Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely - Stellaris Lore

This is a story based on the one rule origin added with galactic paragons in Stellaris the grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive.
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[@observer3887]

I loved this origin. I managed to entomb my leader in the "golden throne" and make them immortal as well as psionic chosen one and chosen of the instrument. And they were worshiped as God Emperor.

[@williamsledge3151]

I did the same! Also destroyed the galaxy!

[@TheRedKing]

I may later down the line replay through this and do a "40k Emperor" style story

[@ilovespongebob7840]

chosen of instrument? HERESY.

[@grumpydinosaur2347]

But it was bugged? I didnt got actual chosen one traits after event.. They just.. Waant there

[@observer3887]

@@grumpydinosaur2347 not for me. I got both chosen one and chosen by instrument later. And with the golden throne it was three levels of immortality. The life sustaining apparatus removed all negative traits

[@LegatusLigeratus]

You can always count on thr Praetorian Guard to put the absolute worst person in power and also remove the absolute worst person from power. Always keep your household guards loyal, my dudes!

[@jamesshore3191]

Marcus Aurelius would probably contest that...

[@eddy_malouempereur_du_cong6536]

Emperor Constantin Ist : lol

[@silentempr8003]

I love how in the depictions, her crown gets larger and while she is descending deeper and deeper into madness 😂

[@TheCorrodedMan]

“I MUST HAVE THE LARGEST HAT”

[@mandaloretheangry9043]

i love this origin, you can pull a palpatine or drag your empire into a civil war

[@TheRedKing]

It's alot of fun, i'm sure i'll get another story out of it when I replay through it

[@therealspeedwagon1451]

I kinda want to drag my empire into a civil war intentionally. I like the idea of people resisting my ruler made up mostly of unhappy reformists and slaves. Kind of like the slave revolt in TNO if you have Albert Speer.

[@northstargaming2363]

What origin is it?

[@DarkKnight52365]

this is why i always go for the benevolent rule

[@xoereneau8007]

I love these videos please never stop with the stellaris lore!

[@TheRedKing]

Thanks Xoe!! Glad you're enjoying them :) I have no intentions to stop with Stellaris!! It's too much fun!!

[@Diarmuhnd]

"From CHAOS a leader emerged" Sounds legit to me.

[@johnnyhampton8633]

Ive never been this early. The Shroud shines upon me! All hail The Red King.

[@TheRedKing]

Hope it delivered!! :)

[@keyboardtaskforcephi-3689]

While playing this i thought i was the Chosen savior. Then until the end, i was like why do i get to kill my leaders? I killed most of them because i only realize there are agenda for the event until half way. So anyways i crashed the rebel in Civilwar despite that they took all my Core worlds, energy, alloy, minerals etc. Their fleets is pathetic tho.However, i lost 65% of my fleet to that 1 defense starbase i desgin and bulit for the worm hole connected to the exterminators. My fleet werent desgin to fight that star base.And since i lost all my Core worlds. I can't rebuild my fleet instantly. So in the end, no body wins the civil war. This is why i like to keep Genocide empire alive. Stuff like this is fun.

[@1293ST]

I wish if it wasn't so buggy. All the events following imperial just simply don't work and the paranoid trait is absolutely atrocious given that you can fine keep power forever if you stay a dictatorship.

[@EmperorRyu1]

Power does not corrupt. It enables.

[@bgcvetan]

Ah classic Gaddafi ending. Thank you for bringing this to our attention Great One.

[@SupCom78]

i went the genetic route and made her an empress who managed to defeat the rebels, but i also chose to compromise with social welfare. i played as a strict but fair ruler anyway, so it was ok to compromise, later i also put her on a golden throne. damn, by the time the project is done, the resources needed to keep her alive are huge. make sure your economy is stable ;) i think next time i will use the psi route or a cyborg route would be useful too. regardless, this origin is really good. also the leaders are much more useful now. it really hurts when you lose a good leader.

[@majortnt2941]

If it’s possible, can you possibly do a video on the Ithome Cluster and “The Chosen?” They were added with 3.8 but require First Contact. Extremely neat storyline for them.

[@TheRedKing]

Literally writing the script as I type this :)

[@Sephiroth144]

And I bet they kept airing those Imperial Broadcasts during Firefly's timeslot...

[@therealspeedwagon1451]

I love using the space elf portrait. I called mine the Zelvan Empire and they’re a fanatic authoritarian xenophilic empire loosely based off the Russian Empire. I say loosely because there’s two other options for them. There is the Zelvan trading corporation which as the name suggests is a megacorp led by the bourgeoisie of the old feudal Zelvan family. Another option is the Galactic Revolutionary Front which as the name suggests is a militarist communist democracy led by the Zelvan working class.

[@williek08472]

Space elves are my favorite portrait. I usually use them as force-spawned cat-worshipping cultists known as The Church of the One True Gilbert (created by my favorite KZbinr/streamer), but sometimes there are other space elf empires I make. Probably my favorite was using the Clone Army origin to create a race of all-female elf clone soldiers called Mokinans.

[@therealspeedwagon1451]

@@williek08472 I named mine the Zelvans because that was just a randomly generated name I thought was nice. I based their history and possible empires off the Russian Empire. The feudal empire is somewhat based off of Tsarist Russia, the Zelvan corporation is kinda based off of the provisional government, and then the Galactic Revolutionary Front is of course based off the Soviet Union. I also made others which is the Zelvan Imperium which takes place when the revolution destabilized the old monarchy and upheaved the traditional matriarchal structure. And then the final empire I made with the under one rule origin is quite possibly the worst case scenario for the Zelvans. It is where their revolution was so bloody and intense that from the ashes came a visionary who had all the answers to Zelvan problems, but it was all a ruse. In the end she transformed Zelvan society into a totalitarian police state the likes of which has never seen before. It seems that her answers were simply more authority.

[@jeangermain837]

Awsome video as always man i love your content

[@TheRedKing]

Thanks Jean :) Appreciate the support!!

[@jeangermain837]

@@TheRedKing love from chile my bro You are my pana weon xdd

[@Aquilifer-rw5hk]

Another banger, well done man

[@TheRedKing]

Thanks for the support!! :)

[@Aquilifer-rw5hk]

@@TheRedKing always big man

[@plmokm33]

This origin feels like it should have been a civic, much like the new low tech civics that came in the last expansion.

[@cesargeney5268]

Heck yeah. Let's go Stellaris with your dystopia

[@youthoughtaboutit6946]

The fact that her title is high queen implies that there are lower monarchs that rule under her and personally I find that concept facinsting.

[@Sirithil]

Planetary governors might be kings and queens. Then you'd have lower nobility for progressively smaller regions of a planet - dukes, counts, barons, etc.

[@tobiasGR3Y]

A truly Romanian Ending to a Stellaris story.

[@CyberController-]

4th Cyber Legion update: The stalemate in the war against the Mov Imperium has been broken. Stalemate began 14 Stellar Rotations ago (consisting of 300 Planetary Rotations) when initial assault failed to breach Mov defences at Vex's Maw Starbase. Cyber Command dictated tactical withdrawl to Cyber Station Alpha-2. Cyber Intelligence discoveres that Emperor Jog Gro-Ta, leader of the Mov Imperium, was suffering from a minor brain tumor that would grow to be fatal if not treated. Sleeper agents successfully consealed the tumor from the Emperor and his court, leading to his death 4 Planetary Rotations ago. With the Mov people honouring a day of state-mandated mourning, the 4th Cyber Legion was able to break through the defences at Vex's Maw, leading to a decisive victory. Cyber Command predicts total victory within 1 Stellar Rotation. This victory only strengthens The Cyberiad's claim over the Galaxy, and humanity's dominance over all other life. *WE MUST SURVIVE*

[@starstudiosRPG]

Still no machine god :(

[@TheRedKing]

Machine God hmmmmm

[@samaelsyfer]

Love this origin, it's either you focus on the outside, expanding and get eaten from the inside in civil war, or you focus inside and get ran over by the aliens.. But had a good playtrough on grand admiral, x25 crisis with a luminary psyonic chosen one of the instrument, opressive autocracy, aristocratic elite and pompeous purists for the flavor of nobles looking down on every others, had zro precursors, got the rubricator too, and the only entrance to my personal edge of galaxie cluster of stars where 2 pulsars i build storm casters and 48% damage bosted ruination glares in it, -100% sublightspeed.. made me invincible, and has hidden bonus, the storm caster prevents being seen from hyperlane detection, and once a luminary get psyonic, you gain 2 encryption free, combined with subterfuge and all the techs, you are imposible to be infiltrated or spy upon, you are just some psyonic storm on one side of the galaxy, no ia goes to war with you, as they dont know anything about you 😂 And the crisis where a joke, archeo-tech rubricator bonused 5x ruination glares, in a no shield system, -100% sublight speed, with 50% bonus range with a fleet of 25 neutrons launchers, nano missiles elite rank cruisers, absolutly nothing could get past that. Let's say even Cetana feared that god emperor psyonic pompeous owl 😏

[@XxplosiveL]

This is definitely in my top 5 favorite story’s

[@TheRedKing]

Glad you enjoyed it!! :)

[@swordsnspearguy5945]

had 3/4 phases of the cycle in one leader impressive

[@amirali4428]

Please make a video about the new chosen empire. The fanatic purifier that has its own sector outside the galaxy conected with only a wormhole

[@TheRedKing]

Mmmm new Chosen Empire? Has something slipped past me? Is that the name of the Empire?

[@amirali4428]

​@@TheRedKing it doesnt spawn everytime but i usually find it when i play with 200 stars with 5 ai empires. Name of it is "The Chosen" if the spawn, they are at the outer edge of the galaxy in their own star cluster, only connected to the rest of the galaxy with a wormhole. Fanatic purifier, exalted priesthood , life seeded and they have three size 10 habitates near the wormhole that they can colonize. They start with a bunch of extra resources(more than 100 basic and 500 consumer good/alloys

[@Uwawa96]

Mine was inside the Galactic Core... and also had a small un-connected system somewhere with an archeology side that adds LORE about em.

[@amirali4428]

@@Uwawa96 is that like a new midgame crisis empire? Cause it can get some drcent fleet power by then

[@onyxlepgm]

@@TheRedKing "chatayoi" its their name

[@samueltheslime1125]

Very nice.

[@pyeitme508]

YEP!

[@durrangodsgrief6503]

ive always disagreed power does not corrupt it reveals it is an inanimate thing its not a spirit or organism that can whisper we need to stop putting the blame on everything else besides us

[@Giovanni-kr4dk]

I take the saying just as a warning. Something like "spoiled milk will make your stomach sick". Not attributing any blame towards the element. Just warning that most of us are not built to deal with its effects

[@1650th]

The hive is early

[@arian9468]

Now with the new crisis and with my favourite origin,I can become a fallen empire in the end while my immortal Luminary is in charge ...It was a good experience(I played under one rule origin for almost half of my playthroughs.😂)

[@Youalleatmuffins]

I once had a manager like this...

[@TheRedKing]

Ha! I think we've all been there ... I hope you escaped :)

[@Youalleatmuffins]

@@TheRedKing damn right I did! 💯

[@jy3n2]

The High Queen was awful, but you can't fault her taste in hats.

[@Centurion98]

If you don't already, you should narrate audio books aswell

[@andrewrecard5857]

Have we seen evidence he can do an array of voices for different characters?

[@TheRedKing]

I've done a couple of more narrative longer reads, the two Halo videos for example - but no i've never done any audio book work - thanks for the kind words though!! :)

[@derpaderp2919]

The Luminary is NEVER WRONG guys. All naysaying is dissident rumor. Long live the luminary.

[@mathhews95]

I really like this origin, but not that it has a scripted descent into madness for the leader. It should be based on the choices before.

[@Aetherblade-z4o]

Angry God noises intensify 😅

[@CelestialCaesar]

Elf dommy mommy supreme ruler. Sorry, what was that about space empires and ethics?

[@vindiesel6695]

Girlbossed too hard

[@eliminatorvr1350]

could you make a video about the new "the chosen" midgame crisis, and the ophala system?(added to first contact with 3.8)

[@TheRedKing]

It's coming :)

[@eliminatorvr1350]

@@TheRedKing yes! cant wait to see whats in the new system

[@helrem]

How you recommend to start with Stellaris?

[@TheRedKing]

mmm what do you mean? I prefer the learn while playing approach personally

[@Vasilefs_Terranorum]

I haven’t seen the video yet, but there’s no adage I despise as much as “power corrupts” or “absolute power corrupts absolutely”. It is such a naive and reductive statement to make and portrays the pursuit of power in a negative light. It makes ambition into a crime when it has historically been one of humanity’s greatest strengths. Furthermore, it ignores the countless figures in history that sought power and used it for the benefit of their people. That brought peace, prosperity and security. I can think of dozens of examples from just the Roman Empire: Augustus, Aurelian, Diocletian, Majorian, Justinian, Constantine V etc. The list is endless and this is just for one state, across all of human history there are innumerable such individuals. With that off my chest, I can now go watch the video.

[@MrBartolomeo22]

Sounds like something a Fanatic Authoritarian would say :P

[@bgcvetan]

Augustus destroyed the very soul of Rome, after him it was a slow decline to extinction, one example being the Romans no longer invented things, one example being the Corvus invented during the Roman Republic, and the Unbreaking glass invented during the reign of Tiberius whom had the inventor executed. Diocletian persecuted the former equates and patricians that he deemed unloyal to him causing unrepairable damage to Roman socienty. The violent end of the Republic caused by Patricians seizing power though military coup turned Rome from a place where people came to build their future to a place where people came to escape harsh taxes. In the end like any evil it turned on itself, Germans didn't ended the Roman Empire, the Roman Emperors did that, by the time Odoacer was in power Rome was little more than a carcass filled with maggots.

[@Vasilefs_Terranorum]

@@bgcvetan I disagree entirely. The late republic was a corrupt oligarchy where the senators exploited the plebeians and optimates were for all intents and purposes, tyrants. Augustus restored peace and prosperity to the republic. He (and Caesar) were beloved champions of the general population as opposed to the elitist senators. He fought against corruption and reversed the internal decay that had set into the Res Publica. The government he established would last (with the natural evolutions along the way) for a staggering ~1500 years, in comparison to the earlier system which was around ~500. All things considered, Augustus was undoubtably a massive net positive for the Roman civilisation. By the way, you are correct in that the Germans did not in fact end the Roman Empire. The ottomans did, or the crusaders depending on whom you ask.

[@TheRedKing]

I don't know enough to comment i'm afraid!! Nevertheless I hope the video was worth it :)

[@samuelerickson7521]

For every "good" dictator there is many more terrible ones. The pursuit of absolute power and authority deserves its demonization.

[@joshuachapman247]

Do we know what happened to the nation after?

[@TheRedKing]

Their galaxy imploded when I hit Alt F4

[@gerasimosnektarios4077]

My story begin like this. On Earth at the Year 2200 the nations have united under one leader. In this totalitarian regieme, under a dystopian society primarch Malcolm Miller reigned with an iron fist...and ends with...The emperor after many years under the experimental health program manages to prolong his death enough to attain immortality under the guidance of the composer of strands, to become his champion, his chosen one. An immortal tyrant to rule over mankind... NOPE!!! The event bar is full now. He died.🥲

[@urbangradisek5695]

it is just like cersei from got