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>bored as fuck
>remember i have stellaris and all the dlcs pirated
>get the idea to play as Israel
>megacorp, hunched over lizards, maximized for profit and mercenary enclaves
>"xenophile" authoritarians
>origin is scion which basically gives me a very powerful protector that no one wants to fight or fight me
>start run, immediately get alien contact
>they share the exact same ethics as me but are way advanced
>immediately set up a spy network
>become good friends, immense profits starts rolling in from trade pacts and branch offices
>take subterfuge tradition allowing proxy wars
>ffw 40 years
>all empires are chill and not fighting at all
>economy is better than everyone, 3 mercenary enclaves set up, spy networks on every fucking empire, branch offices galore
>but i want more
>proxy war my first ever neighbour to attack a pacifist empire
>all my mercenaries get hired, immense profit shares
>make ANOTHER mercenary enclave
>proxy war ANOTHER 2 empires into fighting each other
>never had these many resources and credits thus far
>advance my own empire, biological ascension with xeno-compatability for maximum pops
>don't care about the inter-breeding as long as i have pops to fuel my trade
>meanwhile the pacifists get conquered, another surrenders with some of their planets missing
>vassalize the remaining and absorb them into my empire
>rince and repeat this for 40 more years with other empires
>ffw and i am the most powerful, technological and profitable empire in the galaxy
>number one in the galactic senate, have favors from fucking everyone allowing me to pass any resolutions i deem worth
>conquer my protectorates, powerful new technologies and economy
>enslave their ENTIRE population
>so powerful everyone's fleet is pathetic compared to mine
>become the crisis
>explode whatever planets my allies used to have for the reactor
>exterminate species to gain extra fuel for my reactor
>nuke the whole galaxy
>win
you TOO can also do it