Oooh really? Thanks will check :)

2.8.1 (butler) causes infinite blank messages from the mod. (Went through my mods, this one was causing it.)

Ah yes, the "collosi", we've dismissed that claim.

THEY have become death...

Stellaris is a coop game now

Much more deadly :P

Stellaris but stellar devourers
Make the stellar devourers actually devour star systems lol

tnks

It does sound good, but that would be far out of scope for this mod ("quick" to program, adds one new element to the game that is quite janky. Designed to be played 2-3 times to have fun, not for many playthrough).
Besides, the Colossi are only a threat because they snowball in a near exponential way. If you manage to destroy every new spawned Colossus, they aren't much of a threat.
If they were a real threat lategame, it wouldn't be very fun for the player as it would destroy what he spent irl hours to create. While currently you start a game knowing that it will end by 2230 or so.
(on top of that, modding fleet AI is quite annoying)
But if you (or someone else) wants to use this mod as a base for another, more complex, mod then feel free to do so ;)

2/2 For how to stop the crisis, an event would, after some time being fighting the Colossi, spawn an archeological site within your empire on a barren planet that once explored, reveals that the Colossi were built by an unthinkably old Kardeshev 3 Fanatic Purifier civilization that sends these automated Colossi fleets to galaxies with life to cleanse them so that the Civ can harness the galaxy's energy unimpeded. After completing the site, a new system spawns at a random place in the galaxy with a Machine World and a unthinkably powerful starbase (like 1 mil fleet power). You have to get to the system, destroy the starbase, crack/shield/bombard the Machine World (to 100% devestation) to deactivate the Colossi fleets.

1/2 Actually, could you make this into an Endgame Crisis? Throw some lore onto it, make a unique skin for the Colossi involved that matches that lore, and this would actually be a pretty baller Crisis, especially when you've spent so much time building your empire only to have it threatened in such a destructive way. In this case, give the Colossi the Hyperspace Navigation ability (like what science ships can get) or Jump Drive so that starbases don't really protect your planets unless you build them in the same system.

Sounds like some galaxy-scaled battle royale.

@Stargazer well you are lucky, you can select what the explosion destroys through the customization event (fired on game start for 1 player, so if you are playing multiplayer maybe you didn't saw it)

I would make this the hardcore version and make another without total destruction of everything in a system. Give us a fighting (but still losing) chance.

True end game crisis here

This is a mod that everyone needs. After nearly 1.5k hours its about time for a neat threat.

I like the sound of this mod! This should help prevent late game lag if there are less planets around. Btw, how balanced would this mod be with the mod "Evolving Hyperlanes"? I like the idea that careless expansion of the hyperlane network could spell doom upon the galaxy, but I am worried that by the time these colossi can move they would be too weak to be a threat.

Updated! Also added localisation for non english languages, but didn't translate them. Save game compatible as promised (wait for new month begin to have the customization screen).
If using an old save game, maybe choose "0 years" home world protection as it is counted from the moment you choose it, not from game start

I'm working on a quick update to add a customization menu at game start (so even more customization of this but :P)
Planned to add:
- Home system/planet protection (for like 5/10/15 years)
- Explosion effect (destroy only military ships, or all ship, or all ships and starbase)
- Colossi speed (1X, 2X)
- Colossi reward (500 alloys currently)

Of course this update will be savegame compatible (I always put extra effort in that matter :P)

I do love the idea of tailoring my buts to my needs.

Can you make a version where they don't annihilate everything in the system when destroyed? Because, honestly, that's the only issue I see with this.

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This reminds me of the old Starcraft II Imba League.

imagine the colossi as the independence day ships

CPU0 will be your biggest fan

this is amazing.
legendary, really.

Thanks man!

When there is no target left, they just stop moving. But that means every colonized planet/ringworld has been destroyed. (I should check habitats)

what happens when they run out of annihilation targets

Not my cup of tea, but I'll like it for the unique concept.