The additional 20% Diplomatic weight also helps you in dominating the Galactic Community to pass that Custodian nomination in the Senate. In this case, Galactic Contender helps you tremendously, while also preparing you for the inevitable confrontation with the Fallen Empires later on. Fallen Empires are not necessarily an existential threat like the Crisis factions, but the Gray Tempest Crisis is, and the Tempest often emerges at a time quite early on when you and everybody else isn’t quite ready for it. Galactic Contender is one of the more underrated perks on this list, primarily because it not only buffs your damage against Fallen and Awakened Empires, but also against the Gray Tempest in any of its forms. Sounds of Destruction: To accompany your planet-shattering expedition, three new musical pieces have been composed by Andreas Waldetoft for your listening pleasure.Do you find yourself stumped on which Ascension Perks to choose to maximize your enjoyment of Stellaris? Do you feel overwhelmed with the number of choices you're presented with when you go to fill that Ascension Perk slot? Do you need an idea what Ascension Perks give the best value and in which situations? Do you need some help figuring out which Perks best fit with the theme of your empire? If you answered 'yes' to any of these questions, then this list is for you.

Some Non-Violent Features: New Ascension Perks and Civics are added in the expansion, along with new Unity Ambitions that provide new ways to spend Unity and customize your development.

Hire them as mercenaries in your own conflicts, but take care that they don’t unify and trigger a new mid-game crisis!

Pirates of the Constellation: Watch out for Marauders – space nomads who raid settled empires and carve out their lives on the fringe of civilization.

Meanwhile, fortify key systems with massive orbital installations and secure your homeworld as an impenetrable bastion among the stars.

All Your Base Are Belong to You: New enormous “Titan” capital ships can lead your fleets to conquest, offering tremendous bonuses to the vessels under their command.

That’s No Moon, neither is That One, That One Might be a Moon, Wait, No: Keep the local systems in line with fear of the new “Colossus” planet-killer weapon – a technological terror that eliminates entire worlds from the universe.Destroy entire worlds with terrifying new planet-killer weapons, fight against (or alongside) ruthless space pirates, and maybe discover a few non-violent game features as well. Stellaris - Apocalypse is a new full expansion for Paradox Development Studio’s iconic sci-fi grand strategy game, which redefines stellar warfare for all players with a host of new offensive and defensive options.

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