whatever i do i end up with plain weak ships that shoot boring projectiles. Are those mods you installed necessary to have as much fun as you do or you could achieve the same dopamine levels from unmodded game?

[@alecxander1681]

Thank you for your sacrifice and for awesome content!

[@kwdblade4683]

Even when Rarr starts with nothing he's a millionaire in 4 minutes

[@fischersfritz468]

Which is easy in this game. Just do some Black market trading with supplies

[@Rarr]

It's amazing what Drugs can do...wait

[@Akymma]

@@Rarr And mushrooms..

[@RenMomoDotPog]

@@Akymma WE'RE RICH

[@frzlunar4845]

Well selling gun and ship to terrorist prove to be effective... Right ?

[@kitten-inside]

I like the totally not 40K battlecruiser. It really wants long range weapons to do best.

[@DigitalHawk96]

The Kite without guns is actually pretty good, the Pristine command shuttle... Load that sucker with a command suite and just play RTS.

[@jaxenosborne1250]

Ooo with some neural links for the times the AI is a tad special

[@SomberYeti]

Are we going to ignore the spinning missile? 12:46

[@Rarr]

dw about it

[@zakattack3181]

Rarr was to distracted with the station

[@wrathofainz]

Lmao, look at him go

[@Jakkaribik1]

Own Gravitational Field

[@Elmithian]

Seriously though. If you cannot find an Alpha Ai core since it has relocated, the enemy honestly should not be able to do it either.

[@galedex5661]

Damn, i love Starsector. I wish there was more stuff to do in there..... perhaps i should look into how mods are created.

[@vulcanz1327]

yes mod it and u will have a shitton of new stuff to do

[@galedex5661]

@@vulcanz1327 I usually stay away from mods because it feels like cheating. I mean, i dont really see difference between using mod and using cheat to get unlimited currency in games.

[@SoloDoloPoloOlaf]

@@galedex5661 thats the least used category of mods for most games. The absolute majority of mods are addons to content or rebalancing/tweaking aspects of it. I really hope you try modding for a playtroughs or two in a few different games :)

[@Davineitor005]

@@galedex5661 modding its like free dlc and you can customize your game to your liking, the game can get pretty crazy with extra faction mods and more ships

[@kirshak7007]

There are also mods that enhance existing factions with stronger ships and gear, so if you are worried you are too OP, mods also got that covered lol

[@thesultryhippo9184]

It really is wild to see how much your channel has grown since I came in (around the time of the Rimworld cannibal/corn villages). You do deserve it! I can't say that YOU seem to have grown as you're still torturing yourself but I suppose we all have our own way to get our kicks. 🏆👍

[@HereticalKitsune]

Kite starter and all enemies... dear gods, that's rough.

[@Spooky_Spookerson]

I actually recommend Midline stations for your own colonies. They can put a good mix of ballistic and energy weapons but more importantly, the fast spin of the station makes it hard for the ai to overload the station, they also often focus on the little spikes instead of the station itself.

[@BulborbStan]

imo high tech is still better for levels 1-2 since it has a separate energy bar for weapon and shields however lvl 3 midline stations are really good, just as good as the rest of the lvl 3 stations

[@remuluson2904]

@@BulborbStan yeah. rarr's issue was having just t1 high tech station. Starting from t2 they get absurdly tanky

[@spacebearcadet746]

There's a solution to the ai inspection fleet, besides just not using them: Join the Perseans. Membership from the persean crisis halts the inspection progress, maybe prevents it if done first.

[@eternal8559]

12:29 Wait wtf a ship with a ramming ability that actually does more dmg to them enemy instead of himself I thought that i would never witness that

[@CAMSLAYER13]

Ramming is surprisingly good in this game

[@davidbass296]

Depending on the modded faction it can be very useful. Or very risky in the hands of the AI.

[@simbachvazo6530]

"Eh, alright stuff" He says, grabbing a Cobra Blueprint.

[@giausjulius4]

That is one of the strange things about AI admins. You can't find them to remove them but the Heg can? Bullshit.

[@remuluson2904]

They are professionals :)

[@omnitheman9254]

We've gone from - "I'm going to destroy the Hegemony!" To - "I have joined the Hegemony" Some may be disappointed, but I have never been more proud. (This message brought to you by - "Low Tech Gang")

[@CrazyFireTriangle]

Great vid, gratz on 70K!

[@enclave7125]

every run of starsector that Rarr makes he is the sci fi equivelant of walter white but insted of making drugs and sell the drugs he just sell and becomes millionare.

[@NorseOkies]

Always fun to watch another episode of "Rarr rams everything!"

[@scp2539]

the hege were a fun faction in vanilla :D even better when they somehow bug so they never raid you regardless of how many cores you use XD

[@chaosinc.382]

I gotta say, these vids really make me wanna get Star Sector.

[@xhaldorzerker]

Kadur remnants is much worse. They have a 80% chance of being wiped out within the first cycle or two. Then another 90% chance to be wiped out within the next few cycles. Their ships are glass cannons, great at missiles but bad at everything else. They do have an amazing dreadnought though. And their fighters (mostly bombers) are amazing.

[@onevillageidiot]

@Rarr, I've got a mod recommendation for you that is just perfect for you. Carter's Freetraders by Dazs, the same modder who made Junk Yard Dogs. Carter's Freetraders includes a 2-stage colony building where first stage makes Drugs (called the Biolab), and 2nd stages costs an industry slot but now makes Drugs and Heavy Armaments. If you then get Yunru Industries (from Yunru's free patreon page), then the Bazaar (a prequel building to the Commerce that doesn't cost an industrial slot, but still gives you a market the player can buy/sell to), then you can buy drugs for cheap at your own market. And voila, you have your very own drug producing empire. (Note: the Bazaar is needed because the base cost of Drugs from your planet stockpile is a flat 200 credits each, whereas the Bazaar's market costs changes with local resource production) I figured I'd share it here since, to be honest, Carter's Freetraders barely mentions the industry at all in their mod description, which is crazy for a colony building that doesn't actually take up an industrial slot (the 2nd stage for Heavy Armaments does). So combined with Grand Colonies, you can literally have every colony making drugs for you.

[@dragonsmash3r]

What are your thoughts on Omega difficulty from the "Unofficial New Game Plus" mod? Interesting modifiers that would make for some pretty crazy playthroughs.

[@demonx3779]

Preferably while doing challenge "But "It" is absolute"

[@wrathofainz]

4:24 once my ships ran out of fuel and supplies and I got stuck in a system with one of those goddamn stars. It took one of my own fleet From a nearby colony to come in and save me, and I had to get close to the warp for that to happen. That sounds all fine and dandy until the God damn star pushes you back over and over again.

[@georgea5991]

Now you can make a Part 2: Betraying the Hegemony.

[@emojiwithagun7035]

Hey rarr it's me again glad to see your posting some of that space colony sci-fi roleplaying game.... Speaking of which reminds of me of RimWorld and the missing Cassandra Classic Experience Video we so desperately want and need... But nonetheless love the content and have a good day.

[@oyohoyoh1494]

Hello rarr ^^ I love watching you torture yourself! Please do it more often!!!

[@Rarr]

will do

[@CodeNameFerretVtuber]

If you wanna make it even harder and get that extra video saying you found an even HARDER CHALLENGE you could try installing the Ruthless Sector mod

[@le555]

Thanks for listing a mod list in all your videos I'm still trying to find good ones that work without memory leaks killing my FPS I have 16GB of System ram and allocated 8GB in the vmparams files it helped smooth things out. The "AdjustableSkillThresholds" Mod for sure was the one giving me the Memory leaks haven't had issues ever since disabling the mod but that's unfortunate because I have to stick with vanilla limits for AI ships. I'll admit having 3 Alpha core Radiant Ships flying around was the most unbalanced and overpowered shit I've ever witnesses even the OP Faction mods like AUF with Semibrevs crumble into under the might of the Radiant when its decked out Smods,Hullmods,5 L sized frontal energy weapons 40,000 Cap 2700 Flux taking only 0.36 shield damage can warp the fk out to vent and warp the fk back in to melt shit with a lvl 8 alpha core (8 elite alpha piolet skills) stacked with the player fleet skills and 100% CR. Yeah it was probably a little too much when a bag of space Doritos got turned into Thanksgiving stuffing in 5 secs. I'll miss having 3 of them at 100% CR but I guess having just one at 60% is better than nothing or I just find a new ship to experiment with and break the game with what ever crazy combination of mods I can find.

[@zakattack3181]

Hey Rarr when will you make a ramming only playthrough it will be incredible

[@Rarr]

That sounds like a great idea

[@forrestallison1879]

Yeah I have my first colony that almost bankrupted me and I was very tempted to put cores in it but you know what, I don't want the hedge coming after me. So screw it

[@Nanoelite001]

8:05 praise the omnissiah!

[@demonx3779]

> 4 years later "So I've done some taxing off-camera"

[@Jakkaribik1]

9:42 That Sounds Nice

[@Zak.C.Wallis]

RAMMING SPEEDD!!! i gotta get that ship

[@akatsukiwolf2735]

I can't believe Rarr became a Hegemony Simp. At least, join a Waifu Alliance. 😂

[@MrRobot-0]

Not even wifus would be enough to make my PC pay taxes. Wich is funny because the hegemony itself loves my faction right now.

[@TheEnergizingbunny]

But Iron Shell has waifus... ones that make you pay taxes, but still.

[@MrRobot-0]

@@TheEnergizingbunny they make us pay the hegemony tax rate, aka 30% aka you don't make any money out of it, ever.

[@NoName5589]

Ooh okay.. So I just need to sat bomb my problems away 🤔 Thanks Rarr, I think I understand now

[@Rarr]

np works everytime

[@Hallgrenoid]

4:36 whoever named that ship Locomotive should be fined and jailed. That's like if someone named an aeroplane Helicopter.

[@zafraz1077]

That out of nowhere plz "subscribe?!" Naming of the planet actually made me laugh and realized hey wait a minute, am I not subscribed?! Have a good one rarr my man.

[@Rarr]

:)

[@FerrousAradicen]

All it took to win was join the winning team.

[@Lephim_]

rarr is the only person who can lose ti a midline station

[@Rarr]

How dare you.

[@Lephim_]

@@Rarr am i wrong tho?

[@gabehawk8925]

I am so excited I made a suggestion I don't know if you saw it but this is exactly what I suggested

[@tokedeboisreuss9937]

Do a shepherd only challenge

[@jehovasabettor9080]

Do you have any idea what kind a monster can be made out of a humble Shepherd with a right selection of mods? Let's say that you can have a 2 point ship which houses a wing of any fighters below 15 points with doubled stats. A wing of Hexblades like that, for one, take apart a cruiser, and it can't do zilch about it.

[@jonahszikehely6793]

Man says pain but I still see shields on his ships.

[@Rosemaker_]

haloo, do you have a modlist for this one? it sounds like a fun start

[@Rarr]

Mods are in the desc!

[@erwins_arm]

Is there a vod of this? Woud love to watch

[@mavor101]

The problem with this game and "challenges" is that, no matter how you start, you can always just do drug trading and similar loops ad-infinitum until you have millions of credits, and then from there do whatever you want. There is no *forced* combat and there is no timer you are up against so... bleh.

[@ohuckabee]

Simping to the Hegemony is fine; you can make good arguments for why it's the best of the bad choices. But simping to the Greater Hegemony? With Iron Shell? That's just findom. Oink oink, paypiggy.

[@ENaielo]

Just bought Starsector cause i love your videos, Would it be possible for you to have a download link for your mod list?

[@redcrown5154]

never underestimate Mr. Dickerson :D

[@Snowy123]

More starsector pain videos!

[@devinhallsworth5531]

If everyone already hates you you dont have to worry about turning your IFF on and off!

[@GrayFolxy]

sad we dont get to see your tales once federated with the hegemony thats a lot of funny lost

[@spinloki]

Which mod lets you select a blueprint when you loot a research station? Nice vid btw :)

[@jehovasabettor9080]

I think Industrial Evolution. It adds a bunch of events for exploration, one of them is "download a blueprint" where you get to chose a blueprint out of 3 or 4.

[@nickgrout2502]

Ayyyyy! More Starsector!

[@Craider79]

Wish you would make a full let's play series m8

[@xinyanlyu6966]

He simped the Hegemony so we don't have to

[@BrendanGouldmann]

see Rarr it's not so hard, just join the Hedge comrade

[@BradlyClarke]

Best wishes

[@qwe-80085]

Rarr challenge be like : yes. and pain don't forget about the pain. also you don't have Ruthless Sector??

[@kingnoodle8785]

How do you get your systems to look so gorgeous? Is it a mod or just fiddling around with the settings?

[@stephennetu]

"4 years later" gfdi, lol

[@Alesha1701]

08:52 what mod makes this caution warning?

[@jehovasabettor9080]

Tell you what, you try to beat Hivers without using their weapons or ships. You got some broken stuff installed as is, so it should be somewhat easy.

[@TASTEGROUND]

I wonder if he will check ksp2

[@daisukeakihito9832]

Well then, I think I've an idea what I'm doing in my next run. Starsector tends to feel a lot different when you don't want friends.

[@Roketsune]

You should have used catboy marines.

[@ElevenAce]

Smh you bent the knee 😂

[@_Jay_Maker_]

- CAUTION - - ARIGATO -

[@LordKore]

You can only use fighters and drones to fight. No weapons and special moves allowed. See how long can you last

[@littlepotato2741]

You don't need to emergency burn through neutron stars. Just make sure you have sustained burn off and stay in the middle of the star so you don't get pushed out. Edit: grammer

[@onevillageidiot]

counterpoint: i don't think you need any kind of special burn at all. Just normal thrust and you can fly through any star. You just have to be able to eat the supply/increased maintenance cost.

[@littlepotato2741]

@@onevillageidiot that isn't a counterpoint. I said you want to make sure that sustained burn is off because you get pushed around more easily by stars with sustained burn on. The core doesn't push as much as sunburst or the rotating radiation from a neutron star, but it can push you a some if you have sustained burn on.

[@WizardBrandon]

what added the weird laser star? and the one that added the selling of intel? and whats that mod that lets you get fuel from the sun? and the domain era mothership? sorry for all the questions

[@alexanderwilliams9519]

The laser stars are the neutron pulsars, they're from the base game and are super annoying. Idk about the intel, ik I've played with it before but idr which mod. The fuel from stars is from the mod Fuel Siphoning. And the domain era mothership is also vanilla. Hope someone else knows where the intel came from

[@WizardBrandon]

@@alexanderwilliams9519 thank you so much! for some reason i thought the domain stuffs was from amod to add an easier start but i guess not :D

[@onevillageidiot]

@@WizardBrandon The intel thing is because Rarr has an Agent on that planet. And Agents are part of the expanded 4X functionality of Nexerelin.

[@duckspiguels8871]

LETS GOOOOOO

[@LiquidSuffering-gz3ky]

You joined the WHAT

[@guardsman3533]

Nice

[@Rarr]

Thanks

[@unleashed613]

Anyone knows if there is a plan for a new version or something this year ?

[@guh9202]

starsector realistic combat mod when ?

[@sayasiah1853]

you were supposed to destroy them, not join them!

[@demdemz8245]

uploaded 11 seconds ago I love my luck keep it up rarr

[@willyexp5394]

fun

[@alphaaicore8493]

imagine joining hegemony

[@cid2087]

How in the world does the hegemony found the Alpha AI core?

[@lupisvolk2420]

Hey Rarr how hard is it to get this game? Would it be wise to get it now or wait for when it comes to steam?

[@thenerfkid9228]

dude just go watch the sseth video on it comes with a free key and everything

[@onevillageidiot]

It's apparently NOT coming to steam, ever. The solo dev doesn't like them. You can buy an access key from the Starsector site directly, or I here there's an access key floating around somewhere that's still usable. Personally, considering all the quality effort of the game, I'd say 15 USD is a fair price.

[@lupisvolk2420]

@@onevillageidiot Huh i though i heard from somewhere they were gonna bring it to steam once they felt the game as more complete.

[@Roketsune]

I remember reading that on their site.

[@Roketsune]

That video is 3 or 4 years old. There's a free key that's still valid?

[@vojtaliska1430]

You can burn OVER the star!?

[@filippe999]

so you either die a hero or you live long enough to be a villain then? I see... i see...

[@samuelcrow4701]

5:00 anyone know what those two sphere things are?

[@HarrisonHesse]

Hey Rarr! i was watching lots of your videos and decided to hop back to starsector and also use your mod list. i downloaded almost every mod but 2 wich are abreviated, can you give me a quick help here? thanks! Mods that im talking about are VIC and LTA.

[@Rarr]

Lowtech armada, Volkov Industrial Conglomerate. Enjoy!

[@chongchun8979]

My game can't run mods bcs of lazylib, any suggestions?

[@softsebby]

where do i get these mods at?

[@fak-yudan5431]

Hey just curious, anyone know what mods are LTA and VIC? I tried looking for em on the forum and I couldnt find them...

[@Rarr]

Lowtech armada, Volkov Industrial Conglomerate

[@fak-yudan5431]

@Rarr Thanks man, appreciate it. You've been killin it btw, only KZbinr I've seen make genuinely great Starsector videos. Really bringing an underrated title into the linelight, keep it up 👍

[@boomerzoomer820]

The people who kept roasting you for being bad at everything are gonna die the second they finish this video(they regret every word they said about you)

[@Mantis_Toboggan_TrashMan]

My current playthrough might as well be a challenge run the seed is god awful.

[@thathollow5162]

Weird end to this one.

[@Jesus_Christ_OfficialAccount]

❤

[@zakattack3181]

Hey Rarr will you be streaming on KZbin anytime soon

[@Rarr]

I mainly stream on Twitch every Tuesday/Thrusday.

[@zakattack3181]

I hope to see you there

[@zakattack3181]

Hey Rarr I struggle to watch your streams because they start at 5am from where I am from 🤣

[@Chris-lr8mr]

Hi

[@Rarr]

hi

[@bonesackfruitsnack1004]

i suck at starsector so i will watch rarr unsuck for me.

[@Crimson_dragonn]

New video!

[@Ichigo7555]

joining the hege? disgusting!

[@maskedmonster]

>Rarr : uploads >Me : Yayyy >me : realizes it's not a Rimworld video Big sad noises 😢

[@Rarr]

dw next video is generally gonna be Rimworld.

[@Starfloofle]

@@Rarr excited :D