Colossus with Neutron Sweep & Juggernaut;. ago. purification, I try to pawn it off on a vassal or something. Suppose all you want is to remove the planet’s geopolitical significance. “Destroy the xenos, spare the planet for repopulation with alpha species. Lol UNE was between the successor khanate, three Fallen Empires and a couple dozen star systems away from an LGate. God ray is situational for wiping out robots empires where neutron sweep doesn't work. 288 7. Why neutron sweep? Thats more drones or infinite food from purging. . Easily enough there should be a super weapon that does exactly this. These are the translations of colossus weapons: Global Pacifier = Penenang Global. JephSoulstar Private. Hi I'am finally fighting against Prethoryn and I am curious if I can use all type of colossus to purge infested worlds. Divine Enforcer = Penegak Ilahi. Except, I only have Neutron Sweep or Planet Cracker as options when I research colossus ships. The most massive neutron star yet found has a mass 2. I know that World Cracker and Neutron Sweep works but what about the other types? I can choose between world cracker and Divine Enforcer, and the second one is much better against regular empire so now I have dilemma. How great it is as a weapon depends on what and how you play. The galaxy was horrified. It seems that even when the universe is united against a Fanatical Purifier, you get about 2 shots with the Colossus (World Cracker) before friendly relationships start to really deteriorate. 28 Badges. That's because the planetary housing limit comes into effect for growth. . I chose nanobots, because assimilator, then after it was completed I was able to immediately. World cracker is cool and nice with your galactic imperium but doesn’t do anything. The only one that seems slightly useful is the neutron sweep, but only if you want to take their planets (which I don't). Reply. Now, I have Colossus ready, but it has no weapon. I am playing a Driven Assimilator empire and when I researched the colossus at about 50% through I was given an inital choice of 4 possible weapons (nanobots, neutron sweep, world cracker and global pacifier). Might be 200 though. *sips space rum made on a planet with 123 species and 0% crime with one enforcer's office*. Crazy_Ball_9131 • 2 yr. World Cracker is nice for good vibes, Neutron Sweep helps you snowball eco. Built for 3. Neutron sweep: everyone except spiritualist and pacifist. From a certain standpoint, the neutron sweep is probably better, as it's easier to terraform & recolonise instead of harvesting the chunks of planet for resources. Colossus World Cracker Research. It would be make having a planet cracker/ neutron sweep colossus absolutely mandatory before getting involved in any ear that's over more than a few inhabited systems. Yes, world crackers and neutron sweepers are scary and kill all life on a planet, but they're used as weapons of last resort, and present an opportunity cost for the empire, in that the resources. Toggle signature. I would actually argue to the pacifier is less merciful that the cracker. Fanatic. Step 5: Crack every world. Pacifier:Makes no sense for a Xenophobic Aquatic FE to use the World Cracker, or for the Spiritualists to use the Neutron Sweep. Sometimes if I'm doing a two flank war, I send the Colossus one way and the transports the other. ago. Would you happen to be a spiritualist? They aren’t a fan of the neutron sweep so won’t get it as a research option Reply More posts you may like. It might sound strange to actually want to live on a radioactive hellhole, but. Like the other person said, it doesn't work in galaxy map view. their fleet was destroyed, their entire empire was ruined, they when from equivalent to Pathetic, i even neutron. The world cracker is fine because even though you kill the whole planet, no one desecrates the corpses by living on them. If the world relied on external sources of power, habitats will begin to fail. How great it is as a weapon depends on what and how you play. Reply. A world cracker is a horrific display of violence that is a crime against all life in the galaxy. ago. . . World cracker: everyone except pacifists. Before I pop a planet like an overfilled balloon, what are the diplomatic penalties for using a doomsday device?416K subscribers in the Stellaris community. So why would you ever use a world cracker? Cracking a habitable planet for a measly 4-16 minerals just isn't worth it when compared to neutron sweeping. But javorian pox/neutron sweep would keep it in tact. It can do this either by destroying the planet–the World Cracker–or destroying all biological life – the Neutron Sweep. With an ascension perk, it also destroys all robot or machine pops and armies. I tried to make you give up. I guess for the same reason god ray and nanobot might not work either. look at the power of slaves. Not having to care is the best reason to play Xenophile. i don't know if its allowed you to blow them up with a planet cracker, because i would primarily use the neutron sweep armament instead. Neutron Sweep: Hooray you killed everyone, now you need to colonize the planet and wait for pops to grow before you can start producing stuff. Do you honestly think this one planet means anything to me? All you have accomplished is inconveniencing me, and therefore, I shall simply render your beloved world unto glass. #10. If. NANOMACHINES SON Nanobot diffuser: exclusive to DA machine empires. " Since you know abouts where to look, I'm looking for the tech id's for the world techs. Last are planet. World cracking vs Neutron sweep? Is there any tactical point to cracking a world, rendering it uninhabitable instead of just clearing all the pops off of it with a. I chose nanobots, because assimilator, then after it was completed I was able to immediately select neutron sweep and global pacificer in. There's 5 vanilla options. Either type of bombardment will turn a planet into a tomb world if you kill all the pops on it. More posts you may like. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Reply yanhamu. Charge a planet cracker against an enemy planet but hold fire, make demands of enemies, fire the cracker if they refuse. Technology. Once I was able to build one, there was nothing. If it's too early for. I chose nanobots, because assimilator, then after it was completed I was able to immediately select neutron sweep and global pacificer in. Imagine an espionage mission that allowed you to crash orbital rings or habitats into planets. Unlike normal empires, a Fallen Empire is fully developed at the start of the game, and due to their extremely large and powerful fleets they should not be provoked until your fleet strength and technology. Reply . 17 Badges. Normally as a spiritualist, your options are limited to either a World Cracker or a Divine Enforcer (maybe a pacifier if you're pacifist). Planet cracker: much faster shooting. So those are some scenarios where the world cracker + global pacifier would work better than the neutron sweep. The machine world never broke apart and it still gave me a +10 society yield. Neutron Sweep. [deleted] • 9 mo. Ok so id try to use my neutron sweep to kill it, but nope you cant do that. [deleted] • 9 mo. Yes that's the point: after a neutron sweep you can't just land troops or resettle or whatever, the planet is marked as coloniseable. Toggle signature. That planet is too impure to exist. Global Pacifier and World Cracker both make the target lose a planet instantly, but then you don't get the planet. 14. It gives you 12 minerals. If you just want to clear the system Planetcracker, if you want the planet but not the populace Neutron Sweep, and if you want both the planet/populace Doomstack. But the global pacifier is cutting off a world previously reliant on other worlds, able to enjoy the freedom of exploring the stars, and removing it from any sort if civilisation. Neutron sweep kills everyone on the planet and allows you to swoop in and colonize it. 3. I chose nanobots, because assimilator, then after it was completed I was able to immediately select neutron sweep and global pacificer in. BUY IT NOW AND GET A FREE WORLD CRACKER, THATS RIGHT A WORLD CRACKER TO GET RID OF USELESS PLANETS SUCH AS YOUR SISTERS CAPITAL! **this sponsorship was. Never really had a use for the Global Pacifier. Spiritualists should get the god ray, militarists should get the planet cracker, xenophobes should get some cleansing ray, and pascifists get the sheilder. Bonus point: an awakened empire (especially the Guardian) will also use their colossus against the. That's right, destroying a Habitat I controlled, which contained nothing but a bunch of dead xenos, in the only way a Habitat can be destroyed, put me in violation of the law. −800 Victim This page was last edited on 21 June 2022, at 21:47. I was doing the special project for Colossus and weapon option came up, World Cracker, Neutron Sweep or Global Pacifier. World Cracker: Shatters a planet, leaving behind a broken debris field that can be mined for resources. If you have a lot of enemy planets to take over and all of them are heavily fortified with a lot of defense armies, just using the neutron sweep is a good strat if you don’t care about others opinions. It's time to use our new colossus class ship to help us cleanse the universe. This page was last edited on 7 April 2018, at 14:35. Other than Machine Empires, where it's basically a Neutron Sweeper (which IIRC does not work on robots) IMO it's more about maintaining empire cohesion: blast a planet with it and they will all become spiritualist, which will move them all into the Spiritualist faction which (hopefully) will be a lot happier than whatever faction they were a part of. I would love to co op vs AI but i doubt it can be done. This is a large problem for habitats with 20 housing as each will be getting 1. Pacifists would instead opt for a Cruel Mercy : The Global Pacifier , which encases a planet in an impenetrable shield that only lets light through, trapping the population on that world. 😢 At least for now as Russia. Reply . By a wide margin. And of course there is the classic [[EarthShatteringKaboom World Cracker]] which is basically the [[Franchise/StarWars Death Star]] superlaser. Repopulating and restoring buildings will be a pain. Is the Colossus useless? Galaxy yellow explorer. . Fallen empire pops usually are very good anyway. inconformista: In 2. Colossus (World Cracker)-Hazbuzan Syndicate. Neutron Sweep should render them damaged or something. Try it out. Since both the Neutron Sweeper and World Cracker weapons eliminate all life forms on a planet, and the law is "Reverence for Life", does the Neutron Sweeper count as banned? The author of this topic has marked. I think mostly because the process of flooding a planet in water is simple enough that most players can call out the problems with it, while with something like a neutron sweep. If you watch the animation of the planet cracker or neutron sweep, they do not instantly effect the whole planet at once, you can see it travelling across the planet, and. After testing them all I can say that they are all kind of meh exept one. The Neutron Sweep can only be used on the Prethoryn Scourge instead. Rule 5: I took over the L-Cluster from the Grey Tempest, like I had so many times before. I am playing a Driven Assimilator empire and when I researched the colossus at about 50% through I was given an inital choice of 4 possible weapons (nanobots, neutron sweep, world cracker and global pacifier). 24 Badges. I also tried to use the divine enforcer but the game wouldn't allow me to. You could even put the planet destroyers to some use. Use god ray for force mass shifting your own pops to. I chose nanobots, because assimilator, then after it was completed I was able to immediately select neutron sweep and global pacificer in. World cracker, Global pacifier and Neutron sweep would be actually pretty useful against a flood that overruns every world in the universewas going off the wiki, admittedly haven't tried using a colossus outside of a total war so very easily could be outdated infoIf you neutron sweep them twice they may start produce mangas and other wired stuff. Neutron Sweep: Destroys most higher forms of life on the planet but leaves the infrastructure intact for colonization. So why would you ever use a world cracker? Cracking a habitable planet for a measly 4-16 minerals just isn't worth it when compared to neutron sweeping said planet and then claiming it for your own. Delthor-lion Rogue Servitors • 4 yr. Give them the Deluge Colossus, and make the Holy Worlds Ocean worlds (if the FE race is Aquatic). 361 4. I am playing a Driven Assimilator empire and when I researched the colossus at about 50% through I was given an inital choice of 4 possible weapons (nanobots, neutron sweep, world cracker and global pacifier). Available to non-Pacifists. I prefer using divine enforcer or neutron sweep… though I’m not sure if DE is effective on organic hive-minds let alone prethoryn scourge. Buy yours from your nearest Branch Office today!” -Vanoan Pacification Services advert. ) put you in breach for ten years. World Crackers are a barbarous invention for that reason, wipe out the xenos with the Neutron Sweep, destroy their pitiful remaining infrastructure, and establish the superior infrastructure of Our Species. Complete control of the galaxy is the only goal worth pursuing, all else is hedonistic and worthless. A great shift. Global Pacifier: Encases the planet in an impenetrable shield, permanently cutting it off from the rest of the galaxy. Drink up, bish Deluge: anyone with Hydrocentric. I don't agree, Machine worlds can be colonized by Synths/Droids (Maybe Synthethic ascended. The game automatically armed it with a neuron sweep and no matter what I'd I can't use any other component. The world was from the resource consolidation origin so maybe that has something to do with it. Can I kill two birds with one stone? Or is the shield varient only for Pacifists? Or perhaps shielding a planet prevents the 'kill everything' achievements?. I used cheat research_technology to aquire it. I don't invade planets anymore, I just sweep them. Report. look at the power of slaves. What is faster? Cleaning a ball with any tools, or breaking a ball with any tools? Neutron sweep: turn planet into lifeless world with universal, but 50% base habitability. Suppose all you want is to remove the planet’s geopolitical significance. I chose nanobots, because assimilator, then after it was completed I was able to immediately select neutron sweep and global pacificer in. No weapon at all in the design panel, and now that I've built one, it doesn't have a weapon equipped. 123. All Pops on the planet are killed. 11. Not enough, world cracker needed. Neutron Sweep Fallen Empire worlds rather than risk losing their buildings, max. It will often auto-populate my ships with only red lasers and other severely outdated tech. I used to just go for world cracker, as those pesky habitats the AI spams really annoy me. In Apocalypse if Earth is shattered with a World Cracker there is a 50% chance of creating a wormhole in the system leading to another newly created. Neutron Sweep is next for me as it let's me settle the planet myself. 3] [42f6] What version do you use? Steam What expansions do you have installed? All of the above Do you have mods. Who needs a world cracker when you're a determined exterminator who could use a shiny new tomb world? Reply ApexRevanNL716 Slaver Guilds • Additional comment actions. Robots have nanobot diffuser. . Zaacplot Scourge. Divine Enforcer requires Spiritualist to research, but otherwise can freely target your own worlds. Iguesssowtfnot • Evolutionary Mastery • 5 yr. The goal is 100% death. Global Pacifier has reduced diplo penalties, Neutron Sweep opens the planet up for habitation, Nanobot Diffuser instantly assimilates the inhabitants, Divine Enforcer converts pops to spiritualist. The Neutron Sweep can not be researched or used by Pacifist and Spiritualist empires. And of course there is the classic [[EarthShatteringKaboom World Cracker]] which is basically the [[Franchise/StarWars Death Star]] superlaser. CoconutMochi Fanatic Xenophile • 2 yr. Global Pacifier:Global Pacifier has reduced diplo penalties, Neutron Sweep opens the planet up for habitation, Nanobot Diffuser instantly assimilates the inhabitants, Divine Enforcer converts pops to spiritualist. . Remove any Armor and put as many Shields on your ships as you can - the Contingency only uses energy weapons, so Shields are your best defense. 5 that most planets will enjoy. Report. . So I have the colossus and at first I only armed it with a world cracker. Neutron Sweeper. Discussion. In the case of the pacifier, it always gives your research, but you can only use it on inhabited worlds. You should be able to change it like how you can change orbital bombardment stance. That's why you use a neutron sweep. It can kill billions with the press of a button and leaves the planet ripe for colonization for quick and easy integration. More posts you may like. I really enjoy it. And neutron sweep is even discripted as enviromental friendly at some point. Global pacifier is about as deadly as a real life pacifier. Aerolfos Eternal Vigilance •. I prefer the Neutron Sweep myself, but only if the Planet is a decent size. Any empire that established communications with a Galactic Community member is able to join or leave. 7 the Hyperlane Registrar helps you to build a well protected sector trade hub sooner without advanced base tech. It goes as thus: This type of machine…Last time I checked, only 8% of PC users were using linux-based platforms, and we don't know if OP is one of them. Surely this is a joke you think. After I nuked the 3rd planet or so treaties and embassies started disappearing every couple of seconds. Neutron Sweep is the only way to stop the buildings from being destroyed. While the colossus did do its job after finishing the firing process, it did nothing DURING the process. Fanatic. I chose nanobots, because assimilator, then after it was completed I was able to immediately select neutron sweep and global pacificer in. However, I'm using a neutron sweep this time and was wondering if buildings on a swept planets remain after recolonization of the world. Actually came here to say I wasn’t able to use neuron sweep or global pacifier on a machine world because it wasn’t a “habitable planet or megastructure”. Available to non-Spiritualist, non-Pacifist empires. You should be able to change between the world cracker and neutron sweep in the colossi’s ship menu. Collossus vs Habitats = ??? i think in the past iterations of the game, a colossus could attack a populated habitat or ring world. The Galactic Community is a governing body where each member empire can vote on laws that affect all other member empires. It’s just more “humane” in in-game terms. Global pacifiers and world crackers will basically remove the planet from the game. Felt good to have the last laugh. If you enjoy the content I produce, do consider joining r/Cweeperz! You won’t miss a thing of mine while yer in there! You can post ur own art too!I was just disappointed. Still, it's fun roleplay wise to utterly decimate a world with the sheer force of the world cracker, or to burn the world to the ground with a neutron sweep, or encase the xenos in an impenetrable barrier, either protecting them. I personally don't use the colossus very often, which I honestly think is a shame because its a very cool idea, but outside of its total war it ends up just being a pointlessly destructive super weapon. Neutron sweep kills everyone on the planet and allows you to swoop in and colonize it. 4-16 minirals and no worry about the world. Not enough, world cracker needed. I mean a world cracker is faster but still. The planet gets −30% Habitability for 10 years. In that case, a fantastic and straightforward alternative is the Neutron Sweep, which eliminates all pops on the planet in one fell swoop. But the primitive meat with Neutron wipes and be done with it then. Mobile view. Yea I tested my world cracker out on a barren world, really curious on wether or not I can use it. This weapon destroys material and biological life on the planet, but it does not blow it apart. FogeltheVogel Hive Mind. I always use the neutron sweep unless I really need the world cracker for dealing with the Contingency or some, but I usually send out a massive extermination party into the galaxy in late game just to deal with some lag. I don't want the system. The Global Pacifier is a Colossus weapon that, when activated, transforms a planet into some kind of Shielded World. Available to non-Pacifists. If you destroy a habitable planet with it, you'll also get a nice little mineral deposit!When I had the choice to pick which weapon it came with, I picked Neutron Sweep. IN this short we bathe a planet in neutron particles cleansing it of its fallen empire inhabitants. Available to non-Pacifists. See my comment on an official bug report of it here. The Prethoryn Scourge is an end-game crisis enemy whose technology is. I mostly just wanted to post something to say hello. But the planet cracker makes everything up with its orgastic animation. However, for current times, I would point to the treatment of people being held in the concentration camps at the border, where people have been sterilized and children have been stolen from their parents and given away to new. I am playing a Driven Assimilator empire and when I researched the colossus at about 50% through I was given an inital choice of 4 possible weapons (nanobots, neutron sweep, world cracker and global pacifier). A world cracker totally destroys a planet, leaving behind a cracked world you can build a mineral station around for I believe 6-8 minerals a month. InsidiousMage Field Marshal. I would love to be able to use the devo beam to do this as well! World Cracker being locked out for spiritualists is a surprise to me, considering the game likes to play with Warhammer 40,000 tropes and the most famous user of world cracker-type superweapons in that verse, the Imperium of Man, almost certainly had a spiritualist ethos. And more pops = more power in the latest meta game XD. It doesn't have to be all the different from a planet cracker: instead of a. Apocalypse introduceert gigantische Colossus-schepen uitgerust met verschillende World Devestator-wapens: World Cracker, Global Pacifier, Neutron Sweep en God Ray. Neutron Sweep: Kills all pops, planet remains intact. Once I was able to build one, there was nothing. ago. Nanobot Diffuser = Penyebar Nanobot. Kills everything that's not a robot or has tomb world habitability. The celestial body is irreversibly turned into a Shielded variant. If you could scoop a spoonful's worth of material from the surface of a neutron. Of the remaining 4 Neutron Sweep is the most useful, but the other 3 are roughly on par IMO. F for my world conquest slave mega state, the dream of invading China and enslaving it’s millions prospective merchandise will have to go unanswered. 4. Then I’ll just have to switch my colossus over to a world cracker and finish the job. Divine Enforcer: 7/10 against non spiritualists only - grab popcorn and watch carnage. No matter how xenophilic you are, hiveminds gonna hiveminds. The nanite swarm requires you to be assimilators. That's my go to on the rare occasion I get a colossus too Reply definitelynotSWA Maintenance Drone • Additional comment actions. Global. Global Pacifier has reduced diplo penalties, Neutron Sweep opens the planet up for habitation, Nanobot Diffuser instantly assimilates the inhabitants, Divine Enforcer converts pops to spiritualist. While a fat stack army or world cracker cleans behind the front line. Is there any tactical point to cracking a world, rendering it uninhabitable instead of just clearing all the pops off of it with a neutron sweep besides the minor mineral deposit left behind and potential roleplaying?Before I pop a planet like an overfilled balloon, what are the diplomatic penalties for using a doomsday device?PTMC-Cattan • 5 yr. Presumably the PK stands for "Planet Killer. The planet gets −30% Habitability for 10 years. It inflicts -20% Happiness and 999% Spiritualist Attraction in. All Pops on the planet are. I even got the tech as game told. 4. Every colossus weapon has a unique effect and set of characteristics. If said planet is a fortress world with 10k defense armies, I'll roll up with my 30k Invasion armies. That could mean long, drawn out suffering as food and water shortages start to take effect. Fanatic Egalitarian Militarist Just don't be cringe pls. HOWEVER, the latest Pretorhyn swarm brought to my attention this wonderful thing called Neutron Sweep. ago. Offcourse that radiation will take some time to clear up after. World Cracker: Shatters a planet, leaving behind a broken debris field that can be mined for resources. "I am emperor of a galaxy-spanning empire of hundreds of worlds. After that I declared a total war and moved my colossus (Which is really slow) over to their colony only to find out that I could not shoot the planet for some reason, the. Reply Hamelmania. Oct 5, 2023; Add bookmark #105 I want to second the idea that if the number of total number of council positions isn't changing then the council needs a rework. No Fantasy verses must be Sci-Fi in origin. 686. Fine, ill use my armys to capture it, but nope you cant do that on a machine world. guymanthefourth • 9 mo. Evey person beside my robot race was grid amalgamated an after that they broke free from my matrix. No problem, thinks I, I'll build one and follow others' advice. I haven't noticed the grace period, hence me posting the question. Reply petecalfrone Fanatic Xenophobe •. World Cracker: Destroys the planet, leaving a mineral deposit. I think the problem with this picture is that combat width is a tenth of the invading army size, and that it's normal run-of-the-mill soldiers vs supersoldier Space Marines who could rip a xenomorph in half with their bare hands. Im asking if you can get more than one colossi. Nanite Transmutation. It's time to use our new colossus class ship to help us cleanse the universe. Planet cracker is meant to be a brute force destroy. It's a shame that Neutron Sweep can't be used on your own worlds in Authoritarian empires. - My intention was to just remove some limits and balance the use of this out sadly I got fed up trying that so, safety is off you have been warned. I know hardcore PVP players probably hate them and find them useless. Reply . r/ParadoxExtra. Felt good to have the last laugh. Cracking obliterates the orbital ring. I chose nanobots, because assimilator, then after it was completed I was able to immediately select neutron sweep and global pacificer in. Toggle signature. If you stop cracking worlds for a while, the sanctions will go away. World Cracker. . This makes it the perfect symbol of fear for an authoritarian-spiritualist empire. I love the game, play it heavily modded. I am playing a Driven Assimilator empire and when I researched the colossus at about 50% through I was given an inital choice of 4 possible weapons (nanobots, neutron sweep, world cracker and global pacifier). I just finished researching World Cracker, so I can give it that, but where is my sweeper?Pacifier: everyone. Then comes the: World Cracker. If you destroy or shield it you cannot use it anymore. I thought i'd just say a few brief things about the planet destroyers since I find them fun to use. Neutronium provides 145/365/870 armor, while Crystaline provides 110/275/660. Originally posted by Emperor Palpatinate: That's because Merchants give about 15 trade value without bonuses, and provide some amenities, meaning you don't need to spend on entertainers. I don't pvp. Similar to a neutron sweep, but it sprays radioactive dust into the atmosphere, turning it into a tomb world. “Destroy the xenos, spare the planet for repopulation with alpha species. So I tried to use a global pacifier on it and got another unique message. Given the choice between a world shield and the chance of getting eaten alive by the Prethoryn, I'd choose the former every day. Devolving Beam = Sinar Devolusi. Use the planet cracker to clear room for your ringworlds in all systems. I cant find it anywhere. Can i change the weapon system installed on Colossus?Neutron Sweep or World Cracker. It can do this either by destroying the planet–the World Cracker–or destroying all. I just had a game with neutron sweeps and found myself a system with 7 colonies, but nope i had to manually select each colony. (rule #5 post, i think. [deleted] •. Fortify your chokepoint. Neutron Sweep Question. Kinda morbid though. Yet, even more inquisitive than a regular empire, you will have no difficulty discovering more anomalies as you explore the void. Not only do all of these not help with the consumption of other races, they actually hinder it. I was asking it to myself. Stellaris, a very good space strategy game, was missing a few things at launch. Reply. Originally posted by Terijian: nuetron sweep. Several flavors of planet killers are present: World Crackers, Neutron Sweep, Divine Enforcer, and Nanobot diffuser. No Fantasy verses must be Sci-Fi in origin. If Earth is destroyed, can leave a wormhole. The celestial body is irreversibly destroyed. The neutron sweep is clean (after a few years) and efficient. Also instant terraforming to your ocean preference. But story wise the game does not give you any background. 3. And little did I know, other empires are slowly taking the imperium's systems and planet until they have none left. Neutron sweep kills robot pops, but the contingency worlds are not marked as habitated.